Wheel of Knowledge

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.

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.

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.

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

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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

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).

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.

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.

[ 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.

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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

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AGENDA for Environment and Responsible Development, 2017

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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.

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.

MONGOLIA - Sustainable Artisanal Mining Project of Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation

GLOBAL - UN Environment

The video describes the use of mercury in gold extraction in small-scale mining activities. It further underlines the risks that mercury poses to the surrounding environment and people. It also presents an overview of alternative, environmentally-friendly methods that can be applied in place of mercury amalgamation. 

GLOBAL - Cordy Geosciences

The videos guide the viewer through the entire ASGM process chain and propose the "golden means" - better practices - that can be applied at each step in order to reduce the use of mercury and prevent this toxic metal from affecting the environment and human health.

Ghana’s artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector continues to grow in size and significance. Its contribution to wealth creation, employment and the economy make it one of the nation’s most important livelihood activities, directly employing an estimated one million people and supporting approximately 4.5 million more.

Artisanal Gold Council, 2015

An early version of this report served as a background document for a WHO technical consultation on artisanal and small-scale gold mining and health, which took place on 1-2 October 2014 in Geneva, Switzerland. The overarching goals of this meeting were to: a)bring together world experts in order to take stockof current developments in the field.

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Alliance for Responsable Mining, Somos Tesoro, 2016

PACT, 2016

GLOBAL - Alliance for Responsible Mining

The video presents a certification scheme: The Fairmined Initiative that was created by the Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM), a non-profit organization.