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USAID: Sector Environmental Guideline (SEG): ASM

Battelle and The Cadmus Group, Inc. USAID 2017 English

These guidelines are designed for project managers, project implementers, practitioners, or others working on development or environmental management projects that could impact ASM projects or communities that engage in ASM. This document addresses: (1) impact of development projects on ASM; (2) impacts of ASM on the environment, health, and socio-political systems; (3) best practices on mitigation measures for minimizing impacts of ASM; (4) impact of climate change on ASM; and (5) impact of ASM on climate change.
Knowledge Areas:

Awareness Raising

Technical Solutions

Formalization
Countries:

Colombia
Topics:

Health/Safety

Minamata Convention/National Action Plan

Mercury Reduction/ Mercury Trade

Income/Livelihood

Human Rights/ Vulnerable Populations

Governance

Biodiversity/ Environmental Rehabilitation

Gender

Environmental Impact

Development

Conflict Areas
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planetGOLD: A video introduction to the programme

planetGOLD English

This video gives an overview of the ASGM sector and how the planetGOLD programme is working in partnership with governments, the private sector, and mining communities in 9 countries to significantly improve the production practices and work environment of artisanal and small-scale miners.
Knowledge Areas:

Access to Finance

Technical Solutions

Awareness Raising

Formalization
Countries:

Burkina Faso

Colombia

Ecuador

Guyana

Indonesia

Kenya

Mongolia

Peru

Philippines
Topics:

Health/Safety

Mercury Reduction/ Mercury Trade

Income/Livelihood

Human Rights/ Vulnerable Populations

Environmental Impact

Development
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planetGOLD: Un video introductorio (Subtitulado Español)

planetGOLD Spanish

Este video con subtítulos en español ofrece una visión general del sector ASGM y cómo el programa planetGOLD está trabajando en 9 países para mejorar significativamente las prácticas de producción y el entorno laboral de la minería artesanal y en pequeña escala.
Knowledge Areas:

Access to Finance

Technical Solutions

Awareness Raising

Formalization
Countries:

Burkina Faso

Colombia

Ecuador

Guyana

Indonesia

Kenya

Mongolia

Peru

Philippines
Topics:

Health/Safety

Mercury Reduction/ Mercury Trade

Income/Livelihood

Human Rights/ Vulnerable Populations

Environmental Impact

Development
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planetGOLD Colombia Launch Event Video

planetGOLD Colombia 2019 Spanish

Featuring highlights from the July 2019 launch event for the GEF GOLD (now called planetGOLD) project in Colombia, this video gives an overview of the project's objective to support 11 artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) municipalities to reduce mercury use by 20 tonnes over the course of the 5-year project.
Knowledge Areas:

Technical Solutions

Awareness Raising

Formalization

Access to Finance
Countries:

Colombia
Topics:

Health/Safety

Minamata Convention/National Action Plan

Mercury Reduction/ Mercury Trade

Legal Framework
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Tecnologías lternativas para el beneficio del oro

Melissa Correa Marcello Veiga 2019 Spanish

La presente compilación de tecnologías para el procesamiento de material aurífero se une a los esfuerzos del Gobierno Colombiano y el Gobierno Canadiense para reducir las liberaciones antropogénicas del mercurio al medio ambiente. En el presente documento observarán equipos y recomendaciones para el beneficio del oro, paso a paso desde la llegada del mineral a la planta de procesamiento hasta la fundición. Se presentarán cuatro casos relevantes a nivel nacional, en la minería artesanal libre de mercurio.
Knowledge Areas:

Technical Solutions

Awareness Raising
Countries:

Colombia
Topics:

Baseline Assessments

Mining Laws and Policies

Mercury Reduction/ Mercury Trade

Environmental Impact

Cyanide/ Mercury
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5 items found for Knowledge-sharing in ASM Communities

USAID: Sector Environmental Guideline (SEG): ASM

planetGOLD: A video introduction to the programme

planetGOLD: Un video introductorio (Subtitulado Español)

planetGOLD Colombia Launch Event Video

Tecnologías lternativas para el beneficio del oro