Locking-in carbon, locking-out livelihoods? Artisanal mining and REDD in Sub-Saharan Africa

This article examines the potential mutual conflict between interventions aimed at formalising artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) on the one hand, and policies implemented in response to the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) initiative on the other. Deforestatio...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hirons, M
Other Authors: Hilson, G
Format: Journal article
Published: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 2011