Resources

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).

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

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:

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

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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.

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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.

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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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Friends of Nation, May 2017

Geographic information management support for artisanal and small-scale gold mining national action plans under the Minamata Convention

This document describes the procedure for the determination of vapor phase mercury mass concentration in stack gas using carbon traps based on US EPA Method 30B.

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AGENDA for Environment and Responsible Development, 2017

This policy brief focuses on the findings of a recently completed study, carried out to investigate the health threats and challenges, due to use of Skin Whitening Creams (SWCs) in some selected main cities of Pakistan. In light of these findings, described and discussed in its following pages, this policy brief presents recommendations.

List of experts for the Waste management partnership area of the Global Mercury Partnership

World Health Organization Fact sheet webpage on Mercury in health, including Key facts, Exposure to mercury, Health effects of mercury exposure, How to reduce human exposure from mercury sources, Mercury use in vaccines and pharmaceuticals, Political agreement and WHO Response.

The world’s nations adopted the Minamata Convention on Mercury to protect human health and the environment from mercury pollution. A good understanding of mercury supply, trade and demand is critical to effective implementation of the Convention.

This report describes project activities, including measuring mercury content in coals burned in Vietnam, measuring mercury content of flue gas, and developing mercury emissions factors for the coal-fired power sector

In order to expand on the direction provided by the IGF’s Mining Policy Framework (MPF), IGF member states identified the need for more concrete guidance on managing key issues relating to mining and sustainable development.

The present report is one of the main outputs of the World Bank project "Development of mercury trade di-agnostic for Sub-Saharan Africa". The project builds on the current efforts of the World Bank Group, Environ-mental & Natural Resources in Sub-Saharan Africa, focused on chemicals and wastes.

Inventory produced by the Basel Convention Regional Centre for Training and Technology Transfer of the Caribbean Region during the Mercury Waste Storage and Disposal Project in Three Selected Countries in the Caribbean.

Inventory produced by the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Environment & Risk Management Division of Jamaica, during the Mercury Waste Storage and Disposal Project in Three Selected Countries in the Caribbean.

Inventory produced by Office of the President of the Republic of Suriname Coordination Environment during the Mercury Waste Storage and Disposal Project in Three Selected Countries in the Caribbean.

Mid-Term Progress Report Mercury Storage and Disposal Project In the Caribbean: Jamaica, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago

UNEP Global Mercury Partnership

Basel Convention Regional Centre- Caribbean

August 2016

Academic journal paper published in Science of the Total Environment: Evaluating the effectiveness of the Minamata Convention (as required by Article 22) is a crucial component to ensure that it meets this objective.