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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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Artisanal Gold Communities as Prime COVID-19 Intervention Targets: Supply Chain Reform, Health In Gold Out

Shawn Blore, Marieke Kroll, Kevin Telmer 2020 English

In this paper, the AGC announces its three signal interventions for dealing with the crisis in ASGM communities brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic: (i) Supply Chain Reform Project – a project to restart and reform artisanal gold supply chains; (ii) Health In Gold Out – a project to deliver health assistance via this gold stakeholder network; and (iii) Artisanal Gold Prices Database – a project to monitor these interventions via a worldwide database of artisanal gold prices.
Knowledge Areas:

Awareness Raising

Access to Finance

Formalization
Topics:

Biodiversity/ Environmental Rehabilitation

Conflict Areas

COVID-19

Cyanide/ Mercury

Development

Due Diligence/Responsible Gold

Due Diligence/ Supply Chains

Environmental Impact

Gender

Gold Consumers

Governance

Health/Safety

Human Rights/ Vulnerable Populations

Income/Livelihood

Indigenous Peoples

Legal Framework

Mercury Reduction/ Mercury Trade

Microfinance/ Socially Responsible Investing

Mining Laws and Policies

Minamata Convention/National Action Plan
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Pulling at golden webs: Combating criminal consortia in the African artisanal and small-scale gold mining and trade sector

Marcena Hunter English

This report seeks to unpack how criminal consortia manipulate ASGM and associated gold flows to secure illicit rents and capture the sector. The findings highlight the need for nuance, especially regarding the role of informal and traditional actors in the sector. Through a more holistic understanding of the challenge, policymakers will better be able to identify and combat criminal consortia in ASGM.
Knowledge Areas:

Awareness Raising

Access to Finance

Formalization
Topics:

Health/Safety

Mining Laws and Policies

Minamata Convention/National Action Plan

Mercury Reduction/ Mercury Trade

Legal Framework

Income/Livelihood

Human Rights/ Vulnerable Populations

Governance

Gold Consumers

Due Diligence/Responsible Gold

Due Diligence/ Supply Chains

Development

Cyanide/ Mercury

Conflict Areas

Microfinance/ Socially Responsible Investing
Download .pdf (1.39 MB)
Case Study: Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining in Madre de Dios, Peru

USAID English

While the ASGM sector is present across Peru, the department of Madre de Dios is the epicenter of illicit alluvial gold extraction and the accompanying deforestation. This case study examines the complex drivers behind ASGM sector expansion, the devastating impacts on biodiversity in the region, and the strategies implemented to address the impacts of ASGM in Madre de Dios by the Government of Peru.
Knowledge Areas:

Formalization

Access to Finance

Technical Solutions
Countries:

Peru
Topics:

Biodiversity/ Environmental Rehabilitation

Conflict Areas

Cyanide/ Mercury

Development

Due Diligence Resources

Due Diligence/Responsible Gold

Due Diligence/ Supply Chains

Environmental Impact

Governance

Health/Safety

Human Rights/ Vulnerable Populations

Income/Livelihood

Indigenous Peoples

Legal Framework

Mercury Reduction/ Mercury Trade

Microfinance/ Socially Responsible Investing

Mining Laws and Policies

Minamata Convention/National Action Plan

Sustainable Development Goals
Download .pdf (2.68 MB)
Minamata Convention on Mercury

English

The Minamata Convention on Mercury is a global treaty to protect human health and the environment from the adverse effects of mercury. The website of the Secretariat of the Minamata Convention provides links to the text of the Convention, as well as information on parties, meetings, and additional documentation.
Knowledge Areas:

Technical Solutions

Formalization

Awareness Raising

Access to Finance
Topics:

Health/Safety

Mercury Reduction/ Mercury Trade

Governance

Due Diligence/Responsible Gold
Visit
Global Mercury Partnership Area on Reducing Mercury in ASGM

UNEP English

The Partnership Area fosters dialogue among practitioners, government policy makers, and donors about practical and effective ways to reduce mercury while supporting the economic benefits of the sector; disseminates information about the sector at national, regional and international events and through active expert networks and on-line platforms; and contributes to the formulation and implementation of innovative approaches to reduce mercury use, from national policies and planning, to on-the-ground projects in ASGM communities.
Knowledge Areas:

Technical Solutions

Awareness Raising

Access to Finance

Formalization
Topics:

Baseline Assessments

Health/Safety

Mining Laws and Policies

Mercury Reduction/ Mercury Trade

Human Rights/ Vulnerable Populations

Governance

Gender

Due Diligence/Responsible Gold
Visit
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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The European Partnership for Responsible Minerals

EPRM English

The European Partnership for Responsible Minerals is a multi-stakeholder partnership established with the goal to create better social and economic conditions for mine workers and local mining communities, by increasing the number of mines that adopt responsible mining practices in Conflict and High Risk Areas (CAHRAs).
Knowledge Areas:

Awareness Raising

Formalization

Access to Finance

Technical Solutions
Topics:

Baseline Assessments

Health/Safety

Mining Laws and Policies

Minamata Convention/National Action Plan

Mercury Reduction/ Mercury Trade

Legal Framework

Income/Livelihood

Human Rights/ Vulnerable Populations

Governance

Biodiversity/ Environmental Rehabilitation

Gold Consumers

Gender

Environmental Impact

Energy

Due Diligence/Responsible Gold

Due Diligence/ Supply Chains

Development

Cyanide/ Mercury

Conflict Areas

Microfinance/ Socially Responsible Investing
Visit
Phasing Out Mercury? Ecological Economics and Indonesia's Small-Scale Gold Mining Sector

Samuel J. Spiegel, Sumali Agrawal , Dino Mikha , Kartie Vitamerry , Philippe Le Billon , Marcello Veiga , Kulansi Konolius, Bardolf Paul 2017 English

This article discusses implications of domestic cinnabar mining for controlling mercury in Indonesia's ASGM sector, highlighting obstacles to implementing the Minamata Convention, a treaty that aims to restrict mercury use. We link discussion of mercury mining to other socioeconomic processes, labour relations and power dynamics shaping mercury use in gold mining and hindering collectivised mercury-free technology uptake.
Knowledge Areas:

Formalization

Technical Solutions

Access to Finance
Countries:

Indonesia
Topics:

Biodiversity/ Environmental Rehabilitation

Cyanide/ Mercury

Due Diligence Resources

Due Diligence/Responsible Gold

Due Diligence/ Supply Chains

Environmental Impact

Health/Safety

Income/Livelihood

Mercury Reduction/ Mercury Trade

Minamata Convention/National Action Plan

Sustainable Development Goals
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Gold, farms, and forests: Enforcement and alternative livelihoods are unlikely to disincentivize informal gold mining

Graham W. Prescott et al. 2020 English

This study estimates costs that enforcement imposes and the level of enforcement required to deter informal gold mining, and adds to the growing body of evidence that enforcement and alternative livelihood approaches alone are unlikely to deter informal gold mining.
Knowledge Areas:

Formalization

Technical Solutions
Topics:

Mining Laws and Policies

Mercury Reduction/ Mercury Trade

Legal Framework

Income/Livelihood
Download .pdf (2.55 MB)

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