L’orpaillage au Burkina Faso : une aubaine économique pour les populations, aux conséquences sociales et environnementales mal maîtrisées
This article focuses on the issues raised by the local gold mining industry in Burkina Faso. The small-scale extraction of gold of is today one of the pillars of the economy of this poor state of West Africa. However, the gold mining results in the destructuring of the social fabric and the degradat...
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| description | This article focuses on the issues raised by the local gold mining industry in Burkina Faso. The small-scale extraction of gold of is today one of the pillars of the economy of this poor state of West Africa. However, the gold mining results in the destructuring of the social fabric and the degradation of the environment. The discovery of a gold lode generates massive migrations to mining sites and the creation of makeshift camps. Far from the cities, the miners and their families are deprived of social and sanitary infrastructure and live in great precariousness. Finally, the environment around the mines is durably polluted by the techniques of extraction of gold (use of mercury or cyanide). Nevertheless, we will see that more environmentally and population-friendly initiatives are now being tested in Burkina Faso. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ddafa0dea61c4d23bfcb59303ba71d2b2025-01-30T12:43:13ZfraPôle de Recherche pour l'Organisation et la diffusion de l'Information GéographiqueEchoGéo1963-11972017-12-014210.4000/echogeo.15150L’orpaillage au Burkina Faso : une aubaine économique pour les populations, aux conséquences sociales et environnementales mal maîtriséesJoseph BohbotThis article focuses on the issues raised by the local gold mining industry in Burkina Faso. The small-scale extraction of gold of is today one of the pillars of the economy of this poor state of West Africa. However, the gold mining results in the destructuring of the social fabric and the degradation of the environment. The discovery of a gold lode generates massive migrations to mining sites and the creation of makeshift camps. Far from the cities, the miners and their families are deprived of social and sanitary infrastructure and live in great precariousness. Finally, the environment around the mines is durably polluted by the techniques of extraction of gold (use of mercury or cyanide). Nevertheless, we will see that more environmentally and population-friendly initiatives are now being tested in Burkina Faso.https://journals.openedition.org/echogeo/15150environmentWest AfricaBurkina Fasogold miningartisanal minegold |
| spellingShingle | Joseph Bohbot L’orpaillage au Burkina Faso : une aubaine économique pour les populations, aux conséquences sociales et environnementales mal maîtrisées EchoGéo environment West Africa Burkina Faso gold mining artisanal mine gold |
| title | L’orpaillage au Burkina Faso : une aubaine économique pour les populations, aux conséquences sociales et environnementales mal maîtrisées |
| title_full | L’orpaillage au Burkina Faso : une aubaine économique pour les populations, aux conséquences sociales et environnementales mal maîtrisées |
| title_fullStr | L’orpaillage au Burkina Faso : une aubaine économique pour les populations, aux conséquences sociales et environnementales mal maîtrisées |
| title_full_unstemmed | L’orpaillage au Burkina Faso : une aubaine économique pour les populations, aux conséquences sociales et environnementales mal maîtrisées |
| title_short | L’orpaillage au Burkina Faso : une aubaine économique pour les populations, aux conséquences sociales et environnementales mal maîtrisées |
| title_sort | l orpaillage au burkina faso une aubaine economique pour les populations aux consequences sociales et environnementales mal maitrisees |
| topic | environment West Africa Burkina Faso gold mining artisanal mine gold |
| url | https://journals.openedition.org/echogeo/15150 |
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