MONROVIA – The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) National Programme Coordinator, Mr. Abraham Tumbey, has called on members of the Artisanal and Small-scale Mining (ASM) Working Group to exert more efforts in tackling the challenges faced by the sector for a sustainable environment. Making the assertion recently in Buchanan, Grand Bassa County during a one-day working session that was supported by the Society for Conservation of Nature Liberia with funding from the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF), Mr. Tumbey said, “the Artisanal and Small-scale Mining Working Group have been a platform for dialogues and engagements aimed at finding ways to solve some critical issues relative to the environment”. “The sector has some challenging factors, to name a few; Environmental Pollution arising from Artisanal mining activities, Human Rights and gender-sensitive issues and the concerns regarding the threats of the sector to Liberia’s protected areas as well as the biodiversity and conservation efforts,” Tumbey lamented. Tumbey, however, disclosed that even though the working group has been effective to a certain extent, there has not been an annual or biannual meeting. He at the same time encouraged all participants to put in their best during the meeting to form a good strategy for their upcoming obligations.

Source: Front Page Africa July 29, 2021 08:51 UTC