In its third phase, the third season of Minamata Online will offer webinars on COP-5 preparation from the end of August to mid-October 2023.
Check out the interactive infographic version to learn more about how mercury flows from supply and trade to use, emissions and releases to sto
Every week, Ibu Sugiyanti makes her way to the small-scale gold mining camp where she teaches mercury-free alternatives to other women miners.
On the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, the Secretariat of the Minamata Convention takes the opportunity to share its contribution to ensuring that Indigenous Peoples around the
The newly developed dashboard visualizes projects funded by the GEF Minamata Convention allocation since GEF-5, automatically providing updated and accurate information on the projects.
The Secretariat is offering further opportunities for knowledge and information sharing at COP-5 through unique sessions called Knowledge Labs.
On 17 July 2023, Georgia deposited its instrument of ratification successfully, becoming as a result the 144th Party to the Minamata Convention on Mercury.
Article 11 of the Minamata Convention requires parties to manage mercury waste in an environmentally sound manner.
In April 2023, the Secretariat participated in a regional workshop held in Ouagadougou as part of the Specific International Programme (SIP) joint project by Senegal, Burkina Faso and Togo.
The deadline for proposals for Minamata COP-5 events is coming up soon. Please send in your proposals by 23 June 2023 (Geneva time).