• Mr. HITIMANA Jacques
• Dr. Jean Baptiste NSENGIYUMVA

Millions of families in rural areas of developing nations depend on mining activities to sustain their way of life, especially in the artisanal and small-scale mining sector. The main aim of this thesis was to evaluate the environmental impact of mining activities, using in Burera District, specifically this current thesis aimed at identifying the mining activities used in mining out minerals in Burera District, assessing the indicators of environmental health as result of mining activities in Burera District and determine the impact of mining activities on the environmental health in Burera District. Using a mixed research design (both qualitative and quantitative approaches). 89 respondents participate actively in this study. Data was gathered using documents, questionnaire, and interview guide. The main mining operations utilized in the extraction of minerals at New Bugarama Mining Company were determined to be ore deposit identification, underground mining operations, and mining transportation. The study also discovered that the main environmental health issues brought on by tungsten mining operations at the New Bugarama Mining sites were soil erosion, landscape change, air and water quality, and air quality. It was discovered that mining had a favorable effect on the livelihoods of people living. The provision of job opportunities was a crucial and key role in determining the livelihoods of the people, better land compensation, support for the growth of cultural heritage activities, and contributions to educational development through the provision of scholarships and bursaries. Additionally, several of the households in the study area saw improvements in their standard of living. Because it was found that mining operations had a high positive value of 67.7% impact on the overall environmental health in the Burera District, it can be further concluded that residents of the Kagogo Sector wanted to be involved in the regulation and management of wolfram mining activities in order to protect the population from negative impacts and ensure the flow of benefits that support livelihoods. For the sake of public health and safety, the research concludes by recommending that Public Health, including MINEMA and the Directorate of Public Health, conduct routine inspections of the mining sites and give warnings, penalties, or even suggest closing the offending mines.

Environmental impacts, Environmental Health, Mining activities, Rwanda.

"ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF MINING ACTIVITIES:AN INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT, A CASE OF BURERA DISTRICT, RWANDA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.12, Issue 4, page no.k615-k626, April-2025, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2504A79.pdf

"ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF MINING ACTIVITIES:AN INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT, A CASE OF BURERA DISTRICT, RWANDA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.12, Issue 4, page no. ppk615-k626, April-2025, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2504A79.pdf