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Gender, Natural Resources, Climate, and Peace | |
Issue #131 – January 15, 2019 |
AnnouncementsSeeking Nominations for Environmental Peacebuilding Awards January 15, 2019 The Environmental Peacebuilding Association is excited to announce a call for nominations for four awards to be presented at the First International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding on October 23-25, 2019, at UC Irvine.December 21, 2018 Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) is an emerging method in the social sciences.Call for Trainings to Be Held at the 1st International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding December 18, 2018 The Environmental Peacebuilding Association is soliciting training proposals to enrich the experience at the First International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding in Irvine, CA on October 23-25, 2019.MOOC: Peace Park Development and Management December 12, 2018 Are you interested in exploring the intersection between biodiversity conservation and community peacebuilding? |
EventsFor more upcoming events on environmental peacebuilding, please visit our online calendar of events. First International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding October 23, 2019 - 2019-10-25 Environmental Peacebuilding Association University of California, Irvine The Environmental Peacebuilding Association is proud to announce that the First International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding will be held October 23-25, 2019 at the University of California Irvine.3rd Liberian Mining, Energy & Petroleum Conference & Exhibition May 15, 2019 - 2019-05-16 Ministry of Mines and Energy of the Republic of Liberia Monrovia, Liberia Launched to help boost Liberia’s rich mining, energy and petroleum industries, the Liberian International Mining, Energy & Petroleum Conference & Exhibition (LIMEP) is back for its 3rd edition in Monrovia, Liberia from the…MOOC on Environmental Security & Sustaining Peace February 11, 2019 - 2019-04-21 Environmental Peacebuilding Association and SDG Academy online Based on two decades of experience, UN Environment, the Environmental Law Institute, Columbia University, Duke University, and the University of California-Irvine have developed a MOOC on Environmental Security and Sustaining Peace.Seminar: “Environmental Peacebuilding: The Year in Review and the Year Ahead” January 17, 2019 Environmental Peacebuilding Association Washington, DC / online The Environmental Peacebuilding Association will host its first year-in-review seminar “Environmental Peacebuilding: The Year in Review and the Year Ahead. |
LibraryIn the last two weeks, 21 new publications were added to our online library of materials on environmental peacebuilding. Here is a sampling of the new additions: Mapping and Analyzing Ecological Distribution Conflicts in Andean Countries January 1, 2019 | Mario Perez-Rincon, Julieth Vargas-Morales, and Joan Martinez-Alier The extractive sector is increasingly important in the GDP and export basket of the four Andean countries under study (ACs) (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia).January 1, 2019 | Simone Turchetti Following the launch of Sputnik, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization became a prominent sponsor of scientific research in its member countries, a role it retained until the end of the Cold War.Armed Conflict, Women and Climate Change January 1, 2019 | Jody M. Prescott The gender-differentiated and more severe impacts of armed conflict upon women and girls are well recognised by the international community, as demonstrated by UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325 on Women, Peace and…January 1, 2018 | Volker Boege The Contemporary Pacific: A Journal of Island Affairs covers a wide range of disciplines with the aim of providing comprehensive coverage of contemporary developments in the entire Pacific Islands region, including Melanesia, Micronesia, and…The Geopolitics of Environmental Education: An Analysis of School Textbooks in the MENA Region January 1, 2018 | Tobias Ide, Abdulkhaleq Alwan, Khalil Bader, Noureddine Dougui, Maysoun Husseini, Elarbi Imad, Farouk Gaafar Abdel Hakim Marzouk, Amany M. Taha Moustafa, and Riem Spielhaus This article analyzes the geopolitical imaginations promoted via environmental education in the school textbooks of five states in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.Conflict Minerals and Sexual Violence in Central Africa: Troubling Research January 1, 2018 | Doris Buss This paper explores “conflict mining-related sexual violence” as a type of conflict sexual violence, tracing the dynamic process by which this category is defined in and through the production