News and Events April 2008



> ARM expresses its solidarity with Peruvian NGO CooperAcción and Red Muqui
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>“Mercury-Free Life” forum in Mongolia
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>Gold plunder exposed in Tanzania
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> Guilt-free diamonds: beyond blood to human rights
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>SAHRC to probe mines
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>Transparency Initiative
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> Second regional workshop on standard zero pilot projects in Latin America - Lima, 23-30 April 2008
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> Regional Gold Mining Workshop
WWF GUIANAS REGIONAL PROJECT OFFICE
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VIDEO:
> Catalina Cock Duque, Oro Verde, Young Global Leader Latin America. World Economic Forum
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> ISEAL Code of Good Practice for Setting Social and Environmental Standards
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Sustainability Perspectives
Sponsorship: The Ethical Fund Company
Year: February 2008
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ISEAL training modules for new and emerging initiatives
Author: Patrick Mallet
Sponsorship: ISEAL
Year: 2007
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Is the time ripe for a GOOD FOR DEVELOPMENT product label?
Author: Karen Ellis & Michael Warner
Sponsorship: Overseas Development Institute
Year: October 2007
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Links


Artisanal Sustainable Mining
Sustainable Artisanal Mining Project Web site Mongolia
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Mining and Sustainable Development
Overseas Development Institute  ODI
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Fairtrade
Traidcraft
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Pilot Projects: Certified Green Gold
Update: August -2005

Artisanal production of gold and platinum can be environmentally responsible and generate long term wellbeing to mining families and their communities. Learn more  about the Green Gold Programme, an initiative which organises more than 400 artisanal small scale miners to exploit their collective territories in the chocó rainforest of Colombia in a sustainable manner. More info >>


Testimony: Fifi Bijoux: Ethics and Integrity in the Contemporary Market Place.

Vivien Johnston from Fifi Bijoux Jewellery, member of ARM’s stakeholder alliance, talks about her ethical jewellery company, the motivation behind its creation and the vision for ethics and luxury as a business model for the future of the industry. This talk was given at the Fairtrade workshop at CASM Mongolia in 2007. For more information about Fifi Bijoux Jewellery please visit the website: http://www.fifibijoux.com/

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