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Gender, Natural Resources, Climate, and Peace | |
Issue #136 – March 26, 2019 |
AnnouncementsMarch 26, 2019 | Goettingen Journal of International Law The International Law Commission included the topic “Protection of the Environment in Relation to Armed Conflict” in 2011 on its future program of work.Seeking Nominations for Environmental Peacebuilding Research Award March 26, 2019 The Environmental Peacebuilding Association is currently seeking nominations for the Environmental Peacebuilding Research Award.Launch of Gender, Natural Resources, Climate, and Peace Newsletter and Community of Practice March 26, 2019 The Environmental Peacebuilding Association is excited to announce the launch of the Community of Practice on Gender, Natural Resources, Climate, and Peace.March 22, 2019 | Government of South Sudan and African Development Bank The government of the Republic of South Sudan has received a financing from the African Development Bank towards the cost of Non-Oil Revenue Mobilization and Accountability in South Sudan (NORMA-SS) Project, and intends…March 12, 2019 The Environmental Peacebuilding Association is extending the deadline for presenters to pay and register for the First International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding. The new deadline is 15 April 2019. |
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.Afghanistan: Renewable Energy, Economic Development, and Security March 28, 2019 Johns Hopkins University Washington, DC The Energy and Environmental Programs Speaker Series is a lecture series of the Environmental Science and Policy (ESP) and Energy Policy and Climate (EPC) programs at Johns Hopkins University, Advanced Academic Programs.March 27, 2019 - 2019-03-28 International Studies Association Toronto, Ontario, Canada Join us for the International Studies Association's 60th Annual Convention in Toronto, Canada from March 26-30, 2019. |
LibraryIn the last two weeks, 19 new publications were added to our online library of materials on environmental peacebuilding. Here is a sampling of the new additions: Protecting the Environment and Women in Darfur through Fuel-Efficient Stoves January 1, 2019 | Zurab Elzarov The protracted conflict since 2003 in Darfur, Sudan, has resulted in massive loss of human lives and assets, disrupted livelihoods and led to severe food insecurity in some areas. Some 1.Armed Conflict and Fisheries in the Lake Victoria Basin January 1, 2019 | Sarah M. Glaser, Cullen S. Hendrix, Brittany Franck, Karin Wedig, and Les Kaufman Civil conflict is the most prevalent form of armed conflict in the world today, but this significant driver of food and income security has been largely missing from studies of fisheries.Military Moves into Environmental Management in South America January 1, 2019 | Eduardo Gudynas Environmental and land management in South America is being slowly but persistently militarized, with the aim of controlling extractive industries, especially gold mining.Water, Conflict, and Peacebuilding: A New Animated Short from the Wilson Center and USAID [Video] January 1, 2019 Water brings us together. It is essential to the health of individuals, the vitality of communities, and the stability of nations.FARC and the Forest: Peace is Destroying Colombia’s Jungle — and Opening It to Science January 1, 2019 | Sara Reardon As loggers and miners move into previously inaccessible regions, researchers are pooling knowledge about the country’s ecosystems.Why We Must Question the Militarization of Conservation January 1, 2019 | Rosaleen Duffy, Francis Masse, Emile Smidt, Esther Marijnen, Bram Buscher, Judith Verweijen, Maano Ramusindela, Trishant Simlai, Laure Joanny, Elizabeth Lunstrum Concerns about poaching and trafficking have led conservationists to seek urgent responses to tackle the impact on wildlife. One possible solution is the militarisation of conservation, which holds potentially far-reaching consequences.January 1, 2019 | Martine Klimes and Elizabeth Yaari Routledge Handbook on Middle East Security provides the first comprehensive look at Middle East security issues that includes both traditional and emerging security threats.Targeting Infrastructure and Livelihoods in the West Bank and Gaza January 1, 2019 | Erika Weinthal and Jeannie Sowers State and non-state actors across many protracted conflicts and prolonged occupations in the Middle East and North Africa have systematically targeted civilian infrastructures.Bringing Rights into Resilience: Revealing Complexities of Climate Risks and Social Conflict January 1, 2018 | Jonathan Ensor, John Forrester, and Nilufar Matin Marginalisation and exclusion are expressed in social conflict and are determinative in distributing risk and resilience.January 1, 2018 | Batoul Ibrahim and Vojtech Novotny Syria is a semiarid country suffering from lack of water sources and environmental degradation, as a developing nation, its economy depends basically on agriculture and fossil fuel.January 1, 2018 | Hemant R. Ojha, Prabin Bhusal, Naya S. Paudel, Paul M. Thompson, and Parvin Sultana Conflicts over natural resources are likely to escalate under changing socio-economic contexts and climate change. |
