Resources

Comic book: My Village is Wonderful and Free from Mercury

planetGOLD Indonesia (GOLD-ISMIA) 2021 English

This comic book was produced by the planetGOLD Indonesia project for young audiences and as an educational tool for school teachers to use, raising awareness about the dangers of exposure to mercury used in artisanal and small-scale gold mining.

Impulsando Buenas Prácticas De Minería Artesanal y de Pequeña Escala en el Contexto Latinoamericano: El Estándar de Minería Justa Fairmined

Alliance for Responsible Mining Spanish

Tomando en cuenta diversas experiencias y contextos de Latinoamérica como Colombia, Perú y Bolivia, esta publicación hace énfasis en la viabilidad de la aplicación del Estándar en la región latinoamericana y ofrece, a su vez, nuevos caminos para incentivar la adopción de buenas prácticas mineras.

Mercury exposure of women in Four Latin American Gold Mining Countries

Lee Bell, IPEN Dave Evers, BRI and Mark Burton, BRI English

This study of mercury levels in women from four Latin American communities is the latest compilation of data in IPEN’s global mercury biomonitoring program. Hair samples were taken from women living in or near the mining towns of Vila Nova, Brazil, El Callao, Venezuela, Íquira, Colombia, and two groups living in Bolvia's Beni river system. 

Mapping Interventions Addressing Child Labour and Working Conditions in

Levin Sources International Labour Organization English

This mapping research shares key learnings and recommendations  to address child labour in ASM drawn from Levin's latest report, in which they mapped existing interventions to address child labour and poor working conditions in the ASM sector in order to extract lessons learned and gaps from existing projects and initiatives that aim to address child labour.

Blood and treasure: breaking the bonds between small-scale mining and terrorism

Mine Digital English

Mining has become one of the key economic drivers of terrorist activity in West and Central Africa, with independent reports showing a clear link between unregulated mining operations and terror groups. The OECD has a number of plans to tackle these relationships, but,  how effective can an independent organisation truly be?

The Practice of FPIC: Insights from the FPIC Solutions Dialogue

Kennedy, T., Martin, T., Lee, M., RESOLVE English

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.

Training Handbook for Artisanal and Small-Scale Miners in Zimbabwe

PACT English

Pact Zimbabwe has piloted trainings to enhance artisanal and small-scale gold miners’ skills in three districts: Gwanda, Kwekwe and Shurugwi. Trainings have covered topics which include; safety and environment management, mining legislation, efficient mining techniques, mercury abatement, child labour, gender equality & mining and financial literacy. To ensure trainings are replicable and sustainable beyond the life of ZAAMP, and to build the capacity of local organizations to conduct similar trainings, Pact Zimbabwe consolidated training materials into a Training Handbook

Fairmined certification contributes to the well-being of small-scale miners

Natalia Uribe English

The content in this blog is the result of the research paper authored by Natalia Uribe Martinez, Standards and Certification manager, as part of her master’s in Development Studies at the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) at Erasmus Rotterdam University, The Hague, The Netherlands. This research article is being submitted for publication in the Journal Extractive Industries and Society.

Алтны бичил уурхайд хэрэглэгддэг химийн бодисын хор хөнөөл: Мөнгөн ус, цианид болон цахиур агуулсан тоосны хүний эрүүл мэнд, байгаль орчинд үзүүлэх нөлөөлөл

Artisanal Gold Council 2020 Mongolian

Энэхүү гарын авлагад мөнгөн ус, цианид, цахиур агуулсан тоосонцрын хүний эрүүл мэнд, байгаль орчинд үзүүлэх нөлөөг хураангуйлан танилцуулсан болно. Химийн хор хөнөөл нь бичил уурхайчид төдийгүй тэдний орон нутагт эрсдэл учруулж байдаг. Мөнгөн ус болон цианид аль аль нь хүний эрүүл мэндэд асар хортой. Гэвч зөвхөн мөнгөн ус байгаль орчинд задралгүй оршиж, хол зайд тархдаг онцлогтой. Үндсэн уурхайд ордод маш нарийн цахиурт тоосонцорт өртөх явдал түгээмэл боловч түүнээс урьдчилан сэргийлэх боломжтой.

Creative Capacity Building to Address Gender-Based Violence in the ASGM Sector in Colombia

MIT D-Lab and Alliance for Responsible Mining 2021 English

The MIT D-Lab Inclusive Economies program and the Alliance for Responsible Mining in Colombia, joined together to launch a two-year program addressing gender-based violence affecting women engaged in artisanal and small-scale gold mining in the Antioquia region of Colombia.

The project uses an innovative movement-building approach to foster women miners’ associations and homegrown advocacy to address social and economic gender-based violence in mining communities in Andes, Zaragoza, Nechí, and El Bagre in Antioquia, Colombia.