Watch this video with Fernando Trujillo, the 2024 Rolex National Geographic Explorer of the Year and Scientific Director of the Omacha Foundation, where he addresses the impact of mercury pollution
Full presentation for the Minamata Online webinar on 7 October 2024.
Full presentation for the Minamata Online webinar on 11 September 2024.
Watch our anniversary video covering the pressing issues surrounding toxic mercury, with special focus on the visit of the Secretariat of the Minamata Convention to the Philippines in early June.
The planetGOLD Mongolia project, in collaboration with Mandal soum’s Children’s Palace and Tunkhel Secondary School, organized an
Mercury can travel long distances and expose people or contaminate areas further away from where the mercury was emitted or released.
The infographic explores key facts about mercury emissions and outlines practices that could be implemented under the Minamata Convention on Mercury.
Article 2 of the Minamata Convention defines “mercury- added products” as products or product components that contain mercury or a mercury compound that was intentionally added.
Mercury is an extremely toxic chemical that can enter the environment as emissions into the atmosphere from human activities.
From June 3 to 5, planetGOLD hosted its flagship knowledge-sharing event, the Global Forum on Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining (ASGM), in the Philippines.
Executive Secretary Monika Stankiewicz recently visited mercury-free artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) sites in Baguio, Benguet, northern Philippines, after the Planet Gold Global Forum
Check out this fact sheet to learn more about mercury trade on the global market.