La visita del Papa destaca los problemas de la minería del oro y sus soluciones
Over the last decade, miners have turned tens of thousands of hectares of once lush jungle into barren, sandy landscapes. Not visible but equally devastating is...
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Mending our Ways: A Conversation on the Environmental Impacts of the Fashion Industry
On Monday morning, at the gathering of environmentally-minded business leaders known as SXSW Eco , I'll be leading a panel discussion on how to reduce the...
Time to Roll up our Sleeves and Tackle Toxic Mercury Use in Small-Scale Gold Mining
[Artisanal Miners in Medellin, Colombia/photo credit: Marcello Veiga] The last decade has witnessed a boom in the artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM)...
The US Joins the Mercury Convention
On November 6, in a bold and surprising move, the United States became the first nation to officially join the Minamata Convention on Mercury. By being the...
Mercury-free gold mining takes hold in Northern Philippines
Amid the spectacular beauty of the northern Philippines, I recently attended the 1st summit on Artisanal and Small Scale Gold Mining (ASGM) in Kalinga province...
The Minamata Convention: What It Means for Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining
It has been over a decade since the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) first sounded the alarm about the transboundary nature of mercury pollution,...