30 datasets found

This toolkit companion is an illustrated overview of the trends and challenges in environment, mining and development of the Kyrgyz Republic and Central Asia. It focuses on...

Environmental protection is one of the areas where the Balkan countries still face a big challenge to catch up with their western neighbours. After the 1990s conflicts and the...

The aim of TEEB is to provide a bridge between the multi-disciplinary science of biodiversity and the arena of international and national policy as well as local government and...

This publication acts as a companion to UNEP's APELL for Mining (2001). That document was prepared to assist mining companies to apply UNEP's APELL process, which had previously...

This study explores selected options that can replace the mercury mining at the Khaidarkan Mercury Combine (KMC) near the Aidarken settlement in Kyrgyzstan. It considers mining...

The UNEP Global Mercury Partnership was initiated in 2005 to take immediate action to protect human health and the environment from the release of mercury and its compounds to...

The Report introduces a systematic approach to addressing environmental issues though policy planning that will respond to the needs of society and provides a valuable...

The objective of this workshop was to start discussion in several areas including: a) What is our current state of knowledge with respect to abandoned mines in each of our...

Mining and mineral processing has played a vital part in the history and economy of the Western Balkans. Richly endowed with mineral resources such as copper, chromite, lead and...

This report is the first comprehensive SOE report for Rwanda. It is an integrated assessment and will provide a baseline for future reporting. It will also feed into other...

This report finds that Lao PDR has 68 percent of its land covered by forests, significantly higher than the worlds average which stands at 30 percent. As Lao PDR is vulnerable...

Please click on the ASGM site of interest to display summary site information

List of signatories and future parties Last update: Januray 12, 2022 More information on: http://www.mercuryconvention.org...

Please click on a country of interest to learn estimated annual gold production and mercury use by the ASGM sector, as well as estimated number of ASGM miners and Minamata...

Location of mining projects according to type of mineral, status of activity, operating company and province.

Estimated number of artisanal and small-scale miners as percentage of rural population. Source: http://www.artisanalmining.org/Inventory/...

Estimated number of artisanal and small-scale miners per country. Source: www.artisanalmining.org [http://www.artisanalmining.org/Inventory/]

This dataset shows the mercury sites that have been inventoried in Sierra Leone in 2018 by Juha Ronkainen from UN Environment.

Requests for mining titles in 2014.

ASGM field studies in Madagascar. Location of sites where no mercury is used. Source: Ministry of Environment Madagascar