Resources

This video lays out the primary risks associated with Ghana's ASGM operations, describes its importance, and lists efforts taken to offset the consequences of ASGM on workers and their communities.

This 90 minute training session offers: (1) a practical guidance on how to implement DD in your own supply chain; (2) a better understanding of the EU regulation requirements and how to address them; and (3) insight into existing tools to support DD efforts.

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Surveys of heavy metal contamination over two gold mine areas in West Jawa, Indonesia were conducted and indigenous plants for phytoremediation were studied as possible solutions. Some plant species that grew in the contaminated sites showed high tolerance and were potentially effective in accumulating cyanide or mercury in their roots and above ground portions.