Resources

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). 

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

PACT 2020 English

This report analyzes the relationships between ASM and each of the 17 SDGs and their associated targets, and provides concrete guidance to policymakers, donors and private partners for harnessing ASM-SDG interlinkages and unlocking the sector’s full sustainable development potential.

Transforming open mining pits into fish farms: Moving towards sustainability

Fred A. Otchere, Marcello M. Veiga, Jennifer J. Hinton, Renato A. Farias and Robert Hamaguchi English

This article highlights the growing significance of aquaculture and explores the benefits and barriers to transforming flooded pits and impoundments into aquaculture operations. Among other benefits, aquaculture may provide a much-needed source of revenue, employment and, in some cases, food to communities impacted
by mine closure.

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.

International Review of Environmental Rehabilitation Approaches for Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining: A Review of Best Practices for Frugal Rehabilitation of ASM in Mongolia

Estelle Levin Ltd. English

Estelle Levin Ltd. prepared this report by drawing on best practices of rehabilitation approaches for ASM, using international case studies that illustrate real-world rehabilitation methods that can be applied to ASM in Mongolia.

Artisanal Gold Communities as Prime COVID-19 Intervention Targets: Supply Chain Reform, Health In Gold Out

Shawn Blore, Marieke Kroll, Kevin Telmer 2020 English

In this paper, the  AGC announces its three signal interventions for dealing with the crisis in ASGM communities brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic:

(i) Supply Chain Reform Project – a project to restart and reform artisanal gold supply chains;

(ii) Health In Gold Out – a project to deliver health assistance via this gold stakeholder network; and

(iii) Artisanal Gold Prices Database – a project to monitor these interventions via a worldwide database of artisanal gold prices.

Ecological Restoration of Gold Mining Concession, Madre de Dios, Peru

Pure Earth 2018 English

Ecological restoration of areas degraded by mining in Madre de Dios, Peru. This project was implemented by Pure Earth, in partnership with CINCIA (Centro de Innovación Científica Amazónica), the Ministry of Environment of Peru (MINAM), and local governments, with funding from the US Department of State.

Community-driven Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining Remediation Planning in Peru

Pure Earth 2019 English

The project report showcases the remediation and ecological restoration approach and methodology conducted in Madre de Dios region in Peru. Focus is placed on developing community-based remediation plans. 

Small-scale & artisanal mining impacts on biodiversity in Latin America

USAID 2019 English

The report presents an overview of the impacts of ASM on biodiversity in the LAC countries and reviews strategies to address the issue. 

Artisanal and Small-scale Mining in Protected areas and critical Ecosystems Programme (ASM-PACE): A Global Solutions Study

WWF and Estelle Levin, Ltd 2012 English

The report summarizes the selected ASM in protected areas, reviews the policy responses to ASM occurring protected preas, and offer an initial set of recommendations.