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Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining in Migori, Kenya
CIRDI English
The Migori County Artisanal Miners Cooperative Society (MICA), in collaboration with UNESCO and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) and with support from CIRDI, created this documentary on ASGM in Migori to shed light on this sector and to give Kenyan gold miners a voice.
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Vilma Morales: "Bolivia would be the country of origin of the mercury that reaches Peru" | INTERVIEW
Yvette Sierra Praeli English
Vilma Morales is a chemical engineer and one of the main mercury experts in Peru. Her work in hazardous waste management has led her to investigate and learn how this heavy metal behaves, causing so much damage to the environment and people's health, especially due to its use in legal and illegal mining.
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Bolivia: estudio analiza mecanismos del comercio ilegal de mercurio
Yvette Sierra Praeli Spanish
En el 2015, Bolivia importó 152 toneladas de mercurio, 12 veces más de lo adquirido el año anterior, un incremento que se dio cuando el Perú impuso restricciones al comercio y uso de este metal pesado directamente ligado a la extracción de oro.
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- Health/Safety
- Mining Laws and Policies
- Minamata Convention/National Action Plan
- Mercury Reduction/ Mercury Trade
- Income/Livelihood
- Human Rights/ Vulnerable Populations
- Governance
- Biodiversity/ Environmental Rehabilitation
- Gold Consumers
- Environmental Impact
- Due Diligence/Responsible Gold
- Cyanide/ Mercury
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Opening the black box: Local insights into the formal and informal global mercury trade revealed
IUCN English
A combination of factors is driving the continued use of mercury, including the lucrativeness of the trade, the informality of the ASGM sector, the poverty of many miners and the power imbalance between many traders and miners. Mercury governance within the investigated countries has potential for improvement. To tackle the mercury problem, action should be taken that addresses the problem from all angles and takes all key stakeholders into account. The report is a compilation of findings from investigations that IUCN NL’s local partner organisations carried out. More detailed findings for each country can be found in the respective country/regional report.
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