Despite considerable ongoing challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, the planetGOLD programme has nonetheless managed to advance toward its goals of helping small-scale gold miners avoid the use of mercury, as well as contributing to the creation of more sustainable livelihoods and creating a healthier and more profitable sector overall. This report provides an overview of the progress made by the planetGOLD programme from July 2020 through June 2021.
The IGF has released a new report that examines artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) in border areas plagued by conflict and violence in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger.
This booklet aims to allow the miners to have accurate and comprehensive financial bookkeeping. This booklet will ultimately facilitate the financial management of their cooperatives or mining site.
This report explores how large-scale gold mining companies are working with governments, civil society, and responsible ASGM entities to improve development outcomes, address human rights challenges, and reduce environmental damage. The report concludes that a key to progress is for governments to formalise responsible ASGM entities, giving them legal status and reducing their vulnerability to predatory middlemen, corruption or organised crime. The report urges the case for greater co-operation and dialogue between stakeholders to address the negative impacts of ASGM.
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