These are the Grand Challenge winners working to conserve the Amazon
Four innovations with the best performance were selected as winners of 'The Artisanal Mining Grand Challenge: The Amazon'
Meet the 13 Finalists for the $1 Million Challenge to reduce impacts from Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining in the Amazon
In total, 121 applicants from 22 countries around the world applied, with more than 50% from countries in the Amazon region.
The selected projects were from Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia.
Global coalition launches Amazon CoLab to develop and test technologies to protect the Amazon Rainforest
From AI-powered forest monitoring to mining tools that reduce mercury use, the Amazon CoLab will accelerate solutions that aim to transform artisanal and small-scale gold mining practices to be more environmentally responsible and socially equitable.
Podcast: New innovations to clean up the impacts of mining
This Mongabay Newscast podcast episode shares two stories about the impacts of mining and some of the new and innovative ways conservationists are attempting to deal with those impacts.
Inspiring Innovative Solutions to Protect the Planet
Last October, a global coalition of partners began a search for the best solutions to address challenges related to artisanal and small-scale mining - from the destruction of rainforests, to widespread mercury contamination, and the health & safety of mining communities.
Competition Launched by Coalition of Global Partners
This international competition aims to promote solutions to supply-chain, data-collection, and environmental problems associated with artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) worldwide. $750,000 will be awarded to innovators with winning solutions, which will also receive support, incubation, commercialization, and assistance scaling these solutions so that they will be adopted around the world.
Global Innovation Competition to Transform Artisanal Mining Announced at #WWW2019
The Artisanal Mining Grand Challenge will support an international cohort of solutions creating an environmentally and socially responsible artisanal & small-scale mining sector.