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COVID-19 Preventive Measures for the Artisanal Gold Sector

planetGOLD Philippines / Artisanal Gold Council 2020 Filipino

This set of posters developed by the planetGOLD Philippines project team with content produced by the Artisanal Gold Council are awareness raising resources on COVID-19 for the artisanal mining sector. One poster focuses on preventive measures at the mining site, while the other poster provides general information about COVID-19. The information is based on the most recent scientific findings on the coronavirus and recommendations from reputable health organizations.
Knowledge Areas:

Awareness Raising
Countries:

Philippines
Topics:

COVID-19

Health/Safety
Download .pdf (1019.63 KB)
Impacts of COVID-19 on Women in ASM

Olivia Lyster and Josephine Singo 2020 English

This blog contributes to this ongoing discussion by providing insights on the gendered impacts of the pandemic on artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) communities. They draw on our recent data collection in Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Uganda and the DRC as part of the Delve COVID-19 Impact Reporting initiative.
Knowledge Areas:

Awareness Raising

Formalization
Topics:

COVID-19

Development

Due Diligence Resources

Due Diligence/Responsible Gold

Gender

Gold Consumers

Health/Safety

Human Rights/ Vulnerable Populations

Income/Livelihood
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Four Covid-19 Impacts in ASM in Uganda and Policy Recommendations to Address Them.

Victoria Gronwald and Josephine Singo 2020 English

Levin Sources launched a research effort into the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on ASM communities in Mozambique, Uganda, Zimbabwe and the DRC, as part of a global data collection exercise on the impacts of COVID-19 in ASM communities. This blog highlights 4 of their key findings from Uganda.
Knowledge Areas:

Access to Finance

Awareness Raising

Formalization
Topics:

COVID-19

Development

Due Diligence/Responsible Gold

Gold Consumers

Health/Safety

Human Rights/ Vulnerable Populations

Income/Livelihood

Legal Framework
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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
Download .pdf (1.91 MB)
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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Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in the Mining Sector in Africa

y Lucy Atim, Mesiya Mwangoka, Dr. Laura Martins (Montrose International) and Sophie Rickard (Independent Consultant) English

This study offers a thorough review of the evidence around Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) in the mining sector in Sub-Saharan Africa, with a particular focus on the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda.
Knowledge Areas:

Awareness Raising

Formalization
Topics:

Development

Due Diligence/Responsible Gold

Due Diligence/ Supply Chains

Gender

Health/Safety

Human Rights/ Vulnerable Populations

Income/Livelihood
Download .pdf (5.29 MB)
Análisis de la presencia del COVID-19 en la MAPE de Arequipa, Piura y Puno

planetGOLD Perú 2020 Spanish

Este reporte analiza los casos de contagios del COVID-19 y su evolución, entre los meses de junio y julio del 2020, correlacionando la información con zonas de pequeña minería y minería artesanal (MAPE) con el propósito de brindar información a las autoridades y líderes mineros para que adopten mecanismos de prevención ante la propagación potencial del virus en las comunidades mineras.
Countries:

Peru
Topics:

COVID-19

Health/Safety

Human Rights/ Vulnerable Populations
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Chemical hazards in the artisanal gold sector: Impacts of mercury, cyanide and silica dust on human health and environment

Artisnal Gold Council 2020 English

This brochure provides a brief overview on the health and environmental impacts of mercury, cyanide and silica dust in the sector. Chemical risks do not only affect miners, but also their communities. Mercury and cyanide are both highly toxic to human health. However, only mercury persists in the environment and can travel long distances in the environment. Exposure to very fine silica dust is a common hazard in hard rock mining, but one that can easily be prevented
Topics:

Health/Safety
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Abandoned artisanal gold mines in the Brazilian Amazon: A legacy of mercury pollution

Marcello M. Veiga and Jennifer J. Hinton English

This article reviews the use of mercury in artisanal mining and highlights the role miners, governments and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have played in communicating facts, perpetuating myths and deriving solutions for mercury pollution. This article also raises some key concerns that must be addressed to understand the behaviour of mercury in the environment and identifies solutions for problems facing communities where artisanal gold mining operations have been abandoned.
Knowledge Areas:

Awareness Raising
Topics:

Health/Safety

Human Rights/ Vulnerable Populations

Cyanide/ Mercury
Download .pdf (999.42 KB)

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