Answer to Question #176888 in Management for Michael

Question

discuss three activities of gold mining in Ghana and its impact on the environment and suggest ways to reduce those impacts

Answer 1

Environmental degradation of landscapes has resulted in mass afforestation and abandoned pits. In this regard, measures should be taken to;

• Reuse the mining waste,
• Rehabilitate mining sites,
• Employ mining techniques with lower impact.

Mercury pollution has posed a serious threat to human health and is deleterious to a wide range of ecological entities. The government should embrace;

• Reduce the consumption of materials that generate mercury releases
• Adopt non-mercury alternatives
• Employ the use of end-of-pipe techniques
• Waste management techniques

Production of large amounts of contaminated waste that is harmful to human existence

• Employ effective waste management techniques