Reducing Impacts of Gold Mining on Biodiversity and Communities, Bolivia

Strengthen policy frameworks to stop destructive mining practices in ecologically sensitive areas in and around Pilón Lajas protected area. Support the strengthening of municipal-level policies to prohibit destructive mining, communications on the impacts of illegal mining, building local capacity of women miners to promote sustainability, assessing mercury levels in local fauna, developing a strategy to prohibit destructive mining on indigenous territories, and strengthening organizational capacity to integrate gender considerations.