Global Mercury Project

The selection of countries was based primarily on the use of mercury for artisanal mining and the associated impacts on water bodies of global significance. The initial participating countries are Brazil, Sudan, Tanzania, Indonesia and Laos - follow the links below the map to their respective pages where information specific to those countries can be viewed. Additional countries where the Global Mercury Project has been working in various extents are Guyana, Venezuela, Guinea, Ghana, Mozambique, Suriname, the Philippines andZimbabwe. Below the map, main regions where artisanal mining is spreading - South America, Africa and Asia are briefly discussed with reference to international water bodies being affected by artisanal gold mining
http://www.globalmercuryproject.org/countries/countries.htm