Future strategies for tackling mercury pollution in the artisanal gold mining sector: Making the Minamata Convention work

The recently ratified Minamata Convention is an international treaty aimed at reducing the trade, use and emissions of mercury. Specific attention is paid in the document to mercury contamination that has accompanied the expansion of artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) in many developing countries. In addressing these articles, the Convention looks to initiate new wave of policymaking and extension projects in coming years, as signatory countries work to stem emissions from the ASGM sector.
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