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Abigail Ocate

Abigail Ocate

Abigail Ocate

National Project Manager, planetGOLD Philippines
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  1. AO COP5 1B

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    Reflections on Minamata COP-5 – Abigail Ocate

    Abigail Ocate provides insightful reflections on the Minamata Convention on Mercury's fifth Conference of the Parties (COP-5).

  2. Women miners working at a processing plant in Itogon, Benguet

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    Philippines: the Artisanal Mining Sector During the COVID-19 Pandemic

    The outbreak of COVID-19 has disrupted the artisanal gold supply chain and broken the cash for gold income system that rural miners depend on in ASGM communities around the world, including in the Philippines. Despite stay at home orders, many small-scale miners are continuing to produce gold, but they are severely constrained by a lack of access to markets, buyers, processing supplies, and a limited workforce. Read more in this update from our team working on the planetGOLD Philippines project.