Issue #296 – May 13, 2025

Announcements

2025 Al-Moumin Award for Thought Leadership in Environmental Peacebuilding Awarded to Nada Majdalani, Yana Abu Taleb, Gidon Bromberg, and Tareq Abu Hamed

April 29, 2025 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association

The Environmental Peacebuilding Association is pleased to award the 2025 Al-Moumin Award and Distinguished Lecture on Environmental Peacebuilding to Nada Majdalani, Yana Abu Taleb, Gidon Bromberg, and Tareq Abu Hamed.

EnPAx Launches New Website

April 25, 2025 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association

The Environmental Peacebuilding Association (EnPAx) is pleased to announce a major upgrade of the Environmental Peacebuilding Knowledge Platform (www. environmentalpeacebuilding. org).

Library

In the last two weeks, 4 new publications were added to our online library of materials on environmental peacebuilding.

From Françafrique to Chinafrica? Ecologically Unequal Exchange, Neocolonialism, and Environmental Conflicts in Africa

May 12, 2025 | Roberto Cantoni, Marcel Llavero-Pasquina, Elia Apostolopoulou, Julien-François Gerber, Patrick Bond, and Joan Martinez-Alier
World Development

Africa stands out as the continent where the legacies of colonialism and the ongoing dynamics of neo- and post-colonialism are felt most profoundly.

Analyzing the Impact of Macroeconomic Variables on Deforestation in Somalia: Evidence from an ARDL Model

May 8, 2025 | Mohamud Hussein Mohamud, Fatima Salah Abdirahman, and Atta Gul
Cogent Economics & Finance

Somalia, a country challenged by ongoing conflict and economic instability, faces significant environmental degradation, particularly deforestation.

The Role of Food Security Projects in Enhancing Climate Adaptation among Yemeni Women

May 7, 2025 | Rehab Al-Sanabani and Saleh Huomid

This study explores the impact of climate change on food security among women in Yemen, focusing on the governorates of Dhamar, Hadhramout, and Abyan.

Challenges to the Bedouin Traditional Natural Resources Management Systems: The Case of the Bedouin Hadandawa’s of Eastern Sudan

May 5, 2025 | Omer A. Hayati, Samir M. Ali Alredaisy, Mohammed Abu Elhassan Elgasim, and Mohamed Elnour Yassen
Sociological Demography Press

This research investigates the customary natural resource management system of the Bedouin Hadandawa in Eastern Sudan and identifies the problems it encounters in comparison to the problems encountered by other Bedouin groups in…

Jobs

Please visit our jobs page to view these positions and other job opportunities.

Yemen: Senior Program Associate Agronomist

May 13, 2025
CTG (Committed To Good)

CTG staff and support humanitarian projects in fragile and conflict-affected countries around the world, providing a rapid and cost-effective service for development and humanitarian missions.

Ukraine: WASH/Shelter/NFI Coordinator (Ukrainian Nationals Only)

May 13, 2025
Polish Humanitarian Action - Polska Akcja Humanitarna

Polish Humanitarian Action (PAH) is currently looking for WASH/Shelter/NFI Coordinator to support implementation of the projects.

Technical Assessment on Energy Resources, Technological Needs and Capacity Requirements for Agriculture-Pastoralism and Fishing Subsectors in Somalia

May 13, 2025
Adventist Development and Relief Agency International

The Advancing Circular Technologies for Infrastructure and Value-chain Enhancement (ACTIVE) Project is a European Union funded initiative implemented by ADRA, Windle, and READO to strengthen Somalia’s economic resilience by integrating renewable energy solutions…

CAR: Stagiaire en Communication - WWF RCA/Communication Intern WWF CAR/Ouvert Uniquement aux Ressortissant(e)s Centrafricaines

May 13, 2025
World Wide Fund For Nature

Vous êtes passionné(e) par l’environnement, la communication et l’impact dans votre communauté ?

Colombia: Chief of Party - USDA Food for Progress

May 13, 2025
Mercy Corps

Mercy Corps is a leading global organization powered by the belief that a better world is possible.

South Sudan: Assistant Conservation Manager

May 13, 2025
African Parks

African Parks is a non-profit conservation organisation that takes on responsibility for the long-term management of protected areas in partnership with governments and local communities.

International News

In the last two weeks, 18 international news items on environmental peacebuilding were posted on our website. The following is a sampling:

Afghanistan: Afghanistan Establishes New Ministry for Land Recovery

May 11, 2025
TOLOnews

The Ministry of Justice announced the formation of a new government body titled the Ministry of Land and Recovery of Usurped Property.

