Environ Sci Pollut Res
 2017
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-017-9647-4
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The mining sector of Liberia: current practices and environmental challenges

Samuel T. K. Wilson
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Hongtao Wang
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Martin Kabenge
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Abstract: Liberia is endowed with an impressive stock of mineral reserves and has traditionally relied on mining, namely iron ore, gold, and diamonds, as a major source of income. The recent growth in the mining sector has the potential to contribute significantly to employment, income generation, and infrastructure development. However, the development of these mineral resources has significant environmental impacts that often go unnoticed. This paper presents an overview of the Liberian mining sector from historical, … Show more

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“…Oil palm concessions interfere to a lesser degree but are present along the southern coast (Figure 7b). Mining concessions (Figure 7c), which have resulted in widespread tropical deforestation in Liberia in the past (Wilson et al., 2017), largely avoid the areas of high connectivity importance in the northern and southern networks, but they may interfere with connectivity in the northeast peninsula (Figure 6a). Recall that this area was not included in a separate subregion connectivity analysis due to its proximity to international boundaries.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…We place a specific focus on two aspects that are key for ensuring robust and accurate SDMs (Elith & Leathwick, 2009) (a) including appropriate and relevant environmental predictors, and (b) carefully considering scale. We use MaxEnt (Phillips et al., 2006), which is one of the most popular SDM softwares (Merow et al., 2013), has been found to outperform other types of SDMs (Elith et al., 2006, 2011; Phillips & Dudík, 2008; Wilson et al., 2017) and has been used for modelling great ape populations in Africa, including chimpanzees (Bonnin et al., 2020; Fitzgerald et al., 2018; Freeman et al., 2019; Junker et al., 2012).…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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Exaggerated anticipatory anxiety is common in social anxiety disorder (SAD). Neuroimaging studies have revealed altered neural activity in response to social stimuli in SAD, but fewer studies have examined neural activity during anticipation of feared social stimuli in SAD. The current study examined the time course and magnitude of activity in threat processing brain regions during speech anticipation in socially anxious individuals and healthy controls (HC). Method Participants (SAD n = 58; HC n = 16) underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during which they completed a 90s control anticipation task and 90s speech anticipation task.
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“…Oil palm concessions interfere to a lesser degree but are present along the southern coast (Figure 7b). Mining concessions (Figure 7c), which have resulted in widespread tropical deforestation in Liberia in the past (Wilson et al., 2017), largely avoid the areas of high connectivity importance in the northern and southern networks, but they may interfere with connectivity in the northeast peninsula (Figure 6a). Recall that this area was not included in a separate subregion connectivity analysis due to its proximity to international boundaries.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…We place a specific focus on two aspects that are key for ensuring robust and accurate SDMs (Elith & Leathwick, 2009) (a) including appropriate and relevant environmental predictors, and (b) carefully considering scale. We use MaxEnt (Phillips et al., 2006), which is one of the most popular SDM softwares (Merow et al., 2013), has been found to outperform other types of SDMs (Elith et al., 2006, 2011; Phillips & Dudík, 2008; Wilson et al., 2017) and has been used for modelling great ape populations in Africa, including chimpanzees (Bonnin et al., 2020; Fitzgerald et al., 2018; Freeman et al., 2019; Junker et al., 2012).…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
Exaggerated anticipatory anxiety is common in social anxiety disorder (SAD). Neuroimaging studies have revealed altered neural activity in response to social stimuli in SAD, but fewer studies have examined neural activity during anticipation of feared social stimuli in SAD. The current study examined the time course and magnitude of activity in threat processing brain regions during speech anticipation in socially anxious individuals and healthy controls (HC). Method Participants (SAD n = 58; HC n = 16) underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during which they completed a 90s control anticipation task and 90s speech anticipation task.
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“…After the end of the wars in 1990s, the government of Liberia made revival of the mining industry an explicit objective. It has attracted much foreign investment and created tens of thousands of jobs (Wilson et al, 2017). However, environmental protection instruments, like Environmental Impact Assessment and stimulating best practices from local knowledge, are lacking (Wilson et al, 2017).…”
Section: The Case Of Artisanal Gold Mining In Grand Gedeh County Liberiamentioning
confidence: 99%
“…It has attracted much foreign investment and created tens of thousands of jobs (Wilson et al, 2017). However, environmental protection instruments, like Environmental Impact Assessment and stimulating best practices from local knowledge, are lacking (Wilson et al, 2017). And although the mining industry is very important for the economy, it is recognized that it continues to deteriorate the environment.…”
Section: The Case Of Artisanal Gold Mining In Grand Gedeh County Liberiamentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Environmental Impact Assessment and Environmental Impacts Statement are needed to gain governmental approval before initiating new mining activities. However, these policies have appeared not very effective and there are overlapping and conflicting policies and responsibilities regulating the sector (Wilson et al, 2017).…”
Section: The Case Of Artisanal Gold Mining In Grand Gedeh County Liberiamentioning
confidence: 99%
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Exaggerated anticipatory anxiety is common in social anxiety disorder (SAD). Neuroimaging studies have revealed altered neural activity in response to social stimuli in SAD, but fewer studies have examined neural activity during anticipation of feared social stimuli in SAD. The current study examined the time course and magnitude of activity in threat processing brain regions during speech anticipation in socially anxious individuals and healthy controls (HC). Method Participants (SAD n = 58; HC n = 16) underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during which they completed a 90s control anticipation task and 90s speech anticipation task.
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