Visit the website:
http://www.utilisegold.com/uses_applications/electronics/responsible_mining/

Alliance for Water Stewardship
The Alliance for Water Stewardship promotes responsible use of fresh water that is both socially beneficial and environmentally sustainable. Environmentally sustainable water use maintains or improves biodiversity and ecological processes at the watershed level. Socially beneficial water use recognizes basic human needs and ensures long-term benefits (including economic benefits) for local people and society at large.

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Documentation: International Conference: "Shaping Globalisation - Scaling up Voluntary Standards"

The International Conference: Shaping Globalisation - Scaling up Voluntary Standards was held on 29 - 30 October 2008 in Berlin. Please find the documentation and results of the workshop discussions at the link below

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Carousel Beads
Carousel Beads, a fair-trade silver beads producer, manufactures all its raw materials in a factory located in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia following serious policies in social responsibility in terms of wages, and other benefits.

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Love, Earth® Jewelry from Walmart
Love, Earth® is the beginning of a journey towards a more responsible jewelry industry and is the first step in having all of the gold, silver and diamonds used in the jewelry sold at Wal-Mart stores and Sam's Club locations come from mines and manufacturers that meet Wal-Mart's standards and criteria for responsible sourcing.

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For a critical perspective on Love, Earth® jewellery claims see:

http://www.theecologist.org/pages/archive_detail.asp?content_id=1958

http://money.cnn.com/2008/09/03/news/companies/gunther_gold.fortune/index.htm

Institute for equitable trade and responsible consumption

ICECoR is a non-for profit institution that renders services to the production, marketing and consumption of natural and artisanal products, based on criteria of equity, solidarity and respect for the environment.

Visit the website:

http://www.equitativo.com.ar/icecor/index.htm

Solidary Economy Portal
The portal of solidary economy emphasizes the issue itself, in addition to ethical finances, social markets, responsible consumerism and fair trade. It is a portal suggested as a response to the economic and social problems of the present.

Visit the website:
http://www.economiasolidaria.org/comercio_justo

Traidcraft



Traidcraft fights world poverty through trade and has UK's largest online store of fair trade products

Visit the Webpage:

http://www.traidcraftshop.co.uk/

Clear Conscience Jewelry and Accessories

Is an industry initiative to create a new standard for products that are environmentally and socially responsible. The project is initially sponsored by Lori Bonn Design Inc. but is intended as a non-proprietary standard for the industry.

Visit the Webpage:
http://www.clearconsciencejewelry.org/

Fairtrade Advocacy Office.

The Fair Trade Advocacy Office speaks out for Fair Trade and trade justice with the aim to improve trading conditions for the benefit of small and marginalised producers and poor workers in developing countries. Based in Brussels, the office coordinates the advocacy activities of the four main Fair Trade Networks: Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International FLO-I, International Fair Trade Association IFAT, Network of European Worldshops NEWS! and the European Fair Trade Association EFTA.

Visit the Webpage:
http://www.fairtrade-advocacy.org/

The Fair Trade Federation.

The Fair Trade Federation is a United States Based association of fair trade wholesalers, retailers, and producers whose members are fully committed to providing fair wages and good employment opportunities to economically disadvantaged artisans and farmers worldwide.

Visit the Webpage:
http://www.fairtradefederation.org/index.html

The ISEAL Alliance

The mission of the ISEAL Alliance is to strengthen credible and accessible voluntary standards and to promote them as effective policy instruments and market mechanisms to bring about positive social and environmental change.

Visit the Webpage:
http://www.isealalliance.org/

Spanish Fair Trade Coordination.

The Spanish Fair Trade Coordination aims to promote Fair Trade in Spain. It links importing organisations to retailers. Supported by consumers, they are actively involved in producer support, campaigning and achieving changes in the rules and practices of mainstream international trade.

Visit the Webpage:
http://www.e-comerciojusto.org/es/

Framework for Responsible Mining: A Guide to Evolving Standards

The Framework for Responsible Mining is a joint effort by NGOs, retailers, investors, insurers, and technical experts working in the minerals sector. It outlines environmental, human rights, and social issues associated with mining and mined products. This webpage features a working document intended to be used as expert guidance and to catalyze further debate and discussion among stakeholders interested in improving mining standards. As such, it aims to provide a well-researched and thoughtful analysis of the key issues that should be addressed when defining "responsible mining."

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http://www.frameworkforresponsiblemining.org/

Fair Trade Jewelry.

Is a resource for the jewelry industry in support of corporate social responsibility through circle-based business practices.

Visit the Webpage:
http://www.fairjewelry.org/

Fair Trade Egypt Empowering Communities

Fair Trade Egypt is a nonprofit organization whose goal is to empower Egyptian artisans through the practice of Fair Trade. FTE surveys the developing areas of the country, finds local treasures that have been traditionally manufactured for centuries and brings them to the consumer. This means everything from extra virgin olive oil cleansing bars from the bright oasis of Al Fayoum, to cotton embroidered sheer sheaths from the Western Desert ancient oasis of Siwa. All in all, their inventory covers all of Egypt, with more than 30 artisan groups in seven different regions. 

Visit the Webpage:
http://www.fairtradeegypt.org/

Asia Fair Trade Forum

The Asia Fair Trade Forum represents over 80 fair trade producers, marketing and development organizations in 12 Asian countries, which are amongst the poorest in the world. It is a regional body of the International Federation for Alternative Trade (IFAT).

Visit the Webpage:
http://www.catgen.com/aftf/EN/

Traidcraft

Traidcraft's vision is a world freed from the scandal of poverty, where trade is just and people and communities can flourish. Traidcraft has been fighting poverty through trade since 1979 and over the next five years they aim to increase their impact on poverty by trebling the value of their purchases from fair trade suppliers in the developing world and trebling the volume of their charitable project and advocacy work.

Visit the web page:
http://www.traidcraft.co.uk/

The Cooperation for Fair Trade in Africa (COFTA)

Network of Fair Trade producer Organizations in Africa involved and working with disadvantaged grass root producers to eliminate poverty through Fair Trade. COFTA assists these producer groups principally to develop quality products and access profitable markets through shared efforts and resources within the principles and structures of Fair Trade. COFTA is also a forum that offers regional opportunities to members to pursue common fair trade goals and aspirations, and an institutional regional platform for International Federation for Alternative Trade Network/International Fair Trade Association (IFAT) for Africa members.

Visit the web page:
http://catgen.com/cofta/EN/

Faces do Brasil

Working as a Forum for the Debate of Ethical and Supportive Trade in Brazil, FACES of Brazil is a group that gathers NGO, producers, government representatives, enterprises, retailers, workers representatives, and some of the most significant institutions in this field. FACES was formed with the objective of fostering the creation of an environment in favour of the construction and implementation of fair trade.

Visit the web page: http://www.facesdobrasil.org.br/fb/

The Latin American and Caribbean Network of Small Fair Trade Producers (CLAC)

CLAC is an association of democratic cooperatives of small producers for their representation, coordination, mutual exchange, collaboration and strengthening in the context of Fair Trade. CLAC consists of nearly 300 small producer organizations in twenty countries of the region, which are organized within international product networks as national multi product networks or "Coordinadoras". The number of affiliated small producer exceeds 200,000, thus it involves more than a million people.

Visit the web page: http://www.clac-pequenosproductores.org/

Solidaridad Foundation

The Fundación Solidaridad is a non-profit organization whose mission is to increase the earnings, market insertion and social participation of those people, families and groups who, by their own efforts, seek to overcome poverty and improve their quality of life by producing handicrafts and non-industrial objects in autonomous workshops and micro businesses

Visit the web page: http://www.fundacionsolidaridad.cl/

Solidaridad

SOLIDARIDAD is a development organization based in the Netherlands working for Latin America, Africa and Asia. Solidaridad has two programs: Sustainable Economy & Fair Trade; and Human Rights & Society Building.

