marie- rose Bashwira- Wageningen University & Research
marie- rose Bashwira
- Wageningen University & Research
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Women have long remained invisible in representations of artisanal mining in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Based on original field data, this paper seeks to fill that gap. It shows how women come to mining sites with the hope of finding a degree of security, economic possibilities and the start of a new life. Contrary to what dominant disco...
L'objectif de cette étude est de faire un état de lieux sur l’utilisation du mercure en RD Congo. Elle n’a pas pu en évaluer les effets sur la population et l’environnement. Aussi, les grandes dimensions du pays, ainsi que les conflits y existant, l’état des routes, la lourdeur des procédures administratives nécessaires pour obtenir l’autorisation...
A study has been conducted in 5 artisanal gold productive provinces in DRC. More than 12 tons of gold are extracted by 250,000 miners while 3.3 tons mercury are used to process 30% of this gold.
