Using performance indicators to evaluate an environmental education program in artisanal gold mining communities in the Brazilian Amazon

Ambio

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 40-46

  Sousa, Rodolfo N ^a   Veiga, Marcello M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTISANAL MINING; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GOLD; HEALTH IMPACT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RIVER BASIN;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA; TAPAJOS RIVER;

MERCURIALIS ANNUA;

EID: 61449179188     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/0044-7447-38.1.40     Document Type: Article

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42. We thank all GMP trainers, IBRAD, and Mr. Paulo Carneiro for their ongoing interest and assistance in the field work. We also acknowledge the staff of the Municipal Secretary of Mining and Environment of Itaituba, especially Mr. Dirceu F. Sobrinho. We thank Mr. Pablo Huidobro from UNIDO for the financial support and fruitful discussions and Mr. Steve Metcalf for suggestions for this article.
43. First submitted 5 December 2007. Accepted for publication 25 March 2008.