Rohan Fisher

Involves up to 30 million people worldwide contributing 15- 20% of global mineral and metal production.

Current Project

• DFAT GPFD funding

• 3 Years

• Building on pre-existing connections to SE Sulawesi and NTT

Gold mining in South East Sulawesi

Gold mining in South East Sulawesi

Overall Goal is towards

Reducing the harm and maximising the benefits from ASM

Small scale mining generates cash income potentially increasing food security building community resilience however impacts on human health can be severe and impacts on the environment can have long term consequences.

Activity Areas

1. Mapping and monitoring of extent and distribution, building baseline data sets

2. Social impact assessments, understanding the issues

3. Facilitating Knowledge exchange, finding ‘best practice’

Mapping and monitoring West Timor example.

We have a big problem!

Where?

Every where!

2012 training 4 Dept/every district

• Detailed field plans

• Simple open source data collection and visualisation tools

• Clear comprehensive training material

Field Survey West Timor

• Comprehensive survey of locations and erosion potential measurements.

• Building a picture of broader erosion and sedimentation impacts in a whole of catchment context, linking ASM back to other livelihood and rural development impacts.

Bombana gold mining district.

Restricted to two areas near the regional capital of Kasipute impacting two major catchments.

Mapping and monitoring training Open source GIS tools and free data for

• Simple data visualisaton

• Satellite based landscape mapping/monitoring

• Hydrological modelling

Field Survey Training

- Mine site location and descriptive attributes (GPS) - Participative GIS, mapping local community knowledge

Training material Production

• Removing Barriers to uptake – All free data and software – Using local data and issues – Hard copy and video screen shots

• Enabling sophisticated analysis – Remote sensing/Hydrological

modelling – Building enabling tools.

• Decentralising Capacity

– Significant power at district level – Facilitating local priorities – Incorporating local knowledge

Website: http://asm4d.wordpress.com/

Landscape mapping

• This landcover map produced as a result of project training shows the scale and extent of the mining (Red) and it’s proximity rice growing areas (Yellow) and an extensive aquaculture region (Dark Blue) Map produced by Iradaf Mandaya

Hydrological Modelling

• This map, produced as a result of project training shows, the modelled potential sediment flow from the gold mining region. It is clear from this and the previous map that run off from the mining areas goes straight through to rice growing and aqua culture regions. Map produced by Iradaf Mandaya

Field survey training

• Building capacity in sampling and monitoring methods.

• Facilitating testing of water and sediment mercury concentrations.

• Led By Dr Sara Beavis ANU . Fenner School

of Environment and Society in collaboration with BaliFokus

Water Quality Sampling - Bombana

Co-ordinated by Universitas Haluoleo

Social impact capacity building and research

• To complement the bio-Physical and environmental mapping of mining impacts in West Timor and Sulawesi

• Use of informed social analysis to facilitate more effective policy making and governance.

• Stake holder forums – Provincial level

• Gov/NGO/Uni/Company

• Very formal, not innovative

• Cross visits – Between provinces

– To Australia

• Community forums – Between communities

Knowledge exchange

Knowledge exchange

Cross visits – Australia – Senior symposium (April 2015)

• 15 Senior Indonesian's government, NGO and University representatives

• Excellent engagement with NTGDME

• Worst practice (Rum Jungle)

• and best practice (Prosecution and rehabilitation deposits)

– Workplace study tour (November 2015) • 6 Key staff engaged in ASM

• Learning, Sharing

• Community forums

– Learning about local solutions • Exploring the challenges and

opportunities

– The path to formalisation • What is informal and formal?

• Empowering mining communities

– Moving towards sustainability

Knowledge exchange

Key lessons

• Multi-stake holder engagement for all phases of implementation.

• Respecting and supporting local knowledge

• Decentralising expertise/authority

Website: http://asm4d.wordpress.com/