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Global Mercury Assessment
… and updated information on artisanal and small-scale gold mining. • The use of different pollution control technologies … cycling in the environment. Artisanal and small-scale gold mining and coal burning are the major sources of … confirms the role of artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) and coal burning as the largest components of …
Integrating Economics into Resource and Environmental Management Some Recent Experiences in the Pacific
… were met. In Chapter 12, Economic Feasibility of Aggregate Mining, Holland et al. demonstrate the use of cost benefit … to inform key policy choices concerning coastal aggregate mining in atoll nations. They note that, given the threats to wellbeing of people from coastal mining and availability of limited number of alternatives to …
Safe Havens: Protected Areas for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation
… while in Peraliya, a nearby area, where extensive coral mining degrades reefs, waves were 10 m high and damages and … 0 5,302.2 12,556.3 16,356.3 11,256.8 32,915.4 6.6 Mining 0 247.3 169.4 445.1 0 692.4 0.1 Nature conservation 0 … increasingly vulnerable to coastal hazards. River sand mining and sea level rise are likely responsible. Forest …
Environmental Guidance Note for Disaster Risk Reduction - Healthy Ecosystems for Human Security
… 473/km. The damage caused to reefs as a result of coral mining in Lombok is calculated to incur net present costs of … m stretch of beach which had been damaged by past coral mining, and more than US$ 1 million has been spent in Bali to … that building materials are sustainably sourced (e.g. not mining coastal sand dunes, mangroves, or coral reefs to …