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ASGM Simplified: A Beginner's Guide to Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining in the Philippines is a concise introduction to the topic. It explains the basics of ASGM, highlights the differences between ASGM and large-scale mining, and emphasizes the importance of ASGM for livelihoods, economic growth, and community empowerment. The guide also covers the relevant laws and policies governing ASGM, common practices, a glimpse of the history of ASGM in the Philippines, and the significance of Minahang Bayan, which are the designated areas for small-scale mining. Overall, this guide offers valuable insights into the role of ASGM in sustainable

The Social and Environmental Standards (SES) are an integral component of UNDP’s quality assurance and risk management approach to programming. This publication came into effect on 1 Jan 2021 and is a revised version of the 2015 publication. The French and Spanish versions can be found here. 

The objective of this study was to develop a methodology for assessing the socio-environmental costs of dredge boat mining in the Tapaj´os watershed, using a method linking the type of gold mining, type of pump, motor power required, time spent in exploration, and mercury use with the average socioeconomic cost. The findings can contribute to a more accurate economic valuation of illegal dredge boat mining, providing valuable information for estimating compensation fines and planning law enforcement investments to prevent illegal ASGM. 

Este paquete de diapositivas se presentó durante un seminario web en julio de 2024 para proyectos nacionales planetGOLD en el que se ofreció una visión general de la financiación de los Planes de Acción Paisajísticos. Es el séptimo de una serie de seminarios web sobre el Enfoque Jurisdiccional (JA) y el Enfoque Paisajístico (LA).

This slide deck was presented during a July 2024 webinar for planetGOLD national projects giving an overview of financing Landscape Action Plans. It is the seventh in a series of webinars on Jurisdictional Approach (JA) / Landscape Approach (LA).

This study develops a framework for calculating the economic costs associated with the negative environmental and social impacts of ASGM in the Brazilian Amazon. Based on a literature review on impact valuations of deforestation, land degradation, and mercury contamination, the authors use multiple parameters to develop a generalizable value transfer formula. The study additionally proposes an enhancement to the model used by Bakker et al. (2021) for estimating mercury impacts on human health.

The main objective of this study is to propose a methodology to evaluate the impacts of ASGM on human health in different contexts in the Brazilian Amazon. It connects several points in the literature based on hypotheses regarding mercury dispersion in water, its transformation into methylmercury, and absorption by fish and humans. This methodology can be used as a tool to estimate the extent of environmental damage caused by artisanal gold mining, the severity of damage to the health of individuals contaminated by mercury and, consequently, can contribute to the application of fines to environmental violators.

En este folleto informativo, planetGold Nicaragua facilita información a los mineros artesanales y sus familias sobre el impacto negativo del mercurio en la salud, cuáles son los síntomas de intoxicación y quiénes son las personas más vulnerables. 

IBAT provides data, tools and guidance that help organisations act on biodiversity related risks and opportunities, and generates sustainable funding to support biodiversity datasets.

This Policy sets out the GEF’s approach to anticipating, and then avoiding, preventing, minimizing, mitigating, managing, offsetting or compensating any adverse impacts that GEF-financed projects and programs may have on people or the environment throughout the project or program cycle; thereby enhancing the environmental and social outcomes of such projects and programs.