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LAND DEGRADATION DUE TO MINING THE GUNDA 2024 2 7 examine land degradation due to mining in Gunda Sapphire and other minerals such as corundum zircon ruby and garnet were the minerals mined in the area Mining was a primary activity that has competed with farming in the area This has resulted in degradation of the landscape in the area
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This started to be noticed in the 1960s In Plateau State you will see that the land has been devastated due to mining activities during the colonial era We also have other
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Due to the social and environmental conditions in northern Nigeria the flexibility of both ecological management and economic activity are vital components of any strategy for agricultural and rural livelihood in the region It is often contended that African farmers are unsuccessful at intensifying agriculture through the use of a method that is environmentally sustainable as well as
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A case in point is the beehive of criminal activities that have engulfed Zamfara State due to the attraction of gold Although Adegbite has allayed the concerns of the Nasarawa State Government about the menace of illegal gold mining snowballing in the state due to the large deposits of gold it is worth noting that the federal government had
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Illegal mining in northern Nigeria is leading to two worrying trends One is the exchange of illegally mined gold for weapons and the other is the use of women and girls in these illicit activities Nigeria s north especially Kaduna Katsina Kebbi Kogi Nasarawa Niger Plateau and Zamfara states is particularly hard hit
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As an introduction the concept of mining and land degradation and how the mining caused the land degradation were explanined statement of the problem identified major issues such as accurate delineation of the degraded sites the usefulness of the degraded sites the nature of the terrain in relation to the degradation
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Several studies have been carried out on the effects of mining on the environment these have been characterized by landscape devastation deforestation it has also exposed the land to both wind and water erosion water pollution and other environmental hazards which poses threat to humans in diverse ways
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The Nigerian mining sector is currently dominated by small scale miners who lack sufficient funding to expand their business the insufficient fund stands as one of the key problems of mining in Nigeria Many of these miners rely on crude methods and equipment to carry out their operations and these methods would not yield much in terms of
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Human exposure to ionizing radiation in the environment is mainly due to naturally occurring radionuclides in the soils building materials and rocks but the level may vary depending on the anthropogenic activities prevalent in each location Presently in Nigeria there are concerns due to environmental health implications of all sorts of mineral mining and processing spreading across the
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Land Degradation due to Mining in India and its Mitigation Measures Dr H B Sahu Department of Mining Engineering National Institute of Technology Rourkela 769 008 India Er S Dash State Pollution Control Board Orissa Bhubaneswar 751 012 India Degradation Of Northen Nigeria Due To Mining Activities
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That is why mining has received extreme backlash in recent years It s activities are highly regulated and EIA is mandatory for mining in almost all countries Here are some of the major impacts that mining has on the environment First of all mining requires us to clear huge areas of land More often than not this land is forest land
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natural habitat due to tin mining activities This paper therefore assesses the mining activities impact on the vegetation in Bukuru area of Jos plateau in Nigeria No rmalized Differential Vegetation Index NDVI techniques was adopted to Maps effect of tin mining on the vegetation for the period between 1975 and 2024 using LandSat satellite
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The arid and semi arid climate results in a fragile environment in which the mine ecology highly depends on the shallow aquifer Reportedly in local areas the mining activities have caused extensive fracturing and aquiclude destabilisation followed by surface water leakage desertification and vegetation degradation [8 9 10 11]
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Assessment of Underground Water Contamination Due t o Early Coal Mining Activities in Nigeria Tijjani Garba 1 Yakubu Yahaya Babanyara water quality in the northern parts of Nigeria The problems caused by mining activities are land degradation disposal of over burden deforestation washing rejects subsidence water pollution due to
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Degradation Of Northen Nigeria Due To Mining Activities PDF Impacts of Derived Tin Mining Activities on Landuse It was found that the area of degradation from tin mining covered Km 2 of land in the year of 1975 this value has notably increased to Km 2 in 1986 The area covered by forest decreased to 2 from
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From environmental point of view artisanal gold mining is very destructive causing severe deforestation land degradation destruction of the forest ecosystem Environmental damage occasioned posing a serious threat by altering the landscape and total environmental ecosystem both on land and in coastal waters Jaelani et al 2024
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sudano sahelian drylands of nigeria are faced with several challenges including environmental challenges fig 2 ranging from high and fluctuating temperatures jellason et al 2024
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1 Losses and modification of soil profiles as a result of gold panning Mining activities by nature are extractive that is they involve the removal of the soil from underground on to the surface Haidobro 2024 The result is that the natural arrangement of the soil layers profile is altered The soil Extracted
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Historically Nigeria s mining industry was monopolized by state owned public corporations This led to a decline in productivity in almost all mineral industries The Obasanjo administration began a process of selling off government owned corporations to private investors in 1999 [1]
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The impact of tin mining has greatly affected the natural ecology of the study area Bukuru Micro and macro organisms and plants have been stripped off their natural habitat due to tin mining activities This paper therefore assesses the mining activities impact on the vegetation in Bukuru area of Jos plateau in Nigeria
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Although influenza A virus is endemic in wild waterfowl domestic poultry swine humans bats cetaceans dogs and horses there is a paucity of data on the potential role of camels in zoonotic transmission of the virus To estimate the seroprevalence of the influenza A virus in camel populations four local government areas of Nigeria that share an international border with the Niger
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Abstract PIP The Malthusian controversy about the causes of environmental change and food insecurity in Hausaland in northern Nigeria is examined The argument is irresolvable based on available data at the macro level The individual and household level are appropriate for answering the question about how high density populations survive on a savannah
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degradation of northen nigeria due to mining activities Degradation Of Northen Nigeria Due To Mining Activities The annual rate of deforestation of the woodlands averaged 35 percent for northern Nigeria alone the annual deforestation of woodlands runs to about 92 000 hectares while the whole country consumesLack of funds to remediate environmental degradation due to past mining activiti Live
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The impact of mining activities on pollution of air water land soil quality vegetation including forest ecosystems and on human health and habitation has become a matter of serious concern Any deterioration in the physical chemical and biological quality of the environment affects human health and flora and fauna
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Desertification is an issue of environmental concern in Nigeria particularly the northern part of the country This study examines land cover changes related to the process of desertification in the states along the northern boundary of Nigeria Sokoto Zamfara Katsina Jigawa Yobe and Borno and the implications on the Lake Chad Basin A
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The degradation of water systems in the agricultural sector has damaged health and nutrition and also reduced food production constraining agricultural and economic development in Nigeria To
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LAND DEGRADATION IN NORTHERN NIGERIA According to the WRI 1992 and Barbier 1999 land degradation and conversion in Africa is mostly caused by agricultural activities Land uses such as tree felling for fuel wood and timber production crop and pastoral land expansion and agricultural intensification have been LAND DEGRADATION DUE TO
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Jan 04 2024 These results/activities give evidence of the increased public awareness of environmental degradation due to desertification in Nigeria the realization in environmental stabilization needs with ready participation of the communities for improved livelihoods in arid agriculture resulting in internalization of these problems for
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This includes deforestation overgrazing bush burning mining activities among others It was found out that this phenomenon has serious negative effects which include soil erosion
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