degradation of northen nigeria due to mining activities

Natural and anthropogenic processes and products of mining affect quality of life in highly mineralised areas, such as the derelict Enyigba-Abakaliki agriculture …

In Nigeria, deforestation has become a severe issue due to the country's rapidly growing population, coupled with the increasing demand for timber, fuelwood, and agricultural land. According to the …

Today, these villages face a growing crisis related to conflict and climate change. While the situation in Zamfara is unparalleled in many ways, the interactions …

Mining activities can lead to significant land degradation, posing environmental and socio-economic challenges in affected regions. This study aimed to assess mining-induced land degradation in the Ile-Ife region of Osun State, Nigeria, utilizing a comprehensive set of indicators, including slope, soil characteristics, land …

Mining has been an important primary industry for all developing economies. Despite its numerous advantages, mining activities have many harmful social and environmental implications. These effects are experienced more in developing economies due to a lack of coordinated political, educational, and legal machinery.

This research study examines the significant negative effects that gold mining operations have on the environment and the community in Ghana's Asutifi North District over the period of ten years ...

Climatic variability, deforestation, extensive cultivation, overgrazing, cultivation of marginal land, bush burning, fuel wood extraction, faulty irrigation …

This paper presents a review on previous activities of mining on water resources of Ebonyi State, SE, Nigeria. As high demand for water increases due to population growth and rapid development ...

then-President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan to the World Bank, Nigeria office resulted in the establishment of the Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP). During his address on the problems of gully erosion, emerging land degradation, and environmental instability in the country, the former president made this appeal.

The larger the mining extent and unit area value of the surrounding ecosystem services, the greater the ESV loss due to mining activities, and the dispersive and disorderly exploitation of mining ...

20 Rejoice Paul Mbaya, Land Degradation due to Mining: The Gunda Scenario" op. cit. p. 149 21 John R Owen, Deanna Kemp, "The weakness of resettlement safeguards in mining" FMR 52 May 2016 p. 80.

PDF | On May 28, 2014, M. Macaulay B. published Land degradation in Northern Nigeria: The impacts and implications of human-related and climatic factors | Find, read and cite all the research...

The environmental problems arising due to mining activities are natural land degradation, air and water pollution with heavy metals, organic and inorganic waste, negative impact on terrestrial and ...

Abstract. This paper identified 37 mining sites in ten gold mining communities of Ijesaland, Nigeria; examined the forms, levels and extent of land degradation resulted from mining activities ...

[18] Nigeria More than $50 billion is lost annually due to illegal mining activities. In addition, over 400 fatalities were In addition, over 400 fatalities were recorded in 2005, with 5,000 ...

Recent interest by governmental, non-governmental and civil society organisations in monitoring, tracing, tracking and flushing out illegal mining activities in Ghana has intensified due to the fact that large tracts of arable lands, forests and water resources are destroyed by this group of illegal miners. Yet, the scale of operation, types, …

Barite, used in mud formulation, is mined in several places to support the industry. However, there is insufficient literature on the downside of mining and associated hazards, especially in the artisanal barite mining sector. This paper contains three parts. The initial section reviews major causes of mining accidents and health hazards in Nigeria. The …

It is no gain saying today that uncontrolled and uncoordinated roles of man are responsible for geo-environmental degradation in Nigeria, be it intentional or inadvertent. ... that involves a continuum of change from slight to very severe degradation of the plant and soil resources and is due to man's activities. He clarified the concept as ...

Nigeria's mining sector is a sleeping giant with immense economic potential. Addressing its myriad challenges necessitates a concerted effort from government bodies, industry stakeholders, and the global community. Armed with the right policies and sustainable practices, Nigeria could well become the mineral powerhouse it aspires to be.

The type of mining that is predominant in Southwestern Nigeria is Artisanal and Small-scale Mining (ASM) which is responsible for over 95% of mining activities (Aigbedion and Iyayi, 2007;Mallo ...

Blacksmith Institute [3] defines ASM as mining activities that use rudimentary methods to extract and process minerals and metals on a small scale. According to the Nigerian Minerals and Mining ...

A close examination of Figs. 3 and 4 revealed that in 1986, all the selected mining communities were surrounded by forest but by 2002 the forest had completely disappeared, which confirms the claim of Ako et al. (2014) who reported loss of vegetal cover, erosion of soils, loss of water quality and land degradation from gold mining in Luku ...

According to Titilola and Jeje (), land degradation has far-reaching effects on the earth's surface and therefore on human life.In Nigeria, the linkages between the threat of continued soil erosion and productivity, income generation, and poverty alleviation—and more importantly on future generation—resulting from the …

Africa Sub-Saharan Africa Food Security and Humanitarian Assistance. Conflict arising from the Boko Haram insurgency, paired with decades of environmental degradation, has made livelihoods in northeast Nigeria among the most precarious in Africa. Private and public sector actors must prioritize rural economic investments.

Appendix 3- Available geographical map of Nigeria showing mineral occurrences. Appendix 4- List of other relevant regulatory agencies . Appendix 5- Key action items and timelines for executing the mining sector roadmap. Appendix 6- Application requirements for mining titles. Contact us 32

The tin mining activities in the suburbs of Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria, have resulted in technical enhancement of the natural background radiation as well as higher activity concentrations of ...

Assessment of trace metal concentrationandhealth risk of artisanal gold mining activities in Ijeshaland, Osun State Nigeria— Part 1 Adewale M. Taiwo a,⁎, Julius A. Awomesob a Department of Environmental Management & Toxicology, Federal University of Agriculture, PMB, 2240, Abeokuta, Nigeria b Department of Water Resources Management and …

Land Degradation and Soil Erosion. Land use-land cover changes (LULCC) have become pronounced especially in developing countries because of unprecedented population explosion and subsequent overexploitation of natural resources good instance of which is the upper Eyiohia river catchment in Nigeria (Abbas and Fasona 2012; Obiahu …

This theory suggests that nations rich in valuable natural resources, such as minerals, can paradoxically face economic and social challenges due to the mismanagement or exploitation of these resources. In the context of Nigeria's illicit mining activities, the 'resource curse' becomes particularly relevant.