Visit the web site: http://www.solidaridad.nl/

Mundo da Maioria

This Brazilian organization certified by IFAT, gathers consumers, producers, retailers and all stakeholders involved in productive and commercial chains that follow principles and values like transparency, fair prices, environmental sustainability, gender equity, ethic relationships and non-exploitation of child labor.

Visit the web site: http://www.mundodamaioria.org/index.php

Fair Trade Forum India, FTF-I

FTF-I is the national level networking organization of grassroots artisan / producer organizations or groups who comply with the Fair Trade standards. Its member organizations all over India are committed to grow fair trade visibility and standards through advocacy, lobbying, training and monitoring. It strives to facilitate producers' capacity building for a better market access. At present, more than 60,000 artisans are associated with FTF-I from five fair trade regions of India.

Visit the web site: http://www.fairtradeforum.org/

Cooperation for Fair Trade in Africa, COFTA

COFTA is a network of Fair Trade producer Organizations in Africa involved and working with disadvantaged grass root producers to eliminate poverty through Fair Trade. COFTA assists these producer groups to develop quality products and access profitable markets through shared efforts and resources within the principles and structures of Fair Trade. COFTA is also a forum that offers regional opportunities to members to pursue common fair trade goals and aspirations,

Visit the web site: http://catgen.com/cofta/EN/

Mercado Justo. On line Newspaper on Latin-American's Fair Trade

Mercado Justo was created to inform fair trade producers, consumers and traders in Latin-America. This newspaper wants to be a useful tool in the diffusion of Latin-American’s cultural diversity, agricultural, textile and artisanal richness, gathers experiences and testimonies of the stakeholders involved in fair trade and aims to promote and offer fair trade products all over the World. 

Visit the web site: http://www.mercadojusto-la.com/

Asian Fair Trade Forum

"The Asia Fair Trade Forum (AFTF) is a network of fair trade producers, marketing and development organizations in Asia. It has a membership roster of 70 social enterprises and confederations from 9 countries which are among the poorest in Asia:  Bangladesh, China, India, Nepal, Philippines, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam, all of which belong to the craft and food sectors."

Visit the web site: http://catgen.com/aftf/EN/

Latin-American Association of Fair Trade

This regional office of the International Fair Trade Association gathers all IFAT members in the Latin-America region. Its objective is to promote the fair trade principles, facilitate new market’s development and create a platform that allows more effective works in the interactive construction of networks between members.

Visit the web site: http://www.ifat-la.org/

NEWS - The Network of European Worldshops

NEWS represent the Worldshops - shops that offer fairly traded products and campaign for a fairer world trade system all over Europe . It is the umbrella network of 15 national Worldshop associations in 13 different countries. NEWS gathers approximately 100,000 volunteers and 2,500 Worldshops

Visit the Web Site :

http://www.worldshops.org/index.html;jsessionid=
7884DE1478F8EA2282B08794D3E6936E

Fair Trade and Ethical Consumption, World Group on Solidarity Socio-Economy

The WSSE is a global network of debate among grassroots actors, researchers and committed people who collectively generate and promote proposals and strategies for socio-economic transformation. Its objectives are to set up a participative, intercultural dialogue linking different social actors, elaborate and spread innovative proposals of socio-economic transformation in all phases of the economic cycle, and to build an integrated vision of the Solidarity Socio-Economy

Visit the Web site : http://fairtrade.socioeco.org/en/

Equal Exchange: 100% Fairly Traded

Equal Exchange was founded in 1986. It is the largest and the oldest for-profit Fair Trade company in the U.S and offer products such as coffee, tea, cocoa and sugar produced by democratically run farmer co-ops in Latin America, Africa and Asia . Its mission is to build long term trade partnerships that are economically just and environmentally responsible.

Visit the Web Site : http://www.equalexchange.com/

The European Fair Trade Association (EFTA)

EFTA is a network of 11 Fair Trade organizations in nine European countries which import Fair Trade products from some 400 economically disadvantaged producer groups in Africa , Asia and Latin America . EFTA's members are based in Austria , Belgium , France , Germany , Italy , the Netherlands , Spain , Switzerland and the United Kingdom .

Visit the Web Site: http://www.eftafairtrade.org/

FLO, Link Office Ecuador - Peru

The link Office of FLO for Ecuador and Peru is located in Quito and works with the German Technical Cooperation, is a unit of the Producers Support Network (PSN) of FLO (Fair Trade Labeling Organization International). The Office supports the strengthening of producer's organizations, product certification processes, and in the inspection and development of fair trade standards

Visita Página Web: http://www.comerciojustoecuadorperu.net/

CRED Jewelry: Made with Love

CRED jewelry is committed to providing a positive fair trade alternative that pays special attention to human rights, labor standards and care for the environment. Our pursuit of this has led to unique partnerships with small-scale mining communities like Oro Verde in Colombia , cutting and polishing co-operative workshops, master jewelers and stone setters. All of whom are dedicated to the idea of fair trade jewelry. Cred aims to source all its precious metals and gem stones from small-scale Artisanal mining communities that have a concern for the biodiversity of their local region.

Visit the Web Site : http://www.cred.tv/fairtrade.html

International Fair Trade Association, IFAT

IFAT is a global network of Fair Trade Organizations. Its mission is to improve the livelihoods and well being of disadvantaged producers by linking and promoting Fair Trade Organizations, and speaking out for greater justice in world trade. More than 270 member organizations from 60 countries represent the Fair Trade chain from production to sale. Its members are producer co-operatives and associations, export marketing companies, importers, retailers, national and regional Fair Trade networks and financial institutions, dedicated to Fair Trade principles.

Visit the Website : http://www.ifat.org/

Make Trade Fair Campaign

This petition represents the voices of millions of people around the world who are calling for decision-makers to make trade fair. Oxfam organized, the campaign gives a voice to producers and consumers who expect to see fairer rules in world trade.

Visit the Website: www.maketradefair.org/en/index.htm

Fair Trade Federation

The Fair Trade Federation (FTF) is an association of fair trade wholesalers, retailers, and producers whose members are committed to providing fair wages and good employment opportunities to economically disadvantaged artisans and farmers worldwide. FTF directly links low-income producers with consumer markets and educates consumers about the importance of purchasing fairly traded products.

Visit the website http://www.fairtradefederation.org/

Fair Trade Resource Network

The Fair Trade Resource Network's goal is to raise consumer awareness about improving people's lives through Fair Trade alternatives by gathering and compiling research and data about Fair Trade, providing information about Fair Trade to the public, the media and Fair Trade advocates and galvanizing Fair Trade organizations and individuals seeking to get involved.

Visit the website http://www.fairtraderesource.org/

The Peace Diamond Alliance

The Peace Diamond Alliance (PDA) is an organization that works to improve diamond management at the local level through cooperation among government, civil society, and business in Sierra Leone . Integrated Diamond Management and Policy IDMP, in partnership with the PDA and the Ministries of Mineral Resources and Trade & Industry, trains diggers in cooperative management, new mining technologies, and diamond valuation as well as facilitating access to finance and better prices for mining cooperatives that agree to mine ethically, to incorporate environmental sustainability, and to track production from Earth to Export.

Visit the website: http://www.peacediamonds.org/

The Kimberly Process

The Kimberley Process is a joint government, international diamond industry and civil society initiative to stem the flow of conflict diamonds - rough diamonds that are used by rebel movements to finance wars against legitimate governments. The Kimberly Process is a voluntary and innovative certification scheme that imposes strict requirements for participants to certify that their diamonds are outside of conflict.

