Project

Improving Environmental Management in the Mining Sector of Suriname, with Emphasis on Gold Mining

Lead country

Suriname

Participating countries

Suriname

Project status

Under implementation

Implementing period

From May 24, 2018 to May 24, 2025

SDGs addressed by this project

SDG targets

  1. 15.5 Reduce habitat degradation, halt biodiversity loss, extinction
  2. 15.b Mobilize resources, incentives for sustainable forest management
  3. 15.2 Promote sustainable forest management, restoration, afforestation

Project ID: 5627

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Technical team

  • Ecosystems and Biodiversity Programme

Technical area(s)

  • Ecosystem management and restoration
  • Mainstreaming biodiversity

Sub-area(s)

  • Ecosystem-based mitigation
  • Wildlife conservation

Landscape(s)

  • Forests

Sub-landscape(s)

  • Tropical forests

Transformed sector(s)

  • Materials and manufacturing
  • Metals and Mining

UNDP role(s)

  • Capacity development / Technical assistance
  • Convening / Partnerships / Knowledge Sharing
  • Data collection and analysis

Strategy

  • Governance
  • Law regulation
  • Capacity building

Sub-strategy

  • Institutional framework
  • Laws/ Policy/ Plan formulation
  • Inter-sectoral coordination
  • Sustainable land management
  • Waste management
  • Pollution control
  • Institutional capacity building
  • Technical capacity building
  • Alignment

Social inclusion

  • Private sector
  • Local community/CSOs
  • Artisanal miners

Gender equality

  • Livelihoods for women
  • Gender-responsive policies

Gender result effectiveness scale

  • Gender targeted

Pathway(s)

  • Systems pathway
  • People pathway

Risk reduction target(s)

  • Hazard control/mitigation
  • Reduce exposure

SDG target(s)

  • 15.5 Reduce habitat degradation, halt biodiversity loss, extinction
  • 15.b Mobilize resources, incentives for sustainable forest management
  • 15.2 Promote sustainable forest management, restoration, afforestation

Conventions and protocols

  • Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
  • United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

Private sector(s)

  • Individuals/Entrepreneurs
  • Small and medium-sized enterprises

Hot topic

  • Nature-based solution

About this project

Description

Global environmental benefits will be achieved through significant institutional strengthening and coordination, enhanced inter-institutional collaboration, drafting of environmental policies for small and medium-scale gold mining and of a strategy for the sector, awareness raising and extensive training and provision of guidance to promote uptake of less environmentally harmful mining practices, among other elements.

Objectives

To improve the management of artisanal and small-scale gold mining in Suriname (ASGM) and promote uptake of environmentally responsible mining technologies in order to reduce the negative effects on biodiversity, forests, water, and local communities, while also reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

USD $7,698,631

Grant amount

USD $22,132,000

Leveraged amount (co-financing)

1

Source(s) of fund

Sources of fund

 

  • Global Environment Facility – Trust Fund ($7,698,631)

Implementing partner(s)

  • Government of Suriname

Project metrics

Outcome 1:

Institutional capacity, inter-institutional coordination and availability of funding increased for improved management of ASGM

 Indicators:

# direct project beneficiaries (number of miners and local community members who benefit directly from the project disaggregated by sex)
Number ha of land under improved management to protect globally significant biodiversity through strengthened planning and management as a result of the project
Number of hectares forest and habitat conserved as a result of promotion of environmentally responsible mining practices, by end of project
Number of tons of CO2 emissions mitigated through avoided deforestation, by end of project
Avenues for sustainable, reliable and predictable funding/ incentives to support upscaling of ERM practices
Level of institutional capacity for planning, management and dissemination of environmentally responsible ASGM and for inter-institutional cooperation among central government institutions with a mandate related to ASM, as measured through a capacity scorecard and the availability of improved policy and regulatory instruments
Percentage of total area of small and medium scale mining operations with regular monitoring through near real-time deforestation monitoring in mining zones
Existence of a Responsible Mining Strategy and Action Plan to guide ASGM in a sustainable fashion
Number of gender-sensitive policies and guidelines for the responsible management of gold mining and for sustainable forest management updated and approved by end of project and beginning to be implemented.
Existence of a sustainable system for the dissemination, uptake and monitoring of environmentally responsible ASM practices at local level
Level of awareness among population in project area and key decision-makers of environmental and health impacts of current small and medium-scale gold mining using non-environmentally responsible techniques and benefits of more environmentally responsible techniques and practices
Number of people accessing improved health and other social services through the MTECs, % of which are women
Number of people implementing alternative income generating activities by end of project, % of which are women
Number of small scale miners, % of which are women, implementing at least 75% of the environmentally responsible mining practices promoted in the project sites, (such as sustainable exploration, establishment of tailing ponds, responsible practices for decommissioning, rehabilitation of sites, and methods to reduce mercury, among others)
Reduction in the Hg: Au ratio
Level of regional knowledge sharing and learning with Brazil, Guyana and French Guiana on environmentally responsible mining as measured by survey to be administered to participants of relevant regional fora, such as the Sustainable Development Solutions Network and the Sustainable Gold Platform in which Suriname stakeholders participate and at which ASGM is discussed
Number of knowledge products by the project that are produced and disseminated regionally
Outcome 2:

Policy and planning framework for the management of the environmental impacts of ASGM strengthened
Outcome 3:

Uptake of environmentally responsible artisanal and small-scale gold mining practices increased

Outcome 4:

Knowledge availability and sharing increased at the national and regional scale on environmentally responsible ASGM

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