Mining governance dilemma and impacts: a case of gold mining in Phu-Hae, Lao PDR

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dc.creatorKeovilignavong, Oulavanh
dc.date2019-06
dc.date2020-01-30T04:55:22Z
dc.date2020-01-30T04:55:22Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T18:38:55Z
dc.descriptionThis paper reexamines how local governments exercised the legal powers related to their official rights and duties to manage the impacts of both large-scale mining (LSM) and artisanal small-scale mining (ASM) activities, and how local households perceived resource changes and what strategies they have adopted to adapt their livelihoods based on a case study of the Phu-Hae area, in Xieng Khouang province of northern Lao PDR. It reveals that local government agencies have insufficient capacity to exercise their legal powers to protect natural resources and local livelihoods, partly as a result of weak governance mechanisms. The impacts from LSM and ASM had degraded natural resources and changed local livelihood strategies, impacting particularly the poorer households and women who perceived ASM as a means to increase income and sustain precarious livelihoods, which was often as the expense of the environment and their health. It highlights the need to strengthen capacity to local government and technical training targeted at farming and non-farming livelihood activities for the local community as a way of facilitating alternative income sources for poor households involved with artisanal mining.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/106813
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/161672
dc.languageen
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.rightsLimited Access
dc.sourceKeovilignavong, Oulavanh. 2019. Mining governance dilemma and impacts: a case of gold mining in Phu-Hae, Lao PDR. Resources Policy, 61:141-150. doi: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2019.02.002
dc.subjectnatural resources management
dc.subjectgold
dc.subjectmining
dc.subjectgovernance
dc.subjectlocal government
dc.subjectlarge scale systems
dc.subjectsmall scale systems
dc.subjectlegal aspects
dc.subjectillegal practices
dc.subjectinvestment
dc.subjecthouseholds
dc.subjectliving standards
dc.subjectstrategies
dc.subjectvillages
dc.subjectgender
dc.subjectwomans status
dc.titleMining governance dilemma and impacts: a case of gold mining in Phu-Hae, Lao PDR
dc.typeJournal Article

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