 Visit the website in English: http://www.kimberlyprocess.com:8080/site/

F L O is the worldwide Fairtrade Standard setting and Certification organization. It permits more than 800,000 producers, workers and their dependants in 50 countries to benefit from labeled Fairtrade.

Visit the website in English: http://www.fairtrade.net/

This office attends to the market access needs of organizations certified in the registry of FLO International. Everything related with the inspection of (new) organizations is executed by local inspectors and directly coordinated by the certification unit of FLO international in Bonn , Germany . It develops programs in Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica.

Visit the website in Spanish: http://www.fairtrade.net/spaindex.html%20

Fairtrade Foundation

The Fairtrade Foundation licenses the FAIRTRADE Mark, to products which meet internationally recognized standards. The supplier (brand-owner or main national distributor) must sign the Foundation's License Agreement, which provides a license to use the Mark. Licensees are independently audited.

Visit the website: www.fairtrade.org.uk/about_us.htm

Columbia Gem House

Columbia Gem House supplies fair trade gems: beautiful natural gemstones and jewelry produced with respect for the environment and fair conditions for the workers who mine the gems and craft the jewelry.

Visit the website: http://www.fairtradegems.com/

The Mining Certification Evaluation Project (MCEP)

The Mining Certification Evaluation Project (MCEP) involves the collaboration of a wide number of groups with interests in, and/or concerns about, the social and environmental issues faced by the mining industry. The purpose of this project is to determine the feasibility of establishing a program through which independent third party certifiers would evaluate the environmental and social performance of mine sites.

Visit the website: http://www.minerals.csiro.au/sd/SD_MCEP.htm

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http://www.postmining.org/

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http://sasmin.ku.dk/

Root Capital
Root Capital is a nonprofit social investment fund that is pioneering finance for grassroots businesses in the developing world. They work with artisan and farmer associations that build sustainable livelihoods and transform rural economies in poor, environmentally vulnerable places.

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CASM Communities and Small Scale Mining (Revamped Website)

CASM is a global networking and coordination facility with a stated mission to “to reduce poverty by improving the environmental, social and economic performance of artisanal and small-scale mining in developing countries.”

Visit the website:
http://www.artisanalmining.org/index.cfm

The SIMCO portal and government policy relating to ASM in Colombia

The Colombian mining authority's portal provides information about government proposals for the structural transformation of what has been known as the informal mining sector.  Policy aims to encourage the development of commercially-viable forms of production that will enable the sector to become more competitive and profitable and less socially and environmentally damaging - in other words, a more sustainable industry.

Visit the Webpage:
http://www.simco.gov.co/

Sustainable Artisanal Mining Project Web site Mongolia


Sustainable artisanal mining in Mongolia is a new phenomenon. This site provides new information about the project and on sustainable ASM in general.

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Geco portal

The purpose of the Geco website is to bring an IT platform within reach of  artisanal and small scale miners, so they can both post and access information useful to them. At present, most information is on artisanal mining in Peru, but participation by users from other countries is welcome. We invite you to access Geco and use it to communicate your events, processes and documents

Visit the Webpage:
http://geco.mineroartesanal.com/

Corporation for Economic Opportunity, CEO

This corporation has been actively supporting initiatives and programs to benefit artisanal miners in West Africa. In December of 2002 they began working in Sierra Leona and became a founding member of the Peace Diamond Alliance. They are also promoting a special initiative to teach the women of mining communities in Liberia to shape and polish corundum into jewelry components.

Visit the web site: http://www.prosperityforall.org/

Africa Biodiversity Collaborative Group (ABCG).

As conservation NGOs focus on larger landscapes such as eco regions and hotspots, they must consider engaging with other sectors that impact biodiversity such as the mining industry. Consequently, there is an increasing interest in mining activities occurring in important areas for biodiversity conservation, especially as some African nations open up more opportunities to the private sector. The meeting discussed the environmental impacts of mining, the role of artisanal mining, ways to engage the corporate sector in conservation, and impacts of mining to rural society.

Visit the Webpage:
http://www.frameweb.org/ev.php?ID=6788_201&ID2=DO_TOPIC

Declaration of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs Supporting the Artisanal Mining Sector

In this page you can read the complete declaration of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs supporting ASM. The declaration includes a brief on the sector advantages, constraints and orientations for action.

Visit the Webpage:
http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/article-imprim.php3?id_article=3259

Small Scale Gold Mining: Examples from Bolivia, Philippines & Zimbabwe.

This page features several preliminary working papers circulated informally in a limited number of copies mainly to stimulate discussion and obtain comments of the ASM cases in Bolivia, Philippines and Zimbabwe.

Visit the Webpage:
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/
sector/papers/goldmine/index.htm

UN Seminar on Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining in Africa 2002.

This seminar hold in Yaoundé, Cameroon, 19-22 November 2002, was organised by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affaires (UNDESA), the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), the United Nations Development Programme and the International Centre for Training and Exchanges in the Geosciences. The memories and resulting reports of the events are available for the public in this interesting site.

Visit the Webpage:
http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/tech_coop/mining_Africa_2002.htm

GEUS Small-Scale Mining.

GEUS has worked with small-scale mining related problems since 1999 in Tanzania, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia and the Philippines. The main focus of GEUS work has been to teach and train small-scale miners in recycling mercury instead of releasing the metal to the environment. This webpage integrates the result of GEUS work in ASM.

Visit the Webpage:
http://www.geus.dk/program-areas/common/small_scale_mining-dk.htm

E-Course: Small Scale Mining Environmental Management.

The on line course will allow you to develop competences among other in global distribution of ASM, costs and benefits of ASM, environmental issues on ASM and project organization in ASM. Designed by GAMA Project from Peru, the course is useful and easy to understand.

Visit the Webpage:
http://www.emagister.com/pequena-mineria-manejo-ambiental-cursos-344641.htm

Network Research Project on Organisation and Institutional Strengthening of ASM.

This link offers the results of the project framed in the partnership between UNESCO and IDRC/ MPRI for collaborative research on small scale mining in Latin America and the Caribbean. The first activity was a multi stakeholder workshop on ASM from which emerged the Lima Vision for the transformation of ASM, which later led to
the Quirama Vision.

Visit the Webpage:
http://www.ekamolle.org/investigacion_red/

Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) Asia-Pacific Learning Forum

“The Forum is a vibrant learning community rich with individuals such as academics, scientists, non-governmental organizations, community-based initiatives, development agencies, and local resource persons such as miners and mineworkers. The Forum has been in existence since 2004, and is on the threshold of an exciting future. Membership of the Forum is free and open to anyone with an active interest in ASM.

Visit the web page:
http://www.asmasiapacific.org/

United Nations Conference for Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Mineral Resource Forum on Small-Scale Mining

The MRF Small-Scale Mining is a subsection of the Mineral Resources Forum (MRF) that focuses specifically on issues in relation to artisanal and small-scale mining.  The section offers interesting documents on ASM issues from, health and safety, through gender and child issues, women's to organizational, technical and financial constraints; and regulatory and legal normalization.

Visit the web page:
http://www.natural-resources.org/minerals/smscalemining/index.htm

Communities and Small Scale Mining in Asia, CASM-Asia

The objective of CASM-Asia is to function as a hub for CASM activities through which they can build cooperation network of those engaged or have interest in artisanal/small scale mining (ASM), and to bridge the small scale miners with stake holders, communities, technology and science in the region. All this is aimed towards improving life quality of small scale miners and their communities, contributing directly to poverty alleviation.

