Environmental assessment of two artisanal gold mining sites in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
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2016-11-012016-11-01
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United Nations Environment Programme
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RT Generic T1 Environmental assessment of two artisanal gold mining sites in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo A1 United Nations Environment Programme YR 01/11/2016 , 01/11/2016 LK https://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/22445 PB United Nations Environment Programme AB TY - GEN T1 - Environmental assessment of two artisanal gold mining sites in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo AU - United Nations Environment Programme Y1 - 01/11/2016, 01/11/2016 UR - https://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/22445 PB - United Nations Environment Programme AB - @misc{20.500.11822_22445 author = {United Nations Environment Programme}, title = {Environmental assessment of two artisanal gold mining sites in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo}, year = {01/11/2016 , 01/11/2016}, abstract = {}, url = {https://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/22445} } @misc{20.500.11822_22445 author = {United Nations Environment Programme}, title = {Environmental assessment of two artisanal gold mining sites in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo}, year = {01/11/2016 , 01/11/2016}, abstract = {}, url = {https://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/22445} } TY - GEN T1 - Environmental assessment of two artisanal gold mining sites in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo AU - United Nations Environment Programme UR - https://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/22445 PB - United Nations Environment Programme AB -Item Statistics
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This report is an environmental assessment of mercury pollution in two artisanal gold mining sites in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). It was conducted by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) based on fieldwork in Butuzi, South Kivu and Some, Ituri. The purpose of this assessment is to provide technical advice to Partnership Africa Canada’s (PAC) pioneering ‘Just Gold’ project, which aims to bring legal, conflict-free, and traceable gold from the two aforementioned artisanal mine sites to international markets. In this respect, technical assistance on mercury reduction resulting in increased gold production is also an integral component of the incentive-based model that PAC’s project aims to develop to encourage artisanal producers to sell their gold through legal channels. This study represents the first field assessment of mercury use, emissions and releases to the environment by the artisanal gold mining sector in the DRC.
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