The 4th Japan-ASEAN Medical Seminar entitled “United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) and Minamata Convention on Mercury” will be carried out as an online Zoom Webinar for the lecture entitled “Minamata Disease to Minamata Convention” by Professor Motoyuki Suzuki, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Japan Association for the United Nations Environment Program.
Traditional Embroidery Karawo is one of the social icons of Gorontalo residents with an interesting long history. Currently, around 3,000 women, the majority of them are housewives are involved in Gorontalo in Karawo making.
Motonboto Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining (ASGM) Sites
The 3rd Japan - ASEAN medical seminar on the human health impact of heavy metals will be held on October 31, 2020 at Zoom Video Webinar.
In February 2020, SRIREP Project conducted the first preliminary clinical survey of the ASGM community of Myanmar in collaboration with Environmental Conservation Department (ECD), Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation (Myanmar) in order to evaluate the health condition of the community especially the Hg intoxication.
Mining workers need alternative job opportunities to quite out from the economic trap of the ASGM sector while simultaneously reduce the negative effects of mercury pollution. The stakeholder assessment indicated that the Bombana Health Department, the Bombana Environment Agency, and local leaders were stakeholders who would support the mercury emission reduction program.
Although some contamination originated from natural geological sources, anthropogenic activities such as mining industries are also the main contributors to environmental damage and toxic metal pollution. The food chain, especially livestock tend to bioaccumulate mercury (Hg) in their bodies.