JobsPlease visit our jobs page to view these positions and other job opportunities. March 26, 2019 | Levin Sources Levin Sources is a consultancy that helps its clients integrate social, environmental, and economic sustainability into their mining and minerals operations and sourcing practices through research, assurance, and capacity building.March 26, 2019 | Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) is looking for a Communications Director in Oslo, Norway.March 26, 2019 | IDH the Sustainable Trade Initiative IDH (HQ in the Netherlands) creates public-private partnerships to develop value chains and drive market transformation with focus on the inclusion of smallholders and SMEs into global supply chains, and sustainable management of…Yemen: Project Manager Food Security and Livelihoods - Hodeidah March 19, 2019 | ACTED Since 1993, as an international non-governmental organization, ACTED has been committed to immediate humanitarian relief to support those in urgent need and protect people’s dignity, while co-creating longer term opportunities for sustainable growth…Somalia: End of Project Evaluation - Emergency Food Security Program March 19, 2019 | World Vision World Vision is a global Christian relief, development and advocacy organization dedicated to working with children, families and communities to overcome poverty and injustice.Lebanon: Water, Sanitation, & Hygiene Coordinator March 19, 2019 | Accion Contra el Hambre Espana The WaSH Coordinator will be responsible for the design and follow up of the WaSH Country Strategy, following the Nutrition Security Framework and overall mission strategy. |
International NewsIn the last two weeks, 42 international news items on environmental peacebuilding were posted on our website. The following is a sampling: South Sudan: South Sudan’s Neighbours Help Launder the Loot from Its Civil War December 13, 2018 | Economist Since South Sudan’s independence in 2011 its leaders have pillaged the country. Nearly $7bn has gone missing since 2012, reckons Kenya’s Institute of Economic Affairs, a think-tank. Petrodollars vanish.Iraq: Amnesty: Iraq Should Use Oil Revenue to Fund Reconstruction of War-Torn Areas December 13, 2018 | Kurdistan 24 The Iraqi government would be wise to use an expected budget surplus to begin the reconstruction of rural areas affected by the Islamic State (IS) war, specifically the Ezidi (Yezidi) populated region of…Myanmar: Renewed Calls to Stop Dam Construction in Shan December 11, 2018 | Naw Betty Han, Washington Post Shan communities and local members of parliaments have renewed their opposition to two dams being built in Namtu and Nam Teng rivers in Shan State and are calling for the immediate halt of…Afghanistan: Afghanistan Hopeful about Replacing Opium Crops with Saffron December 11, 2018 | Mohammad Sadiq Rashtinai and Abubakar Siddique, Gandhara At a sprawling government agricultural research farm in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, workers are now picking tiny purple flowers.Liberia: Five Counties ‘Red Zones’ for Land Conflicts in Liberia December 11, 2018 | Alvin Worzi, Observer The Liberia Land Authority (LLA) has said Liberia continues to experience huge land conflicts in Montserrado, Margibi, Nimba, Bong, and Grand Bassa counties as these are the “red zones” of land conflicts in…Myanmar: Log Exports to Be Permitted to Lure Timber Plantations December 11, 2018 | Thiha Ko Ko, Myanmar Times The Forest Department under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation has been planning to permit the export of logs harvested from private timber plantations, U Tin Tun, director of the Forest…DRC: This Congo Project Could Supply the World with Lithium December 10, 2018 | Frik Els, Mining.com Manono project became the world’s largest non-brine lithium resource after the Perth-based company released the maiden estimate for its 60%-owned project in the southern Congo in August of this