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Gender, Natural Resources, Climate, and Peace | |
Issue #75 – November 22, 2016 |
EventsFor more upcoming events on environmental peacebuilding, please visit our online calendar of events. Planetary Security Conference 2016 December 5, 2016 - 2016-12-06 Planet Security Initiative & Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Netherlands) The Hague, Netherlands The Planetary Security Initiative is glad to announce the (tentative) dates for the second edition of the Planetary Security conference: 5 and 6 December, 2016.Conflict Minerals Supply Chain Compliance & Transparency Forum November 30, 2016 - 2016-12-02 Business Intelligence Services Berlin, Germany This exclusive BIS forum showcases the best strategies and approaches to optimize conflict minerals supply chain transparency while developing resilient business driven ethical and sustainable sourcing strategy. |
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: Water During and After Armed Conflicts: What Protection in International Law? January 1, 2016 | Mara Tignino This paper offers an analysis of the principles and rules protecting water in situations of armed conflicts.January 1, 2016 | Ershad Oftadeh, Mojtaba Shourian, and Bahram Saghafian Water conflicts appear when there are insufficient and less available water resources than water demands claimed by different agents.Using a Novel Climate-Water Conflict Vulnerability Index to Capture Double Exposures in Lake Chad January 1, 2016 | Uche T. Okpara, Lindsay C. Stringer, and Andrew J. Dougill Climate variability is amongst an array of threats facing agricultural livelihoods, with its effects unevenly distributed.Causal Linkages between Environmental Change and Conflict January 1, 2016 | Charlène Cabot There are many approaches to the causal linkages between environmental change and conflict. This chapter reviews the different schools of thought (including both theoretical considerations and supporting studies).The Farmer Becomes the Criminal -- Human Rights and Land Confiscation in Karen State January 1, 2016 | Caroline Stover In Burma, where 70 percent of people earn a living through agriculture, securing land is often equivalent to securing a livelihood.The Inequality-Resource Curse of Conflict: Heterogeneous Effects of Mineral Deposit Discoveries January 1, 2016 | Joeri Smits, Yibekal Tessema, Takuto Sakamoto, and Richard Schodde Despite a sizeable literature, there is no consensus as to whether and how mineral resources are linked to conflict.For Better or Worse: Major Developments Affecting Resource and Conflict Dynamics in Northwest Kenya January 1, 2016 | Janpeter Schilling, Thomas Weinzierl, Augustine Ekitela Lokwang, and Francis Opiyo The county of Turkana, located in northwest Kenya, has a long history of violent conflicts. These are fought by pastoral groups over scarce water, land, pasture and livestock resources.January 1, 2016 | Ani Mosulishvili Inspired by environmental peacebuilding literature, this research explores the peacebuilding potential of natural resources through a qualitative case study of a conflict-affected community’s transition of livelihood strategies from coca cultivation to butterfly farming.January 1, 2016 | Vita Roy States endowed with valuable lootable natural resources tend to experience longer armed conflicts, more intense fighting in extractive regions and face a higher risk of recurring conflict than states without such resources. |
Jobs9 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. Myanmar: Water Access Market Analysis Consultancy November 21, 2016 | Mercy Corps Mercy Corps is an international development organization that helps people around the world survive and thrive after conflict, crisis and natural disaster.Lebanon: WASH Expert – South Base November 21, 2016 | Acción Contra el Hambre España In coordination and under the supervision of the Action Against Hunger South Head of Base and with the technical support and oversight from the WASH Coordinator, will be responsible of monitoring and supervision of…Regional Director, Sahel and West Africa November 21, 2016 | Mines Advisory Group Mines Advisory Group’s work has helped more than 16 million people in conflict-affected communities in over 40 countries since 1989, giving them greater safety and the opportunity to rebuild their lives, livelihoods and…DRC: Financial Service Development Specialist November 21, 2016 | Banyan Global Banyan Global is currently seeking qualified candidates for Financial Service Development Specialist positions on an anticipated USAID-funded Feed the Future Value Chain Activity in Kivu, DRC. |
