Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto 603-8047, Japan.
Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Ehime University, Matsuyama 790-8577, Japan.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Apr 29;19(9):5422. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19095422.
Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) has been a major part of people's livelihood in the rural areas of many developing countries, including those in Southeast Asia (SEA). Nevertheless, because of the use of mercury, ASGM activities have significant local and global adverse impacts on the environment and ASGM community health. Although there have been many monodisciplinary projects by academic researchers and governments to solve the environmental and health problems in SEA ASGM communities, they have not been sufficient to solve the complex socioeconomic problems. This review first outlines the nature of the SEA ASGM activities and the consequent environmental, community health, and socioeconomic problems and then introduces an approach using transdisciplinary communities of practice that involves both academic and nonacademic participants to relieve these wicked ASGM problems and to improve the environmental governance and community health in ASGM communities in SEA.
个体和小规模采金业（ASGM）一直是许多发展中国家农村地区民生的重要组成部分，包括东南亚国家（SEA）。然而，由于汞的使用，ASGM 活动对环境和 ASGM 社区健康造成了重大的本地和全球负面影响。尽管学术界研究人员和政府已经开展了许多单一学科的项目来解决 SEA ASGM 社区的环境和健康问题，但这些项目还不足以解决复杂的社会经济问题。本综述首先概述了 SEA ASGM 活动的性质以及由此产生的环境、社区健康和社会经济问题，然后介绍了一种使用涉及学术和非学术参与者的跨学科实践共同体的方法，以缓解这些棘手的 ASGM 问题，并改善 SEA 地区 ASGM 社区的环境治理和社区健康。
