Lead country
Honduras
Participating countries
Honduras
Project status
Under implementation
Implementing period
From April 22, 2015 to March 31, 2020
SDGs addressed by this project
SDG targets
- 12.2 Sustainably manage, efficiently use natural resources
- 12.4 Achieve environmentally sound chemical, waste management
- 12.a Build developing country capacity on sustainable consumption, production
Project ID: 5229
*The boundaries shown and the designations used on the above map and included in lists, tables and documents on this website do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations or UNDP | References to Kosovo* shall be understood to be in the context of UN Security Council resolution 1244 (1999).
Technical team
- Chemicals and Waste Programme
Technical area(s)
- Heavy metals
Sub-area(s)
- Source_from_ASGM
- Mercury
Landscape(s)
- Human altered areas
Sub-landscape(s)
- Mining sites
Transformed sector(s)
- Materials and manufacturing
- Metals and Mining
- ASGM
UNDP role(s)
- Capacity development / Technical assistance
- Institutional mechanism and system building
- Normative support
Strategy
- Law regulation
- Capacity building
- Management operation
Sub-strategy
- Pollution control
- Institutional capacity building
- Waste management
Social inclusion
- Local community/CSOs
Gender equality
- Awareness raising (on gender)
Gender result effectiveness scale
- Gender targeted
Pathway(s)
- People pathway
- Systems pathway
- Sci-tech pathway
Risk reduction target(s)
- Hazard control/mitigation
SDG target(s)
- 12.2 Sustainably manage, efficiently use natural resources
- 12.4 Achieve environmentally sound chemical, waste management
- 12.a Build developing country capacity on sustainable consumption, production
Conventions and protocols
- Minamata Convention on Mercury
Private sector(s)
- Small and medium-sized enterprises
Hot topic
- Health
- Structural/system transformation
About this project
Description
Protect human health and the environment from Mercury releases originating from the intentional use of mercury in artisanal small-scale gold mining (ASGM), as well as the unsound management and disposal of Mercury containing products from the healthcare sector. Protect human health and the environment from Mercury releases originating from the intentional use of mercury in artisanal small-scale gold mining (ASGM), as well as the unsound management and disposal of Mercury containing products from the healthcare sector.
Objectives
Protect human health and the environment from Mercury releases originating from the intentional use of mercury in artisanal small-scale gold mining (ASGM), as well as the unsound management and disposal of Mercury containing products from the healthcare sector.
USD $2,670,000
Grant amount
USD $3,960,000
Leveraged amount (co-financing)
1
Source(s) of fund
Sources of fund
- Global Environment Facility – Trust Fund ($2,670,000)
Implementing partner(s)
- Government of Honduras
Related resources
Geospatial information
Discover relevant spatial data related to this project/country/region, powered by UN BiodiversityLab
Project reports and documentation
