Strengthening the enabling framework for biodiversity mainstreaming and mercury reduction in small-scale gold mining operations

In support of its ambition to reduce mercury use by 75% of the baseline by 2027, the Government of Guyana through the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has entered into a partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to implement the Project “Strengthening the enabling framework for biodiversity mainstreaming and mercury reduction in small-scale gold mining operations”, hereinafter, referred to as “The MBIM Project”. This 7-year MBIM Project aims to strengthen the regulatory framework and institutional capacity for the management of small-scale gold mining and promote greater adoption of environmentally responsible mining techniques to protect globally significant biodiversity, reduce mercury contamination, and enhance local livelihoods and human health.

 It is expected to deliver benefits to the mining stakeholders both governmental and non-governmental alike. These include improving the management of 6,500,000ha of forests in the six mining districts by supporting the implementation of the National Action Plan for Mercury Reduction/Elimination; increasing forest conservation (1,209ha) through improving prospecting; increasing forest restoration (445ha) in mined out areas in the demonstration sites; phasing out of 10.2 metric tonnes of mercury by engaging 1,235 miners to implement environmentally responsible mining practices, reducing mercury use, deforestation and safety and occupational threats, and increasing gold recovery and incomes; and implementing training and awareness raising to benefit 8.032 persons. 

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