Environmental Peacebuilding Association

Gender, Natural Resources, Climate, and Peace

Issue #78 – January 3, 2017

Announcements

Environmental Peacebuilding: 2016 in Review

January 3, 2017 | ELI and UNEP

2016 saw many developments in environmental peacebuilding. We are pleased to share with you some highlights from the Environmental Peacebuilding partnership and from the broader field.

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Events

For more upcoming events on environmental peacebuilding, please visit our online calendar of events.

22nd Annual Tulane Environmental Law & Policy Summit: Sessions on Marine Environment in the South China Sea

March 10, 2017 - 2017-03-11

Environmental and Energy Society of Tulane University Law School

New Orleans, LA

The Environmental and Energy Society of Tulane University Law School proudly hosts the 22nd annual Summit to bring together professionals and the public on current and pressing environmental and legal policy issues.

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ISA's 58th Annual Convention

February 22, 2017 - 2017-02-25

International Studies Association

Baltimore, MD

The International Studies Association Annual Convention includes many sessions and other events related to environmental peacebuilding.

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Library

In the last two weeks, 14 new publications were added to our online library of materials on environmental peacebuilding. Here is a sampling of the new additions:

International Symposium on Water Diplomacy: An Overview

January 1, 2016

In recent years, diplomacy has evolved to be more inclusive, open and transparent, involving more diverse actors than the traditional diplomats, in order to better tackle complex global challenges such as water scarcity…

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War and Wildlife: Linking Armed Conflict to Conservation

January 1, 2016 | Kaitlyn M. Gaynor, Kathryn J. Fiorella, Gillian H. Gregory, David J. Kurz, Katherine L. Seto, Lauren S. Withey, and Justin S. Brashares

Armed conflict throughout the world's biodiversity hotspots poses a critical threat to conservation efforts.

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Water, Livestock, and Malnutrition: Findings from an Impact Assessment of “Community Resilience to Acute Malnutrition” Programming in the Dar Sila Region of Eastern Chad, 2012–2015

January 1, 2016 | Anastasia Marshak, Helen Young, and Anne Radday

The Dar Sila region of eastern Chad experiences highly variable rainfall, seasonal food insecurity, and high prevalence of acute malnutrition.

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Object-Based Image Analysis for the Assessment of Mineral Extraction in Conflict Regions – A Case Study in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

January 1, 2016 | Olaf Kranz, Elisabeth Schoepfer, Kristin Spröhnle, and Stefan Lang

In this study object-based image analysis (OBIA) techniques were applied to assess land cover changes related to mineral extraction in a conflict-affected area of the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) over…

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U.S. Domestic Regulation of Global Conflict Resources

January 1, 2016 | Michael D. Beevers

The violent conflicts in developing countries during the 1990s too often were blamed on rebel groups fighting for natural resource loot.

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Hydropolitics in Transboundary Water Conflict Cooperation

January 1, 2016 | Subash Prasad Rai, Aaron T. Wolf, Nayan Sharma, and Harinarayan Tiwari

Water is a fundamental human need and key to economic development. Since the beginning of civilization, people have faced problems associated with river and freshwater sharing.

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Natural Resources and Violent Conflict in Central Africa

January 1, 2016 | Andrew Stravers, Raheem Chaudhry, Tawheeda Wahabzada, and Michael Findley

Conflict has ravaged the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) for almost two decades.

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Jobs

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

DRC: Technical Assistant International (ATI) - Agronomist, Expert in Sustainable Agricultural Production tTechniques

January 2, 2017 | Belgian Development Agency

L’objet du programme est d’augmenter les revenus des paysans par le désenclavement des zones de production agricole et l’appui aux systèmes d’exploitation familiale.

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Afghanistan: Small Scale Food-Processing Consultant

January 2, 2017 | Roots of Peace

Roots of Peace is a humanitarian organization whose mission is to rid the world of landmines and other remnants of war by transforming toxic minefields into thriving farmland and communities through a focus…

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Technical Advisor I, Agriculture Livelihoods

January 2, 2017 | Catholic Relief Services

The CRS Agricultural Livelihoods signature program area has a 5 year strategic goal to provide a pathway to prosperity for 2 million rural households.

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Yemen: Food Security and Livelihoods Technical Advisor

January 2, 2017 | Relief International

Relief International is a humanitarian, non-profit agency providing emergency relief, rehabilitation, and development assistance to victims of natural disasters and civil conflicts.

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South Sudan: Area Coordinator

January 2, 2017 | Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development

As camp manager, ACTED coordinates the delivery of services to internally displaced people and refugees in Maban, Awerial, Bor and Juba Counties benefiting a total of over 140,000 refugees and 110,000 internally displaced…

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International News

In the last two weeks, 22 international news items on environmental peacebuilding were posted on our website. The following is a sampling:

Myanmar: The Lost Forests of Myanmar [Photos]

September 7, 2016 | Ledger Independent

These hills were once so thick with trees that condemned criminals were sent here to die. Today, illegal logging has left only a handful of old-growth stands.