Practical Action Consulting, Small Scale Mining

This consulting group based in the UK has assisted small-scale and artisanal miners in Africa to acquire and apply appropriate technologies, knowledge and skills in exploiting mineral deposits and ores and establishing viable, safe and environmentally sustainable mining operations using a holistic and integrated combination of competencies like mine design and mine planning, including production and marketing, mine environment and safety and socio-economic surveying of mining communities

Visit the web site: http://www.practicalactionconsulting.org/?id=capabilities_mining

CYTED XIIIE, Land Planning and Mineral Resources

Issues of access and planning are playing an increasingly important role in determining the availability and equitable allocation of resources.  This website shows how researchers, NGOs and mining communities in Latin America are developing a special planning procedure for the mining sector that takes account of sustainable development and social and environmental justice concerns.

Knowledge Management for Eco-efficient Artisanal Mining, GECO

This new portal launched in April concentrates on three key areas of concern to all artisanal miners - communication, education and information.  Not so much a conventional website it is a forum where miners can share experiences, ask questions, discuss problems and submit proposals and is intended to facilitate contacts and networking between mining communities via a faster, more efficient system of communications. It is a pioneering experience in applying ICT’s to the ASM sector.

Global Mercury Project

The Global Mercury Project (GMP) began in August 2002. Its objective is to demonstrate ways of overcoming barriers to the adoption of best practices and pollution prevention measures that limit the mercury (Hg) contamination of international waters from artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASM). Six countries are participating in the GMP: Brazil , Laos PDR, Indonesia , Sudan , Tanzania and Zimbabwe . In addition, the GMP aims to introduce cleaner technologies, train miners, develop regulatory mechanisms and capacities within Government, conduct environmental and health assessments (E&HA) and build capacity in local laboratories to continue monitoring Hg pollution after the project.

Visit the Website : http://www.unido.org/en/doc/44254

CASM's Discussion Forum

This trial online discussion forum was launched by Communities and Small Scale Mining to motivate discussions around key topics for ASM communities. Topics include gender, children and ASM, fair trade and mercury, among others.

Visit the Website : http://casmforum.servantis.ca/bb/

Small Enterprise Development Agency SEDA

SEDA is an agency of the South African Department of Trade of Industry created to ensure a coordinated approach to the design and implementation of development support programs and the creation of a service delivery network for small businesses throughout South Africa . The website provides information and project opportunities for the ASM sector in South Africa .

Visit the website : http://www.brain.org.za/TOPICS/ssmining.html

Minero Artesanal (Artisanal Miner)

Funded by the Gama-Cosude project (Swiss International Cooperation), Minero Artesanal is an electronic news portal of artisanal mining in Peru . It provides up to date information on policies and events related to the ASM sector in Peru .

Visit the Website available in Spanish : http://www.mineroartesanal.com/

Artminers

The Institute for Sustainable Mining (Artminers) is an international, non-governmental organization whose purpose is to promote sustainable, clean mining methods to the world's poorest miners. It works cooperatively with NGO's to promote sustainable mining, improve working conditions of ASM and influence governments and consumers to reduce or eliminate the use of other products which are the result of environmentally toxic, socially unfair or repressive mining practices.

Visit the Website: http://www.artminers.org/

International Program for the Elimination of Child Labor (IPEC)

Created by the ILO in 1992, IPEC seeks to prevent and eliminate child labor through technical cooperation with governments, worker organizations, employer organizations, non governmental organizations and other social groups. One of its thematic areas is ASM and its Spanish website provides interesting bibliographic material on child labor in the mining sector.

Visit the Web Site in Spanish:

http://www.oit.org.pe/ipec/pagina.php?seccion=58&pagina=214

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http://www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/ipec/wdacl/2005/index.htm

Artisanal Small Scale Mining (ASM)

Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development Project (MMSD)

The goal of the MMSD research activity on artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) was to develop an understanding of how the ASM sector can better contribute to sustainable development. The Global ASM Report is a global baseline assessment on the importance and nature of artisanal and small-scale mining which draws on country and regional studies from different areas in the world where this activity represents an important source of livelihoods .

See the Global ASM Report http://www.iied.org/mmsd/activities/small_scale_mining.html

Program for the Development of Artisanal Mining (PDMA)

This is a program implemented by Peruvian NGO CooperAcción. It seeks to implement a development program for artisanal mining areas from an integrated perspective that includes economic, productive, social, environmental, educational, and health strategies. At present it is developed as a consolidated model of intervention at Santa Filomena, one of the communities with greatest artisanal gold production in the province of Ayacucho .

Visit the website http://www.cooperaccion.org.pe/d_artesanal.php

Mining Sector Activities of the ILO

Research, information and activities of the International Labor Organization on this economic and social sector, with a special section on artisanal and Small-scale mining and links to key documents on child labor, health and safety and policy issues.

Visit the website:
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/sector/sectors/mining.htm%20

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ogue/sector/sectors/mining/concern.htm#heading4

Communities and Small-Scale Mining Initiative (CASM)

A World Bank initiative that supports and promotes projects and initiatives by individuals, communities and institution that directly or indirectly contribute to poverty reduction and better conditions in communities and rural areas where artisanal and small-scale mining is a significant economic activity. It also compiles and disseminates lessons learnt over the last decade. CASM is developing a tool-kit and guidance notes on good practice in ASM that can be useful for the implementation of policies and programs in this sector. It offers a small-grants program.

Visit the website: http://www.casmsite.org/

GAMA Project

This project developed in Peru is in its second phase. It seeks to improve the environmental performance of artisanal mining, hence contributing to the sustainable development of regions of artisanal mining. It implements and optimizes experiences of transference of clean technology and the institutional strengthening of miner's organizations to improve the situation and image of artisanal mining. It also has INFOGAMA a virtual system that provides miners with relevant information for their integration into the formal economy. The Swiss International Cooperation Agency COSUDE, the Ministry of Energy and Mines of Peru and several provincial governments fund it.

Visit the website in Spanish : http://www.gama-peru.org/

The Mineral Resources Forum Small-Scale Mining

The MRF Small-Scale Mining is a subsection of the Mineral Resources Forum (MRF) that focuses specifically on issues in relation to artisanal and small-scale mining. These issues may be in relation to environmental, health and safety; women and children's participation; organizational, technical and financial constraints; and regulatory and legal normalization. One of the aims of this site is to make information and ideas on small-scale mining available and accessible to a wide audience.

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http://www.natural-resources.org/minerals/smscalemining/related.htm

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e3 Plus: A Framework for Responsible Exploration
The Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) is launching e3 Plus A Framework for Responsible Exploration in order to help exploration companies continuously improve their social, environmental and health and safety performance and to comprehensively integrate these three aspects in to all their exploration programs.

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Foundation for Environmental Security and Sustainability

FESS is a public policy organization established to advance knowledge and provide effective solutions to key environmental security concerns around the world. FESS conducts extensive field research in combination with data analysis to produce policy-oriented reports and recommendations that address environmental risks to stability. The linked web page has several resources on natural resources and conflict issues.

Visit the website:
http://www.fess-global.org/tiffany.cfm#MainBody

OLAMI

The Latin American Organisation, created in 1984, is made up by National Coordination Units of 16 countries, where all stakeholders related with the mining sector are represented: companies, workers, government organisations, universities, practitioners, among others. OLAMI is fully identified with the United Nations Millennium Goals, especially concerning the reduction of poverty and hunger and the care for environmental sustainability.

