The Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM) is pleased to announce the signing of the contract with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) for implementation of a regional project – “Fair gold supply chain and reduction of mercury use in Artisanal and Small-scale Mining in West Africa”- in Burkina Faso, Mali and Senegal. This 3 year project led by UNIDO is financed by FFEM (Fonds Français pour l’Environnement Mondial), an organization created by the French government to promote environmental protection in developing countries, and GEF (Global Environmental Facility), with participation of UNEP, NRDC, SAICM, the US Department of State and the European Union.
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