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Issue #90 – Jun 20, 2017 |
AnnouncementsVideo Contest: 2017 Environment and Emergencies Forum June 20, 2017 | UN Environment/OCHA Joint Unit Want a chance to attend a unique event that discusses innovations in environmental emergencies? |
EventsFor more upcoming events on environmental peacebuilding, please visit our online calendar of events. Book Launch for Water, Security and US Foreign Policy
June 27, 2017
World Wildlife Fund and the Wilson Center
DRC Mining Week Expo & Conference
June 23, 2017 - 2017-06-24
Spintelligent
Environment, Conflict and Cooperation (ECC) Exhibition
June 21, 2017 - 2017-07-13
University of New South Whales, EU Delegation to Australia, and adelphi
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LibraryIn the last two weeks, 29 new publications were added to our online library of materials on environmental peacebuilding. Here is a sampling of the new additions: Monitoring Food Security in Countries with Conflict Situations (a Joint FAO/WFP Update)
January 1, 2017
Ecologist Special Report: Ecological Conservation in Post-Conflict Colombia
January 1, 2017 | Forest Ray
Temperature, Maize Yield, and Civil Conflicts in Sub-Saharan Africa
January 1, 2017 | Tackseung Jun
January 1, 2017 | Henri Myrttinen
Ghor and Badghis Provinces—Locust Infestation Assessment (Bulletin #1)
January 1, 2017 | Mudasir Nazar and Eric Kenefick
Epicenters of Climate and Security: The New Geostrategic Landscape of the Anthropocene
January 1, 2017 | Caitlin E. Werrell and Francesco Femia
Overview of the Afghanistan Mining Sector: Accountability and Transparency
January 1, 2017
Conflicts and Security in Integrated Water Resources Management
January 1, 2017 | Mohammad Al-Saidi
Briefing Paper: Recommendations for Addressing Conflict Pollution at UNEA-3
January 1, 2017
Crop Prospects and Food Situation (Quarterly Global Report)
January 1, 2017
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JobsPlease visit our jobs page to view these positions and other job opportunities. Afganistan: Advisor - Watershed Management June 18, 2017 | Concern Worldwide Concern Worldwide works with the world's poorest people to transform their lives. It is an international humanitarian organisation dedicated to tackling poverty and suffering in the world’s poorest countries.June 18, 2017 | Concern Worldwide The WASH Consortium M&E manager will ensure that Concern’s monitoring and evaluation (M&E) processes are timely, complete and reliable data, by coordinating M&E across the different agencies of the Consortium according to established…Central African Republic: Programme Manager - Livelihoods June 18, 2017 | Concern Worldwide Concern Worldwide works with the world's poorest people to transform their lives. It is an international humanitarian organisation dedicated to tackling poverty and suffering in the world’s poorest countries.Jordan: USPSC Food for Peace Officer June 18, 2017 | USAID The Office of Food for Peace (FFP) in the U. S.June 18, 2017 | Cooperazione Internazionale COOPI Cooperazione Internazionale is a humanitarian, non-confessional and independent organization founded in 1965 in Milan, Italy.June 18, 2017 | International Alert International Alert is looking for an experienced, dynamic and motivated individual to plan, shape and fundraise for a global multi-year campaign to foster greater political and public support for peacebuilding.South Sudan: WASH Project Manager - Emergency Response Team June 18, 2017 | Medair Medair is a humanitarian organisation inspired by Christian faith to relieve human suffering in some of the world’s most remote and devastated places. |
International NewsIn the last two weeks, 36 international news items on environmental peacebuilding were posted on our website. The following is a sampling: Colombia: Colombia's Coca Production Soars to Highest Level in Two Decades, US Says March 14, 2017 | Associated Press Coca production in Colombia has surged to levels unseen in two decades of US eradication efforts, according to a new White House report.Myanmar: Water-Saving Tech, Vegetable Gardens Grow Hope in Myanmar's Dry Zone March 10, 2017 | Thin Lei Win, Reuters Myanmar recently emerged from decades of military dictatorship only to face a bigger existential threat.Myanmar: Conservationists: Myanmar Wildlife Sanctuary under Threat from China-Backed Dam March 9, 2017 | Ron Corben, Voice of America Conservationists are calling for support to protect a major wildlife sanctuary in Myanmar’s northern Karen state they say is threatened by a China-financed dam on the Salween