of research.Dead Land: Islamic State's Deliberate Destruction of Iraq's Farmland January 1, 2018 One year after Iraq declared military victory over the armed group calling itself Islamic State (IS) our report finds that IS’s deliberate destruction of Iraq’s rural environment continues to have debilitating effects on…Exclusive Exit Interview: Raw Talks with Jonas Moberg [Video] January 1, 2018 | Asa Borssen For 15 years, the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) has been the flagship governance initiative for the extractive sector. After a decade leading the organization, Jonas Moberg is now moving on.The Conflict Resource Economy and Pathways to Peace in Burma January 1, 2018 | Kevin M. Woods Burma’s natural resource economy is inextricably tied to the ongoing armed conflict within the country.Mosel Debris Management Assessment January 1, 2018 | Aiden Short, Martin Bjerregaard, Cédric Ardoin-Raynaud, and Guilherme Marques Iablonovski Based on an official request from the Iraqi Government for support in assessing the environmental impacts from the ISIL conflict, the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) is providing technical assistance since July 2017…African Elephant Fund - Technical Manual on Human Wildlife Conflict: Elephants January 1, 2018 | Yaw Osei-Owusu These manuals are a follow-up to a series of projects executed in the Kakum and Bia Conservation Areas in Ghana’s Central and Western Region respectively.Factors Driving Collaboration in Natural Resource Conflict Management: Evidence from Romania January 1, 2018 | Constantina Alina Hossu, Ioan Cristian Ioja, Lawrence E. Susskind, Denisa L. Badiu, and Anna M. Hersperger A critical challenge in natural resource management is to bring all stakeholders together to negotiate solutions to critical problems.Rising Tides Will Sink Global Order January 1, 2018 | Adam Tooze The meeting held in Katowice, Poland, last week to discuss the further implementation of the Paris climate agreement was hailed by the participants as a success. |
JobsPlease visit our jobs page to view these positions and other job opportunities. January 15, 2019 | Danish Refugee Council The Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is leading an exciting new EU project aiming at recruiting and deploying volunteers as part of the European Union Aid Volunteers initiative.Myanmar: Livelihoods Project Manager January 15, 2019 | Relief International Relief International is a leading nonprofit organization working in 16 countries to relieve poverty, ensure well-being and advance dignity.South Sudan: Health and Livelihoods Delegate January 15, 2019 | Netherlands Red Cross The Netherlands Red Cross Society was founded in 1867 in the Netherlands. It is among the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies which is the mother organization.January 15, 2019 | Representative of Nineveh Voluntary for IDPs The history of RNVDO goes back to 2004 when it worked through a group of volunteers on peace building and social cohesion, human rights and humanitarian assistance.Iraq: Head of Livelihoods Program January 10, 2019 | Mercy Corps Mercy Corps is a leading global organization powered by the belief that a better world is possible.Mali: Program Manager Agriculture & Livelihoods January 2, 2019 | Catholic Relief Services Catholic Relief Services (CRS) carries out the commitment of the Bishops of the United States to assist the poor and vulnerable overseas.Nigeria: Program Manager- Markets, Agricultural Livelihoods & Livestock January 2, 2019 | Mercy Corps Mercy Corps is a leading global organization powered by the belief that a better world is possible.January 1, 2019 | Conflict and Environment Observatory As part of efforts to better address the environmental dimensions of conflict prevention and response, peacebuilding and recovery, a growing number of organisations involved in humanitarian response and peacekeeping are identifying and implementing… |
International NewsIn the last two weeks, 25 international news items on environmental peacebuilding were posted on our website. The following is a sampling: Colombia: Land Defenders Increasingly Murdered with Impunity September 28, 2018 | Democracy Now! In Colombia, human rights groups are warning of an epidemic of murders targeting environmentalists and leaders of social movements.Iraq: Conflict and Drought Ravage Iraq's Prized Date Palms September 28, 2018 | Sarah Benhaida, Phys.org Sweet Iraqi dates adorn tables in homes across the country, but the fruit tree and national symbol has come under threat from conflict and crippling drought.Climate Change: Trawling for Peace in a Warming Planet September 27, 2018 | UN Environment Annually, more than 80 million metric tons of seafood is harvested from the oceans, providing nearly 