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Scaling Up Cerification in Artisanal and Small-scale Mining: Innovations for Inclusivity

This paper seeks to identify existing and emerging innovations and best practice in sustainability certification that enable fair and beneficial inclusion of producers.

Dealing for Development? A Study of Diamond Marketing and Pricing in Sierra Leone

The aim of the Diamond Development Initiative (DDI), and thus of this report, is to enhance human security in artisanal diamond mining areas, contributing to making artisanal mining less conflict prone and more beneficial to the labourers, miners, and communities, and the regions and countries in which they work.

ASM-PACE Sierra Leone Report

This report is a case study containing a situational analysis of artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) of gold and diamonds in and around the Malema and Nomo areas of Sierra Leone’s Gola Rainforest National Park (GRNP).

ASM-PACE Itombwe Nature Reserve, DRC Report

ASM-PACE Artisanal and Small-scale Mining in Itombwe Nature Reserve, DRC (French).

Mineral Certification Schemes in the Great Lakes Region

The report provides a comparative analysis of three efforts to improve chain of custody assurance in the African Great Lakes Region against the proposed Regional Certification Mechanism (RCM) for the RINR, proposed by Partnership Africa Canada, commissioned by the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs.

ASM-PACE Liberia Report

This report details a case study of historical and contemporary artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) in and around Sapo National Park (SNP), assesses the ecological, social, and economic impacts of ASM, the key motivations of diggers/miners, the responses of affected stakeholders, including the sustainability of the 2010 SNP eviction and makes recommendations for future action.

ASM-PACE Gabon Report

Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) in Gabon is a long practiced but frequently informal activity that can play a significant role in local development.

Natural Resources and Trade Flows in the GLR - Annexes

This set of Annexes as part of the Natural Resources and Trade Flows in the Great Lakes Region report. Annex VI presents a rationale and methodology for exploring Artisanal & Small-scale Mining (ASM) in Democratic Republic of the Congo from a sustainable livelihoods perspective.

Natural Resources and Trade Flows in the Great Lakes Region (GLR) - Report

This report highlights the major findings of INICA’s six month survey on natural resource exploitation and trade in the Great Lakes region.

Conformance and Compatibility Analysis: CFS, iTSCi, and the OECD Due Diligence Guidance

This report presents the findings of three different analyses: 1) A conformance analysis of ITRI’s Tin Supply Chain Initiative (iTSCi) against the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD) Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas (OECD DDG)

Property Rights and Artisanal Diamond Development (PRADD): Feasibility of Direct Marketing of Artisanal Diamonds from Liberia and the Central African Republic to the United States of America

The purpose of this research was to ascertain the feasibility and desirability of establishing more direct trading relations between artisanal miners in the Central African Republic (CAR) and Liberia and international buyers.

Benchmark of Social and Environmental Standards for Industrial Gold Mining

The purpose of the benchmark report was to identify an existing standard that could serve as the most effective tool for managing a wide range of environmental and social impacts at industrial precious metals mines.

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