Publications

 The Guidebook on Detection Technologies and Systems for Humanitarian Demining is a compilation of known technologies that could be applied to the detection of mines and minefields. It covers a wide spectrum of technologies from...

Recent tests and trials on the clearance capability of flail machines have shown thatif machines are adequately operated and the operating environment is favourable, flails are able to achieve clearance rates approaching 100%1....

Manual mine clearance is the fundamental tenet of mine action, yet has never been thoroughly analysed. The GICHD has managed a study into manual mine clearance analysing the history, management, methodologies and systems in use,...

The Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD) has published a series of three short films on animal mine detection, available as a DVD.

Animals are an important tool for deminers because, “they have a keen...

 The GICHD Study of Mechanical Application in Demining is published after two years of research. The study puts the spotlight onto the use of machines as part of worldwide efforts to clear land mines. It looks at how machines...

 The use of dogs for mine detection has expanded dramatically in the last ten years. However, research designed to explore and understand the issues underlying mine dog detection has not kept pace with that expansion. A poor...