3 billion people with more than 20 per cent of their animal protein needs and sustaining the livelihoods…South Sudan: Who Will Gain from South Sudan's Expanded Oil Production? September 27, 2018 | Benita van Eyssen, Deutsche Welle Juba is keen to see the black gold pumping as South Sudan emerges out of a civil war that caused close on 400,000 deaths.Myanmar: Poachers Are Killing Myanmar’s Elephants in Increasing Numbers September 27, 2018 | Stephen Starr While the plight facing elephants across Africa has attracted significant international condemnation, and rightly so, less reported is the surging demand for elephant skin in China that is fuelling a spike in elephant…South Sudan: South Sudan Study Measures Cost of Conflict on Overall Mortality September 27, 2018 | Africa Times Five years of war in South Sudan has likely led to nearly 400,000 excess deaths, about half of them directly because of the violence, according to a new report by the London School of…Afghanistan: Afghanistan Hails New, Improved Hydrometerological Service September 26, 2018 | World Meteorological Organization A WMO-led project to establish a functioning hydrometeorological service in Afghanistan to improve early warnings and provide accessible and accurate weather forecasts to increase resilience has “achieved more than anyone could imagine,” according…September 26, 2018 | UN Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the Group of Friends on Climate and Security, in New York today:Iraq: Once Iraq's Venice, Basra's Waters Have Now Turned Deadly September 26, 2018 | Mohammed Kadhim Atti, Reuters Once dubbed the “Venice of the Middle East” for its canals, Iraq’s crumbling port city of Basra is slowly dying of thirst.September 26, 2018 | Siobhan Hall, Diana Kinch, and Xinyue Zhang, S&P Global Platts Demand for clean, responsibly-sourced metal for use in electric vehicle batteries and smartphones has spawned a new market for technology companies: offering blockchain services to traders to track metals' provenance, particularly for cobalt.Climate Change: Climate-Related Conflict Discussed at Auckland Workshop September 25, 2018 | Radio New Zealand Climate-related conflict and security issues in the Pacific will be examined by experts from around the world in Auckland this week.Afghanistan: Low Quality Foreign Saffron Passed off as Afghan Product September 25, 2018 | Zabihullah Jahanmal, TOLOnews The ACCI raised concerns this week about the smuggling of saffron into the country which is then sold on as an Afghan product.September 21, 2018 | Francis Michael, ViaNews Oil pollution now affects millions of people in South Sudan. Many villages have been completely destroyed by it. This has been going on for at least two decades. |
Blogs & OpinionIn the last two weeks, 6 blogs & opinion pieces on environmental peacebuilding were posted on our website. January 8, 2019 | Aaron Rabena The China-Philippines Scarborough Shoal stand-off in 2012, the China-Vietnam oil-rig incident in 2014, China’s island-building and militarisation operations, the Philippines’ Permanent Court of Arbitration landmark victory in 2016 and the regular US-led freedom…H2O: Water Conflicts to Watch in 2019 January 8, 2019 | Kayla Ritter In 2018, water sparked quarrels across the globe, from the mountains of Central Asia to the world’s driest desert. Water systems were also a casualty and target of conflict.Climate Change and National Security, Part II: How Big a Threat Is the Climate? January 7, 2019 | Michelle Melton The US national security establishment has been increasingly vocal that climate change is a national security threat—and the US is not alone in this regard. But exactly how serious is this threat?Water Wars: New Year's Resolutions December 31, 2018 | Nathan Swire In a cabinet meeting on Dec. 18, the government of Japan adopted new National Defense Program Guidelines that call for the “drastic strengthening of Japan’s defense capabilities.Are Afghanistan's Mineral Deposits the Answer to Country's Economic Woes? December 31, 2018 | Tamim Asey As it stands, a mineral-based economy is one of the few options available when it comes to establishing a solid foundation on which to develop Afghanistan’s economy.As Nations Fight for Control, South China Sea Coral Reefs Are Dying in Silence December 29, 2018 | James Borton and Jackson Ewing The devastation wrought by island building in the waters, mainly by China, is having a big impact on an already fragile ecosystems. |
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Compiled by Alex Caplan, Charlotte Collins, Nina Hamilton, Liz Hessami, Marlotte de Jong, Jacqueline Kessler, Isabelle Morley, Maya Sandel, Tyler Thomas, Josephine van Zanten, Sidney Williams, and Ann Williamson |
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