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Special Section on conflict free, ethical, and fair trade mineral supply chain certification systems
Guest editor of this special section of The Extractive Industries and Society, 2018, 5 (1).
Contents:
The emergence of conflict-free, ethical, and Fair Trade mineral supply chain certification systems: a brief introduction - Steven Van Bockstael
Authority and access to the cassiterite and coltan trade in Bukama Territory (DRC) - J.A. Diemel
“Referees become players”: Accessing coltan mines in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo - Claude Iguma Wakenge
A miner’s canary in eastern Congo: formalisation of artisanal 3T mining and precarious livelihoods in South Kivu - Christoph Vogel, Josaphat Musamba, and Ben Radley
Solidarities at a distance: extending Fairtrade gold to east Africa - Eleanor Fisher
Bloomfield, Michael John, Dirty Gold: how activism transformed the jewelry industry. MIT Press, 2017 - Nelson Oppong
A Farmer’s Best friend? Artisanal diamond mining and rural change in West and Central Africa
Edited with Koen Vlassenroot; 2012. Ghent, Academia Press and Egmont Institute
Contents:
Introduction - Steven Van Bockstael and Koen Vlassenroot
Artisanal diamond mining and rural livelihoods in Sierra Leone: continuity, change and challenges - Roy Maconachie
Trading tenure for formalisation: a new approach to the licensing of artisanal diamond mining in the DRC - Shawn Blore
The artisanal diamond mining sector in Cameroon: formalisation and livelihoods - Nicholas Garrett, Marie Lintzer, and Eric Manyacka
Artisanal diamond mining in Ghana: prospects, challenges and ways forward - Gavin Hilson
The artisanal diamond mining sector in the Central African Republic: formalisation and livelihoods - Marie Lintzer and Harrison Mitchell
Conclusion - Steven Van Bockstael and Koen Vlassenroot
Diamonds, rice, and a ‘maggi cube’: artisanal diamond mining and livelihoods in Liberia
Edited with Koen Vlassenroot; 2011. Ghent, Academia Press and Egmont Institute
Contents:
Introduction - Steven Van Bockstael and Koen Vlassenroot
The legal and non-legal framework: impediments to the formalisation of artisanal diamond mining in Liberia - Paul Temple
‘Grow what you eat, eat what you grow: poverty and livelihood diversification in rural Liberia - Gavin Hilson and Steven Van Bockstael
Diamond mining, smallholder production and a ‘Maggi cube’: deconstructing the poverty trap in rural Liberia - Gavin Hilson and Steven Van Bockstael
Analysis of past and current interventions in the Liberian artisanal diamond sector - Nicolas Garrett and Marie Lintzer
Conclusions and recommendations - Steven Van Bockstael and Koen Vlassenroot
L’exploitation minière artisanale des diamants: Perspectives et défis
Sous la direction de Koen Vlassenroot et Steven Van Bockstael; 2009. Gand, Academia Press & Egmont Institute (traduction FR de “Artisanal diamond mining: perspectives and challenges)
Table des matières:
Camper le décor : Points de vue sur l’exploitation artisanale de diamants - Steven Van Bockstael et Koen Vlassenroot
Les zones transfrontalières d’exploitation minière artisanale et à petite échelle en Afrique centrale: certains facteurs pour promouvoir et appuyer l’exploitation minière des diamants- Francis Barthélémy, Jean-Michel Eberlé et Frédérik Maldan, BRGM
Diamants sans frontières : Un bref historique de l’extraction et de la contrebande des diamants à la frontière entre la République démocratique du Congo et l’Angola (1980-2008) - Filip De Boeck
La dynamique économique de l’exploitation minière artisanale des diamants dans le cadre du Processus de Kimberley - Mark Van Bockstael
La misère et la marge bénéficiaire : La rémunération des mineurs et les chaînes de valeur du diamant en Afrique et en Amérique du Sud - Shawn Blore
La surveillance, l’officialisation et le contrôle du secteur de l’extraction artisanale des diamants alluviaux - Wardell Armstrong (Kevin D ’Souza et Emmanuelle de Pooter)
Réglementer la réalité. Repenser les approches de la réglementation du commerce des diamants exploités de manière artisanale - Resource Consulting Services (Nicholas Garrett, Harrison Mitchell et Estelle Levin)
Les coopératives de mineurs artisans de diamants : À quoi servent-elles? - Shawn Blore
Développement et consolidation de la paix : L’exploitation artisanale et industrielle des diamants dans les pays « post-conflit » - Philippe Le Billon et Estelle Levin
L’exploitation minière et le développement rural : La trajectoire de la production de diamants au Ghana - Gavin Hilson
La réforme du secteur du diamant en Sierra Leone : Un point de vue axé sur les programmes - Paul Temple
Le Programme Diamants pour le développement (D4D) au Liberia - Anna van Nieuwenhuizen
L’exploitation minière artisanale des diamants : Les défis - Steven Van Bockstael et Koen Vlassenroot
Artisanal Diamond Mining: Perspectives and Challenges
Edited with Koen Vlassenroot; 2008. Ghent, Academia Press and Egmont Institute (A French translation was published in 2009: L’exploitation minière artisanale des diamants: perspectives et défis)
Contents:
Setting the scene: Perspectives on artisanal diamond mining - Steven Van Bockstael and Koen Vlassenroot
Transborder artisanal and small-scale mining zones in Central Africa: Some factors for promoting and supporting diamond mining - Francis Barthélémy, Jean Michel Eberlé and Frédérik Maldan, BRGM
Diamonds without borders: A short history of diamond dig- ging and smuggling on the border between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Angola (1980-2008) - Filip De Boeck
Economic dynamics of artisanal diamond mining in relation to the Kimberley Process - Mark Van Bockstael
The misery and the mark-up: Miners’ wages and diamond value chains in Africa and South America - Shawn Blore
Monitoring, formalisation and control of the artisanal alluvial diamond mining sector - Wardell Armstrong (Kevin D’Souza and Emmanuelle de Pooter)
Regulating reality. Reconfiguring approaches to the regulation of trading artisanally mined diamonds - Resource Consulting Services (Nicholas Garrett, Harrison Mitchell and Estelle Levin)
Artisanal diamond miners’ cooperatives: What are they good for? - Shawn Blore
Development and peacebuilding: Artisanal and industrial dia- mond exploitation in ‘post-conflict’ countries - Philippe Le Billon and Estelle Levin
Mining and rural development: The trajectory of diamond production in Ghana - Gavin Hilson
Diamond Sector Reform in Sierra Leone: A program perspective -Paul Temple
The Diamonds for Development (D4D) Programme in Liberia - Anna van Nieuwenhuizen
Artisanal diamond mining: challenges - Steven Van Bockstael and Koen Vlassenroot