====== Suriname ======

==== ASM Population: 35,000 ====
Total: GEF-21 estimations appear low (but possibly only for gold), because numbers of up to 20,000 were already reported in ILO-99 and gold mining has certainly increased in the past two decades! Using 3rd quartile of range as estimation -> **35,000** \\
Min/max: Average of GEF-21 is taken as minimum, as it matches earlier data. Maximum set at GEF-21 maximum  -> **30,000 - 40,000**\\
Female participation: Rather indirectly. Possibly a few female miner or mine owner -> **2,000** (?) \\
Gold: no data, but likely majority ASGM miners and some few diamong miner -> **30,000** (i.e. = average of GEF-21 data)\\

==== Data sources for estimation ====

===2021: 20,000 - 40,000 ASGM ===
(GEF-21):
  People employed in ASGM: 20,000 - 40,000
  Gold produced (kg/year): 16,000
  Mercury released (kg/year): 62,000

===2018: 20,000 ===
(IGF-18): 20,000\\

===2014: 28,000 ===
(UBC-14): Gold-only data produced by statistic modelling: \\
  Expected ASM population: 28,000 
  Estimated ASM gold production: 15 t/a

===1999: 17,500 ===
(ILO-99): Employment: 15,000 - 20,000\\
Number of mines: n/a \\
Illegal mines: n/a \\
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==== Publications ====
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==== Further Materials ====
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