As we mark #40YearsOfIMPACT, our work continues to be defined by #partnership, community-led solutions, and the belief that lasting impact begins with #communities.
Read our Executive Director’s letter: bit.ly/49wuLqu
At the #MiningIndaba2026 in South Africa this week planetGOLD #Zambia Project Manager Abigail Mwailenge, #Zimbabwe Project Manager Nyaradzo Mutonhori & Kirsten Dales, consultant to planetGOLD #Ghana, highlighted efforts to advance responsible, #mercuryfree artisanal & small-scale gold mining.
In Côte d'Ivoire the planetGOLD project has helped about 150 miners organize a cooperative to formalize their operations — a critical step toward enabling them to take up #mercuryfree methods that can improve their health while protecting local communities & the environment. youtu.be/tKNDYftZfGA?...
📢 40 years in, our work Is far from done!
In 2026, @impacttransform.org marks 40 years of working alongside communities to transform how natural resources are managed. Read the letter from our Executive Director: ⬇️ bit.ly/49wuLqu #40YearsOfIMPACT
🧵Le projet a pour but d’améliorer le bien-être général des femmes et des jeunes au sein des communautés minières artisanales, tout en renforçant la capacité du secteur privé et des autorités locales à exercer leur devoir de diligence. bit.ly/47fmIx1
🧵Le projet Sa Sécurité d’ @impacttransform.org vise à réduire le travail des enfants dans les secteurs miniers artisanaux du cobalt et du cuivre en République démocratique du Congo en s’attaquant à ses causes profondes, en particulier l’insécurité des femmes.
🧵Ces récits ont mis en lumière l’impact réel du projet sur les communautés locales, en particulier les femmes et les enfants vivant dans les zones minières.
🧵L’un des moments forts de cette rencontre fut les témoignages poignants des bénéficiaires du projet, qui ont partagé leurs expériences, leurs défis et les changements concrets observés dans leur quotidien grâce aux actions menées sur le terrain.
🧵Cette rencontre a permis aux parlementaires de s’enquérir de l’état de mise en œuvre de ce projet financé par l’@ueenrdc.bsky.social et mis en œuvre par @impacttransform.org, en partenariat avec Bon Pasteur (Good Shepherd International Foundation ETS) et ITIE RDC.
.@impacttransform.org a eu l'honneur de présenter le projet "Sa Sécurité" à une délégation de députés européens en visite à Lubumbashi. 🧵
📢We’re #Hiring!
@impacttransform.org is recruiting a Financial Controller to oversee finance operations across our countries of work and is responsible for strong organizational-level financial management.
Apply here:👉🏾 bit.ly/2JLGHFO
📢Join us & @solidaridadnetwork.org for a #webinar on Driving Due Diligence in Côte d’Ivoire’s Artisanal Gold Mining Sector. We’ll share insights from our Scaling Up project funded by EPRM.
📅Sept 24, 2025
⏰ 8am PDT / 11am EDT / 3pm GMT / 5pm CEST
Register here🔗 bit.ly/IMPACTScalin...
A small green plant grows out of cracked, dry desert sand under a hazy sky. Large white text reads: “75% of the Earth’s land surface has been significantly altered by human actions.” UNEP logo in the top right corner.
The land we live on does more than feed us—it helps in cooling our planet by absorbing harmful emissions.
Human activities are upsetting this balance, but together we can change the story.
Learn more about nature loss and how you can help: www.unep.org/facts-about-nature-crisis
Information on the conference themes is available here: www.environmentalpeacebuilding.org/conferences/...
The submission portal for presentations, posters, panels, and workshops is here!: www.environmentalpeacebuilding.org/conferences/...
🌐The portal for submissions for presentations, posters, panels, and workshops for the Fourth International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding is now open!
The deadline for priority consideration is October 6, 2025!
In Côte d’Ivoire’s artisanal mining communities, cooperatives go beyond economics — they drive social cohesion. By giving #women a seat at the table, they foster inclusion, build trust, and improve livelihoods.
Read more on this work: 🔗 bit.ly/3FzX7n6
📢New Research from the Powering Resilience project funded by @swedenindrcongo.bsky.social!
In Ituri, Tshopo, Lualaba & Haut-Katanga, communities face drought, erratic rains & biodiversity loss.
Women & Indigenous Peoples are most affected.
Read how they’re adapting 🔗 bit.ly/4nSav7E
🤔Who really benefits from East Africa’s mining boom?
This Thursday (17th July 2025 at 7:00 AM EDT), join @impacttransform.org's Lynn Gitu and a panel of legal, environmental, and community experts to unpack the real cost of gold, cobalt, and rare earths in the region. ➡️ bit.ly/EALS-BTS-Webinar
🧵@planetgold.org Uganda is supported by @thegef.bsky.social, led by @unep.org, executed by @impacttransform.org in partnership with Uganda’s National Environment Management Authority and the country’s Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development under the Department of Mines. #MakeMercuryHistory
🧵The assessment looks at:
▪️ How men and women engage in mining
▪️ Access to mercury-free technology
▪️ Gender-specific equipment needs
▪️ Barriers to women’s participation
These insights will inform how the project supports more inclusive, practical, and effective approaches in #ASGM.
In Uganda, the @planetgold.org team and the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development are working together to understand how gender influences the shift to mercury-free gold mining.🧵
🧵 @planetgold.org Uganda project is supported by @thegef.bsky.social, led by the @unep.org and executed by @impacttransform.org in partnership with Uganda’s National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) and the country’s Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development under the Department of Mines.
In this feature by NTV Uganda, Lynn Gitu, Project Lead for planetGOLD Uganda, shares why switching to mercury-free methods is both safer and more profitable for miners.
Watch the full story to learn more: youtu.be/V9IJZrzwRLE?... 🧵
The Minamata Convention on Mercury is a global treaty that protects human health & the environment from mercury's adverse effects.
In efforts to #BeatChemicalPollution, the @minamataconvention.bsky.social works to halt new mercury mines' development, phase out existing ones, & more: bit.ly/3D0rqiF
Thank you Alain
This symposium will explore solutions that could be employed to provide water and energy in conflict-affected regions in a just and sustainable manner.
It will also feature a series of panels with presentations from scholars, practitioners, and students, as well as winners of the Al-Moumin Award.
🌏The Environmental Peacebuilding Association and the University of Ottawa are pleased to announce that they will host a one-day thematic symposium on the Water-Energy-Peace Nexus!
📝Please answer this short questionnaire if you are interested in receiving more information on the symposium.
🗣️Call for Abstract Submissions for the Thematic Symposium on the Water-Energy-Peace Nexus
Please use the following form to submit your abstract.
The deadline for submission is July 14, 2025 and results will be announced by July 31, 2025.
📝It's your turn to advance environmental peacebuilding!
Strong turnout and interest from communities – especially women – sets the stage to continue engagement to support improved practices. 🙌 @planetgold.org in Côte d’Ivoire is supported by @thegef.bsky.social led by @unep.org and implemented by IMPACT w/ CASE.
The planetGOLD Côte d’Ivoire team has begun a sensitization campaign on the harms of mercury in artisanal gold mining. Kicking off in the northeast: over 10 days, the team visited 6 communities, reaching 600 people! #MakeMercuryHistory
