Website Glossary

Handheld tools, such as metal detectors and probes, are used by qualified deminers to locate and safely remove landmines and UXO.

Heavy machinery, such as flails, tillers, and excavators, is used to clear vegetation and unearth buried landmines and UXO.

Mine action is the coordinated efforts by governments, international organisations, and NGOs to address the threat of landmines and UXO through clearance, survey, risk education, victim assistance, and advocacy.

MRS is an area identified as contaminated with landmines or UXO, requiring clearance or other risk mitigation measures to protect civilians.

A complete device charged with explosives, propellants, pyrotechnics, initiating composition, or nuclear, biological, or chemical material for use in military operations, including demolitions.