Artisanal mining linked to UN sustainable development goals – report. 25 September 2020.

As world leaders are meeting and debating virtually during the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), Pact and the University of Delaware partnered to publish Mapping Artisanal and Small-scale Mining to the Sustainable Development Goals....It is the first time an assessment of the relationships between ASM and all 17 SDGs has been done and the paper provides concrete policy guidance for harnessing ASM-SDG interlinkages and unlocking the sector’s potential in contributing to the realization of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

The publication promotes an inclusive approach to formalizing the ASM sector that takes into account each of the 17 SDGs, and ensures that the implementation of the formalization strategies harnesses the full potential of the ASM sector, mitigating possible negative impacts, lead author and program officer with Pact Mines to Market, Jorden de Haan told MINING.COM....“In a nutshell, we conclude that ASM is related to each of the 17 SDGs, and has both negative and positive impacts, however we need to be aware the sector is currently largely informal and it receives little technical, financial and organizational assistance compared to other sectors in the formal economy,” de Haan said....

De Haan said clear positive SDG impacts are employment, economic growth and decent work, while deaths in the sector are a very clear negative impact, as well as occupational health and safety issues.