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    "title": "The Environmental Politics of Small-Scale Mining and its Implication for Sustainable Development in Ghana: A Political Ecology Perspective",
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    "abstract": "<p>The surge in small-scale illegal mining is posing gross environmental concerns for present and future generations of Ghana. The case study explored the effects of illegal mining activities on Ghana’s sustainable development goals. Using case studies of two districts, the political settlement theory was used to investigate how the politics of power relations can lead to environmental change. Through interviews and focal group discussions, the study revealed an inextricable linkage between actors at the local, national, and international levels and environmental destruction. The study found that most of the sustainable development goals such as, right to safe and clean drinking water, human health, healthy environment, destruction of farmlands, food insecurity, education, eradicating hunger and poverty, amongst others have been significantly affected by the activities of illegal mining. The study thus recommended immediate policy interventions to remedy the situation before it reaches a tipping point.</p>",
    "language": "eng",
    "license": {
        "name": "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0",
        "short_name": "CC BY 4.0",
        "text": "Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\n\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.",
        "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0"
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    "keywords": [
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            "word": "national"
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        {
            "word": "right to safe and clean drinking water"
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            "word": "human health"
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            "word": "healthy environment"
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            "word": "destruction of farmlands"
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            "word": "food insecurity"
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            "word": "education"
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            "word": "eradicating hunger and poverty"
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        {
            "word": "Ghana"
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        {
            "word": "sustainable development; political ecology; political settlement; illegal mining; galamsey; Ghana"
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            "first_name": "Abdul-Moonmin",
            "middle_name": "Ansong",
            "last_name": "Salifu",
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            "institution": "Centre for Sustainable Communities and Climate Change",
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    "date_submitted": "2025-02-12T15:24:56.737000+03:00",
    "date_accepted": "2026-04-10T06:11:35.983208+03:00",
    "date_published": "2026-04-21T16:36:00+03:00",
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