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| Author: | Heemskerk, M. |
| Title: | Do international commodity prices drive natural resource booms? An empirical analysis of small-scale gold mining in Suriname |
| Journal: | Ecological Economics
2001 : NOV, VOL. 39:2, p. 295-308 |
| Index terms: | Ecology Resources Latin America |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | This paper analyzes the socioeconomic drivers of small-scale gold mining, wich is degrading ecological resources and the health of people in the Amazon region. Two conventional hypotheses are tested: (1) International prices of gold drive the Amazon region. (2) National economic recession encourages small-scale gold mining. A simple empirical model is presented to link the gold mining histories of local miners to international and national trends. |
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