India/Pakistan: Water Wars: As India Weaponises Rivers, Pakistan Thirsts for Security

May 10, 2025 | Tom Hussain
South China Morning Post

Wars aren’t always fought with missiles and guns. Sometimes, the weapon is water.

DRC: Congo's Fragile Truce? Foreign Interference and Conflict Minerals in the DRC

May 9, 2025
RUSI

Despite vast mineral riches, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) remains impoverished and plagued by conflicts, including the M23 rebellion – which has just announced a ceasefire.

Food Security: Conflict, Extreme Weather Worsening Hunger in West and Central Africa, WFP Warns

May 9, 2025
Reuters

Some 52 million people in West and Central Africa will struggle to meet their basic food and nutrition needs in the upcoming lean season, driven by conflict, extreme weather and economic deterioration, the…

DRC: Inside the Mines Fuelling Congo’s Brutal War — and the World’s Tech

May 9, 2025 | Catherine Philp
The Times

This is the Rubaya mine in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, an area ravaged by conflict stemming back to the 1994 Rwandan genocide and fuelled by three decades of the world’s growing…

India/Pakistan: Climate Change Is Straining Pakistan’s Water. Tensions with India Could Make It Worse

May 9, 2025 | Simmone Shah
Time

As military tensions continue to flare up between India and Pakistan, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed earlier this week to stop water from crossing the border into Pakistan, saying "India's water will…

Nigeria: Insecurity, Climate Change Fuelling Farmers, Herdsmen Conflict – Group

May 8, 2025 | Gilbert Ekugbe
PUNCH

The Strengthening Peace and Resilience in Nigeria (SPRiNG) Programme, a UK-funded initiative aimed at promoting peace and stability in Nigeria’s North-West and North-Central regions, has stated that insecurity, land tenure insecurity, and climate…

Ethiopia: Climate, Conflict, and Resilience in Ethiopia: Reflections on the Climate Security Stakeholder Workshop

May 5, 2025 | Ibukun Taiwo
CGIAR

Given that a significant population of Ethiopia relies on subsistence agriculture, climate impacts are manifesting in various forms ranging from food insecurity and water scarcity emanating from prolonged droughts, climate induced displacement and…

Colombia: Colombia's Wind Farms Bring Promise and Pain for Indigenous Group

May 4, 2025 | Catherine Ellis
BBC

With some of Colombia's most powerful winds, La Guajira has now become the epicentre of the country's shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy.

South Sudan: The Stakes of Stripping Climate from UN Peacekeeping in South Sudan

April 28, 2025 | Nazanine Moshiri
International Crisis Group

On 30 April, the UN Security Council is set to renew the mandate of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), a peacekeeping operation established in 2011 to support the world’s newest country…

Blogs & Opinion

In the last two weeks, 15 blogs & opinion pieces on environmental peacebuilding were posted on our website. Here is a sampling:

Hydrodiplomacy over Hostility: Rethinking Water Sharing amid India-Pakistan Tensions

May 10, 2025 | Hazim El-Naser

In recent weeks, military skirmishes have erupted along the India-Pakistan border, particularly in the disputed region of Kashmir.

If Illegal Logging Starts Again, Liberia Could Lose More Than Its Beloved Pygmy Hippos

May 9, 2025 | Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Liberia has more than half of west Africa’s remaining forests, which cover almost half of the country, approximately 6. 6m hectares (16m acres) based on the 2019 National Forest Inventory.

India-Pakistan Conflict over Water Reflects a Region Increasingly Vulnerable to Climate Change

May 9, 2025 | Mehebub Sahana

In an unprecedented move, India recently suspended the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan, citing cross-border terrorism.

Is ‘Green Reconciliation’ Coming to the Island of Ireland?

May 5, 2025 | Juneseo Hwang

The signing of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement in 1998 undoubtedly marked a new chapter in the history of the island of Ireland.

The Trump Presidency and Climate Security in the Indo-Pacific Region

May 2, 2025 | Tobias Ide

In the first hundred days of his second presidency, Donald Trump has caused considerable turmoil.

What to Know about the Signed US-Ukraine Minerals Deal

May 1, 2025 | Gracelin Baskaran and Meredith Schwartz

On Wednesday, April 30, 2025, the United States and Ukraine signed a long-awaited deal to establish a joint investment fund for the reconstruction of Ukraine.

Ukraine Minerals Deal: The Idea That Natural Resource Extraction Can Build Peace Has Been around for Decades

May 1, 2025 | Bridget Storrie

Ukraine has finally signed its minerals agreement with the US.

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