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Diamond Conflict In Angola

Diamond Conflict In Angola. By: Ola Kasprzyk and Jackie Mazariegos. Location Of Angola. Angola is located in Southern Africa and borders the Southern Atlantic Ocean. Facts Of Mineral (Diamond). The name diamond comes from a Greek word Adamas, which means the unconquerable.

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Diamond Conflict In Angola

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  1. Diamond Conflict In Angola By: Ola Kasprzyk and Jackie Mazariegos

  2. Location Of Angola • Angola is located in Southern Africa and borders the Southern Atlantic Ocean.

  3. Facts Of Mineral (Diamond) • The name diamond comes from a Greek word Adamas, which means the unconquerable. • Diamonds are formed deep within the Earth: between 100 km and 200 km below the Earth’s surface. • The temperature that they are formed is from about 900 – 1300 C. • Diamonds are carried to Earth’s surface from volcanic eruptions. • All natural diamonds are at least 990,000,000 years old, but many are 3,200,000,000 years old.

  4. Child Labor in Angola • There are lack of regulation, harsh labor conditions, and poor wages that make child labor a regular practice in the diamond conflict trade. • Children are commonly known as the easy source of cheap labor and are sent into small areas of mines that adult’s aren’t capable to enter. • They are given dangerous and physically challenging task, such as moving earth from pits, or risking their lives from landslides to be lowered into small holes or pits on ropes. • In Angola there is a 46% of miners that are under the age of 16, with many of the children working because of the war, poverty, and absence of education. • These children are taken as "apprentices," and suffer for years in dangerous conditions for little to no pay until they are replaced, which is usually by younger siblings.

  5. Environment in Angola • The environment problems in Angola have been caused by a 30-year war. • The main problems are land abuse, desertification, loss of forests, and impure water. • The land is continually threatened by drought and soil erosion, which contributes to water pollution. • Safe drinking water is available for 46% of the urban population and only 22% are rural dwellers. • There are also endangered species which include the black-faced impala, three species of turtle (green, olive ridley, and the leatherback), the giant sable antelope, the African slender-snouted crocodile, the African elephant, Vernay’s climbing monkey, and the black rhinoceros. • Threatened species in Angola include: 17 of the 276 species of mammals; 13 of the 765 species of birds; and 20 of the 5,185 species of plants.

  6. Continue… • There are two main methods of extracting diamonds (kimberlite pipe mining and alluvial mining). • Large sections of rock are removed by means of heavy machinery and hauled away to screening plants to search for diamonds. In order for the machines and trucks to navigate, roads must be built, segregating the land. • Pipe mining affects plants through the building of roads as well as other ways. Forests are disrupted when machinery uproots trees to make roadways to the mines. It is estimated that about one ton of earth must be removed. Once the land is disrupted it will be hard for vegetation to re-grow in the areas. • Water quality is negatively affected by alluvial mining. Many rivers are diverted so that mines can be exposed. Soil deposits are also affecting the water quality as the land is being unearthed. The water becomes clouded by sediment and in result drinking water for animals is polluted. Oil and chemicals from the pipe mines seep into the ground and into the water supply.

  7. Works Cited • Facts about diamonds: Original Diamonds.com. Science and technology reporter, BBC news. Web. 16 Nov. 2009. <http://www.original-diamonds.com/jewelry_knowledge_facts.php>. • Child Labor: Conflict Diamond Issues. Brilliant Earth. Web. 16 Nov. 2009. <http://www.brilliantearth.com/conflict-diamond-child-labor/>. • Environment in Angola: Angola-Environment. Encyclopedia of Nations. Web. 16 Nov. 2009. <http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Africa/Angola-ENVIRONMENT.html>. Anyone. Mining Industry of Angola. Wikipedia. Web. 16 Nov. 2009. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mining_industry_of_Angola>. • Picture of Diamond: Diamondvues.com. Excel Diamonds. Web. 16 Nov.2009. <http://www.diamondvues.com/diamond_engagement_rings/>. • Picture of Angola Map: Welcome to Angola Reservations. African Reservations. Web. 16 Nov. 2009. <http://www.africanreservations.com/Countries/angola.htm>. • Child Labor Picture: Congolese Children Work, Fight and Die for Our Cell Phones and Diamonds. National Bank Newspaper. Web. 16 Nov. 2009. <http://www.sfbayview.com/tag/child-labor/>.

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