Visit the website:
http://www.olami.org.ar/

Overseas Development Institute  ODI

ODI is Britain's leading independent think tank on international development and humanitarian issues. Its mission is to inspire and inform policy and practice which lead to the reduction of poverty, the alleviation of suffering and the achievement of sustainable livelihoods in developing countries.

Visit the Webpage:

http://www.odi.org.uk/

Sustainable Mining - Panamá

This is an open forum led by expert miners, which promotes SUSTAINABLE MINING in Panama with the aim of generating the maximum socioeconomic benefits in the country. It shows real mining projects that are analyzed and displayed with the purpose of highlighting the benefits of a sustainable mining project.

Visit the Webpage:
http://www.mineriasustentable.com/index2.htm

The Madison Dialogue.

Is a cross-sector initiative established to promote communication and collaboration among industry, civil society groups and others, seeking to encourage --

• Best practices,
• Sustainable economic development,
• And verified sources of responsible gold, diamonds and other miner

The Madison Dialogue was launched at a meeting in New York (on Madison Avenue), in August 2006. Participants in that meeting included EARTHWORKS, WWF, Partnership Africa Canada, Tiffany & Co. Foundation, The Council for Responsible Jewelry Practices (CRJP), the Diamond Development Initiative, Jewelers of America, Conservation International, Leber Jewelers and others. Organizations, companies and individuals participate in the Madison Dialogue on a voluntary basis.

Visit the Webpage:
http://www.madisondialogue.org/

EcoPortal.net: Agriculture, Biodiversity and Mining.

One of the most important Spanish websites on environment, nature, human rights and quality of life topics. In this article, “Agriculture, Biodiversity and Mining”, the author offers an opinion on the highly harmful mining activities in Peru over the hydro resources and the ecosystems in the nearby future.

Visit the Webpage:
http://www.ecoportal.net/content/view/full/64456

Gems and the Environment.

This site is designed to learn about the people, places, and processes of coloured gemstone mining around the world. It features a number of well documented case studies and research reports on specific precious gems and offers special interest sections for different stakeholders.

Visit the Webpage:
http://www.gemecology.org/

The International Council on Mining and Metals Releases Publications in Spanish.

The Good Practice Guidance for Mining and Biodiversity and the Good Practice in Emergency Preparedness and Response are now available in Spanish at the publications web of the International Council on Mining and Metals.

Good Practice Guidance for Mining and Biodiversity (Download)

Good Practice in Emergency Preparedness and Response (Download)

Colombian Mining Information Portal.

Recently launched portal of information on Colombian Mining IMCPortal- offers news, interviews, reports, legal news, foreign trade reports, data bases and other topics related to the mining industry in Colombia and globally.

Visit the Webpage:
http://www.imcportal.com/

Observatory of Mining Conflicts in Peru

The observatory of mining conflicts in Peru is a resource webpage that documents, publishes and keeps track of conflicts directly related with the mining activity in Peru. It groups the facts from several regions such as Junin, Apurimac, Piura, Cusco and Cajamarca, and offers an interesting monthly informative resume via mail list.

Visit the Webpage:
http://www.muqui.org/observatorio/observatorio1.html

Mining in Zambia.

The purpose of this web site is to help the mining industry to realize its potential and enhance the sectors’ contribution to economic well-being and quality of life. A reliable supply of minerals is essential to the nation's economic growth and to its quality of life. The aim is to involve all coal, precious metals and industrial mineral producers, mineral processors, equipment manufacturers, state associations, bulk transporters, engineering firms, consultants, financial institutions and other companies that supply goods and services to the mining industry.

Visit the Webpage:
http://www.zambiamining.co.zm/index.htm

CYTED: VII Science and Technology Indicators Congress.
 
The meeting held in Sao Paulo (Brazil) was hosted by the Ibero American Network of Science and Technology Indicators RICYT, and Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP).  Scientists emphasized how indicators can aid decision making for improved social and economic development in a context that grows increasingly sensitive to the importance of science, technology and innovation. The presentations will be soon available at
RICYT´s website.

Visit the Webpage:
http://www.ricyt.edu.ar/

Gems and the Environment: Balancing Benefits and Costs

The website features resources for stakeholders involved in the supply chain of mining, including environmentalists, governments and educators. It features case studies from Brazil, Cambodia, Madagascar, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Thailand that illustrate the challenges of mining in those countries.

Visit the Webpage:
http://www.uvm.edu/envnr/gemecology/index.html

World Bank Webpage on Gender Issues.

Boom Time Blues received significant press and spurred the World Bank to create a webpage dedicated to Extractive Industries and Gender which calls for “the improvement of the impact of extractive industries on women.” Since historically Bank web pages do not translate into more gender-sensitive investments, gender Action continues monitoring and advocacy to hold the Bank to its promises.

Visit the Webpage:
http://go.worldbank.org/4JP5NNBVF0

The Mining News.

The Mining News is a searchable archive of excerpts of mining-related news articles. This site is maintained by EARTHWORKS. Article contributors include organizations, individuals and volunteers from around the world. This site is intended as a free public service, and is not for commercial use or gain. Each excerpt links to the full text of the article from the original news source.

Visit the Webpage:
http://www.theminingnews.org/home.cfm

Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development, Southern Africa

The purpose of the overall Mining and Minerals Sustainable Development Project (MMSD) is to establish how mining and minerals can best contribute to the global transition to sustainable development. The MMSD SOUTHERN AFRICA Working Group has set the following goal: “By December 2001, MMSDSOUTHERNAFRICA will have in place a framework to enable the mining and minerals sector in the region to meet the requirements of the global transition to sustainable development”.

Visit the web page:
http://www.mining.wits.ac.za/mmsd.html

Meeting of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Ministers for Responsible Mining

Sectoral APEC Ministerial Meetings are held regularly covering areas such as education, energy , environment and sustainable development, finance, human resource development, regional science and technology cooperation, small and medium enterprises, telecommunications and information industry, tourism, trade, transportation and women's affairs. The Third Meeting of the APEC Ministers for Responsible Mining was held in Perth, Australia, on 14 February 2007.

Visit the web page:
http://www.apec.org/content/apec/ministerial_statements/sectoral
_ministerial/mining/2007_mining.html

Ecology and Development Foundation, Ecodes

Ecología y Desarrollo, is a non profit and independent organization working in Ibero America. Formed by a group of professionals, the foundation contributes with the construction of a sustainable development that integrates sustainable ecological alternatives that are socially fair and economically viable.

Visit the web site: http://www.ecodes.org/

Wild Fish Gems, Gems by Earth 

Under European and Japanese management, Wild Fish is a gems company that cares for social and environmental issues. It believes in a new kind of gem trade that values untreated gems, considering that most gemstones have been heated, radiated, diffused, filled, dyed, bleached, oiled, or any possible combination of these treatments. Some of these are known and legal, others are considered cheating, some are permanent, and others fade. Wild Fish applies grass root approaches and works in micro economic levels, respecting traditional gem mining cultures.

Visit the web site: http://www.wildfishgems.com/

Critical Ecosystems Partnership Fund

The CEPF is a joint initiative of Conservation International, The Global Environmental Facility, the government of Japan, the MacArthur Foundation and the World Bank, to enable conservation action and builds capacity for sustainability in biodiversity hotspots, the Earth’s biologically richest and most endangered regions. As of December 2006, CEPF has supported more than 900 civil society groups in conserving hotspots in Africa, Asia, and Latin America

Visit the web site: http://www.cepf.net/xp/cepf/

Blood Diamond Action

This interesting web site offers information about the recent film “Blood diamonds” but at the same was tries to be an educational site aiming to build sensitive and responsive consumers, inviting him or her to review processes and campaigns that fight against blood diamonds like The Kimberly Process, Global Witness and
Amnesty USA.

