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Mapping artisanal and small-scale mining to the Sustainable Development Goals

PACT & University of Delaware 2020 English

Pact and the University of Delaware’s Mapping Artisanal and Small-scale Mining to the Sustainable Development Goals (ASM-SDG Policy Assessment) is the first report assessing all positive and negative relationships between artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) and the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Knowledge Areas:

Awareness Raising

Formalization

Access to Finance

Technical Solutions
Topics:

Biodiversity/ Environmental Rehabilitation

Development

Due Diligence/Responsible Gold

Due Diligence/ Supply Chains

Energy

Environmental Impact

Gender

Gold Consumers

Health/Safety

Human Rights/ Vulnerable Populations

Income/Livelihood

Indigenous Peoples

Legal Framework

Microfinance/ Socially Responsible Investing

Mining Laws and Policies

Minamata Convention/National Action Plan

Sustainable Development Goals
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Women Mine-rock Waste Collectors in Artisanal and Small-scale Mining in Ecuador: Challenges and Opportunities

Patricio Colón Velásquez-López, Claudia Páez-Varas, Ximena Benavides-Zúñiga, Francisco Gallegos, Gerald Fallon 2020 English

CIRDI conducted an exploratory study of the nature of women mine-rock waste collectors’ (WWC) activities and analysed their working conditions managing mine waste rock in Ponce Enríquez, Ecuador. A WWC is locally known as janchera, and currently hundreds of women are involved in this activity within artisanal and small-scale gold mining.
Knowledge Areas:

Awareness Raising

Formalization
Countries:

Ecuador
Topics:

Development

Gender

Health/Safety

Human Rights/ Vulnerable Populations

Income/Livelihood

Mining Laws and Policies
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The Impact of COVID-19 on ASM Communities in Northern Tanzania

Elard Mawala, Lotte Hoex, Mieke Thierens 2020 English

Set up as a small qualitative scoping study, this IPIS Insight aims to highlight key elements of the socio-economic impact of Covid-19 measures and restrictions on artisanal mining communities in northern Tanzania, as observed by selected members of these mining communities.
Knowledge Areas:

Awareness Raising
Topics:

COVID-19

Development

Due Diligence/Responsible Gold

Governance

Health/Safety

Human Rights/ Vulnerable Populations

Income/Livelihood

Mining Laws and Policies
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Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining: Mapping the South African Ecosystem

CIRDI Mining Dialogues 360 2020 English

The study is intended to provide a systematic, evidence-based set of data-points that can inform a more comprehensive policy review process that positively facilitates sustainable and responsible ASM formalisation over the long term.
Knowledge Areas:

Formalization
Topics:

Development

Governance

Legal Framework

Mining Laws and Policies
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Improving Access to Formal Finance in Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining

planetGOLD 2020 English

This issue brief reviews past experiences with delivering financial and allied services to the artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) sector and examines existing barriers to attracting formal finance and investment in the sector. It concludes with recommended interventions for governments, donors and other allies to help improve ASGM’s access to formal finance in the future.
Knowledge Areas:

Access to Finance
Topics:

Baseline Assessments

Development

Due Diligence/Responsible Gold

Gold Consumers

Governance

Income/Livelihood

Legal Framework

Mercury Reduction/ Mercury Trade

Microfinance/ Socially Responsible Investing

Mining Laws and Policies
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Forest-Smart Mining: Identifying Good and Bad Practices and Policy Responses for Artisanal & Small-Scale Mining in Forest Landscapes

World Bank English

This report reviews existing knowledge and experience around mining in forested landscapes. It focuses on artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM). It analyzed several active ASM mine sites as case studies to identify good and bad practices for forest-smart mining and the conditions and mechanisms that motivate these practices.
Knowledge Areas:

Awareness Raising
Countries:

Colombia

Ecuador

Mongolia
Topics:

Mining Laws and Policies

Biodiversity/ Environmental Rehabilitation

Environmental Impact
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Mining and Indigenous Peoples

Nicholas Bainton English

This paper provides a global overview of anthropological studies on the relationship between Indigenous people and mining. It written with a broad audience in mind, especially for teaching. It covers a range of topics, from Contested Terrain and The Rise of a Global Industry to Agreement Making with Indigenous Peoples, and Emerging Directions and Enduring Debates.
Knowledge Areas:

Awareness Raising
Topics:

Due Diligence/Responsible Gold

Human Rights/ Vulnerable Populations

Income/Livelihood

Indigenous Peoples

Mining Laws and Policies
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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.
Knowledge Areas:

Awareness Raising

Formalization

Technical Solutions
Countries:

Kenya
Topics:

Health/Safety

Mining Laws and Policies

Minamata Convention/National Action Plan

Mercury Reduction/ Mercury Trade

Income/Livelihood

Human Rights/ Vulnerable Populations

Environmental Impact

Due Diligence/Responsible Gold

Due Diligence/ Supply Chains
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Multi-Stakeholder Initiatives as Social Innovation for Governance and Practice: A Review of Responsible Mining Initiatives

Philipp C. Sauer and Michael Hiete 2019 English

The article draws on the certification requirements of 20 responsible mining initiatives globally and analyses their dual role in transforming on the one hand the responsible mining initiatives themselves and the certified companies as well as the mining practice.
Knowledge Areas:

Awareness Raising

Formalization

Access to Finance
Topics:

Mining Laws and Policies

Legal Framework

Income/Livelihood

Gold Consumers

Due Diligence/Responsible Gold

Due Diligence/ Supply Chains

Microfinance/ Socially Responsible Investing
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Graduating From Illegal Mining | HIGH GRADE Talks with Julius Opiyo

CIRDI English

Julius Opiyo was 12 years old when he started working in the mine to pay for school. Today he is Manager at MICA MINERS COOP LTD, Kenya’s first formalised ASM cooperative. This is his story and his recommendations to governments working to formalise their informal ASM sector.
Knowledge Areas:

Formalization

Awareness Raising
Countries:

Kenya
Topics:

Health/Safety

Mining Laws and Policies

Minamata Convention/National Action Plan

Legal Framework

Income/Livelihood

Human Rights/ Vulnerable Populations

Governance

Due Diligence/Responsible Gold

Due Diligence/ Supply Chains

Development
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