“The
beneficiaries of this project are the communities around small-scale
mining areas. If we are able to change the mining methods, the
approach, and bring a common vision and goal among the miners and the community, Ban Toxics and its partners would have paved the way for a long-term solution to the problem,” Ban Toxics Executive Director Richard Gutierrez said during the project’s inception workshop.
approach, and bring a common vision and goal among the miners and the community, Ban Toxics and its partners would have paved the way for a long-term solution to the problem,” Ban Toxics Executive Director Richard Gutierrez said during the project’s inception workshop.
According to a study
conducted by the United Nations Environment Program, ASGM is the
single-largest mercury-emitting sector in the Philippines, having been
recognized to discharge about 70 metric tons, or more than 30 percent,
of the country’s annual mercury releases.
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