Visit the web site:  http://www.blooddiamondaction.org/

Ekamolle, Institute for Sustainable Development

With a clear interest for artisanal mining, environment and communities, this civil association conformed by a multidisciplinary collective of professionals dedicated to research and development projects, thinks that sustainable development will find its basis and viability in a global ethic that will make possible a dynamic balance between the objectives of economic development, social development and environmental sustainability. 

Visit the web site: http://www.ekamolle.org/

Southern and Eastern African Mineral Centre (SEAMIC)

Established in 1977, SEAMIC is an independent regional centre of knowledge and information under the umbrella of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, UNECA. Its mission is to promote socio-economic and environmentally responsible minerals through specialized services and training in areas like mineral management and environmental impact.

Visit the web site: http://www.seamic.org/

Diamond Facts

With an special section about the relationship between the Diamond Development Initiative, DDI, and artisanal mining, this page sponsored by the World Diamond Council, WDC,  seeks to show how new policies in the diamond industry, jewellery commitment and responsible forms of consumption can translate in concrete social, economic and environmental benefits for African communities affected by conflict diamond. 

Visit the web site: http://www.diamondfact.org/

CYTED-XIII, Subprogram of Mineral Technology

CYTED XIII is the Subprogram of Mineral Technology of the Ibero American Program for Science and Technology (www.cyted.org). Its objective is to propose discussions, workshops, conferences, mobility among participants and research activities that involve sustainable development issues concerning mining activities.

Visit the web site: http://w3.cetem.gov.br/cyted-xiii/

Network for the environment and Sustainable Development, REDESMA

The network for the environment and sustainable development, REDESMA, is a non-profit initiative created since 1999 in Bolivia. Through its web site and bulletin, REDESMA aims to build up a virtual space of integration and knowledge that connects different institutions and people from Bolivia and the rest of the world, who are interested in sustainable development and environmental issues.

Visit the web site: http://www.redesma.org/

AfricaFiles

AfricaFiles is a network of volunteers committed to promoting African perspectives and alternative analyses for human rights and economic justice in Africa. Two main themes are covered the Resource Extraction section, one examines the connection between investment and development looking at structures and activities at the local, regional, national and global levels that either support or undermine this intricate relationship. The other looks more specifically at the dynamics of stakeholder engagement to understand how conflict or collaboration transpires.

Visit the web site: http://www.africafiles.org/
Visit resource extraction section: http://www.africafiles.org/resource.asp

Bolivian Forum of Environment and Development, FOBOMADE

This organization articulates social and environmental organizations, academic institutions and people who work for the protection of the environment and its natural resources. Intervention in national actions concerning environmental policies, support actions against environmental conflicts in communities, the exercise of environmental rights and the incorporation of the environmental approach in the political national debate are issues for  FOBOMADE’s actions.

Visit the web site: http://www.fobomade.org.bo/index1.php

Framework for Responsible Mining: A Guide to Evolving Standards

This site is the result of a joint effort by NGOs, retailers, investors, insurers, and technical experts to develop a Framework for Responsible Mining for the minerals sector, outlining environmental, human rights, and social issues associated with mining and mined products.


Visit the website: http://www.frameworkforresponsiblemining.org/

Good Practice. Sustainable Development in the Mining and Metal Sector

This web site is an online library created to provide access to a collection of good practice guidelines, standars, case studies, legislation and other relevant materials that are leading examples of good sustainable development practices. It has been jointly developed by international institutions like the International Council on mining and Metals (ICCM), the United Nation Conference of Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the United Nation Environment Programme (UNEP)

Visit the Web Site: http://www.goodpracticemining.org/

MUQUI: Network of Proposals and Actions

Red Muqui is a network of local and national institutions that promote sustainable development and the defense of rights for communities in mining areas. The web site is dedicated to stimulate debates on mining issues by informing the public opinion on conflictive mining cases between mining industries and
communities in Peru .

Visit the web site: http://www.muqui.org/

Publish What You Pay Campaign.

The Publish What You Pay campaign aims to help citizens of resource-rich developing countries hold their governments accountable for the management of revenues from the oil, gas and mining industries. When properly managed these revenues should serve as a basis for poverty reduction, economic growth and development rather than exacerbating corruption, conflict and social divisiveness. This coalition of over 280 NGOs worldwide calls for the mandatory disclosure of the payments made by oil, gas and mining companies' to all governments for the extraction of natural resources.

Visit the website : http://www.publishwhatyoupay.org/english/

Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, EITI

The EITI supports improved governance in resource-rich countries through the full publication and verification of company payments and government revenues from oil, gas and mining. Many countries are rich in oil, gas, and minerals and studies have shown that when governance is good, these can generate large revenues to foster economic growth and reduce poverty. However when governance is weak, they may instead cause poverty, corruption, and conflict the so called “resource curse”. The EITI aims to defeat this “curse” by improving transparency and accountability.

Visit the website : http://www.eitransparency.org/

Latin American Network on Extractive Industries and Sustainable Development REDLIES

REDLIES is an initiative from the M Project of the UNTAD. It promotes interconnection of institutions working in the field of sustainable development and extractive industries, emphasizing mining activities. The initiative fosters the participation of academic organizations from the region in current debates on extractive industries.

Visit the website in Spanish : http://biblioteca.unmsm.edu.pe/redlieds/

Mines, Minerals and People

MM&P (mines, minerals & PEOPLE) is an alliance of individuals, institutions and communities who are concerned and affected by mining in India . Through advocacy work, campaigns and support to local struggles, MM&P seeks to bring a uniform mineral policy, fight for peoples control over mineral resources and monitor mining industries.

Visit the website : http://www.mmpindia.org/index.htm

Extractive Industries Program Project: Extractive Industries in Vulnerable Places

The principal objective of this project is to strengthen the WWF Network's capacity to influence extractive industry policies and projects as they threaten vulnerable places and vulnerable peoples. As part of the development of an extractive industry strategy, WWF is finalizing a draft Responsible Mine Framework, developed in collaboration with the Center for Science in Public Participation.

Visit the Website:

http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/what_we_do/
policy/macro_economics/extractive/vulnerable.cfm

UNEP Mercury Program

Establishment of partnerships as one approach to reducing the risks to human health and the environment from the release of mercury to the environment

At the twenty-third session of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) Governing Council, Governments agreed to the development and implementation of partnerships as one approach to reducing the risks to human health and the environment from the release of mercury and its compounds to the environment. This UNEP website updates the progress gained by governments and other stakeholders in the implementation of such partnerships.

Visit the Website : http://www.chem.unep.ch/mercury/partnerships/

International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM)

The ICMM mission is to be the clear and authoritative global voice of the world's mining and metals industries, developing and articulating their sustainable development case, discovering and promoting best practice on sustainable development issues within the industries and acting as the principal point of engagement with the industries for stakeholders at the global level. It is the implementing vehicle for the results of the Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development Project.

Visit the website http://www.icmm.com/

Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development (MMSD)

Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development (MMSD) was an independent two-year process of consultation and research with the objective of understanding how to maximise the contribution of the mining and minerals sector to sustainable development at the global, national, regional and local levels. Through this process, MMSD has proposed a clear agenda for global change in the minerals sector, which is based on careful analysis that is understood and supported by many key stakeholders, and that identifies mechanisms for moving forward.

Visit the website http://www.iied.org/mmsd

APELL for Mining

Awareness and Preparedness for Emergencies at the local level (APELL) is a programme developed by UNEP in conjunction with governments and industry with the purpose of minimising the occurrence and harmful effects of technological accidents and environmental emergencies.

