We are greatly concerned with the violation of children's rights especially the impact that violation of the right to a healthy environment is affecting the right to education in Marange. Since 2010, when diamond mining was formalised in Marange area, mining activities has put the education system in Marange at a very precarious position.

Mine waste has polluted local water sources, and some villagers relocated to make way for the mines have been resettled in starvation conditions. The Zimbabwean …

The Marange concession was held by the world's main diamond producing company, De Beers from the early 1980s through until 2006 when an Exclusive Prospecting Order was awarded to a British company, African Consolidated Resources (ACR). ... The Impact of Mining Activities on Local People and Environment. A Case Study of Zimbabwe Mining ...

vi The ZMDC companies have reacted to the noted effects of their mining activities on the local people and the environment. Their initiatives included reforestation, providing …

The arrival of large-scale diamond mining activities brought hope and enthusiasm to many women within and around Marange, Mutare District, Zimbabwe. Ordinary Zimbabweans believed that diamond mining would transform the lives of the region's inhabitants. However, such anticipated transformation turned into rage and …

The Marange diamond fields are an area of widespread small-scale diamond production in Chiadzwa, Mutare West, Zimbabwe. Although estimates of the reserves contained in this area vary wildly, some have suggested that it could be home to one of the worlds richest diamond deposits. Diamond Mining companies are causing environmental …

The combined effects of bad politics and militarization of Marange makes environmental management impossible. Some of the mining companies in Marange, armed with the special grant issued by the President, defied local environmental laws by starting mining before environmental impact assessments were carried out.

Mining activities are increasingly causing mass displacement of people around the world. These displacements largely affect poor rural families, which, are forced to bear the brunt of...

The research further suggests that Marange diamond mining firms should have worked closely with local non-governmental organisations, community leaders and local government . There is need for local government and communities to take ownership of development projects, thus preventing companies from being paternalistic and …

Police and soldiers, deployed by the government, massacred some 200 people as they seized control of the area. They beat and raped locals, forced them to mine for diamonds, and carried out other ...

Villagers in Domboshava have been sending petitions to the government and holding protests against the quarry mine proposed by China Aihua Jianye, saying it would negatively affect more than 20,000 people, as well as clinics, schools, heritage sites, and graveyards in the area. Mining activities by Chinese companies in various parts of the country have …

The environmental and socio-economic impacts of mining on local livelihoods in Tanzania: a case study of Geita District. J. Clean. Prod. (2006) ... to address this and related questions by examining the individual and collective resilience of the displaced Chiadzwa people in Marange, eastern Zimbabwe. We show how displaced …

Diamond Mining companies are causing environmental pollution and health and human rights impacts to workers. Basic data. Conflict name. Marange diamond …

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In this article the authors explore how and why the study of mining-induced displacement and resettlement (MIDR) is in such a poor state, and in particular, the lack of clarity offered in policy and practice about the function of the unit in mitigating the immiserating effects of MIDR. analysis offers valuable insights about ...

This study interrogates the impacts of mining at Connemara Gold Mine on the environment and rural livelihoods for surrounding communities the mine. While we acknowledge that mining is a very lucrative business and one …

This study sought to evaluate the impact of the Indigenisation Policy on the socioeconomic emancipation of rural communities in Zimbabwe. A case study approach was taken focusing …

The people of Marange desire to see a thriving local economy spurred by the mining of diamonds. Women are interested in sewing, market gardening or horticulture projects but they need to be capacitated with boreholes, …

Abstract. The arrival of large-scale diamond mining activities brought hope and enthusiasm to many women within and around Marange, Mutare District, Zimbabwe. …

Reaching Bhamo, a town on the banks of the Irrawaddy, Myanmar's longest river, he began mining gold and earning $4 per day. He uses a generator-powered pump to suction up sediment, then sends it through a sluice tray before adding mercury — which he handles barehanded — to extract gold. Naw estimates he is one of 1,000 people mining …

The post-2006 period witnessed a drastic change in the livelihood patterns in Marange. Shortly before the commencement of full-scale formal diamond mining in …

The impact of mining on local communities was established by using the following techniques, namely, survey questionnaires, statistical data analysis, reviews, and interpretations. The approached used is similar those reported in the literature (Yang and Ho (2019); Bismarck and Darkoh (2015); Twerefou, Tutu, Owusu-friyie and Adjei-Mantey …

The five companies who controlled the concession at the time – Marange Resources, Anjin Mining Investments, Jinan Mining, the South African private company Mbada Diamonds, and the Lebanese ...

These studies have revealed that the impact of such projects often results in long-term multilayered effects on the livelihoods of affected families. 4. Mining-Induced displacement and resettlement. Over the years, the mining industry has led to large-scale forced displacement of millions of people in Africa.

Once again the power of international solidarity has helped secure the release of activists supporting the global fight for popular mining sovereignty and basic human rights. 24 activists from eight countries, including Latin America, South Africa and Zimbabwe were arrested in Marange, Zimbabwe on 10 November 2017 while visiting a …

Now critics are alleging the government is failing to stop mining-waste pollution that is sickening livestock and local villagers. By Andrew Mambondiyani • May 24, 2012. The Marange diamond fields, …

The pollution of natural water sources in Marange has been confirmed by the Zimbabwe Environmental Lawyers Association s (ZELA), which says that diamonds mining firms are releasing toxic affluent ...

The impact of mining activities on local people and environment: A case study of Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation operations in Chiadzwa, Marange. (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Zimbabwe. Abstract: Mining is indispensable to the economic development of countries endowed with mineral resources. At the same …

'An Inside Job' examines five of the major mining companies that have recently operated in the Marange diamond fields and so continue to hold a stake in its future: Kusena, Anjin, Jinan, Diamond Mining Corporation (DMC), and Mbada. It details the steps companies have taken, in some cases, to conceal their finances, shield their …

ntroduction. The discovery of diamonds in the Chiadzwa Ward of Mutare District under Chief Marange's jurisdiction in 2006 has demonstrated that the question of the environ- mental …