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Gender, Natural Resources, Climate, and Peace | |
Issue #153 – November 19, 2019 |
AnnouncementsNovember 6, 2019 | Päivi Lujala The people living in resource extraction areas are increasingly at the heart of transnational natural resource governance (NRG) policy discourse. Accordingly, locally sustainable – i. e.Voting for the Environmental Peacebuilding Association Board of Directors Is Now Live November 5, 2019 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association The Environmental Peacebuilding Association (EnPAx) is pleased to announce to its Members that voting is now open for the open seats on its Board of Directors.Seeking Active Members for the Africa Interest Group November 3, 2019 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association The Environmental Peacebuilding Association is excited to announce the development of the Africa Interest Group! |
EventsFor more upcoming events on environmental peacebuilding, please visit our online calendar of events. Self-Paced MOOC on Environmental Security & Sustaining Peace (CLOSING SOON) January 30, 2020 - 2020-06-23 Environmental Peacebuilding Association, UN Environment, ELI, Columbia University, Duke University, UC Irvine, UNDP, and SDG Academy online Conflicts over natural resources and the environment are among the greatest challenges in 21st-century geopolitics. These conflicts present serious threats to human security at both the national and local levels. |
LibraryIn the last two weeks, 26 new publications were added to our online library of materials on environmental peacebuilding. Here is a sampling of the new additions: January 1, 2019 | Morgan Frankel In recent years, small avocado producers in coastal Colombia returned to their farms after decades of war to discover they must battle the pathogen Phytophthora cinnamomi devastating their trees.New Method for Environmental Monitoring in Armed Conflict Zones: A Case Study of Syria January 1, 2019 | Samira Mobaied and Jean-Paul Rudant Today, armed conflict affects some twenty countries, covering an area making up 11% of the surface area of the Earth.Enhancing Environmental Governance for Peace Building in Kenya January 1, 2019 | Kariuki Muigua Peace is considered to be a necessary ingredient for sustainable development.January 1, 2019 | John Conger, Francesco Femia, and Caitlin Werrell In the next few years, the U. S. President will be forced to respond to increasing and unprecedented climate-driven security risks to the nation.January 1, 2019 Although the general power of States to compulsorily acquire, expropriate or otherwise confiscate or ‘grab’ land, homes and properties is legislatively recognised in virtually all national legal systems, to be lawful these processes…Green Grabs and Rural Development: How Sustainable Is Biofuel Production in Post-War Sierra Leone? January 1, 2019 | Roy Maconachie In Sub-Saharan Africa, now dubbed the ‘Green OPEC’ of the global bioenergy economy, biofuels have been hailed as a ‘new profitability frontier’ that will provide ‘win-win’ outcomes and deliver development to poor communities.January 1, 2019 | Abdel-Maoula Chaar, Diana Mangalagiu, Aliaa Khoury, and Matteo Nicolas In this paper, the authors aim to understand how transition towards sustainability processes might arise and develop in a post-conflict country.Human-Wildlife Conflicts and their Correlates in Narok County, Kenya January 1, 2019 | Joseph M. Mukeka, Joseph O. Ogutu, Erustus Kanga, and Eivin Røskaft Human-wildlife conflicts (HWC) are often caused by human population increase, high livestock and wildlife population densities and changing land use and climate.Land Governance in Post-Conflict Settings: Interrogating Decision-Making by International Actors January 1, 2019 | David Betge Humanitarian and development organizations working in conflict-affected settings have a particular responsibility to do no harm and contribute to the wellbeing of the population without bias.January 1, 2019 | Julian Cribbs Ours is the Age of Food. Food is a central obsession in all cultures, nations, the media, and society.Water Diplomacy: Facilitating Dialogues January 1, 2019 | Martina Klimes Water diplomacy is an approach that enables a variety of stakeholders to assess ways to contribute to finding solutions for joint management of shared freshwater resources.Hunger and Anger in the Land: Achieving National Security through Food Security in Nigeria January 1, 2019 | Ojo-Eyitope Esther Anike It is a common parlance to say that “a hungry man is an angry man”.The Mali Elephant Project: Protecting Elephants amidst Conflict and Poverty January 1, 2019 | S.M. Canney This short report shows how it has been possible to protect a small yet important, highly vulnerable, remnant population of desert‐adapted African elephants Loxodonta africana that roams through a vast, populated area of Mali, which…January 1, 2019 Since the UN first deployed a peacekeeping mission to the DRC 2 decades ago, the United States and the international community have sought to improve security in the country. |
JobsPlease visit our jobs page to view these positions and other job opportunities. Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Delegate for Emergency Response Operations November 19, 2019 | Norwegian Red Cross The Red Cross is a humanitarian organisation whose work is driven by a desire to help others.November 19, 2019 | Cooperazione Internazionale COOPI has operated and developed humanitarian projects in South Lebanon in the year 2003-2005 and, since 2013, COOPI has been operating in Northern Lebanon to support most basic and pressing needs of Refugees…November 19, 2019 | Danish Refugee Council The Danish Refugee Council is seeking an experienced consultant/consultancy firm to design and lead of an assessment in the following themes in Azraq municipality, Jordan:Identification of key climate risks associated with significant changes… Niger and Burkina Faso: Shelter & WASH Specialist November 19, 2019 | Norwegian Refugee Council The Norwegian Refugee Council is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee. They work in crises across more than 30 countries, where they help save lives and rebuild futures.Senior Project Officer, Geo Information Systems November 18, 2019 | PAX PAX means peace and is the leading Dutch peace-building & conflict-transformation NGO. |
