socio economic impact of sand gravel mining

ASSESSMENT OF SOCIOLOGICAL AND ECOLOGICAL …

• To estimate agricultural losses due to sand and gravel mining in the study areas. • To gather communities' and stakeholders' perceptions of the socio- and ecological impacts of sand and gravel mining in the areas. • To assess and compare regulations and policies governing such land use in the areas.

Sand, gravel, and UN Sustainable Development Goals: Conflicts

In Europe, key aggregate sources are crushed rock from quarries (46%), terrestrial deposits and rivers (38%), recycled aggregate (12%), and manufactured sand (2%), whereas only 2% comes from the marine environment. 114 In LMICs, however, sand, gravel, and crushed-stone mining is commonly an informal economic activity …

Introduction to Sand Mining Activity

As a ubiquitous global activity today, sand mining is both a socio-economic issue and an environmental sustainability dilemma which requires close monitoring and rigorous analyses. Hence, the challenge really is the understanding of the drivers of sand mining activities and their socio-environmental implications.

Environmental Impacts Of Mining Natural Aggregate

The most obvious environmental impact of aggregate mining is the conversion of land use, most likely from undeveloped or agricultural land use, to a (temporary) hole in the ground. This major impact is accompanied by loss of habitat, noise, dust, blasting effects, erosion, sedimentation, and changes to the visual scene.

A policy approach for sustainable governance of sand mining …

The responses of the respondents pertaining to socio-economic impacts are shown in Table 2. The majority (56.2%) of the respondents disagreed that there are negative impacts associated with sand mining. 28.5% of the respondents disagreed that sand mining leads to conflicts between miners and contractors. 31.7% of the …

Uncovering the lack of awareness of sand mining impacts on …

According to statistical data from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, as presented in their annual meeting with the World Wide Fund for Nature …

Understanding the Implications of Sand Mining: A …

Understanding the Implications of Sand Mining: A Livelihoods Analysis in Coastal Cambodia. Tayler Lowe 6867376 August 2018. A major research paper submitted to …

Impact of sand mining on social economic conditions of community

sand, mining models, mining impacts on the socio-economic conditions of the miners. ICROEST IOP Conf. Series: Earth and Environmental Science 343 (2019) 012132

The Unsustainable Use of Sand: Reporting on a Global …

While sand mining provides direct socio-economic benefits for the region or countries (e.g., job creation, tax revenues), the direct and indirect negative environmental impacts can negatively impact other sectors of the economy, such as agriculture, tourism, fishing, public health [2,99,100,101], and society (e.g., flood protection, access to ...

The environmental and socio-economic impacts of mining …

1.. IntroductionMining is a major economic activity in many developing countries [1], [2].Operations, whether small- or large-scale, are inherently disruptive to the environment [3], producing enormous quantities of waste that can have deleterious impacts for decades [2].The environmental deterioration caused by mining occurs mainly as a …

Mining and biodiversity: key issues and research needs in …

2. The many ways mining activities impact biodiversity. Mining affects biodiversity at multiple spatial scales (site, landscape, regional and global) through direct (i.e. mineral extraction) and indirect processes (via industries supporting mining operations, and external stakeholders who gain access to biodiversity-rich areas as the result of …

Global sand and gravel extraction conflicts with half of UN …

Sand and gravel are the most mined materials in the world, with between 32 and 50 billion tonnes extracted globally each year. ... "The impact that sand and gravel mining have on the environment ...

(PDF) Economic and environmental impacts of sand mining …

One of the areas where sand mining usually takes place is the Watershed area (DAS). A river has several functions, including transportation, socio-economic processes, and as part of the public ...

Environmental impact analysis of quarrying activities established …

[23] Sand and gravel (Turkey) Unsupervised classification of remote sensing data in GIS Land use change due to open pit mining Social and environmental impact associated with the extraction of ...

(PDF) Socio-Environmental Impact of River Sand Mining: An …

However, the impacts of sand and gravel mining could also cause disturbances to ecological balance, since it is closely related to land use change and river degradation, besides causing conflicts in the miners, the government, and the private relationship. ... it has also contributed many adverse impacts on the socio-economic well being of the ...

Modeling the assessment of socio-economical and environmental impacts

Environmental Impact Assessment carried out as a case to address the environmental impact of sand mining from the instream and floodplain areas of three important rivers in the southwestern coast of India shows that the activities associated with mining and processing of sands have not only affected the health of the river …

Uncovering the lack of awareness of sand mining impacts …

River sand mining is the extraction of sand (and gravel) from rivers 1. As a key construction material, ... Ali, A. S. Socio: Economic Impacts of Sand Mining Activities in Zanzibar. (The Open ...

The effects of sand mining on rural communities

Sand and gravel mining lead to an improvement in road networking systems. This improves the quality of access roads from gravel to tar roads. Madyise [3] ... It is important to note that there is lack of evidence on socio-economic impacts from mining sites on the Wild Coast of South Africa, therefore

Sand mining: how it impacts the environment and solutions

A new World Economic Forum report identifies five priority actions for the cement and concrete sector to reduce its impact on nature. Cities are, quite literally, built …

Promises and perils of sand exploitation in …

We also assess the relative importance of this potential new income to the economy of Greenland. Lastly, we discuss the potential environmental and socio-economic impact of sand mining in...

Modeling the assessment of socio-economical and environmental impacts

What socio-economic impacts have sand mining had on local communities? 3. What impacts have the establishment and the expansion of sand work sites had on economic sustainability? Section snippets ... This study investigates the effects of sand and gravel mining from the river Tatao (Siminehrood) in northwestern …

Socio-economic impacts of sand and gravel mining

This study was focused on the assessment of the socio-economic impacts of sand and gravel mining in Anambra State, using Nsugbe as a case study. A questionnaire was …

The transportation and marketing implications of sand …

The socio-economic and environmental impact of sand and gravel mining in Togo is not well known and there is little research work on selected river systems. Here a method is proposed for an effective regulation of in stream sand and gravel mining operations so as to balance and reduce the conflict between the gains of sand and gravel

The Impact of Sand Mining on the Socio-economic …

The negative impacts of sand mining activities on the environment are noise, scattered dust, damage to road infrastructure; (2) The positive impact of PT.AJM's sand mining activities provides ...

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The Impact of Sand Mining on the Socio-economic Community F Susanti, S A P Lestari and R F A Nugraha- ... transportation, most of the sand and gravel mining is carried out in watersheds or rivers [4]. Suherman et al (2015) states that river sand mining can have a positive impact in the form of job

Gravel and River sand mining activities in Maroua (Far …

present investigation is to assess the socio-economic and envi-ronmental impacts of river sand and gravel mining in Maroua. ... Description of study area impacts of gravel and sand mining. GPS coordinates were used The study was conducted in the Far North region of Cameroon, specifically in Diamaré division (Figure 1). The local climate is

Socio-Environmental Impact of River Sand Mining: An …

Socio-Environmental Impact of River Sand Mining: An Example from Neyyar River, Thiruvananthapuram District of Kerala, ... it has also contributed many adverse impacts on the socio-economic well being of the area. Keywords - Environmental impacts ... living resources like sand and gravel from riverbed is the most disastrous as this activity ...

The physical and environmental impacts of sand mining

Effects of sand/gravel mining in Minna ... with an emphasis on the impact of sand mining until the year 2050. ... uncertain future characterized by escalating climate risks and socio-economic ...

Impact of Sand Mining on the Physical Health of the River …

With a focus on the environmental and socio-economic impacts, the objective of this paper is to explore the extraction mechanism of sand mining in the study area and to assess the impact of sand mining on the river health and on the livelihood of the local community.