The Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury, in its decision MC-3/10 on the arrangements for the first effectiveness evaluation of the Convention, requested the need to advance work in drafting a report on trade, supply and demand, including information on mercury waste flows and stocks.
Herramienta pedagógica para sensibilizar sobre los impactos del mercurio en las comunidades mineras. Contiene una narración sobre cómo el no uso del mercurio cambia la vida en un territorio.
The authors estimate mercury releases from artisanal and small scale gold mining (ASGM) based on available data about mercury and gold exports and imports by country and from field reports from the countries known to have active ASGM communities.
From 2002 to 2007, the Global Mercury Project demonstrated ways of overcoming barriers to the adoption of best practices and pollution prevention measures that limit the mercury contamination of international waters from artisanal and small-scale gold mining. This archive of the project web site allow users to explore the many useful products generated.
This Policy Brief presents the results of a Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices (KAP) study on mercury use among small-scale gold miners in Suriname, commissioned by GOMIAM and WWF Guianas. Its primary objective is to give an insight into the knowledge, attitudes and practices of miners with regards to the use of mercury in mining. This information is important when it comes to designing policies that have a lasting effect on the reduction and finally the elimination of mercury use in artisanal and small-scale gold mining in Suriname.
The Technical Background Report to the Global Mercury Assessment 2018 was produced by an international team of experts convened through a collaboration between UN Environment and the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP). World Health Organization experts contributed to sections dealing with mercury exposure in humans.
This document represents an expansion of the UNEP Guidance Document: Developing a National Strategic Plan to Reduce Mercury Use in Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining (UNEP 2011), and is intended to reflect advances in understanding of the ASGM sector. It is intended to provide guidance to countries in formulating NAPs that are consistent with the requirements of the Minamata Convention, and provide technical, legal and policy information on issues related to ASGM.
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Maria Elena Crespo-Lopez; Amanda Lopes-Araújo; Paulo Cesar Basta; Isabela Soares-Silva; Carlos B. A. de Souza; Caio Gustavo Leal-Nazaré; Letícia Santos-Sacramento; Jean Ludger Barthelemy; Gabriela P. Arrifano, and Marcus Augusto-Oliveira
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The authors outline insightful recommendations to enhance public health surveillance and implement enduring, effective strategies to monitor, report and address mercury exposure/intoxication, focusing on the Brazilian Amazon.
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Global Mercury Partnership
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This document represents an expansion of the UNEP Guidance Document: Developing a National Strategic Plan to Reduce Mercury Use in Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining (UNEP 2011), and is intended to reflect advances in understanding of the ASGM sector. Although this guidance document is not legally binding and is not to be construed as a further elaboration or official interpretation of the Minamata Convention, it is intended to provide guidance to countries in formulating NAPs that are consistent with the requirements of the Minamata Convention, and provide technical, legal and policy information on issues related to ASGM
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