Visit the website http://www.uneptie.org/pc/apell/home.html

See APELL mining handbook http://www.uneptie.org/pc/apell/publications/mining.html

The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)

The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is a multi-stakeholder process and independent institution whose mission is to develop and disseminate globally applicable Sustainability Reporting Guidelines. These Guidelines are for voluntary use by organisations for reporting on the economic, environmental, and social dimensions of their activities, products, and services. The Mining and Metals Sector Supplement provides specific GRI guidelines.

Visit the website : http://www.globalreporting.org/

See Mining and Metals Sector Supplement http://www.globalreporting.org/guidelines/sectors/mining.asp

The Post-Mining Alliance

The Post-Mining Alliance wants to bring industry stakeholders together to address the major social (and cultural), economic, environmental and technical issues surrounding mine closure and the negative aspects of orphaned and abandoned mines. Its work will be devoted to: avoiding future mine legacy by integrated planning for mine closure; working towards ending current negative legacy issues by regenerating mined out areas; and engaging consumers in debate about the future mining industry they want and highlighting the role that they can play in achieving it.

Visit the website: http://www.edenproject.com/postmining/%20

Mining Policy Research Initiative (MPRI)

The Mining Policy Research Initiative - MPRI was created in 1998 by the International Development Research Centre - IDRC/CRDI of Canada (www.idrc.ca). It was conceived from the start as a multi-stakeholder initiative which would associate stakeholders in the process of its evolution and respond to demands for research identified by the stakeholder community, including the communities affected by mining and local and international NGOs interested in mining issues. It has been focusing on research on ASM issues, especially organization and formalization, over the past two years. Excellent virtual library.

Visit the website: http://www.idrc.ca/iipm/ev-70850-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html

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Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative
Realizing Rights is an organization that fosters to harness civil society, government, business, and economic forums to build awareness for their select issues of concern. They facilitate dialogues and relationships between decision makers and key stakeholders, particularly those most marginalized, to arrive at more transparent, ethical and responsible policies and joint actions to achieve change.

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GECOMIN

The network on “prevention, management and handling of conflicts for sustainable industrial development of mining in Iberoamerica (GECOMIN)” aims at constituting itself as a mechanism of interaction and exchange of information, knowledge and experiences. Its vision is to develop a model for adequate relationship building of mining companies, communities and the State, that would allow for consolidating the industrial and sustainable development of mining in Iberoamerica.

Visit the website:
http://www.gecomin.com/

Wacam - Ghana

Network for the protection of the environment, natural resources and the rights of marginalized mining communities through advocacy, campaign and representation within a legal framework that is sensitive to the concerns of mining communities.

http://www.wacam.org/

Business & Human Rights Resource Centre.

The Business & Human Rights Resource Centre is one of the leading independent resources on the subject. Their website is updated hourly with news and reports about companies’ human rights impacts worldwide – positive and negative. The site covers over 3600 companies, over 180 countries. It receives over 1.5 million hits per month. Topics include discrimination, environment, poverty & development, labour, access to medicines, health & safety, security, trade.

Visit the Webpage:
http://www.business-humanrights.org/

The Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi)

This independent think tank based in Berlin and Geneva has the mission to develop innovative strategies for effective and accountable governance and to achieve lasting impact at the interface of the public sector, business and civil society through research, consulting and debate. Also analyzes and develops strategies for promoting good governance in the extractive sector (e. g. oil, gas, diamonds).

Visit the Webpage:
http://www.gppi.net/

The Council for Responsible Jewellery Practices

Funded in May of 2005 the Council for Responsible Jewellery Practices ( CRJP , “the Council”) gathers members from a cross section of the diamond and gold jewellery supply chain. Council Members are committed to promoting responsible and transparent business practices and believe that a coordinated worldwide approach to addressing ethical, social and environmental challenges will drive continuous improvement throughout the jewellery industry to the benefit of the stakeholders.

Visit Web site : http://www.responsiblejewellery.com/

Global Exchange

Global Exchange is a membership-based international human rights organization located in San Francisco, USA, dedicated to promoting social, economic and environmental justice around the world.

Visit the website: http://www.globalexchange.org/

Mines & Communities

This website is a project of three British-based organizations: People against Rio Tinto and Subsidiaries, Indigenous Peoples Links and the Society of St.Columbian. This website offers dozens of links, news and documents related to the impacts of large mineral extraction and processing in local communities, focus on indigenous, gender and workers issues. Future content of the site will be monitored by an editorial group of representatives from JATAM (Indonesia), Mines, Minerals and People (MMP, India), Minewatch Asia-Pacific (MWAP, Philipppines) and the Third World Network Africa (Ghana).

Visit the web site: http://www.minesandcommunities.org/index.htm

Mines & Communities

This website is a project of three British-based organizations: People against Rio Tinto and Subsidiaries, Indigenous Peoples Links and the Society of St.Columbian. This website offers dozens of links, news and documents related to the impacts of large mineral extraction and processing in local communities, focus on indigenous, gender and workers issues. Future content of the site will be monitored by an editorial group of representatives from JATAM (Indonesia), Mines, Minerals and People (MMP, India), Minewatch Asia-Pacific (MWAP, Philipppines) and the Third World Network Africa (Ghana).

Visit the web site: http://www.minesandcommunities.org/index.htm

Citizens Coal Council

The Citizens Coal Council is a grassroots citizens group and individuals from North America who work for social and environmental justice; its main objective is to protect people, homes, water, communities, and the environmental damage from coal mining.

Visit the web site: http://www.citizenscoalcouncil.org/index.htm

Nicaragua’s Mining Triangle

Sponsored by ILO and the labor union organization of Cataluña, CCCO, this web page tells the history of artisanal mining communities coexisting with large scale industrial mining processes in the mining triangle of Siuna, Rosita and Bonanza, in Nicaragua,. Known as Güirisería, this type of mining is performed by ex-miners and their families, who don't have other possible choices but to try to survive by extracting gold from mineral that is not exploited by enterprises.

Visit the web site: http://www.conc.es/foscor/

The Life Cycle Initiative

The United Nations Environment Program, UNEP and the Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, SETAC launched an International Life Cycle Partnership, known as the Life Cycle Initiative, to enable users around the world to put life cycle thinking into effective practice and at improving the supporting tools through better data and indicators.

Visit the web site:
http://jp1.estis.net/sites/lcinit/default.asp?site=lcinit&page_id=CEE3BD41-9A28-444E-A4FD-D6E42B74C6AA

Biodiversity in Latin America

Acción por la Diversidad is an NGO that aims to promote the protection of mineral resources in Argentina and Latin America through different types of activities. Its fundamental work is to circulate information, documentation, proposals and activities of NGO’s and individuals working to defend biodiversity in Latin America.

Visit the web site: http://www.biodiversidadla.org/

Third World Network Africa

With an special session on mining activities TWN Africa is a Non Governmental Organization which carries out Research and Advocacy on issues of social and economic policy that advances the needs and interests of peoples of African and other third world countries (especially marginalized social groups), a fair distribution of world's resources, and forms of development which are sustainable and fulfill human needs.

Visit the web site: http://www.twnafrica.org/

Social Watch

Social Watch is an international NGO watchdog network monitoring poverty eradication and gender equality. It is promoted and developed by worldwide organizations. These national groups report, through the national Social Watch report, on the progress - or regression - towards these commitments and goals.

Visit the web site: http://www.socialwatch.org/en/portada.htm

Sustainable Communities, Centre for Sustainable Community Development

The Centre's website provides reports and information, case studies and strategies for promoting collaboration, learning and innovation in the context of working with groups with different interests, values and perspectives, with the aim of developing trust and mutual understanding while building social capital and stakeholder networks.

