2020
DOI: 10.1029/2020gh000310
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Mapping Artisanal and Small‐Scale Gold Mining in Senegal Using Sentinel 2 Data

Abstract: Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) represents a significant economic activity for communities in developing countries. In southeastern Senegal, this activity has increased in recent years and has become the main source of income for the local population. However, it is also associated with negative environmental, social, and health impacts. Considering the recent development of ASGM in Senegal and the difficulties of the government in monitoring and regulating this activity, this article proposes a m… Show more

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“…It also allows the construction of long-term time series, which are needed to monitor the effects of human activities such as artisanal mining in West Africa, cf. (Ngom et al 2020).…”
Section: Public Partnerships With Africa For Earth Observation-the Eu...mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…It also allows the construction of long-term time series, which are needed to monitor the effects of human activities such as artisanal mining in West Africa, cf. (Ngom et al 2020).…”
Section: Public Partnerships With Africa For Earth Observation-the Eu...mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Within this framework, remote sensing data and their scientific interpretations provide maps, quantified interpretations, and reconstruction of the past evolution of the landscape. These data and products should be considered as pedagogic tools of great values that can be made easily accessible to the different actors via on-line platforms and dedicated applications, following a pioneering example being proposed in Senegal (Ngom and Mbaye 2021). Remote sensing data should be also used in a reflexive approach, that accounts for the economic, social, and ethical implications of ASGM regulations.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…There is ample evidence that artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM), both legal and illegal, has had a growing impact on deforestation in many tropical mining countries in recent years (10,17,22,25). Some datasets on ASM locations have been presented, for example, for selected African countries (26)(27)(28). However, in contrast to industrial mining, no database with a worldwide scale exists that would allow for considering ASM locations and extents consistently in a spatial statistical assessment covering the whole tropical biome.…”
Section: Significancementioning
confidence: 99%