The Youth Dialogue on Mercury is an initiative of the Ministry of the Environment, Japan: the programme started in 2021 to encourage dialogue among youths from Minamata and other parts of the world
Short introduction to the new Online Reporting Tool for the second full national report, following the reporting format amended at COP-5, and available in the six official languages of the UN.
This event was co-organized by the Minamata Convention on Mercury, the United Nations Environment Programme and the Geneva Environment Network (GEN), featuring leading voices to highlight the need
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
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".