UNEP Disasters & Conflicts
DR Congo Artisanal Gold Mining
Field mission to assess mercury contamination at the Butuzi artisanal gold mining site in South Kivu carried out in March 2016. Assessment findings are used to provide technical advice on reducing mercury pollution and related occupational and environmental impacts within a pilot project implemented by Partnership Africa Canada (PAC) aiming to establish conflict-free and legal supply chains for artisanal gold in eastern DRC. The UN peacekeeping in DRC (MONUSCO) is also providing in-kind logistical support to this project.
2016 © Hassan Partow/UN Environment
For further information go to www.unep.org/disastersandconflicts/
DR Congo Artisanal Gold Mining
Field mission to assess mercury contamination at the Butuzi artisanal gold mining site in South Kivu carried out in March 2016. Assessment findings are used to provide technical advice on reducing mercury pollution and related occupational and environmental impacts within a pilot project implemented by Partnership Africa Canada (PAC) aiming to establish conflict-free and legal supply chains for artisanal gold in eastern DRC. The UN peacekeeping in DRC (MONUSCO) is also providing in-kind logistical support to this project.
2016 © Hassan Partow/UN Environment
For further information go to www.unep.org/disastersandconflicts/