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TABLES, BOXES, ILLUSTRATION, FIGURES AND MAPS TABLES 1. Difference between large and small scale gold mining 17 2. Socio-cultural characterization of the mining economy 27 3. SSGM impacts 32 4. Mine outputs for underground and surface mining 41 5. Production allotment key 47 6. Monthly income statement 48 7. Differences in organizational structures in the various zones 53 8. Mine output for surface mining 64 9. Modified conditions of the draft law 66 10. Zones exempted from concessions allegations 71 11. Economic importance of placer gold mining for the Republic of 86 Suriname BOXES 1. The administrative presence in the interior 11 ILLUSTRATIONS 1. Typical mineralization profile 38 FIGURES 1. Estimated historical gold production in Suriname ( 1875-1985 ) 14 2. Gold purchases (kg) and royalties (in US$* 100) received by the Central Bank of Suriname 79 3. Gold marketing chain 89 MAPS 1. Living areas of the Indigenous and Maroon groups 26 2. Gold mining zones by region 112 iv
LIST <strong>OF</strong> ABBREVIATIONS ACT Amazone Conservation Team ADEKUS Anton de Kom Univesiteit van Suriname (Anton de Kom University of Suriname) ATM Ministerie van Arbeid, Technologie en Milieu (Ministry of Labor, Technology and Environment) ATV All-Terrain Vehicle BGS British Geological Survey BOG Bureau Openbare Gezondheid (Bureau for Public Health) CBvS Centrale Bank van Suriname (Central Bank of Suriname) CI Conservation International COGASUR Coöperatie van Garimpeiros in Suriname (Cooperative of Garimpeiros in Suriname) CSNR Centraal Suriname Natuur Reservaat (Central Suriname Nature Reserve) E-SSM Electronic small-scale mining ETO Eenvoudig Technisch Onderwijs (Elementary Technical Training) FEM Foundation for Experimental Mining (Stichting Expertimentele Mijnbouw) FM-SSM Fully mechanized small-scale mining FOB Fonds Ontwikkeling Binnenland (Fund for Development of the Interior) GMD Geologische Mijnbouwkundige Dienst (Geological Mining Service) HM-SSM Highly mechanized small-scale mining IBER Institute for Biology and Environmental Research IDU‟s Interdepartementale Units (Interdepartmental Units) LBGO Lager Beroepsgericht Onderwijs (Lower Professionally Oriented Education) LSM Large-scale Mining MINOV Ministerie van Onderwijs en Volksontwikkeling (Ministry of Education and Community Development) MIU Mine inspection unit MSM Medium-scale mining M-SSM Mechanized small-scale mining NARENA Natural Resources and Environmental Assessment NATIN Natuur Technisch Instituut (Nature Technical Institute) NB Natuur Beheer (NB) v
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Page 7 and 8: PREFACE The Suriname gold sector ha
Page 9 and 10: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The World Wildlif
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Page 13 and 14: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The consultants ap
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Page 17 and 18: government with their experience in
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Page 23 and 24: 1.5 Root causes Why is it so diffic
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6. conjunction with another excavat
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4.3 The classification scheme of No
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capital invest in such an enterpris
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Most workers are paid a percentage
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least earn some income from mining
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Fixed costs Operator (150 gr. p. m.
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Finally, the concession holder who
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Table 7. Differences in organizatio
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government‟s policy to phase out
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Institutional: It provides guidance
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The rights of Indigenous, Maroon an
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institutions will be involved, both
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nature, mode of occurrence and quan
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into several categories, basically
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classification of sub-sectors in th
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over a period of five or more years
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To this day, however, little progre
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To issue licenses to small-scale mi
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NB is part of the Forestry Departme
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This development was anticipated by
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in the interior on a regular basis.
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community at the best of their abil
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Help guide law drafters and law mak
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and social laws. An intricate syste
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Table 11. Economic importance of pl
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and likely underestimates the real
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7.1 Summary of the findings Chapter
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the legalization of the activity th
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Uncontrolled sub-sector No funds to
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development leading to a practical
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Hierarchical zoning of SSGM The pro
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13.2 Langatete Zone 13.3 Cottica Zo
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critical, as use of their infrastru
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evised proposal to reflect the outc
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13 De Vletter, D.R., and A.L 1998 t
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32 Maatschap van Geologen en Mijnbo
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51 World Bank 1998 Environmental As
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