20.500.12556/DKUM-70182 Small scale gold mining effects on the miners and local communities in semi-arid region of Ethiopia North Ethiopian highlands are traditionally known for gold mining which has been means of livelihood of the rural community. The present work was conducted to investigate socio- economic conditions of gold miners, ways of obtaining the gold, their earning and negative consequences of the gold mining. On the basis of random sampling, 140 miners were interviewed. Moreover, focus group discussions transect walks and practical observations across the mining sites were made with team leaders on different issues of gold mining and its effects. Descriptive statistics was used to compute socio-economic characteristics, gold harvesting, and income dynamics. ANOVA was run to observe variations of income from gold mining and other sources, 2009 to 2012. The positive effects of gold mining for involved people were regarding income, employment, expenditure on education, health and food consumption. On the other hand, conflicting interest, communicable diseases, aggressive child labour, school dropouts, social disruptions and injuries were challenges of the small scale gold mining. The findings highlight that the income generated from small scale gold mining plays a pivotal role in reducing rural poverty. Therefore, providing integrated training for gold miners can mitigate the challenges of small scale gold mining and thereby to improve livelihoods of the small scale gold miners in Ethiopia. gold mining indigenous methods highlands society transaction Ethiopia Etiopija podeželje rudniki zlato zlatokopi rudarji lokalne skupnosti družbene razmere spremembe true true true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Oddelek za geografijo, Filozofska fakulteta Univerze v Mariboru Znanstveno delo 2018-04-16 09:45:04 2018-04-16 09:45:54 2022-08-01 18:54:28 2019-12-18 03:14:32 2015 0 0 str. 25-40 št. 1 Letn. 10 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 1854-665X 308(630):622.342 229718016 285649920 1854-665X URN:SI:UM:DK:YFW03SGX Revija_za_geografijo_2015_Meaza_et_al._Small_scale_gold_mining_effects_on_the_miners_and_local_communities_in_semi-arid_region_of_Ethiop.pdf Revija_za_geografijo_2015_Meaza_et_al._Small_scale_gold_mining_effects_on_the_miners_and_local_communities_in_semi-arid_region_of_Ethiop.pdf 1 05FF98915E49B5E05745C5D899CD2FD6 e89d0d4f9b507db740b7c633cce5204259792e99f07151a1418a2e26b45e214f e3898651-7c0f-11eb-bb7a-00155d0001ca 20.500.12556/dkum/fd30f5a2-ba76-46c0-94b6-998f5c3c413d https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=123887 http://www.ff.um.si/zalozba-in-knjigarna/ponudba/zbirke-in-revije/revija-za-geografijo/clanki/stevilka-10-1-2015/RG1910-103Mushiretal-Smallscalegoldminingeffectsontheminersandlocalcommunitiesinsemi-aridregionofEthiopia.pdf 1 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=123888 Filozofska fakulteta Revija za geografijo 0 0 0