Affiliation:
1. Department of Administration and Accounting National University of Colombia Bogotá D.C Colombia
2. Development Studies, Institute of Social Science & ISEG University of Lisbon Lisbon Portugal
3. Excelia Business School CERIIM La Rochelle France
4. CeReGe (EA 1722) University of Poitiers Poitiers France
Abstract
AbstractArtisanal and small‐scale gold mining (ASGM) is the principal anthropogenic activity that globally contributes to overloading our environment with mercury. Although the Minamata Convention, led by the United Nations, is a crucial instrument to eliminate its use progressively, novel approaches to accelerate this difficult transition are welcome. This article proposes a framework for policy‐making or improvement, fostering the enforcement of mercury elimination through the lens of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), focusing on the excluded artisanal and small‐scale gold miners and their dependents. We move forward with a literature review of the Artisanal and Small Mining topic, taking each SDG as a unit of analysis. Understanding the problem as a puzzle of four sets of pieces, namely: (1) social, (2) environmental, (3) economic, and (4) institutional, the paper offers potential opportunities for the decision‐makers and practitioners to accelerate the substitution of this heavy metal and develop sustainable futures for the ASGM communities. We conclude by proposing a pragmatic framework that synthesizes the means, actions, and ends to accelerate a sustainable transition.
Funder
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
Subject
General Environmental Science,General Medicine
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