Sri Maryati, Fitryane Lihawa, Daud Yusuf, Muhammad Iqbal Liayong Pratama, Muh Kasim, Noviar Akase, Nurmuhniyanti M. Hubaib
This research focuses on villages where the community mostly works in the small-scale gold mining sector (ASGM), namely Hulawa Village and Buladu Village, North Gorontalo Regency. Mercury has been used by the community in this location for gold processing for a long time. It is important to increase the environmental literacy of the community around the ASGM area, considering the dangers of mercury to health and the environment. This study aims to improve the environmental literacy of the community around ASGM regarding the mercury's dangers to health and the environment. Raising the community's environmental literacy is carried out through a mercury dangers awareness campaign by playing videos of mercury dangers, distributing mercury-free gold processing leaflets, and providing resource person explanations concerning mercury impact. Public knowledge about the dangers of mercury before and after the campaign was measured through questions. This study shows a rise in the number of people who understand the dangers of mercury after a mercury awareness campaign. The increase in the number of people who understand mercury dangers shows that audio-visual and printed media are effectively used to increase public awareness of the dangers of mercury in ASGM areas. © 2022, Pusat Penelitian Lingkungan Hidup - Lembaga Penelitian dan Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat Institut Pertanian Bogor (PPLH-LPPM IPB). All rights reserved.
Study Program of Geography Education, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Negeri Gorontalo, 96554, Indonesia; Study Program of Geological Engineering, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Negeri Gorontalo, 96554, Indonesia
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