river.Myanmar: Government to Return Land to Farmers March 7, 2017 | Min Thant and Htay Hla Aung, Eleven Dr Soe Than, regional minister for agriculture, livestock and irrigation, said: “We’re assessing the land. It shouldn’t take long.South Sudan: UNEP Warns of Increasing Floods, Droughts in Parts of South Sudan March 6, 2017 | Radio Tamazuj The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has warned that natural disasters such as floods and droughts have increased in recent days in parts of Jonglei, Unity and Eastern Equatoria states.Uganda: Museveni: There Is No Reason for Conflict over River Nile March 2, 2017 | Nigeria Today President Yoweri Museveni has said Uganda has not yet ratified the “Nile Agreement” on the use of the River Nile, as it is pursuing a maximum consensus on the issue.Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraqi Kirkuk Oil Exports at Risk as Kurds Seize Pump Station March 2, 2017 | Khalid Al Ansary, Kadhim Ajrash, and Sam Wilkin, Bloomberg Iraqi oil shipments of about 105,000 barrels a day were halted briefly on Thursday after Kurdish troops seized control of a pumping station in disputed Kirkuk province and demanded that crude shipments to the…Bolivia/Ecuador/Peru: As Water Scarcity Deepens across Latin America, Political Instability Grows March 1, 2017 | John Vidal, Guardian Other Latin American countries are also experiencing renewed water conflicts as climate change affects rainfalls while mining and agribusiness demand more.Colombia: Colombian Indigenous Community Fight to Protect Land from Paramilitary Resurgence February 28, 2017 | Julián Villabona Galarza, PanAm Post The Sierra Nevada of Santa Marta in Colombia’s northern region is home to multiple indigenous communities living peacefully on sacred land.February 28, 2017 | Dmitry Zhdannikov, Reuters Iraq's Kurdistan has increased the loans guaranteed by future oil sales to $3 billion in new deals with trading houses and Russian state oil firm Rosneft aimed at strengthening its fiscal position as…Iraq/Kurdistan: Four Bombs Blast Oil Pipeline In Iraq February 27, 2017 | Irina Slav, Oil Price Four bombs detonated at an oil pipeline in Kirkuk, northern Iraq, killing one and injuring three members of the Kurdish security forces.South Sudan: Famine-Hit South Sudanese Eat Weeds and Water Lilies to Survive February 26, 2017 | Reuters Last week the United Nations declared that parts of South Sudan are experiencing famine, the first time the world has faced such a catastrophe in six years. Some 5.Afghanistan: Taliban Leader Urges Afghans to Plant More Trees February 26, 2017 | BBC The leader of the Taliban in Afghanistan, Hibatullah Akhundzada, has urged Afghans to plant more trees. |
Blogs & OpinionIn the last two weeks, 6 blogs & opinion pieces on environmental peacebuilding were posted on our website. The UN Wants to Respond to Climate Change and Prevent Conflict, but When? June 21, 2017 | Jonathan Rozen Climate change, civil conflict, and violent extremism are among the most significant threats to global human development, peace, and security.Coming Kurdish Vote Could Change the Mid East & Oil Markets as We Know It June 15, 2017 | Ellen R. Wald The Kurds are a distinct ethnic group of people living in parts of Iraq, Turkey, Iran and Syria.Water and Conflict: Fighting Wars over a Precious Resource June 14, 2017 | Peter Neill We have been fighting wars over the most valuable resource on the planet since thousands of years B. C.Food Insecurity Strains Deepen amid Civil Conflict and Drought June 13, 2017 | UN Food and Agriculture Organisation 8 June 2017, Rome--Large agricultural harvests in some regions of the world are buoying global food supply conditions, but protracted fighting and unrest are increasing the ranks of the displaced and hungry elsewhere,…Advancing U.S. Prosperity and Security in a Thirsty World June 9, 2017 | Jane Harman & Carter Roberts The waters of Lake Chad sustain 70 million people in four countries. Beginning in the 1970s, the 25,000-square-kilometer lake began shrinking due to excessive drawdown for agriculture and mining.Penn State Experts Promote Cacao as an Alternative to Illicit Crops in Colombia June 9, 2017 | David Pacchioli As codirectors of Penn State’s endowed cocoa research program and professors in the College of Agriculture, Mark Guiltinan and Siela Maximova work together all over the world. |
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Compiled by Liz Hessami, Jiameizi Jia, Lauren Maunus, Samantha McCraine, Akriti Sharma, Erin Wenk, and Sofia Yazykova |
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