Resources

The brochure introduces a standard set of criteria for conformance of the SSM organizations under the planetGOLD program. It contains the summary of modules based on the CRAFT Code and the planetGOLD-specific criteria as per the GEF Environment and Social Safeguards requirements.

Le programme planetGOLD définit des critères spécifiques pour régir les opérations des entités d'exploitation aurifère artisanale et à petite échelle engagées dans le programme. Les Critères planetGOLD s'alignent sur le Code CRAFT, et comprennent trois critères spécifiques au programme planetGOLD : l'élimination du mercure dans le processus d'exploitation minière, le respect et la protection des droits des peuples autochtones, et la minimisation de l'impact sur la biodiversité. La conformité à ces critères garantira que les mineurs artisanaux et à petite échelle participant au programme planetGOLD déploient des efforts suffisants pour éviter, minimiser, atténuer et, le cas échéant, compenser les impacts négatifs sur les personnes et l'environnement.

El programa planetGOLD establece criterios específicos para regir las operaciones de las entidades mineras de oro artesanales y de pequeña escala que participan en el programa. Los Criterios planetGOLD se alinean con el Código CRAFT, e incluyen tres criterios específicos del programa planetGOLD: eliminar el mercurio en el proceso minero, respetar y proteger los derechos de los pueblos indígenas y minimizar el impacto en la biodiversidad. El cumplimiento de estos criterios garantizará que los mineros artesanales y de pequeña escala que participen en el programa planetGOLD realicen esfuerzos suficientes para evitar, minimizar, mitigar y, en su caso, compensar los impactos adversos sobre las personas y el medio ambiente.

This toolkit helps companies avoid impacting negatively on communities and to leave a positive legacy.

The international workshop "Successful Experiences in Responsible ASGM" was held between January 11 and 15, 2021, more than 30 mining organizations and international public and private institutions in Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, Indonesia, Honduras, and Peru shared their successful experiences in adopting clean technologies, as well as implementing best practices in ASGM.

The Guide is organized by decision making milestones to help users recognize the key FPIC considerations associated with each stage in a project lifecycle. Within each milestone, a “for communities” section outlines key considerations, perspectives, and approaches that may be helpful to communities.

With the aim of reducing the use of hazardous chemicals in the gold recovery process in artisanal mining, UNDP Ecuador and PAGE conducted a study revealing significant gains that artisanal miners, processing plants, laboratories and the state could have if the gold recovery process were transferred to small-scale mining plants with appropriate, mercury-free processes. Read the key results in this fact sheet.

El Análisis Focalizado de Escenarios (TSA por sus siglas en inglés) provee información económica para apoyar una toma de decisiones informadas sobre políticas y/o inversiones dentro de sectores productivos. El TSA promueve la integración de la gestión de servicios ecosistémicos en los sistemas productivos e informa si las políticas de desarrollo e inversión sectorial tienen sustento económico adecuado.

The M&E Framework will help understand due diligence implementation in mineral supply chains & impact with actionable data.

What is mercury, and what can happen if you are exposed to it? In this comic book created by the planetGOLD Indonesia project with a script by Professor Marcello Veiga, these topics and more are explored through animated characters teaching young audiences fundamental truths about the dangers of mercury in ASGM and how they can avoid it.