SITUATION ANALYSIS OF THE SMALL-SCALE GOLD ... - WWF

CONTENTS
PREFACE vii
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ix
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS xv
I. INTRODUCTION
1.1 Objectives, purpose and strategy 1
1.2 Proposed interventions 3
1.3 Background of the approach 5
1.4 The stakeholders and the stakes 6
1.5 Root causes 9
1.6 Format of the report 10
II. LESSONS OF SURINAME GOLD MINING HISTORY
2.1 Geology and gold mining 12
2.2 The early years (1875-1970) 14
2.3 The modern era (1971-2005) 16
2.4 Efforts to bring the sub-sector under control 20
2.5 Analysis of the gold mining history 21
2.6 Lessons learned 23
III. THE SOCIAL DIMENSION
3.1 The traditional inhabitants of the interior 25
3.2 The second gold rush 27
3.3 Life in the mines 29
3.4 Life away from the mines 30
3.5 Miner‟s organizations 30
3.6 Benefits to individuals, families and communities 31
3.7 Negative impacts on individuals, families and communities 32
3.8 Lessons learned 33
IV. MINING ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT
4.1 The challenge of defining the sub-sectors 35
4.2 The technical outfitting of enterprises 38
4.3 The classification scheme of Noetstaller 43
4.4 The organization of enterprises 44
4.5 Foreign investment miners 45
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