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Ghanas gold diggers: Scramble comes at high cost
2016-02-08 12:08:01| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
SciDevNet: People have mined for gold in what is now Ghana for thousands of years. The precious metal has always been easy to find, hence the name the British gave the country when they colonised it: the Gold Coast. In this four-part film series, we investigate the role of illegal, small-scale mining an increasingly important part of Ghanas gold producing industry and its impacts on human health and the environment. As a result of a modern-day gold rush induced by a spike in the price of the metal triggered...
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