Tiko is known for its fertile azonal soils of volcanic and fluvial origin that supports the growth of banana, palm and rubber by agro-base corporations. Being a low lying region, Tiko estuary is drained by numerous water bodies, with river Mungo being the most outstanding. This has enabled the deposition of sand that serves as an important resource for infrastructural …
Variation price of sand in Maroua with a season (Data compilation 2022-2023). - "Gravel and River sand mining activities in Maroua (Far-North Region, Cameroon): Environmental and …
Lekomo et al. (2021) performed a physio-chemical analysis on water samples taken from the Toutsang river in West-Cameroon and found that sand mining practices …
In the Centre Region of Cameroon, people prefer Sanaga sand, no matter the distance and the cost, because of its quality and affordable rates creating competition with other exploited types of sand. ... (2017). Social-environmental effects of River sand mining:case study of Ephemeral River Kivou in Kitui Country, Kenya. IOSR Journal of ...
This present chapter examined the impact of river sand mining and its ecological footprint at odor river, Amaokpala, Anambra State, Nigeria. A mixed method approach was adopted in the case study ...
Sand mining is of immense importance to the Cameroonian economy. Rivers Mungo, Wouri and Dibamba are located in close proximity to the urban growth cycles and are the sites of sand …
Challenges: The Case of River Meme, Cameroon Amawa Sani Gur1, Atiekum Zipporah Enjongaya2*, ... [10] who noted that as a positive impact of sand mining in Botswana,more land had been used to
For larger river sand mining projects, especially those with loose sand layers, OCEAN PUMP's Submersible pump dryer and Jet suction dryer can effectively complete projects and quickly collect sand ...
River Mungo, Cameroon: Nature Effects and Concerns. ... This paper brings together the effects of river sand mining on the physical, biological, chemical, and anthropogenic environment through a ...
Gravel and River sand mining activities in Maroua (Far-North Region, Cameroon): Environmental and Socioeconomic aspects. Archives of Agriculture and Environmental Science, 9(1), 126-133, https ...
More than half of the annual global concrete materials were produced in China due to the rapid developing construction industry, which partly led to the shortage of river sand. However, mining rate exceeds the natural replenishment rate of river sand recently, resulting in depletion of natural river sand accumulation. The increasing demand of river sand influences …
The main threats to the survival of hippos are poaching, fishing, sand mining and crop farming along the river bank. To lessen these threats on the hippopotamus population, sensitization and ...
This paper focuses on assessing and development of water purification system for addressing water quality effects associated with sand mining in Toutsang locality, West-Cameroon.
Cameroon's muscle-bound miners: Photos show the incredible sculpted physique of workers who dive 20ft to collect tonnes of sand from the river bed. Muscular tribesmen in Cameroon regularly risk ...
Keywords: Sand Mining, River, Water Quality, Upstream, Downstre am. Abstract: Sand mining is a common practice in many rivers and f lood plains in South Africa. As a result of population .
Sand instruments and methods of exploitation in River Meme A=exploiter standing with the head pan, B=diving, C=lifting of the head pan of sand, D and E=exploiter carrying head pan of sand in water, F and G=exploiter carrying …
To create effective policies for sustainable extraction of river sand, there is a need for both qualitative and quantitative data on the effects of river sand mining.
FOCUS ON CAMEROON. Extensive mineral sands with 5 granted (1,268 km2) licenses, 2 additional licenses in application covering a further 992 km2. ... which owns a number of, principally gold, mining licenses in Quebec and Ontario. Our Team Names of BWA Resources Cameroon LTD staff. ... Basement geology considered favourable for heavy mineral ...
One example here was sand mining along the Yamuna River creating a use conflict with agriculture, since the sand was being mined in fields then rendered useless for food production. On the other hand, as Paul A. Lamin reported from Sierra Leone, sand mining was an important source of income for the rural population.
Mette Bendixen and colleagues rightly identify sand mining as a ... to agree to phase out extraction of river sand and gravel in favour of using crushed rock from quarries. In Cameroon, we ...
River sand mining is the extraction of sand (and gravel) from rivers 1.As a key construction material, it is an essential mineral for fulfilling national development agendas 2.Economically, the ...
the abundance of sand mining sites offered by the North Kivu, Democratic ... river sand is readily available and widely used as a construction material [14]. In Cameroon, for example, river sand is estimated to account for over 80% of the total sand used in concrete production [13]. Globally, the use of river sand in concrete production varies ...
Cameroon, for example, river sand is estimated to account for over 80% of the ... mand for sand has led to unsustainable mining practices, causing environmental degradation, and social conflicts ...
- "Gravel and River sand mining activities in Maroua (Far-North Region, Cameroon): Environmental and Socioeconomic aspects" Figure 3. River sand and gravel mining supply chain in the study area.
The Mungo River and its tributaries represent the major sources of water supply for agriculture and drinking purposes for the Douala city and the south western agricultural region of Cameroon. In this study, the surface water hydrochemistry was investigated at 12 locations to determine the hydrochemical and heavy metals characteristics and to ...
Consequence of instream sand mining can be categorized into three aspects i.e. channel hydrology, channel morphology, river ecology including surface water deterioration and ground water fluctuation along the channel bed (Ghosh et al. 2016).Several researchers predict that consequence of instream mining not only occur individual but its extensive and cumulative …
Figure 7: Mangrove land degradation in Cameroon. Source: (Nfotabong-Atheull, 2011) 6. 3. Reducing unnecessary consumption of sand. There is the innovative solution to ... Sand mining in the river and offshore must be approved by the relevant authority such as Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment. Without
In a 2022 report on semi-mechanized mining in Cameroon, the Cameroonian organization the Centre for Environment and Development (CED) found that mining contributes to the destruction of forest ...
The results reveal that sand mining activity alter river morphology at a faster rate than normal river process, where river reduction of the extraction areas is significantly larger.
River-sand mining has risen dramatically in the last few decades to fulfil the need for concrete in the building sector. The sand in a river's bed preserves its environmental equilibrium (Farahani and Bayazidi, 2017).Excessive river-sand mining for use as fine aggregate in concrete is responsible for riverbed degradation, which causes a wide range of problems, …
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