Effect of Small Scale Mining on the Environment of Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipality of Ghana

The study identified poverty and unemployment as the main reasons why people engaged in small scale mining.
Also the study revealed that, small scale miners suffered from respiratory and skin diseases as a result of their
mining activities. Majority of the respondents also accepted the fact that their activities had an adverse effect on
the environment, however very few of these miners took steps to reduce the negative impact of their activities on
the environment.
The study concluded that small scale mining leads to environmental degradation and very little effort is made by
miners to reduce the effect of their activities on the environment. The study therefore recommends that small
scale miners should be given some education on how to reduce the effects of their activities on the environmenthttp://www.iiste.org/Journals/index.php/JEES/article/view/12960/13285