180506 Nepal Katja Thøgersen og Morten Staun
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Rejsebrev fra Nepal

Skrevet af Annie Oehlerich, som sammen med Erik Jørs har været på projektbesøg i Chitwan, Nepal. “What kind of a doctor are you?” Spørger den nepalesiske bonde Erik Jørs, “doctor for plant or doctor for animals”, “No I am more a doctor for humans”, lyder svaret. Antropolog Annie Oehlerich og læge Erik Jørs fra projektgruppen er […]

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Diálogos 25 års jubilæum!

Hej alle I år er det 25 år siden, Dialogos blev til. Det skal fejres. Sæt kryds i kalenderen den 28 og 29 september 2019. Der bliver et program, hvor frivillige, partnere og børn kan udveksle erfaringer, minder og hygge sig sammen. Foreløbig beder vi alle jer dejlige frivillige sætte kryds i kalenderen. Venligst bestyrelsen og sekretariatet. 

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“Mi chacho limpio” – et værdigt eksempel

Díalogos pesticidprojekt i Bolivia, med Plagbol – ”Mi chaco limpio” – er blevet vurderet af ICO, en hollandsk finansieret NGO, som et værdigt eksempel til efterfølgelse, for andre NGO’er. Tillykke til Plagbol! Projektet indsamler brugt pesticidemballage og sælger det videre til en plastikfabrik, som støber hegnspæle til markerne. La mejor noticia: la ONG ICO (Instituto […]

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Introduction of Mercury-Free Gold Extraction to Small-Scale Miners in the Cabo Delgado Province in Mozambique

Background: The majority of small-scale gold miners worldwide, including those in Mozambique, use mercury to extract gold. Over the last fifty years, gold production from small-scale mining has been accelerating and consequently the amount of mercury released to the environment has increased dramatically, causing major global health problems. In 2018, a team from the Danish […]

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Training of Small Scale Miners and their Families in Safe Handling of Mercury During Extraction of Gold in the Philippines. Improving Access to Social Services: health services and income opportunities for Small Scale Miners and Their Families

SummaryTwo small-scale mining districts were investigated: Sibutad in Zamboanga del Norte on Mindanao, and several villages in Camarines Norte: Barangay Casalugan, Paracale; Barangay Luklukan, Jose Panganiban and Barangay Gumaus, Paracale on southern Lu- zon. A brief visit was also paid to milling stations for small-scale miners in Benguet North of Manila. The main finding of […]

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Mercury Pollution from Small-Scale Gold Mining Can Be Stopped by Implementing the Gravity-Borax Method – A Two-Year Follow-Up Study from Two Mining Communities in the Philippines

Abstract Mercury is used globally to extract gold in artisanal and small-scale gold mining. The mercury-free gravity-borax method for gold extraction was introduced in two mining communities using mercury in the provinces Kalinga and Camarines Norte. This article describes project activities and quantitative changes in mercury consumption and analyzes the implementation with diffusion of innovations theory. Activities […]