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Interest in mercury-free technologies, health care, and the environment is becoming relevant in artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) in Puno, Peru.

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February 22nd, 2021
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Footnotes Writing: Jane Lazarte - planetGOLD Peru (UNDP) // Photo: Heidi Haeberle for GIRH-TDPS (UNDP) // Video: Jair Guillen for GIRH-TDPS (UNDP)

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The Global Environment Facility-funded planetGOLD programme works to upgrade the practices of artisanal & small-scale gold miners—sustainably boosting their productivity & livelihoods while significantly reducing global mercury pollution.
Led by the UN Environment Programme, planetGOLD is implemented with the UN Industrial Development Organization, UN Development Programme & Conservation International, supporting countries’ commitments under the Minamata Convention on Mercury.
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