year.Afghanistan: Armed Groups, MPs, Officials Involved in Illegal Mining: MEC December 10, 2018 | Anisa Shaheed, TOLOnews The Independent Joint Anti-Corruption Monitoring and Evaluation Committee (MEC) on Monday released its first report on extraction of mines in the country, in which it has said the mines' contracts are unclear and…Nigeria: The Ordinary People Keeping the Peace in Nigeria’s Deadly Land Feuds December 10, 2018 | Max Bearak, Washington Post Nigeria’s population has grown exponentially and is projected to surpass the United States’ by 2050, although Nigeria is 11 times smaller in area than the United States.Afghanistan: 'Worst Drought I Have Seen': Afghan Farmers Forced to Flee December 7, 2018 | Phys.org Wheat and opium farmer Murad Khan Ishaqzai, 80, has never seen a drought as bad as the one ravaging western Afghanistan where more than 250,000 people have been forced to abandon their homes.Peace, Not War, Responsible for Deforestation in Armed Conflict Zones December 5, 2018 | University of Waterloo Rates of deforestation in war zones increase dramatically once peace is declared, according to a study from the University of Waterloo. Forests and jungles provide what researchers call, ecosystem services.Myanmar: Jade Is Anything but Green December 5, 2018 | Nick Meynen, Ecologist Jade is the diamond of the East. A fast-growing, high-income class in China - who often cherish mystical values associated with jade - are causing a booming demand for jade.December 5, 2018 | UN Environment ISIS (also known as the Islamic State or Da’esh) has more or less been defeated in Iraq, but throughout the areas it once occupied, the group’s toxic legacy lives on.DRC: DRC Classifies Cobalt, Coltan as 'Strategic' Minerals December 5, 2018 | Africa News Cobalt and coltan, used in electric vehicle and renewable energy technology have been classified as strategic minerals in the Democratic Republic of Congo.Sri Lanka: Tamil Villagers Call for End to Archaeology Land Grab in Trincomalee [Photos] December 5, 2018 | Tamil Guardian Locals in Trincomalee have written to the Divisional Secretariat of Kuchchaveli, calling for an end to an attempt by Sri Lanka’s archaeology department to seize land in the region.Colombia: El Nino May Cut Colombia's Rainfall by 80 pct in Q1 2019 - Minister December 4, 2018 | Reuters The El Nino weather phenomenon could reduce rainfall in Colombia by 80 percent in the first quarter of 2019, the country's environment minister said on Tuesday, causing water shortages and forest fires. |
Blogs & OpinionIn the last two weeks, 10 blogs & opinion pieces on environmental peacebuilding were posted on our website. Here is a sampling: Managing Our Resources: Women, Mining and Conflict in the Asia–Pacific March 20, 2019 | Alison Davidian The extraction and exploitation of oil and mineral deposits have become increasingly possible across Asia and the Pacific.The Surprising Clue to Reducing Human-Elephant Conflict: Minerals March 20, 2019 | Fiona Sach The increasing human population and global intensification of agriculture have had a major impact on the world’s natural ecosystems.UNEA-4 Adopts Language on Conflicts and Environmental Security March 15, 2019 | Doug Weir A more ambitious and outward looking UNEA could become a vital platform for conflict and the environment.Environmental Protection in Non-International Armed Conflicts: Finding the Way Forward March 15, 2019 | Jeanique Pretorius This year, the UN’s International Law Commission may begin to address the imbalance in international legal framework intended to protect the environment in relation to conflict by deciding how its draft legal principles…Targeting Infrastructure Undermines Livelihoods in the West Bank March 12, 2019 | Jeannie Sowers and Erika Weinthal In many Middle Eastern wars, targeting civilian infrastructure has become all too common.The Role of Climate Change in the Continuous Cycle of Resource-Based Conflict in Africa March 12, 2019 | Jake Shaw Degraded by both climate stress and conflict, the condition of the environment can be the initial and consistent trigger for conflict in an indefinite cycle of violence.March 12, 2019 | Maria Eliza Villarino Colombia has set ambitious targets to mitigate climate change and achieve stability. |
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Compiled by Alex Caplan, Charlotte Collins, Nina Hamilton, Liz Hessami, Marlotte de Jong, Jacqueline Kessler, Sahara Khan, Jasmin Muñoz, Laurie Roubas, Maya Sandel, Tyler Thomas, Sidney Williams, and Ann Williamson |
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