International NewsIn the last two weeks, 39 international news items on environmental peacebuilding were posted on our website. The following is a sampling: Myanmar: Pyin Oo Lwin Residents Permitted to Transfer Land Ownership August 3, 2016 | Si Thu Lwin, Myanmar Times Villagers in Pyin Oo Lwin township, Mandalay Region, are benefiting from cuts in red tape that allow them to transfer ownership of land, or to change the use to which the land is…Food Security: Millions Worldwide Trapped in Vicious Cycle of Violence and Hunger – UN July 29, 2016 | United Nations Two United Nations agencies warned the UN Security Council today that ongoing conflicts around the world have pushed more than 56 million people into “crisis” or “emergency” levels of food insecurity and are…Conflict Minerals: Most Companies in the Dark on Conflict Minerals July 28, 2016 | Emily Chasan, Bloomberg Conflict minerals are difficult to dig out of U. S. supply chains. Three years after U. S.Colombia: Colombia is Charting a New Path Forward after a Brutal Civil War July 28, 2016 | Jean Friedman-Rudovsky, Bloomberg In Latin America a critical experiment in land restitution is under way.Liberia: Liberia’s Rainforests in Danger July 27, 2016 | William Q. Harmon, Daily Observer The embarrassment that Liberia faced as a result of the infamous Private Use Permit (PUP) saga, which saw a substantial amount of the country’s precious forests given out illegally to logging companies by…Myanmar: Jade Mining Permit Extensions Suspended July 27, 2016 | Ye Mon and Kyi Kyi Sway, Myanmar Times The government will not renew mining permits for jade and gems when they expire and will only consider issuing new permits once by-laws to the Myanmar Gemstones Law have been passed, the Ministry…DRC: World Bank Stops Funding World’s Biggest Power Plant Plan July 26, 2016 | Thomas Wilson, Bloomberg The World Bank has suspended funding to help develop a $14 billion hydropower project in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a stage in what could become the world’s biggest power plant, after a…Myanmar/Thailand: Myanmar to Submit Disputed Parkland for Heritage Designation July 26, 2016 | Maung Zaw, Myanmar Times Myanmar officials plan to submit land being claimed by Thailand for consideration as its own UNESCO World Heritage Site, U Than Zaw Oo, director of the Myanmar branch of the World Heritage Site…Climate Change: Inter-Ethnic Conflict Linked to Climate Change July 25, 2016 | Megan Darby, Climate Home There is a growing awareness among security analysts that global warming can have a destabilising effect.Climate Change: Disasters Linked to Climate Can Increase Risk of Armed Conflict July 25, 2016 | Damian Carrington, Guardian Climate-related disasters increase the risk of armed conflicts, according to research that shows a quarter of the violent struggles in ethnically divided countries were preceded by extreme weather.Myanmar: Hundreds of Jade Mining Licenses Expire This Month July 25, 2016 | Myat Pyae Phyo, The Irrawaddy Burma’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation has released a list of 310 jade mining companies in Kachin State who will be unable to renew their licenses when they expire at the… |
Blogs & OpinionIn the last two weeks, 11 blogs & opinion pieces on environmental peacebuilding were posted on our website. Following is a sampling: So What Should We Do about Conflict Minerals Compliance for Next Year? November 18, 2016 | Cydney Posner As of now, Forms SD and conflict minerals reports are still due on May 31, 2017.How to Ensure That You Are in Compliance with New EU Due Diligence Regulations November 18, 2016 | Source Intelligence In a recent decision, the European Union reported it reached an agreement concerning how it will regulate conflict minerals.120 minutes: A Story of a Water Master and Transformative Irrigation in Afghanistan November 13, 2016 | Bashit Ahmad As the local mirab - “water master” and I walked along the high-elevation canal, high winds blew sand in our mouths and eyes. |
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Compiled by Monica Emma, Natalia Jiménez Galindo, Liz Hessami, Nausheen Iqbal, Supriya Kanal, Sophie Labaste, Britt Sheinbaum, Sofia Yazykova, and Sahra Yusuf |
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