TITLE:
Understanding the Artisanal Mining of the Pissy Granite Quarry Using the Problem-in-Context Framework (PiC)
AUTHORS:
Michelline Marie Regina Kansole, Moussa Compaore, Anselme Bagoro, Maryam Tamboura, Kpiebote Palenfo, Seta Naba
KEYWORDS:
Burkina Faso, Granite Mining, Quarry, Ouagadougou, Problem-in-Context (PiC), Environment
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Geoscience and Environment Protection,
Vol.9 No.7,
July
20,
2021
ABSTRACT: The
Pissy granite quarry of Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso exists since 2006, and it
is a source of financial incomes for many poor families working there. The
Problem-In-Context framework (PiC), lead the current study to understand better
the quarry exploitation and structuration. Different motivations guide the
quarry actors. Through those motivations, different solutions were suggested,
mainly the shutdown of the quarry as the best way to decrease the impacts of
the quarry exploitation on the environment, particularly regarding the air
pollution and the loss of biodiversity in the area. The Pissy granite quarry is
not recognized by the country’s legislation and this study is presenting the
site organization. They are three main actors on the site and the tertiary actors
are the ones having more incomes comparing to the primary and secondary actors
of the chain. There is a need to evaluate the shell life of the quarry if the
shutdown is not the final option chosen by the country. This evaluation should
be a way to restructure the field and to have more incomes from it. Many
standards exist in the country to guide the quarries and mines exploitation but
they do not have impact on the Pissy granite quarry because of its
non-reorganization.