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Gender, Natural Resources, Climate, and Peace | |
Issue #71 – September 27, 2016 |
AnnouncementsAmbassador Marie Jacobsson to Receive Fourth Al-Moumin Award in Environmental Peacebuilding September 27, 2016 For the last three years, Ambassador Marie Jacobsson has served as the International Law Commission’s Special Rapporteur for the topic Protection of the Environment in Relation to Armed Conflict.September 20, 2016 | Organizers of WESIPS 2017 Please consider presenting a paper at the 2017 Warfare, Environment, Social Inequality, and Peace Studies (WESIPS) Biennial Conference to be held at the Center for Cross-Cultural Study in Seville, Spain on May 25-27, 2017.… |
LibraryIn the last two weeks, 17 new publications were added to our online library of materials on environmental peacebuilding. Here is a sampling of the new additions: The Climate Security Consensus Project Statement January 1, 2016 | The Climate Security Consensus Project The Climate Security Consensus Project, a bipartisan group of 26 national security and military leaders, released a statement in September 2016 declaring that: “the effects of climate change present a strategically-significant risk to U.…January 1, 2016 | PAX Many Syrian civilians have begun refining oil due to the drastic decline in production by professional oil refineries in Syria.Drivers and Impacts of Fisheries Scarcity, Competition, and Conflict on Maritime Security January 1, 2016 | Robert Pomeroy, John Parks, Karina Lorenz Mrakovcich, and Christopher LaMonica Increasingly, non-traditional threats to maritime security are linked to the issue of resource scarcity.War Crimes Shouldn't Pay: Stopping the Looting and Destruction in South Sudan January 1, 2016 After nearly two years of following the money underwriting South Sudan’s war economy, this report represents the first public release of the findings of The Sentry’s investigation into the links between public corruption…Historical Changes of Land Tenure and Land Use Rights in a Local Community: A Case Study in Lao PDR January 1, 2016 | Saykham Boutthavong, Kimihiko Hyakumura, Makoto Ehara, and Takahiro Fujiwara Land-titling programs, land and forest allocation programs, and projects on state-allocated land for development and investment in Laos have been key drivers of change in land tenure.January 1, 2016 | Nelson Ijumba and Hassan Kaya Using a survey of secondary sources on energy rich countries in Africa as case studies, the study demonstrates that environmental challenges associated with energy resources create key challenges in the 21st century Africa.Challenges for Global Supply Chain Sustainability: Evidence from Conflict Minerals Reports January 1, 2016 | Yong H. Kim and Gerald Davis The vertically-integrated corporation of the 20th century has been replaced by disaggregated global supply chains across many industries.Agriculture as a Funding Source of ISIS: A GIS and Remote Sensing Analysis January 1, 2016 | Hadi H. Jaafar and Eckart Woertz Agriculture is an important source of income for the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq (ISIS), which currently rules over large parts of the breadbaskets of the two countries.Conflicted: The Fight over Congo's Minerals [Video] January 1, 2016 AL Jazeera's newest Fault Lines episode travels to the region to hear from miners who have been struggling to make ends meet and questions advocacy groups that say Dodd-Frank 1502 has been a… |
Jobs15 jobs were posted in the last two weeks. Here is a sampling of the new additions. Please visit our jobs page to view these positions and other job opportunities. September 27, 2016 | Danish Refugee Council The Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is a humanitarian, non-governmental and non-profit organization, founded in 1956, that works in 40 countries around the world.Iraq: Food Assistance Project Manager September 27, 2016 | World Vision World Vision is currently seeking professionals to join our global humanitarian response in Kurdish Region Iraq (KRI) for Mosul, who are passionate about protecting lives, restoring dignity and renewing hope, especially among children…Kenya: Project Manager (Regional Solar-WASH) September 27, 2016 | International Organization for Migration IOM works to help ensure the orderly and humane management of migration, to promote international cooperation on migration issues, to assist in the search for practical solutions to migration problems and to provide…Myanmar: Women Roster for Monitoring Assistant September 27, 2016 | World Food Programme The purpose of the Stand-By Roster is empowering women workforce participation at World Food Program in Myanmar and, therefore, qualified women are invited for the inclusion in the Stand-By Roster for the post…September 27, 2016 | Mercy Corps Mercy Corps specializes in development in transitional areas.Yemen: Food Security and Livelihoods Program Manager September 27, 2016 | Save the Children Save the Children is the world's leading independent organisation for children. We work in 120 countries. We save children's lives; we fight for their rights; we help them fulfil their potential.Campaign Leader, Myanmar Extractive Industries September 26, 2016 | Global Witness Global Witness is looking for a campaign leader to use investigation and advocacy skills to stop oil, gas and mining industries in Myanmar contributing to grand corruption, conflict, human rights abuses and environmental… |
