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Environmental Monitoring

A review of literature that focuses on different tools, techniques and discussions around mercury monitoring in the ASGM sector.

  • Monitoring of mercury in and around artisanal and small-scale gold mining sites: Technical Background Document

    CINCIA English

    This is the final technical background document created for the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury Fifth meeting. 

  • Assessing the Applications of Earth Observation Data for Monitoring Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining (ASGM) in Developing Countries

    Abdul-Wadood Moomen; Pierre Lacroix; Antonio Benvenuti; Marion Planque; Thomas Piller; Kenneth Davis; Manoela Miranda; Elsy Ibrahim and Gregory Giuliani English

    This paper discusses opportunities to use remote sensing (RS) technologies in addressing the persistent global challenges related to the ASGM sector.

  • International Review of Environmental Rehabilitation Approaches for Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining: A Review of Best Practices for Frugal Rehabilitation of ASM in Mongolia

    Estelle Levin Ltd. English

    Estelle Levin Ltd. prepared this report by drawing on best practices of rehabilitation approaches for ASM, using international case studies that illustrate real-world rehabilitation methods that can be applied to ASM in Mongolia.