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Sapphire pits to be rehabilitated in Anikilabo, shown during the site visit of the major of a local mining community, Ampasy Nahampoana (Photo: Andry Rabemanantsoa/GIZ PAGE Madagascar)
Dialogue and action in equal measure
… The artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector is one of paradox: full of possibility yet laden …
Insight, 13 March 2017
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ASM dialogue programme: IIED scoping mission in Tanzania
… Mining in Tanzania is a significant and rapidly-growing activity, with artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) accounting for around 1-1.5 million directly involved …
Publication, 01 January 2017
Artisanal and small-scale miners in Madagascar show the dynamic nature of the sector (Photo: Fitsum Weldegiorgis/IIED)
Talking sustainable development in the troubled world of ASM
… Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) is often seen as an unwelcome activity that degrades the …
Insight, 25 October 2016
Key words related to mining and sustainable development (Image: IIED)
Mining's search for sustainability: how far have we come?
… identified by MMSD. Unfortunately, its counterparts, representing artisanal mining and government stakeholders through the Communities and Small-scale Mining (CASM) initiative and the Intergovernmental Forum on … Mining's search for sustainability: how far have we come? …
Insight, 07 June 2012
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Impact note on Ghana ASM dialogue
… IIED's first national dialogue for artisanal and small scale gold mining (ASM) took place in Ghana on 18th-22nd January 2016. …
Publication, 01 February 2016
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ASM Dialogue Briefing and Agenda
… that are locally prioritised and support a formalised, rights-based artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) within a more inclusive and responsible mining …
Publication, 01 January 2016
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ASM-LSM-government relations. Shaping an agenda for collaboration
… people from the world of gold mining — including representatives of artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM), large-scale mining (LSM), civil society and …
Publication, 01 April 2015
A street vendor sells produce in Surabaya, Indonesia (Photo: Schristia, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Showcasing innovations in policy approaches to informality
… street-vendors to safer spaces; national policies to recognise artisanal and small-scale mining as a legitimate livelihood, and not indiscriminately …
Article, 21 July 2015
Traders take matooke to market
Resilient Dynamism? An informal word with leaders meeting in Davos
… 93% of milk produced and sold in eastern African countries came from small-scale producers. And where crop and livestock agriculture is managing to … tells a similar but more complex story. Most of the 20–30 million artisanal and small scale miners in the world operate informally and are …
Insight, 22 January 2013
IIED's ASM workshop brought together stakeholders from across the Americas, sub-Saharan Africa and Asia to share their experiences and perspectives (Photo: Teresa Corcoran/IIED)
Waking the lazy, sleepy giant
… IIED's two-day workshop bringing together artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) stakeholders provided a unique opportunity to …
Insight, 21 May 2015