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.
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
Amira Adawe (Executive Director, Beautywell) highlighted: "We have to end colourism. We have to redefine beauty standards and welcome everybody, embrace everybody's skin colour".
Catherine Tetteh (Chief Exec Officer, Melanin Foundation) said: "For our physical and mental health, mercury elimination can enable us to rise to the challenge of being proud of our skin colour".
Watch a short conversation on multilateralism between Executive Secretary Monika Stankiewicz and David Cooper (Acting Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity) during UNEA-6.
Youth Dialogue on mercury, entitled "Mercury 2024: Knowledge is Power! Learn appropriate management of mercury", held online by high school students from Japan and the Philippines.
Watch our COP-5 video playlist, including live streaming and daily videos.
Watch our COP-5 video playlist, including live streaming and daily videos.
Watch our COP-5 video playlist, including live streaming and daily videos.