Tales of Mercury-Containing Tailings
Read the story by planetGOLD, in collaboration with the Minamata Convention and UNEP Chemicals and Health Branch, to learn more about best practices to support sound management of tailings in ASGM.
Read the story by planetGOLD, in collaboration with the Minamata Convention and UNEP Chemicals and Health Branch, to learn more about best practices to support sound management of tailings in ASGM.
As the negotiations in the GEF-8 proceed, register online to this High-Level Panel (14 January, 13h00-15h00 CET) that will address the needs and solutions of the chemicals and waste conventions.
Explore the brand new ratification map, an interactive overview of the Parties that have joined the Minamata Convention in the worldwide fight against toxic mercury.
Speech delivered by the Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme Inger Andersen at the opening ceremony of the online segment of the fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury (COP-4).
Masami Ogata is a survivor of Minamata Disease, a debilitating illness caused by industrial mercury poisoning, which originated in the Japanese town of the same name in the 1950s. As an UN conference on preventing future poisoning outbreaks gets underway, the online segment of COP-4, we hear Mr.
Press release in Bahasa Indonesian on the online segment of the fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP-4), published by Ministry of Environment and Forestry (Republic of Indonesia).
In a GEF Voices interview, the Executive Secretary of the Minamata Convention, Monika Stankiewicz, shares her hopes and expectations for the upcoming fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties, whose online segment will be held from 1 to 5 November 2021.
An Executive Briefing on the online segment of the Fourth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP-4) will be held on 19 October within the framework of the Geneva Environment Network.
The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), through its Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB), will cover the online segment of COP-4 from 1 to 5 November.
In August 2017, one of the world’s most recent environmental accords came into force: The Minamata Convention on Mercury.
The Secretariat of the Minamata Convention on Mercury launches a brand-new website on its fourth anniversary.
The Mercury in Products Area of the UNEP Global Mercury Partnership will hold its annual meeting on Wednesday 7 July in an online setting. Visit the meeting website for more information and registration details.