Toward a regulation of small-scale gold mining in West Africa informed by space-borne observations
Toward a regulation of small-scale gold mining in West Africa informed by space-borne observations
David Baratoux, IRD, Geosciences Environnement Toulouse, Toulouse, France, Ndeye Marame Ngom, Ministry of Mines and Geology of the Republic of Senegal, Dakar, Senegal, Mathieu Bolay, The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, Switzerland, Anna Dessertine, Pôle de Recherche pour l’Organisation et la Diffusion de l’Information Géographique (PRODIG) UMR 8586, CNRS, Université Paris I & IRD, Campus Condorcet,, Aubervilliers, France, Abass Saley Abdoulatif, College of Mining, Industry and Geology (EMIG), Niamey, 1349, Rue du CHU Lamordé BP 732 Niamey - Niger, Niamey, Niger, Lenka Baratoux, IRD Institute for Research and Development, GET, UR 234, Toulouse III University, Toulouse, France, Gayane Faye, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Institut des Sciences de la Terre, Dakar, Senegal, Alphonse Yao, Institut National Polytechnique Houphouët-Boigny (INP-HB), Ecole Nationale Supérieure de la Géologie (ENSG), African Center of Excellence Mines and Mining Environnements (ACE-MEM), Yamoussoukro, Côte D'ivoire, Kouame Jean Kan, Félix Houphouët-Boigny University, Abidjan (Ivory Coast), University Center for Research and Application in Remote Sensing (CURAT) 22 BP. 801 Abidjan 22, Abidjan, Côte D'ivoire and LMI MINERWA (Mixte International Laboratory for Responsible Mining in West Africa)