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Congo miners step towards sustainable gold production
The Republic of the Congo has taken an important step towards a sustainable mining sector, with the launch of a $10.5-million project to reduce the use of mercury by the nation’s artisanal miners.
Widely used in the artisanal and small-scale mining (ASGM) to extract gold from ore, mercury is associated with serious health problems amongst miners, including nervous, digestive, and immune system damage. Once released, mercury can travel far from its point of origin via the atmosphere, water bodies, and food chains, posing a risk to health globally.
GEF CEO message for GSLEP 7th Steering Committee meeting
GEF CEO and Chairperson Carlos Manuel Rodriguez delivered a video message for a high-level segment of the 7th Steering Committee meeting of the Global Snow Leopard and Ecosystem Protection Program (GSLEP) in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, October 20, 2022.
Haiti secures $4.5 million from LDCF towards improved water management
The Global Environment Facility's Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) has approved $4.5 million towards strengthening the climate resilience of the drinking water sector in Haiti, with around 130,000 people in the country’s southeast to directly benefit from more reliable access to clean drinking water and, in turn, improved health, livelihoods, and food security.
Textile-producing nations unite to reduce chemical waste
The governments of Bangladesh, Indonesia, Pakistan, and Viet Nam have joined forces to fight chemical pollution, launching a joint $43 million program to manage and reduce hazardous chemicals in their textile industries.
The Philippines: making money while saving e-waste
The United Nations’ most recent Global E-Waste Monitor report estimates that electronic waste generated worldwide will exceed 74 million metric tons by 2030.
Higher consumption of electrical and electronic equipment, as well as short life cycles and limited repair options, will drive the increase.
According to the report, the Philippines is among Southeast Asia's top e-waste generators. The country is estimated to have generated 3.9 kg of e-waste per capita in 2019.
GEF CEO keynote statement at the 2022 Desertif'actions Summit
NGOs, scientists, local communities, international institutions, private and public sectors gathered in Montpellier, France from October 5-8, 2022 to debate and share their stances on land degradation viewed from the angles of desertification, the protection of biodiversity and adaptation to climate change, and its consequences on both the North and the South. GEF CEO and Chairperson Carlos Manuel Rodriguez provided this keynote message to the summit.
The Restoration Initiative: 2021 Year in Review
Launched in 2019, the GEF-supported The Restoration Initiative unites ten Asian and African countries and three Global Environment Facility agencies – the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) – in working to restore degraded landscapes in support of the Bonn Challenge.
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