This report has been prepared by the Artisanal Gold Council, the executing agency for the planetGOLD Mongolia project to develop an understanding of the status quo of the artisanal and small-scale mining sector in Mongolia, in particular to assess the current status of prevalent ASGM practices, attitudes and knowledge levels among relevant stakeholder groups in the project sites.
This final report of the project Developing Forest-Smart Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining Standards/Guidance provides an overview of the project’s purpose, scope, methodology, and process; a condensed compilation of the project’s work products; general recommendations for adoption in global and national processes, and a complete compilation of the bolt-on FS-ASM Standard as annex 1. Four additional annexes set out feasibility studies for piloting the bolt-on FS-ASM Standard in Colombia, Peru, Ghana, and Liberia.
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