Gender Priority Activities for the Biennium 2024-2025
In decision MC-5/15, COP-5 invited Parties and the Secretariat to carry out priority activities to implement the gender action plan of the Minamata Con
In decision MC-5/15, COP-5 invited Parties and the Secretariat to carry out priority activities to implement the gender action plan of the Minamata Con
Watch this video with Mrinalini Rai, Director of Women4Biodiversity, as she highlights the important role of women in advocating for change, and explains how integrating gender perspectives into en
The use of mercury in artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) has been a tradition passed down through generations in many rural communities in the Philippines, often without awareness of its
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.