Rehabilitation of an Illegal gold Mining site After Exploitation in Koudougou, Bouafle Department (Cote d’Ivoire)

Illegal artisanal gold mining has been around for decades and is practiced by millions of people around the world. In Côte d'Ivoire, it is carried out by poor populations. Gold panning appears to be an effective means of combating poverty and unemployment in Koudougou. The overall objective of this work is to highlight a plan for restoring the site after exploitation by conducting a diagnosis and an assessment of the effects of mining activities with a view to proposing rehabilitation methods. The methodology is based on a field survey approach combining sampling and direct field observation. The results obtained indicate that illegal gold mining activity involves several actors including public administration executives. Although generating income, it negatively affects the health of populations and the bio-physical environments of the environment. There is a need to restore mining sites during or at the end of exploitation. As part of this study, the restoration is carried out at the end of exploitation by the Non-Governmental Organization "Agir pour l’Environnement des industries Extractives" (Acting for the Environment of Extractive Industries) which applied two types of rehabilitation including agriculture and the creation of fish ponds.