Global
Map
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History |
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- Mines
first used in World War I
- Prolific
use during World War II
- Post
colonial wars and de-facto cold war 60s onwards
- Increased
industrialization of 2nd and 3rd world
- Increased
availability of materials and technologies
- explosive
types
- plastics
and ceramics
- electronics
- Little
change in detection technology
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Current
Situation |
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- 60
to 110 million mines laid world wide
- 65
million mines could have been laid in last 15 years
- 60
to 70 countries polluted
- At
the present rate it would take 1100 years to clear the world
- It
would cost an estimated $33 billion
USD to clear (if no more planted)
- 250
million landmines are stockpiled around the world
- 2.5
million landmines are laid each year
- In
1993 - 100,000 mines cleared and 2 million laid
- They
laid 25 times faster than they are being cleared
- There
are a minimum of 350 different types of landmines (this sum varies)
- AP
mines, $3 to produce - $1000 to clear
- One
deminer killed for every 1 - 2,000 mines cleared
- Every
hour spent mining - 1,000 to clear
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Casualties |
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Estimates
of current situation:
- 1
million people have been killed or maimed by anti-personnel mines
since 1975
- 100,000
Americans killed or injured by landmines since the 1900's
- 26,000
people killed or injured per year
- 70
people killed or injured daily by landmines
- 28.5%
of survivors lose 1 or 2 legs
- 75%
of amputees need blood to survive
- 8,000
additional disabled added per year
- 50
- 80% of victims die before reaching hospital
- 30-40%
of survivors are women and children
- 1st
6 hours is critical, 6-36 hours is the norm in 3rd world
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The
Cost and Wider Impact |
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- In
Cambodia, 1 in 236 is an amputee
- In
southern Africa - 4% hospital admissions, 25% of
resources, 3.2 units of blood each - 10% of blood HIV
- World
Wide Each victim requires 2.6 operations
- 10
year old amputee will require 25+ prosthetic devices at $3000
per device. 250,000 registrees total $750 million world wide
- In
Afghanistan
estimated 600,000 casualties in 15 years - 1 in 50, 1/3 women
and children. 50% of survivors are amputee or blind
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Economic
Impact |
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- Available
farmland would increase without landmines
- x2
Afghanistan
- Up
to x2 Cambodia
- 1/4
Bosnia
- Refugees
- 1
million Afghanistan
- 300,000
angolan
- 800,000
Mozambican
- 400,000
Somalia
- 370,000
Cambodian (22% forced to leave homesteads)
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