Relentless artisan gold miners continue to challenge Minamata Agreement

With the inaccessibility of remote areas in parts of South and Central America rendering state jurisdiction an increasingly difficult challenge, governments in gold-producing countries of those regions continue to lack the tools to rein in small-scale illegal gold mining and the environmental havoc which these activities continue to inflict on the environment.

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