Visit the website: http://www.sfu.ca/cscd/cli/default.htm

The Mining News: News on Mining’s Impacts from Communities and Activist Worldwide

The Mining News is a comprehensive website intended to serve as an archive of mining-related news. Each story or summary is linked to the original source.  The site includes news from around the world organized by country, issue and date.

Visit the website: http://www.theminingnews.org/

Netherlands Institute for Southern Africa, NIZA

The Netherlands Institute for Southern Africa evolved from the anti-apartheid movement. It declares its solidarity with the people of southern Africa, seeking to help them find structural solutions in their fight against poverty, injustice and inequality.

Visit the website:
http://www.niza.nl/index_en.phtml?lang=en&lang_help=en&nav=e0

A Load Too Heavy - Digging for Survival

This special website was designed by the International Labour Organization (ILO) to support World Day against Child Labour on June 12. The site has a comprehensive selection of videos, documents, reviews, agendas, proposals, testimonies, interviews and photos relating to child labour in the mining sector.

DECOIN, Ecological Defense and Conservation of Intag

The grass-roots organization DECOIN was founded in January of 1995 in an effort to support local and regional eco-activism. This regional organization was created to battle one of the greatest threats to the forests: social and environmentally irresponsible mining companies that have thousands of acres of government-granted concessions throughout the Intag area of northwestern Ecuador .

Visit the Web Site: http://www.decoin.org/

Dirty Gold

 This Argentine web site gathers articles, testimonies and interviews among other issues related to the relationship between local, regional and national communities against mining industries .

Visit the web site: http://orosucio.madryn.com/

Coal Employment Project: Coal Mining Women's Support Team

The Coal Employment Project is a nonprofit organization that seeks to end discrimination against women in the mining industries of the United States . When the CEP was founded in 1977, its focus was on women coal miners. Today, CEP reaches out to women in hardrock mining, refineries, smelteries, and other nontraditional jobs.

Visit the web site : http://www.thekeep.org/~cep/

Water is Worth More than Gold

This page shows how the people of Huasco valley in Chile have been inspecting the extractive practices of Barrick Mining Company and other industries interested in extracting gold from the Chilean mountains. On this web site Huasco valley community informs about the environmental and social effects of these mining practices and also about their fight to defend the valley.

Visit the web site: http://www.aguavalemasqueoro.org/

Global Map of Human Rights Risk 2005

To mark International Human Rights Day, 10 December 2005 , Maplecroft has updated its ‘Global Map of Human Rights Risk 2005', an awareness-raising and risk management tool. The map features 194 countries, and reports 19 types of human rights violations which have been verified by the Amnesty International Report 2005, Human Rights Watch World Report 2005 and the US Department of State: 2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, to compile a human rights risk profile for each country.

Visit the Website : http://maps.maplecroft.com/loadmap?template=map&issueID=4

The Curse of Gold

This Human Rights Watch report discusses human rights abuses linked to efforts to control two key gold mining areas in Congo , Mongbwalu (Ituri District) and Durba (Haut Uélé District), both bordering Uganda .  It discusses the role of small-scale operations in financing military activities of the Congolese conflict and argues that the international community has failed to effectively tackle the link between resource exploitation and conflict in the country.

Visit the website: http://hrw.org/reports/2005/drc0505/4.htm#_Toc102992131

Mining Watch Canada (MWC)

MiningWatch Canada (MWC) is a pan-Canadian initiative supported by environmental, social justice, Aboriginal and labor organizations from across the country. It addresses the urgent need for a coordinated public interest response to the threats to public health, water and air quality, fish and wildlife habitat and community interests posed by irresponsible mineral policies and practices in Canada and around the world.

Visit the website : http://www.miningwatch.ca/

IGNARM Network on Indigenous People, Gender and Natural Resource Management

Considering that Indigenous men and women often relate to and use natural resources in different ways, and that these differences are often neglected in the design and practical implementation of externally supported interventions, five Danish based organizations have formed IGNARM in order to share, explore and strengthen their experiences and knowledge within the field emerging at the intersection between indigenous peoples, gender and natural resource management.

Visit the Website : http://www.ignarm.dk/

Global Witness

This NGO campaigns to highlight the link between the exploitation of natural resources and human rights abuses, particularly where resources such as timber, diamonds and oil are used to fund and perpetuate conflict and corruption

Visit the website: http://www.globalwitness.org/

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Ethical Metalsmiths

Ethical Metalsmiths was formed for the purpose of stimulating demand for responsibly sourced materials as an investment in the future. We stand for social responsibility, a healthy environment and materials that are consistent with these values.

Visit the web site: http://www.ethicalmetalsmiths.org/

Practical Actions: Technology challenging poverty

Founded in 1966, Practical Action aims to demonstrate and advocate the sustainable use of technology to reduce poverty in developing countries. It has a unique approach to development: “we don't start with technology, but with people. The tools may be simple or sophisticated, but to provide long-term, appropriate and practical answers, they must be firmly in the hands of local people”. Practical Action has special programs on ICT and Disaster Management, and also had one for Small Scale mining for several years.

Visit the web site: http://www.itdg.org/
Latin-American site: http://www.solucionespracticas.org.pe/

MEDMIN Foundation: Environment, Mining and Industries

The MEDMIN Foundation in Bolivia with a long and recognised trajectory in work with ASM, seeks to promote improved small-scale gold mining techniques and in particular to mitigate the environmental impact of mercury pollution with a view to improving the health and well-being of small mining communities.  It also works in the field of environmental assessment and offers a range of affordable, efficient, socially aware and ecologically sensitive environmental services.

Clean Gold

Clean Gold offers technologies to separate micron-sized gold from beach sands as an alternative to the environmental and health risks associated with chemical extraction of gold, platinum and other minerals.

Visit the Website : http://www.cleangold.com/

The Mintek Small Scale Mining Division

Mintek supports the small-scale mining (SSM) sector through research and development of appropriate technologies, and by providing training and support so that development can be as sustainable as possible even though based on limited resources. Mintek has developed a programme capable of training more than 300 non-skilled artisinal small-scale miners (ASSMs) per year to upgrade the miners' ability to work economically and comply with safety and environmental laws. It is a South African organization.

Visit the Website

www.mintek.co.za/newwebsite/ProductsAndServices.php?
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CASM mercury site

The primary purpose of the web site is to provide information on how to reduce mercury use and releases in artisanal mining, in order to reduce mercury exposure to miners, gold shop workers, and others that are involved in the production of gold through mercury amalgamation. The intended users of this information are workers that will be directly involved in handling the mercury and the gold/mercury amalgam, or are supervisors or trainers of those workers.

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First online portal profiling human rights lawsuits against companies

The non-profit Business & Human Rights Resource Centre launched a free online portal – the first to bring together and demystify lawsuits from across the world alleging human rights abuses by companies. The portal summarises in non-legal language over 35 cases and the positions of each side, with more cases to be added soon. It also presents special commentaries by experts.

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“La Puruña” :  Artisanal Mining in Perú

This site was created by the Instituto Redes de Desarrollo Social - Red Social and the Asociación Regional de Productores Mineros Artesanales del Sur Medio y Centro del Perú - AMASUC, to inform about the reality of artisanal mining in Peru, its achievements and challenges, as well as their projections and their limitations.

The goal is to turn this site into an open window for producers, policy makers, consultants, professionals, and NGOs engaged in the sector, to share experiences and to inform about their progress in the transformation of artisanal mining into a responsible activity.

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Green Technology and Environmental Science News: ENN
Their mission is to provide a global perspective on environmental issues, and to promote thought, discussion, and awareness. In this section, clean technologies are in the spotlight.

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