In this newsletter, find challenges and successes from IIED's ASM dialogues, and future plans to work in the Amazon.
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The IIED Artisanal and small-scale mining newsletter is sent out quarterly. Updates from the team focus on work in Tanzania, Ghana and Madagascar.
Dear friends, 

Today is International Women's Day, and working with women is an integral aspect of ASM dialogues. You can read more below about the women associations who are dedicated to regenerating degraded land in Madagascar, in 'Sapphire mines that become forests'. In the next newsletter we'll share an update on a soon to be released paper on women in ASM.

The IIED artisanal and small-scale mining team has been back to Tanzania for a dialogue organised with local partners HakiMadini and MTL Consulting, and we've been busy writing up reports from that discussion which will be available in the next newsletter. Read the blog below with reflections on the challenges and opportunities we've experienced in dialogues across the programme. 

On 15 March we'll hold our third online artisanal and small-scale mining day. See below for full details on how to join in the #shareASM discussion with ASM experts from around the world. 

The ASM team

News stories
Miners from the Tanga region in northern Tanzania participating in discussions about how to make ASM in Tanzania more sustainable (Photo: Steve Aanu)

Mining dialogue paves the way for change


IIED and partners organised a dialogue event in Tanzania in November 2017 to bring together mining stakeholders for discussion about promoting sustainable small-scale mining. 

Interviews with the participants show how the dialogue was effective in breaking down barriers and changing people's views about the ASM sector.

This year, IIED is working with a Tanzanian ASM leadership group to design a roadmap for ASM reform. We are also exploring how our dialogue approach could be useful in other regions, such as Amazonia.
Artisanal and small-scale mining stakeholders in Tanzania explore solutions to key challenges (Photo: Steve Aanu/IIED)

Using dialogue to extract sustainable solutions for artisanal and small-scale mining


IIED's Fitsum Weldegiorgis discusses our dialogue approach and shares some of the valuable lessons drawn from Ghana and Madagascar that fed into the Tanzania dialogue.
Rehema Peter Mushi mines red garnets and sapphires in Tanzania. She recently won a grant to purchase equipment (Photo: Magali Rochat/IIED)

IIED to host 3rd online artisanal and small-scale mining day


IIED will host its third 'digital day' dedicated to ASM on 15 March 2018, connecting mining stakeholders across the globe.

Join us on Twitter using #shareASM to get involved in the conversation.
Juan Carlos Jintiach, from COICA, the Pan-Amazonian organization of indigenous groups, and Fermín Chimatani Tayori, an indigenous leader from Madre de Dios, speaking at the workshop the day after the Pope's visit (Credit: FAS/Macarena Mairata)

On pilgrimage in Madre de Dios: starting a journey to sustainable artisanal mining


During his recent visit to Peru, Pope Francis met with indigenous leaders and condemned threats to the Amazon's peoples and forests. He singled out illegal gold mining, a major driver of deforestation. What next for those working to improve the artisanal mining sector? (en español | em português)
Sapphire mines that become forests

Sapphire mines that become forests


In the third long read in the collection of ASM stories, we explore how communities in Madagascar are taking action to tackle the environmental impact of mining.

Publications
Global Trends in Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM): A review of key numbers and issues
Global Trends in Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM): A review of key numbers and issues served as background material for the AGM of the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development (IGF) in Geneva in October 2017.

It is structured to first give a global (as well as regional) update on key ASM numbers and trends, followed by discussions of key ASM themes. 
Sapphire mines that become forests
Sapphire mines that become forests contains a collection of photos and stories based upon the long read (above) from Madagascar. Individuals and communities in Madagascar's Southwest are learning new ways to improve their lives and to work towards sustainable development for their local communities.
Informing dialogue on artisanal and small-scale mining in Tanzania. A thematic review of challenges and solutions
Informing dialogue on artisanal and small-scale mining in Tanzania discusses how dialogue within Tanzania's mining sector will need to address a number of key issues. Can making policymaking and implementation be made more participatory and gender-sensitive? What actions can be designed, stakeholders identified, effective partnerships fostered to achieve a successful outcome? And what are the obligations to mutually beneficial relations across the sector?

Communicating ASM 
A woman shows Gabriela Flores, left, some of the jewellery she has made after attending a jewellery-making workshop in Ilakaka, Madagascar (Photo: GIZ Madagascar)
Read the Spanish version of our guest column that appeared on the IGF website: Cuatro lecciones para comunicar buenas prácticas en la pequeña minería
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