International NewsIn the last two weeks, 33 international news items on environmental peacebuilding were posted on our website. The following is a sampling: Malaysia: Malaysia Hopes to Pay for Military Equipment with Palm Oil August 26, 2019 | Joseph Sipalan, Reuters Malaysia is in talks with at last six countries on the possibility of using palm oil to pay for arms, as Southeast Asia’s third-biggest economy seeks to replace old equipment to boost its…Liberia: World Bank Breaks Ground for Forestry Authority Regional Office August 23, 2019 | FrontPage Africa Khwima Nthara, World Bank Liberia Country Manager has broken grounds for the regional office of the Forestry Development Authority (FDA) aimed at decentralizing and strengthening institutions.South Sudan: South Sudan Makes Minor Oil Discovery, First Since Independence August 22, 2019 | Denis Dumo, Reuters South Sudan has made a small oil discovery in Northern Upper Nile State, its first since independence in 2011 when exploration was interrupted by war and instability, the oil minister said on Thursday.August 22, 2019 | Madeleine Race, The Ecologist Many people in Palestine live with extreme energy scarcity. Local communities have no sovereignty over their energy supply, due to Israeli occupation since 1967.Myanmar: Locals Say Officials Took Bribes, Freed Illegal Loggers in W. Myanmar August 22, 2019 | Htet Naing Zaw, Irrawaddy Lower House lawmaker U Myint Wai, of Rakhine State’s Gwa Township, accused forest department staff and police of setting free illegal loggers arrested in his constituency in May.Liberia: VPA Gets Another 3-Year Mandate August 20, 2019 | Observer The lifespan of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) between the European Union (EU) and the Government of Liberia (GoL) through the Forestry Development Authority (FDA), has been graciously extended by another three-year period,…Colombia: Meet the Chocolate Company That Is Reforming ex-Cocaine Producers through Blockchain August 18, 2019 | Business Leader Choco4Peace (C4P) is a multi-institutional movement that supports constructing and sustaining peace by generating positive socio-economic and environmental outcomes in post-conflict regions through the empowerment of women, youth, indigenous and other at-risk people…Myanmar: Microgrids Could End Energy Scarcity August 16, 2019 | Samikchhya Kafle, Myanmar Times Nyaungshwe township in southern Shan State is in dire need of clean, adequate energy.DRC: China's Huayou Pulls out of Congo Cobalt Mine Investment after Price Slump August 16, 2019 | Reuters China’s biggest cobalt refiner Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt said on Thursday its overseas unit is pulling out a deal to invest $66.South Sudan: Latest Images Reveal a Global Hotspot for Biodiversity August 16, 2019 | Nathan Williams, Fauna & Flora International Fauna & FIora International (FFI) began working in South Sudan (when it was still part of Sudan) in 2010, and over the ensuing decade has built the trust and relationships essential to working…Myanmar: Myanmar’s Trade in Jade Now Dominated by Chinese Buyers Online August 16, 2019 | Radio Free Asia Myanmar’s trade in jade is now dominated by direct sales online, with the highly valuable stone often smuggled untaxed across the border to Chinese buyers, sources in the Southeast Asian country say.Afghanistan: Pomegranate Products Increase in Afghanistan's Poppy Growing Helmand Province August 15, 2019 | Xinhua The products of pomegranate is going to increase in the poppy growing Helmand province.Myanmar: A Deadly Fight in Magway Region for the Ayeyarwady’s 'Gold' August 15, 2019 | Hein Thar, Frontier Myanmar Villagers in Magway Region have blamed a riverside clash that left at least 30 people dead on an inadequate response by government officials to a dispute over rich alluvial farmland.China/Vietnam/South China Sea: Chinese Ship Returns to Vietnam's Exclusive Economic Zone August 13, 2019 | James Pearson and Khanh Vu, Reuters A Chinese survey ship returned to Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone off its coast on Tuesday, ship tracking data showed, less than a week after it left the area where vessels from the two…Colombia: Study Details Links between Coca, Conflict, Deforestation in Colombia August 13, 2019 | Brooks Hays, United Press International Sometimes, trees fall down on their own, but deforestation is fueled by human activities. In Colombia, those activities sometimes involve coca, the crop from which cocaine is derived. |
Blogs & OpinionIn the last two weeks, 5 blogs & opinion pieces on environmental peacebuilding were posted on our website. Myanmar Risks Losing Forests to Oil Palm, but There's Time to Pivot November 13, 2019 | Nanditha Chandraprakash Indonesia and Malaysia have long occupied the spotlight for oil palm plantations and their adverse consequences, including deforestation, habitat loss, climate change, and struggles with indigenous and local people.Science as a Catalyst for Peace and Development November 8, 2019 | UN Environment Despite the benefits of indigenous knowledge, today the relationship between what some call “Western” science and traditional knowledge is difficult at best.The Environment Has Become a Hostage of Armed Conflict November 6, 2019 | Wim Zwijnenburg This year, 2019, marked a new nadir for the environment that may reflect an ominous trend in warfare: Environmentally sensitive targets are being weaponized and taken hostage.Rooting for the Environment in Times of Conflict and War November 6, 2019 | UN Environment Eighteen years ago, on 5 November 2001, the United Nations General Assembly declared 6 November the International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict.Trump Keeps Talking About 'Keeping' Middle East Oil. That Would Be Illegal November 5, 2019 | James G. Stewart President Trump wants it known that — despite his recent decision to pull back the U. S. |
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Compiled by Alex Boyce, Rollin Bresson, Jasmine Chen, Charlotte Collins, Adrienne Derstine, Kevin Eggert, Nina Hamilton, Desirée De Haven, Liz Hessami, Jacqueline Kessler, Elena Kochnowicz, Marie Mavrikios, Amanda Mei, Julia Monsarrat, Zabrina Welter, and Junjun Zhou |
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