Illegal gold mining
by Clara Low
1. Reasons
1.1. Less developed countries can be easily manipulated to produce cheap or illegal gold mining services
1.2. High profit margins leveraged on cheap labour
2. New solutions
2.1. R&D new technologies or chemicals that can perform gold extraction without the harmful impacts on atmosphere and water
2.2. Serial coding on gold to legalise them in the market
2.3. Satelite monitoring on hotspot areas to track illegal activities
2.4. Education programmes to equip miners with the right method and ways to avoid being coerced into illegal practices
3. Current solutions
3.1. Government monitoring
3.2. U.S protection laws
4. Limitations
4.1. Less developed countries are less likely to obey and enforce laws
4.2. The current feasible methods of gold extraction cause harmful impacts to health and environments