The granularity of sand: Analogies of production, consumption, and distribution. Monika Arnez. Geography, Environmental Science. 2021. Due to high global demand, sand is known as a scarce and controversial resource. Jamieson's article, 'For Granular Geography', starts from this premise, presenting force chains, friction, and phase…. …Web

Sand mining is one of the major drivers to land degradation in Zimbabwe's urban, semi urban and rural service centres centre as well as growth points, mainly due to construction activities. Most ...Web

And second, existing research of Sub-Saharan sand mining is often limited to place-based and site-specific research, often focusing on only the environmental impacts and consequences of sand mining. ... The dynamics of zimbabwe's sand mining frontier. Extract. Ind. Soc. (2022) E. Rains et al. Precarious gains: social mobility and volatility in ...Web

New data from the newly launched platform Marine Sand Watch suggest that the dredging industry is extracting about 6 billion tons of sand from the marine environment annually. Experts say the ...Web

However, with an estimated 400 000 miners now operating illegally in Zimbabwe, the cumulative mining activities represent a major threat to people's livelihood security and to the integrity of ...Web

Mineral sand mining, during which heavy minerals are extracted from coastal sand dunes, is one form of surface mining that is common in many places around the world (Moore, 2011;Gavriletea, 2017).Web

ii DECLARATION I, Dineo Sarah Malebana declare that the dissertation titled "Sand mining, land degradation and rehabilitation in rural areas of South Africa: A case study of Mentz village" hereby submitted to the University of Limpopo, for the degree of Master of Development Studies inWeb

A cursory reflection on the post-mining communities and the aftermath of the environment paints a gloomy picture of capital ventures especially in the global South (Meyersfeld, 2017). ... Impacts of mining on the environment and rural livelihoods at Connemara Mine, Zimbabwe. Martin Magidi a African Centre for Cities, University of Cape Town, ...Web

Families displaced by diamond mining and those living close to Zimbabwe's Marange diamond fields continue to sink deeper into poverty as the curse of the controversial gems persists. Diamonds were …Web

Illegal sand mining is a global phenomenon — happening irrespective of legislation to regulate and monitor sand mining. It has been reported in Asia, China, Indonesia, India, Singapore, and many ...Web

Industrial sands mining is a crucial economic activity undertaken by medium-scale miners in Zimbabwe. Unfortunately, this mining practice leaves open pits, which have to be rehabilitated in order ...Web

A report commissioned by the NGO the Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association of water quality on two rivers downstream from the mine revealed siltation and bacterial, chemical, and heavy-metal ...Web

We examine how sand mining affects, directly and indirectly, a range of livelihoods, specifically fisheries in Cambodia, riverbank agriculture in Myanmar, and migrant labor …Web

Miners, boatmen, drivers, truck owners, brick and block manufacturers among others rely on mining activity for their source of livelihood (Mngeni et al. 2017). Worldwide the demand for sand and ...Web

Sand mining is one of the major drivers to land degradation in Zimbabwe's urban, semi urban and rural service centres centre as well as growth points, mainly due …Web

10 million cubic meters a year – stems from illegal coastal sand mining. Sand is often removed from beaches to build hotels, roads and other tourism-related infrastructure. In some locations, continued construction is likely to lead to an unsustainable situation and destruction of the main natural attraction for visitors — namely the beaches.Web

The background of sand mining in Zimbabwe is one beleaguered by economic instability, high unemployment rates, increasing housing demand, and rapid …Web

June 28, 2017. Republish. Linda Mujuru, GPJ Zimbabwe. Innocent Mavhuto digs sand in a residential area near Southlea Park, a suburb of Harare, Zimbabwe. He sells the sand but in the process degrades the land. HARARE, ZIMBABWE — Two years ago, Innocent Mavhuto traded one illegal activity for another. "I used to drive commuter omnibuses ...Web

It was then concluded that sand mining was highly concentrated at the upstream section during the year 2005, with moderate activities taking place at the middle section of the river. Furthermore, analysis has shown that sand mining activities at the lower section of the river were minimal due to high density of the vegetation cover within …Web

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4. Mining policy and legal framework governing the mining sector in zimbabwe including continental and regional frameworks to which the country is signatory. 5. The mining fiscal regime in Zimbabwe. 6. Economic contribution of the mining sector to the development of the country. 7. Value chain analyses for selected minerals. 8.Web

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In Kenya, soil mining had led to the development of better infrastructure (Mwangi, 2007). This was supported by Mbaiwa (2008) as a positive impact of sand mining in Botswana, where more land had been used to develop infrastructure in the form of shopping malls and residential areas. Zimbabwe is not an exception in benefiting from sand and ...Web

Sand poaching and mining are some of the main activities that are blamed for land degradation. A recent survey done by EMA shows that a total of 11 163 ha of land …Web

Posted on December 07, 2022 Dr Tafadzwa Mushonga, a research fellow in the Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship's Humanities for the Environment programme, has …Web

Posted on December 07, 2022. Dr Tafadzwa Mushonga, a research fellow in the Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship's Humanities for the Environment programme, has published a journal article on "The dynamics of Zimbabwe's sand mining frontier" in the journal The Extractive Industries and Society . Sand frontiers all over the world are ...Web

December 2007. Irene Petrosillo. Giovanni Zurlini. Felix Müller. Managing Socio-Ecological Landscapes (SELs) for environmental security implies the recognition that social systems interact with ...Web

ping of sand mining activities along Nzhelele River; interviews with local residents, govern-ment and non-governmental officials and sand mine operators to capture the information on sand extraction; visual observation; and river bank erosion assessment. The analysis of the legal and regulatory framework focused on registration, extraction,Web

The effects on the anthropogenic environment comprise of damaged infrastructure, bad working circumstances for workers, limited access to water and agricultural losses. The findings of this research emphasize the complexity and cascading nature of the effects of river sand mining, as well as the severity and urgency of the …Web

Currently, several potential concerns about the biological and hydrological environment are associated with the production and use of sand. Pitchaiah [3] showed that sand mining significantly ...Web

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At the start of February 2022, South African sand mining association ASPASA made an unusual statement, one that challenges the conventional role of an industry membership body. It called for less mining. ASPASA says illegal sand mining is taking a damaging toll in South Africa. Unprotected pits create drowning hazards for …Web

Sand mining is emerging as one of the major drivers to land degradation in urban, semi-urban and rural service centres centre as well as growth points, mainly due …Web