, ▁which ▁is ▁a ▁national ▁public ▁aw aren ess ▁campaign ▁aim ed ▁at ▁warning ▁and ▁educ ating ▁children ▁and ▁adult s ▁about ▁the ▁d angers ▁of ▁expl oring ▁and ▁playing ▁on ▁active ▁and ▁abandoned ▁mine ▁sites . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁U . S ., ▁the ▁Ab andon ed ▁Mine ▁Land ▁In iti ative , ▁launched ▁by ▁the ▁Western ▁Governor ' s ▁Association ▁and ▁the ▁National ▁M ining ▁Association ▁is ▁also ▁an ▁effort ▁foc using ▁on ▁reporting ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁high - p riority ▁A ML ▁sites . ▁ ▁The ▁initi ative ▁ident ifies , ▁measures ▁and ▁reports ▁on ▁the ▁progress ▁of ▁current ▁re clam ation ▁clean up ▁programs ▁on ▁an ▁annual ▁basis . ▁In ▁the ▁Amer icas ▁region , ▁the ▁United ▁Nations ▁Environment ▁Program me ▁( UN EP ) ▁and ▁the ▁Chile an ▁Co pper ▁Commission ▁( CO H IL CO ) ▁co - host ed ▁a ▁work shop ▁to ▁address ▁the ▁problem ▁of ▁abandoned ▁or ▁" orph an ed " ▁mines . ▁ ▁In cluding ▁a ▁representative ▁from ▁the ▁UN , ▁ten ▁countries ▁were ▁represented ▁from ▁North , ▁Central ▁and ▁South ▁America ▁with ▁an ▁ele vent h ▁particip ant ▁being ▁Japan . ▁ ▁Sur face ▁M ining ▁Control ▁and ▁Rec lam ation ▁Act ▁( S MC RA ) ▁ ▁It ▁can ▁be ▁ha z ard ous ▁and ▁det r iment al ▁to ▁res ide ▁close ▁to ▁an ▁abandoned ▁coal ▁min ing ▁site . ▁The ▁Sur face ▁M ining ▁Control ▁and ▁Rec lam ation ▁Act ▁was ▁passed ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 7