Survey mapping of abandoned mines in sub-Saharan African countries in order to establish their exact locations, their nature and potential threats they pose to ecosystem and human health ...
The project is funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida). The core participants of this project are built on UNESCO-IUGS International Geoscience Programme (IGCP), namely IGCP-594 and IGCP-606, but the network is growing rapidly.