17 Oct 2023
Supporting resilience among environmental defenders
Resilience Fund
The Global Initiative Network
GIN Member
Billy Kyte
Research, campaigns and strategy consultant on natural resource governance, business and human rights, environment
Billy has 15 years experience working for international NGOs and think tanks. He ran one of Global Witness’ flagship campaigns investigating violence and corruption related to large-scale extractive and agribusiness industries. Billy has led projects with local human rights monitors in East Africa documenting abuses in conflict areas. He has also published reports from personal field research across Latin America, Africa and SE Asia. Billy has lived and worked in Myanmar, Argentina and Mexico. He speaks English, Spanish, French and basic Portuguese.
Publications
- Kyte, B. (2017). “At what cost? – Irresponsible business and the murder of land and environmental defenders in 2017“. Global Witness.
- Kyte, B. (2017). “Honduras: the deadliest country in the world for environmental activism“. Global Witness.
- Kyte, B. (2017). “Defenders of the earth“. Global Witness.
- Kyte, B. (2013). “Rocky road: How legal failings and vested interests behind Peru’s Purús highway threaten the Amazon and its people“. Global Witness.
Contributions
- Kyte, B. (2019). “Defending the Philippines: How broken promises are leaving land and environmental defenders at the mercy of business at all costs“. Global Witness.
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