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Liberia: New US$4M Slaughter House Revamps Meat Value Chain

September 5, 2016 | Omari Jackson, Liberian Observer

The proprietors of the newly established Careysburg Slaughter House envision a revamped meat industry marked by the highest safety quality standards and an enhanced value chain both upstream and downstream.

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Timor-Leste: Timor-Leste Backing Oil Development before Hague Ruling

September 3, 2016 | Hamish McDonald, Saturday Paper

Timor-Leste’s government has insisted that gas and oil from the discovery called Greater Sunrise be brought for processing to Timor’s coast.

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Myanmar: Myanmar Forest-Cutting Continues Despite Government Efforts

September 2, 2016 | Esther Htusane, Associated Press

The hills of northern Myanmar's Sagaing region were so legendarily thick with forests that in the days of kings, condemned criminals were ordered into the woods as a death sentence.

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Conflict Minerals: Can Blockchain Help Curb the Flow of Blood Diamonds?

September 2, 2016 | Prableen Bajpai, Nasdaq

The more precious the asset, the higher the probability of people committing crime to gain a share in it. Diamonds are no exception.

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DRC: The Population of Shabunda Deserve to Benefit from Their Own Country’s Mineral Wealth

September 1, 2016 | Mining Journal

The demands from the minister, Martin Kabwelulu, came after a Global Witness investigation showed up to US$17 million of gold produced by privately held Kun Hou Mining was likely smuggled out of the…

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Myanmar: Over 300 Jade Mining Permits to Expire This Month

September 1, 2016 | Chan Mya Htwe, Myanmar Times

Permits for 321 jade and gems blocks will expire in September, the government has said, and will not be renewed, under an industry-wide freeze on new licences expected to continue until by-laws to…

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Liberia: Extractive Revenue Drops from US$135M in 2014 to US$100M in 2015 LEITI's 8th Report Revealed

August 31, 2016 | Global News Network

The Liberia Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (LEITI) his disclosed that direct government revenue from the extractive industries dropped from US$135. 3m in the Fiscal Year 2013/2014 to US$100.

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Afghanistan: In Afghanistan’s Farm Belt, Women Lead Unions and Find New Status

August 31, 2016 | Mujib Mashal, New York Times

In this lush farm belt deep in central Afghanistan, women have been the organizing force behind a new wave of small village farm unions. That seems to have brought some changes.

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Vietnam/South China Sea: Vietnam Says All Will Lose in Any South China Sea War

August 31, 2016 | Agence France-Presse

Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang warned on Tuesday there would be no winners in any armed conflict sparked by territorial disputes in the South China Sea.

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Blogs & Opinion

In the last two weeks, 6 blogs & opinion pieces on environmental peacebuilding were posted on our website.

South Sudan Oil: A Curse or a Blessing

December 31, 2016 | Isaac Yak R. Tutdel

The Petroleum Industry in South Sudan (PISS) was inherited from the continuing Sudan and sustains long historical records.

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Averting Water Wars in Asia

December 28, 2016 | Brahma Chellaney

Water is a precious resource, for which there is no substitute.

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The Indo-Pakistan Water Conflict

December 26, 2016 | Dr. Waseem Ahmad Qureshi

The Indo-Pakistan water conflict dates back to 1948, when India first blocked the river water flow to Pakistan and threatened the agrarian system of the time.

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Water Wars: China Confronts US as Manila Cozies with China

December 23, 2016 | Chris Mirasola

The Chinese Navy seized a US underwater drone as it was about to be retrieved by a US naval vessel approximately 50 nautical miles off the Philippines coast last Thursday.

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High-Tech Agriculture Can Prevent Oncoming Global Water Wars

December 23, 2016 | Rupesh Paudyal

Forget about oil or gas – you should be worrying about the less discussed but far more concerning fact that the world is running out of clean, drinkable water.

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The Colombian Peace Deal and Produce Exports

December 23, 2016 | Andes Fruits Colombia GM Matt Aaron

In the ever-changing landscape of world agriculture, Colombia is one of the most volatile countries. Personnel shortages habitually occur during the Christmas and Easter seasons, making it difficult to ship fruit.

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Compiled by Monica Emma, Natalia Jiménez Galindo, Pierre Gaunaurd, Liz Hessami, Sophie Labaste, Britt Sheinbaum, Sofia Yazykova, and Sahra Yusuf
Edited by Joel Young
Coordinated by Kathleen McLean and Jessye Waxman
Design by Graham Campbell
Managed and edited by Carl Bruch and David Jensen

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