Environment
CONTACTS
Karen Hayes
vice president, environment, energy & extractives
khayes@pactworld.org
David Bonnardeaux
director, environment
dbonnardeaux@pactworld.org
250,097
people who benefited from improved natural resource management in 2019
Report
Somos Tesoro: Integrated development case study
December 1, 2016
This case study, one in a series, focuses on Pact’s Somos Tesoro project in Colombia, which supports children and families vulnerable to child labor in mining. The case study unpacks...
Fact Sheet
Improving access to renewable energy in Myanmar
July 20, 2016
This fact sheet provides an overview of the Ahlin Yaung project in Myanmar, which supports rural communities to access reliable, sustainable energy services.
Fact Sheet
Mekong Partnership for the Environment
March 31, 2016
A fact sheet on Pact's Mekong Partnership for the Environment project.
Report
Prospects for Regional Cooperation on Environmental Impact Assessment in Mainland Southeast Asia
February 29, 2016
Pact inquired with ministries and other actors about the prospects for more effective environmental impact assessment (EIA) policy and practice and the role of multi-stakeholder cooperation at the...
Report
A golden opportunity: Artisanal and small-scale gold mining in Zimbabwe
February 1, 2016
In Zimbabwe, it is estimated that artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) provides a direct livelihood for more than one million people—critical in a country grappling with high unemployment....
Fact Sheet
Fact Sheet
Mines to Markets in the Democratic Republic of Congo
October 5, 2015
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, vast natural resources in minerals offer communities the prospect of real economic benefit, but their high value also attracts unregulated exploitation....
Report
Unconflicted: Conflict-free mining in the DRC, Rwanda and Burundi
July 15, 2015
Throughout Africa’s Great Lakes region, the international community has closely watched, and regulated, the extraction and sale of conflict minerals – tin, tungsten tantalum (3Ts) and gold – in the...
Report
Breaking the chain: Ending the supply of child-mined minerals
October 1, 2014
Across the world, 168 million children are engaged in work that deprives them of their childhood. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, artisanal and small-scale mining...
Fact Sheet
Natural resource management and governance
October 30, 2013
Natural resource management and governance describes Pact's approach to working with communities, government, civil society and disadvantaged groups to build their capacity to better manage and...