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Guidance Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining (ASGM)

This interactive guide synthesizes and connects existing information on mercury-free practices in the ASGM sector through simple graphs, videos and illustrative success stories.

Report Coal Combustion

This study aims to conduct an inventory of mercury emissions from selected coal-fired power plants in Thailand.

Report Products

The use of skin fairness products that frequently contain toxic ingredients is associated with significant adverse health side effects. Due to the high prevalence of use in Asian and African countries, skin fairness product use is recognized as a growing public health concern.

Tool Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining (ASGM)

Collecting field data is often necessary to prepare the national Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining (ASGM) sector overview. The United Nations Institute for Training and Research(UNITAR) has developed a mobile data collection tool to accompany the two methodologies developed by the Artisanal Gold Council (baseline estimates) and UNITAR (socio-economic research methodology).

Report Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining (ASGM)

 Dr Maria Laura Barreto, Patrick Schein, Dr Jennifer Hinton, Felix Hruschka, January 2018

Report Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining (ASGM)

Willison Mutagwaba, John Bosco Tindyebwa, Veronica Makanta,, Delphinus Kaballega and Graham Maeda

IIED, January 2018

Guidance Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining (ASGM)

This handbook is the result of a training workshop for staff from the geological survey authorities, the regulatory agencies and the universities involved in the ASM sector to strengthen their capacity to better assist the country's ASM operators. It is intended to serve as a reference for the future involvement of the geological survey authority's staff in the country's ASM sector.

Guidance Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining (ASGM)

This handbook is the result of a training workshop for staff from the geological survey authorities, the regulatory agencies and the universities involved in the ASM sector to strengthen their capacity to better assist the country's ASM operators. It is intended to serve as a reference for the future involvement of the geological survey authority's staff in the country's ASM sector.

Guidance Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining (ASGM)

This handbook is the result of a training workshop for staff from the geological survey authorities, the regulatory agencies and the universities involved in the ASM sector to strengthen their capacity to better assist the country's ASM operators. It is intended to serve as a reference for the future involvement of the geological survey authority's staff in the country's ASM sector.

Guidance Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining (ASGM)

This handbook is the result of a training workshop for staff from the geological survey authorities, the regulatory agencies and the universities involved in the ASM sector to strengthen their capacity to better assist the country's ASM operators. It is intended to serve as a reference for the future involvement of the geological survey authority's staff in the country's ASM sector

Report Products

Background. Skin lightening is very popular among women and some men of the Caribbean, and its popularity appears to be growing. The lightening of skin colour is done to produce a lighter complexion which is believed to increase attractiveness, social standing and improves one’s potential of being successful.

Guidance Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining (ASGM)

[ English / French / Spanish ]

Quick start guide to preparing an Artisanal and Small Scale Gold Mining National Action Plan to fulfill obligations under Article 7 of the Minamata Convention on Mercury

Guidance Products

This guide provides a simplified list of steps governments may take in preparing to undertake the Convention Article 4 obligations. It is intended to facilitate the implementation of the legal, institutional, and practical components of a mercury product phase out strategy, including those that may be performed as part of Minamata Initial Assessments (MIAs).

Report Coal Combustion

This report presents national information on coal types and coal usage, characterizes the coal-fired power sector in Indonesia and develops an emission inventory for the coal fired energy sector as well as presents other relevant information to improve accuracy of future emission inventories.

Report Partnership Advisory Group

Draft report of the Global Mercury Partnership Advisory Group (PAG) 8th Meeting, which took place on 22 September 2017 in Geneva, Switzerland.

Tool Air Transport and Fate, Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining (ASGM), Cement Industry, Chlor-alkali, Coal Combustion, Products, Supply and Storage, Waste Management

UN Environment Chemicals and Health Branch is developing and populating a databank on chemicals analyses, in particular on persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and mercury (Hg).

Factsheet Air Transport and Fate

As part of the 13th International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant, teams of scientists prepared syntheses of the current state of mercury science. The syntheses address four topics:

Report Coal Combustion

This draft report was produced as a discussion piece for the Workshop on Efficiency and Emissions, Mpumalanga, South Africa, 28th February 2017, with support from the US Department of State

Report Coal Combustion

This draft report was produced as a discussion piece for the Workshop on Efficiency and Emissions, Mpumalanga, South Africa, 28th February 2017, with support from the US Department of State

Report Waste Management

The Minamata Convention on Mercury mandates that mercury waste be managed in an environmentally sound manner, taking into account the guidelines developed under the Basel Convention, and in accordance with requirements to be adopted by the Conference of the Parties.

Video Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining (ASGM)

GLOBAL - MapX UN Environment

As part of UN Environment’s assistance to the countries developing National Action Plans, MapX has developed customized dashboards to support developing countries in managing information related to mercury use and reduction in the artisanal and small-scale gold mining sector.

Report Products
Report Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining (ASGM)
Video Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining (ASGM)

[ English  / French / Russian / Spanish / Swahili ] GLOBAL - UN Environment, UNITAR

The video explains the four worst practices in ASGM. According to the Minamata Convention, each National Action Plan on ASGM must include actions to eliminate them. The video also introduces best practices to reduce and eliminate the use of mercury in ASGM.

Video Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining (ASGM)

GLOBAL - UN Environment, MAPX

A demonstration story map on mercury use in artisanal and small-scale gold mining. See www.mapx.org to access the online story map.

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