National Action Plan validation session

The validation session of the National Action Plan (NAP) was held on Monday 27 November 2023. Article 7.3 of the Minamata Convention stipulates that countries with ASGM using mercury in their territory, take steps to reduce and where feasible eliminate the use of mercury in ASGM. Countries where ASGM is more than insignificant, have the added requirement of also develop a National Action Plan (NAP). This NAP describes how Suriname plans to achieve mercury reductions in its ASGM sector.