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Large-scale gold mining and artisanal and small-scale gold mining often occur together. These interactions are sometimes fraught with conflict, but a growing number of large-scale mining companies are exploring models through which they can achieve co-existence with local ASGM groups.

On recent visits to artisanal mine sites in Burkina Faso, men welcomed the installation of proposed mercury-free treatment unit, but the women miners expressed concerns that the unit would perform all operations of ore processing, eliminating the need for their labour and that if they then lost access to tailings that contain gold this would obliterate their only source of income. Learn how the planetGOLD Burkina Faso project plan to address these concerns and mitigate any adverse gender impacts.

El Ministerio del Ambiente (MINAM) y el Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD), a través del proyecto planetGOLD Perú, han iniciado la campaña de sensibilización “Expedición Mercurio”. Esta iniciativa se realizará del 10 al 30 de octubre con el objetivo de informar y sensibilizar sobre los impactos del mercurio en la salud y el ambiente en el marco del Convenio de Minamata sobre el Mercurio.

Peru's Ministry of the Environment (MINAM) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), through the planetGOLD Peru project, have initiated an awareness campaign called "Expedition Mercury." This initiative will take place from October 10 to 30 with the objective of informing and raising awareness about the impacts of mercury on health and the environment within the framework of the Minamata Convention on Mercury.

Curso virtual sobre la aplicación de la debida diligencia de la OCDE para cadenas de suministro responsables de oro en la minería artesanal y de pequeña escala (MAPE) y Sesiones Virtuales en el marco del cumplimiento del Convenio de Minatama

In the Cauca region of southwestern Colombia, women mineral selectors rummage through heaps of rocks discarded by local mining operations in search of pieces of ore containing small amounts of gold for them to extract. In a new photo story, get a glimpse of the work these women do, the gender gaps they must contend with, and actions the planetGOLD Colombia project plans aimed at overcoming environmental, human health, and gender equality challenges in this area.

Con un evento virtual integrado por el Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo, el Ministerio de Minas y Energía, los Ministerios de Salud y Ambiente, la Gobernación de Antioquia, las Alcaldías de de los municipios de Remedios, Segovia, Cáceres, Nechí, El Bagre, Zaragoza y Tarazá, se socializó el proyecto planetGOLD Colombia: “Gestión integrada del mercurio en la pequeña minería y minería de subsistencia”.

Primer ciclo contará con cuatro talleres virtuales enfocados a la formalización. Está dirigido a los mineros en vías de formalización, funcionarios públicos y profesionales vinculados a la MAPE.

The planetGOLD Burkina Faso project team and their partners recently visited four mining sites located across the country's South Western and Cascades regions with the end goal of selecting the best suited mining site to introduce the pilot mercury free gold processing system.

The planetGOLD Mongolia project organized a training session titled “Minamata Convention on Mercury and ASGM” in cooperation with the Ministry of Environment and Tourism in Jargalant city, Khovd province, which coincided with the “Silent Threat of Mercury, Minamata Convention” photo exhibition co-organized by the planetGOLD Mongolia project and the Fresh Water Resource and Nature Conservancy Center.

A través de una reunión virtual que contó con la participación de más de 60 invitados, el equipo de planetGOLD Colombia realizó la socialización del proyecto “Gestión integrada del mercurio en la pequeña minería y minería de subsistencia” con un conversatorio donde se abordaron sus principales aspectos y se dialogó, además, sobre las oportunidades en el Cauca para lograr una Colombia libre de mercurio.

Ecuador's Ministry of Environment and Water, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Global Environment Facility (GEF) have provided USD $299,229.50 for the development of six projects to reduce pollution generated by chemical substances, specifically persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and mercury.These actions will benefit 11,873 people in the provinces of Santa Elena, Pichincha, Azuay, El Oro and Zamora Chinchipe.