Formalization is the keystone element of solutions to tackle mercury use in ASGM. This is a key takeaway from the recent cross-programmatic assessment of planetGOLD.

🔍 Explore more detailed takeaways & recommendations from the programme: www.planetgold.org/resources/cr...

"Mercury-free mining does not have a one-size fits solutions."

Touching on best practices & challenges for formalization, technology transfer & improving access to finance & markets, panelists highlighted the need to ensure inclusion of miners in ensuring #mercury-free mining. @planetgold.org

Consult the #MinamataCOP6 Special Event, "The @planetgold.org Programme – Learnings and Looking Ahead".

Advancing Gender-Inclusive Solutions in ASGM:
#MinamataConvention on Mercury COP-6 Knowledge Lab

🗓️ Thursday, 6 November
🕑 14:00 - 14:45 CET
📍 CICG Room 3 (Level -1)

#ResponsibleMining #environmentalhealth #Pollutionmanagement @minamataconvention.bsky.social

Hear from planetGOLD #Bolivia & from #AEHPMP projects in #Ghana & #Tanzania as they share tools, strategies, and stories of partnering with women miners to improve opportunities and working conditions through training and technical support.

#MakeMercuryHistory #GenderInclusion #WomensEmpowerment

Supported by @thegef.bsky.social and led by @unep.org, planetGOLD #Zimbabwe is executed by @impacttransform.org in partnership with the Ministry of Mines and Mining Development, Environmental Management Agency, and the Ministry of Environment, Climate and Wildlife.

Participants in the event will present & discuss observations & lessons learned from a cross-programmatic assessment of 9 country-level projects, touching on best practices & challenges for formalization, technology transfer & improving miner access to finance and markets.

The programme is funded by @thegef.bsky.social, led by @unep.org and implemented in partnership with @undp.org, UNIDO, and @conservationorg.bsky.social.

#MakeMercuryHistory #ResponsibleSourcing #MercuryFree #EthicalGold #ArtisanalGold

Established to assist countries in upholding their obligations under the @minamataconvention.bsky.social, the planetGOLD programme partners with governments, the private sector & local communities to reduce and, where feasible, eliminate the use of mercury in artisanal & small-scale gold mining.

The planetGOLD Guinea project is supported by @thegef.bsky.social, implemented by @unep.org and executed by the Centre Africain pour la Santé Environnementale (CASE). To learn more, visit planetgold.org/guinea

📺 View the full Dispatches from the Field series at: t.co/fcdmA1hPon