This video gives a brief overview of the planetGOLD Burkina Faso project plus a summary of a workshop organized in June 2021 on the project's policy recommendations for the Burkinabe legal framework supporting the country's artisanal and small-scale gold mining sector.
Más de 120 personas de comunidades mineras de Caucasia, Cáceres y El Bagre en el Bajo Cauca Antioqueño, recibieron entrenamiento en el uso de técnicas libres de mercurio para el beneficio del oro. El plan de capacitación incluyó procesos de sensibilización sobre los peligros del mercurio, temas de género y soluciones alternativas para la protección del ambiente y la salud humana. En el cierre de las jornadas se realizó un encuentro en el que las asociaciones mineras participantes reafirmaron su compromiso para luchar por una Colombia libre de mercurio.
planetGOLD Burkina Faso spoke to several people at our project site in Gnikpière, where we are working to establish a mercury-free processing plant. They shared their thoughts about the use of mercury in mining and their interest in transitioning to mercury-free technology.
Meet Wilson, a gold miner from Piura, Peru. He shared some thoughts with planetGOLD about the dangers of mercury use in the artisanal and small-scale gold mining sector and a request for support in accessing mercury-free technologies.
Take a look back at what has been accomplished since planetGOLD's partner project in Ecuador launched, and hear what the project has planned for the future.
Meet Sugiyanti. She lives with her husband and three children in Indonesia's Riau Province. In this video, she shares her experiences working as a gold panner, her thoughts on the use of mercury, and how planetGOLD Indonesia is helping families like Sugiyanti's move toward a mercury-free future.
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