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Developing a National Action Plan to Reduce, and Where Feasible, Eliminate Mercury Use in Artisanal and Small Scale Gold Mining - Draft version
(2015)
This document represents an expansion of the UNEP’s Guidance Document: Developing a National Strategic Plan to Reduce Mercury Use in Artisanal and Small Scale Gold Mining (UNEP 2011), and is intended to reflect Convention ...
Handbook: Developing National ASGM Formalization Strategies within National Action Plans
(2018)
This document aims to assist countries to develop artisanal and small-scale gold mining formalization strategies as part of their National Action Plans under the Minamata Convention on Mercury. The target audience is ...
Standard Operational Procedures for the Monitoring of Mercury and Methylmercury in Fish and Shellfish
(2015)
The Standard Operational Procedures is specifically focused on a monitoring plan to estimate the reduction of mercury and methylmercury level in fish and shellfish and to identify potentially highly-exposed population ...
Quick Start Guide for Managing Mercury Trade in Artisanal and Small Scale Gold Mining
(2018-10)
This guide for managing mercury trade in ASGM has been developed as part of UN Environment Global Mercury Partnership technical support to countries developing NAPs, in response to requests from countries. The guide provides ...
Catalogue of Technologies and Services on Mercury Waste Management
(2020)
This catalog has been complied by Associate Professor. Misuzu Asari, Kyoto University and Ministry of the Environment, Japan, the leads of the Waste Management Area (WMA) under the UNEP Global Mercury Partnership in ...
Toolkit for Identification and Quantification of Mercury Releases: Reference Report and Guideline for Inventory Level 2 - Version 1.2 April 2013
(2013-04)
This Toolkit aims to assist countries that are developing their mercury inventory to estimate releases of mercury, and also leads them through the process of how to enhance and refine these inventories. The Toolkit’s goal ...
Toolkit for Identification and Quantification of Mercury Releases: Pilot Draft - November 2005
(2005-11)
This Toolkit aims to assist countries that are developing their mercury inventory to estimate releases of mercury, and also leads them through the process of how to enhance and refine these inventories. The Toolkit’s goal ...
National Inventory of Mercury Releases in [Country] [Template]
(2013-04)
UN Environment's Toolkit for identification and quantification of mercury releases, hereafter referred as the Toolkit, is intended to assist countries to identify and quantify the sources of mercury releases.Inventory Level ...
Developing Baseline Estimates of Mercury Use in Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining Communities: A Practical Guide
(2015)
This guide is an educational and training document that can be used as a practical introduction to conducting baseline estimates of mercury use in artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) communities.
Guide for Reducing Major Uses and Releases of Mercury
(2006)
This document is intended to assist countries to identify sources of mercury exposure and to assess main methods of reducing mercury exposures and risks to their people.