Resources

As in many ASM communities across the world, women working in Indonesia’s ASGM sector face many gender-specific challenges. These include unfair allocation of property rights and patriarchal social norms that can disadvantage them in pursuing ownership, education, enabling technologies, and secondary employment opportunities (CIRDI 2020). A case study.

You have probably heard of the Indonesian gold and the miners. But not many people know how this gold is extracted and how it puts Indonesian lives in danger.

Take a look back at what has been accomplished since planetGOLD launched in Indonesia, and hear what the project has planned for the future.

Meet Sugiyanti. She lives with her husband and three children in Indonesia's Riau Province. In this video, she shares her experiences working as a gold panner, her thoughts on the use of mercury, and how planetGOLD Indonesia is helping families like Sugiyanti's move toward a mercury-free future.

The face of ASGM and conditions in Indonesia can change for the better and healthier by switching miners to using mercury-free technologies and enabling them to sell their gold to the formal market. This video from the planetGOLD project in Indonesia explains why it's critical to Make Mercury History in artisanal and small-scale gold mining to ensure healthy food chains and to protect human health today and for future generations. Closed captions in English are available.

El Informe Anual de Progreso 2019/2020 publicado por planetGOLD ofrece una visión general de los progresos realizados desde el lanzamiento del programa planetGOLD a principios de 2019 e incluye datos desde el inicio de cada uno de los proyectos nacionales hasta el otoño de 2020. Este resumen ejecutivo ofrece una instantánea de los puntos clave del informe completo, a través de las 4 áreas programáticas clave del programa: formalización, acceso a la financiación, soluciones técnicas y acceso a los mercados formales.

planetGOLD está trabajando para acelerar la formalización, aumentar el acceso a la financiación formal y abrir vías a los mercados formales del oro para el sector de la minería artesanal y de pequeña escala del oro, creando las condiciones propicias para la adopción de una tecnología más eficiente y sin mercurio. Este informe ofrece una visión general de los progresos realizados desde el lanzamiento del programa planetGOLD a principios de 2019 e incluye datos desde el inicio de cada uno de los proyectos nacionales hasta el otoño de 2020.

This comic book was produced by the planetGOLD Indonesia project for young audiences and as an educational tool for school teachers to use, raising awareness about the dangers of exposure to mercury used in artisanal and small-scale gold mining.

A brief review of financial scheme offerings by financial entities for SME applicants from the ASGM sector.