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Overview of key operational articles under the Minamata Convention on Mercury

… USED ...... 8 ARTICLE 7 - ARTISANAL AND SMALL-SCALE GOLD MINING … trade in mercury, laying down measures on primary mercury mining, stocks of mercury or mercury compounds, excess … “mercury-added products” (paragraph 2). PRIMARY MERCURY MINING Primary mercury mining is defined under Article 2 of …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Global Mercury Assessment

… and updated information on artisanal and small-scale gold mining. • The use of different pollution control technologies … cycling in the environment. Artisanal and small-scale gold mining and coal burning are the major sources of … confirms the role of artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) and coal burning as the largest components of …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Strategic Report: Environment, Peace and Security - a Convergence of Threats

… from illegal logging, illegal fishing and illegal mining deplete the planet’s essential resources. A variety of … considers forestry crime, fisheries crime, and illegal mining. It also highlights INTERPOL’s activities to tackle … wildlife poaching and trafficking. By contrast, illegal mining ranks seventh on the list of environmental priorities, …
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Convention text of the Minamata Convention on Mercury

… on certain specific sources of mercury such as primary mining, and to control mercury-added products and … are used, as well as artisanal and small scale gold mining. The text of the Convention includes separate articles … of this Convention: (a) “Artisanal and small-scale gold mining” means gold mining conducted by individual miners or …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Judges and Environmenal Law: a Handbook for the Sri Lankan Judiciary

… Supreme Court made, prohibiting mechanised sand and clay mining that had devastated our river beds with an imminent … to suspend all licenses for mechanised sand and clay mining (the Sand mining case). xi In the case of Environmental Foundation …
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Global mercury waste assessment - Review of current national measures

… Laboratory of Uruguay Enatfenta Melaka Ministry of Mining, Ethiopia Eric Uram Headwater LLC Erik Westin Swedish … fluorescent lamps, batteries, dental amalgam, artisan gold mining and even some mascaras. The poor handling and disposal … Among the countries with artisanal and small-scale gold mining, mercury-contaminated sites are common. Arti- sanal …
17 Jun 2026 Document

Governing natural resources and the processes and institutions that affect them : North-West Frontier Province. Legislation.

… Cattle Trespass Act 1871 587 6.1.3 Extractive Industry–Mining, Petroleum 596 6.1.3.1 NWFP Local Government Ordinance … NWFP Mines Registration Rules 1994 596 6.1.3.3 NWFP Mining Concession Rules 1976 598 6.1.3.4 NWFP Sarhad … impact natural resources, such as agriculture and mining. Rural and urban development in the NWFP is governed …
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Acting Now!

… Reducing Mercury in Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining Mercury Control from Coal Combustion Mercury Releases … and monitoring 7. Artisanal and small-scale gold mining Annex C. National action plans 20. Implementation plan … Reducing mercury in Artisanal and Small- Scale Gold Mining Mercury release from the cement industry Mercury waste …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Non-judicial grievance mechanisms in land-related disputes in Sierra Leone

…   Businesses undertaking  large‐scale agriculture or mining activities  inevitably  impact tenure  rights  in  … operational‐level GRMs  to provide  remedies. Recent mining  regulations, which  are  in  line  … for  about half of  its  gross domestic product  (GDP). Mining,  for which  the  country  is  more  known,  …
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Integrating Economics into Resource and Environmental Management Some Recent Experiences in the Pacific

… were met. In Chapter 12, Economic Feasibility of Aggregate Mining, Holland et al. demonstrate the use of cost benefit … to inform key policy choices concerning coastal aggregate mining in atoll nations. They note that, given the threats to wellbeing of people from coastal mining and availability of limited number of alternatives to …
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