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COVID-19 and ASGM Communities – An Early Look at the Crisis
By Kevin Telmer and Marieke Kroll, March 23, 2020 1. Context: How will the COVID-19 pandemic affect ASGM communities? Prevalence COVID-19 is present now in all Artisanal and Small-Scale…
Recognizing Women’s Contributions and Challenges in Philippine Small-Scale Mining
Investment Specialist Kristal Jaylo (far left) and Monitoring Evaluation Specialist Emmaleeh Pequit with the women in a community in Agusan del Sur after a focus group discussion on women’s…
Women as change agents: sustainable ASGM through Women’s Cooperatives in Indonesia
Background In Indonesia, the artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) sector serves as a direct income source for over 300,000 people and indirectly supports approximately 1 million people . ASGM…
Promoting Health and Safety in Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining: Experience from the Asia-Pacific Region
Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is an important source of livelihood for millions of people in the developing world. In Indonesia, some estimates consider around 300,000-1,000,000 artisanal miners to…
South America
COLOMBIA Rural Development and Empowerment of the Communitarian Councils of the Chocó Department Through the Sustainable Use of Natural and Mineral Resources – Output 1 (2020-2022) Funded by the European…
Past Projects
SURINAME Reducing the Use and Release of Mercury by Artisanal Gold Miners in Latin America (2015-2016) In 2015 the AGC embarked on a USDoS funded project to improve our understanding…
Related Literature
ASGM status in West Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia Author: Baiq Dewi Krisnayanti ABSTRACT: Artisanal Small-Scale Gold Mining (ASGM) obviously contributes to serious environmental and health issue for miners, nearby populations,…
The Resiliency of the Philippine Small-Scale Mining Communities: Bayanihan Amidst Super Typhoons and a Pandemic
A submerged house in Cagayan province two days after Typhoon Vamco hit the Philippines (aerial photo from the Philippine Coast Guard) Three weeks. Three typhoons. Extensive flooding. Destructive…
Burkina Faso – Quarantines and Gold Prices Down 20%
Faced with expert predictions that the COVID-19 epidemic in Burkina Faso could rival that of Italy or Spain, authorities in the West African nation have implemented sweeping lockdown and quarantine…