Gold mining has played an important role in Ghana’s economy, however the negative environmental and socio-economic effects on the host communities associated with gold mining have overshadowed these economic gains. It is ...

This paper explores the complex heterogeneous experiences of flood impacts based on a bio-psychosocial model of socio-economic, demographic, behavioral and environmental factors. Using ordinary least squares regression on ...

Understanding the extent to which people are being exposed to environmental contaminants helps to identify those populations which may be disproportionately exposed to the contaminants of potential public health concern. ...

Artisanal gold mining (ASM) is environmentally damaging and often has deleterious health effects for miners and surrounding communities. The absence of effective legal frameworks and secure rights for miners and communities ...

. & & & & . Pseudocyclic Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis, INAA, was applied in the determination of Se, Sc, and Dy in Selene Dorsalis, Pomadasys peroteti, Brachydenterus aurita, Selar crumenophthalmus, ...

The levels of heavy metals in surface water and their potential origin (natural and anthropogenic) were respectively determined and analyzed for the Obuasi mining area in Ghana. Using Hawth’s tool an extension in ArcGIS ...

The demand for petroleum has risen rapidly due to increasing industrialization and modernization of the world. The limited reserve of the fossil fuels is also dwindling alongside escalation in the prices. The threats from ...

The realization of the scale, magnitude, and complexity of the water and sanitation problem at the global level has compelled international agencies and national governments to increase their resolve to face the challenge. ...

The dependence of humans on the ecosystem services that natural resources provide is absolute. The need for social taboos as frameworks for governing natural resource abstraction is gaining widespread recognition especially ...

Alstonia boonei De Wild is a herbal medicinal plant of West African origin, popularly known as God’s tree or“Onyamedua”.Within West Africa, it is considered as sacred in some forest communities; consequently the plant ...