International NewsIn the last two weeks, 30 international news items on environmental peacebuilding were posted on our website. The following is a sampling: Water Wars: 1 Dead, 24 Injured in Guna and Ashok Nagar June 23, 2016 | Desh Deepl, Times of India A water-related row — ownership of a tube-well took an ugly turn when a man clubbed to death his elder brother in Guna district.Liberia: EPA Consults on Oil and Gas Exploration in Margibi June 23, 2016 | New Dawn The Environmental Protection Agency or EPA has conducted Stakeholders’ Consultation in Marshall City, Margibi County on Block LB-13 for offshore Oil and Gas exploration between Grand Bassa and Margibi Counties.China/South China Sea: The Fishing Community at the Centre of China’s Maritime Conflict June 22, 2016 | Suruchi Mazumdar, The Wire In the controversial waters of the South China Sea, China’s modest fishermen double as Beijing’s foot soldiers, advancing the country’s sovereignty claims and economic rights.DRC: Rebels, Army Seen Profiting from Congo Gold Despite Controls June 21, 2016 | Bloomberg, Thomas Wilson International regulations aimed at curbing the trade in so-called conflict minerals have failed to stop rebel groups and elements of the army in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo profiting from gold mining in…Afgahnistan: Growing Poppies a Detested Yet Profitable Business for Farmers in Southern Afghanistan June 20, 2016 | Abdul Haleem and Manan Arghand, Xinhua The conflict-hit Afghanistan reportedly produces around 90 percent of opium poppies, the raw material used in the manufacturing of heroin to the world.June 20, 2016 | Sustainable Brands Today, Fairphone announced it is adding conflict-free tungsten from Rwanda into its supply chain.Myanmar: Jade Miners’ Hopes of Fortune Often Become Tragedy of Addiction June 20, 2016 | Htet Khaung Linn, Myanmar Now An estimated 300,000 migrant workers have come from across Myanmar to scavenge through mining waste in the hope of finding jade stone.Afghanistan/Pakistan: Pakistan to Receive More as Afghanistan Abandons Share in CASA-1,000 June 17, 2016 | Zafar Bhutta, Tribune Pakistan will receive 1,300 megawatts of cheap and clean electricity from Central Asian states, more than the initially planned 1,000MW, as Afghanistan has abandoned its share of electricity due to dearth of demand.DRC: DRC Awards US$660 Million Contract for 240-MW Busanga Hydroelectric Project in Africa June 15, 2016 | Gregory B. Poindexter, HydroWorld After more than 10 years since signing agreements with companies in China and Canada, the Democratic Republic of Congo announced on June 8 that it has awarded a US$660 million contract to a…June 15, 2016 | Ayako Mie, Japan Times A Chinese navy reconnaissance vessel entered Japanese territorial waters near Kuchinoerabu Island off Kagoshima Prefecture early Wednesday morning — the first time since 2004 that a Chinese military ship has done so.South Sudan: Fleeing Famine in Northern South Sudan June 15, 2016 | Henry Wilkins, Al Jazeera Kanjak is situated in Northern Bahr el Ghazal, a region of South Sudan close to the border with its neighbour Sudan. |
Blogs & OpinionIn the last two weeks, 14 blogs & opinion pieces on environmental peacebuilding were posted on our website. Following is a sampling: UN Special Rapporteur Calls for Action on TRW to Protect Children September 23, 2016 | Wim Zwijnenburg This month, Baskut Tuncak, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights and toxics, presented the findings of his report on the effects of hazardous substances on the lives of children around the world to the 33rd session of the…Water Wars: Unease in the South China Sea—New Normal or Quiet before the Storm? September 23, 2016 | Chris Mirasola Updated satellite imagery from Google Earth revealed four new concrete structures on Taiwan-controlled Taiping Island (Itu Aba).September 22, 2016 | Schuyler Null, Cara Thuringer, and Lauren Herzer Risi Yesterday afternoon President Obama announced a new Presidential Memorandum on climate change and national security.Myanmar: The Next Great Land Tenure Reform? September 20, 2016 | Roy Prosterman Since World War II, there have been five great Asian development success stories founded upon land tenure reforms that allocated land ownership, or equivalent long-term land rights, into the hands of small farmers.Major Water Disputes Are Often beyond War and Peace September 19, 2016 | Filippo Menga and The London Water Research Group Early this June, the Israeli government cut off drinking water to people living in the Salfit region of the West Bank and three villages east of Nablus. The consequences have been dire.Can International Cooperation Revitalize Wetlands on Afghanistan-Iran Border? September 15, 2016 | Fatemeh Aman Efforts to revive the Hamoun wetlands on the Iran-Afghanistan border are intensifying.China, the Underdog Now, Will Work with Vietnam on Sea Dispute September 14, 2016 | Ralph Jennings Senior officials from China and Vietnam, never friends and even less so over the past two years, vowed this week to work more together – substantially – on a deep maritime dispute. |
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Compiled by Monica Emma, Liz Hessami, Supriya Kanal, Sophie Labaste, Britt Sheinbaum, Sofia Yazykova, and Sahra Yusuf |
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