This report documenting planetGOLD’s progress from July 2021 through June 2022 shows how project teams in planetGOLD made key advances toward helping miners go mercury-free, by improving miners’ awareness of the dangers of mercury use, educating and demonstrating to them viable technical alternatives, and progressing in creating an enabling regulatory and financial environment that supports miners to undertake this transition.
The document presents data and information conducted by the planetGOLD Philippines in January to June 2021, focusing on the Project’s selected Minahang Bayan (People's Mining Area) areas in Sagada, Mt. Province and Paracale, Camarines Norte.
The infographic provides a view of mercury's impact on health and the environment, while also detailing relevant laws governing its use. It visually maps the journey of mercury from industrial sources to aquatic ecosystems, illustrating associated risks to marine life and human health. It also details how mercury is used in artisanal and small-scale gold mining.
Miners across Uganda use mercury as part of artisanal gold mining, but the country’s policymakers are committed to supporting safer alternatives and moving towards responsible practices in the supply chain. The video was first produced by the National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA) and has been adapted by planetGOLD Uganda.
Ce rapport présente un aperçu des progrès de planetGOLD de juillet 2021 à juin 2022. Nos équipes de projet ont fait des progrès importants pour aider les mineurs à éliminer le mercure, en sensibilisant davantage les mineurs aux dangers de l’utilisation du mercure, en les éduquant et en leur montrant des solutions de rechange techniques viables, et en progressant dans la création d’un environnement réglementaire et financier habilitant qui aide les mineurs à entreprendre cette transition. Grâce à ces efforts, nous avons franchi la grande étape de la première production d’or par des procédés sans mercure sur les sites de projets de planetGOLD.
Este informe de progreso de planetGOLD ofrece un resumen del progreso en las áreas programáticas de planetGOLD de formalización, acceso a la financiación, soluciones técnicas, acceso a los mercados formales, sensibilización y equidad de género. El informe destaca las principales actividades llevadas a cabo por los proyectos nacionales que participan en la primera fase del programa planetGOLD y por el proyecto de coordinación global.
El Grupo Interinstitucional de Trabajo en Oro Responsable (GIT-OR) es una alianza voluntaria de instituciones de la sociedad civil y académicas que trabajan en Bolivia, que buscan promover el enfoque de Oro Responsable, como una estrategia para reducir los impactos sociales y ambientales negativos que promueve la actividad minera aurífera en la actualidad.
This poster designed by the planetGOLD Burkina Faso project was created to share information with local communities in mining areas on the ways in which mercury use accumulates in and impacts the environment.
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