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Minamata Convention on Mercury
UN treaty, in force since August 2017, to cut mercury releases, including from small-scale gold mining.
- Dates
- Aug 2017
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Artisanal and small-scale gold mining
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Article 7 of the treaty.
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- Aug 2017 Minamata Convention on Mercury
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Minamata Convention on Mercury: Text and Annexes (booklet), Minamata Convention Secretariat, UN Environment Programme, 2019.
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shall take steps to reduce, and where feasible eliminate, the use of mercury and mercury compounds in, and the emissions and releases to the environment of mercury from, such mining and processing.
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