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Liberia: UNDP, EPA and Ministry of Mines Holds Multi-Stakeholders Workshop on Environmental Monitoring and Human Rights in the Artisanal & Small Scale Mining Sector
Liberia: UNDP, EPA and Ministry of Mines Holds Multi-Stakeholders Workshop on Environmental Monitoring and Human Rights in the Artisanal & Small Scale Mining Sector
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Kakata, Margibi County – The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in collaboration with the Ministry of Mines & Energy, and with support from the United Nations Development Program-UNDP through the Environmental Governance Programme funded by SIDA Monday began a two-day training workshop for multi-stakeholders including artisanal and small scale miners on Environment Monitoring and Human Rights.
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Artisanal and small-scale mining is the main source of income for more than 100,000 gold and diamond miners in Liberia.
Out of the 1,293 mining operations in the country, 1,142 (88.3 per cent) are artisanal and small-scale miners.
Weak legal and regulatory frameworks and limited institutional oversight contribute, however, to major revenue and income loss for both the Government of Liberia and artisanal miners, a release from the Environmental Protection Agency of Liberia (EPA) said.
According to the governance and regulation shortfalls have also contributed to widespread environmental pollution, human rights violations and mounting conflict and instability at mining sites across Liberia.