Africa: UN Environment Agency Tackles Mercury-Tarnished Gold Mining Industry

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Reducing mercury use by nearly 370 tons in nine countries, a UN environment agency initiative now plans to scale up efforts in 15 other affected nations, making conditions safer for millions of small-scale miners.

. Launched in 2019, it also aims at improving more than 1.2 million hectares of land, mitigating some 400,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions, and benefiting 370,000 people over the next six years, UNEP said.work in artisanal and small-scale gold mining,Often unsafe and unregulated, these operations account for 20 per cent of the global gold supply, generating about $30 billion annually., they emit 2,000 tons of the element every year.does not degrade in the environment.

"Gold mining is a big part of our life," said Demver Suzara, president of a mining association in the Philippines."While, which aims as phasing out the use of mercury,In Kenya, where many of more than 250,000 small-scale gold miners are young adults that lack other job opportunities, barriers remain to access necessary equipment.," says Emmanuel Nyaga, a 21-year-old small-scale miner in Kisumu.

 

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