Mercury Pollution Due to Small-Scale Gold Mining in the Philippines: An Economic Analysis

The study reviews small-scale gold mining in the Philippines and economically assesses mercury pollution and other development problems in the industry. The end purpose is to suggest measures to address the problems and promote better environmental and overall management of small-scale mining. The study has used secondary data from mining institutions and primary data from key informants and small-scale gold miners and processors in the two case study sites.

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Year of publication:	2000
Authors:	Orbeta, Aniceto Jr. C. ; Israel, Danilo C. ; Asirot, Jasminda
Institutions:	Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), Government of the Philippines
Subject:	natural resources and environment \| environmental issues \| environmental management

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Discussion Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Number DP 2000-06 6 pages long
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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