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Issue #99 – Oct 24, 2017 |
Announcements
October 24, 2017 We are making progress on the MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) on Environmental Security and Sustaining Peace!Seeking Panelists for Session at the American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting October 22, 2017 | Nature of Peace at Lund University Our group Nature of Peace at Lund University explores the role of the natural environment in post-conflict societies. |
EventsFor more upcoming events on environmental peacebuilding, please visit our online calendar of events. Capacity Building in Environmental Conflict: An Intensive 30-Hour Workshop
March 25, 2018 - 2018-03-28
Four Worlds
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LibraryIn the last two weeks, 15 new publications were added to our online library of materials on environmental peacebuilding. Here is a sampling of the new additions: Mining Disclosures 2017: An Investor Guide to Conflict Minerals Reporting in Year Four
January 1, 2017 | Raphaël Deberdt and Patricia Jurewicz
Oil and Borders: How to Fix Iraq’s Kurdish Crisis
January 1, 2017
How Conflict Affects Land Use: Agricultural Activity in Areas Seized by the Islamic State
January 1, 2017 | Lina Eklund, Michael Degerald, Martin Brandt, Alexander V. Prishchepov, and Petter Pilesjö
Building in Post-War Environments
January 1, 2017 | Giovanni Tortorici and Francesco Fiorito
Congo's Environmental Paradox: Potential and Predation in a Land of Plenty
January 1, 2017 | Pádraig Carmody
January 1, 2017 | Connor Joseph Cavanagh
Gold Mining in Colombia, Post-War Crime and the Peace Agreement with the FARC
January 1, 2017 | Frédéric Massé and Philippe Le Billon
Toward Sustainable Peace: A New Research Agenda for Post-Conflict Natural Resource Management
January 1, 2017 | Florian Krampe
Leaving the Beaten Track? The EU Regulation on Conflict Minerals
January 1, 2017 | Jeroen Cuvelier
Environmental Issues in Areas Retaken from ISIL: Mosul, Iraq
January 1, 2017
Horn of Africa: A Call for Action
January 1, 2017
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JobsPlease visit our jobs page to view these positions and other job opportunities. Nigeria: Food Security Project Manager October 22, 2017 | INTERSOS INTERSOS is an Italian humanitarian organization on the first line that works all over the world bringing assistance to people in danger victims of natural disasters and armed conflicts.The Impact of Armed Conflict on Hunger and Food Insecurity – Consultancy October 22, 2017 | Concern Worldwide Concern Worldwide is an international humanitarian organisation dedicated to tackling poverty and suffering in the world’s poorest countries.October 22, 2017 | World Wide Fund For Nature For more than half a century, WWF has been working to protect the world's species and natural places, pushing for a more sustainable world.October 22, 2017 | ACTED Since 1993, as an international non-governmental organization, ACTED has been committed to immediate humanitarian relief to support those in urgent need and protect people’s dignity, while co-creating longer term opportunities for sustainable growth…Kenya: Extractive Hub Consultant October 22, 2017 | UN Environment The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the leading global environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda, promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable development within the United Nations…October 20, 2017 | iMMAP iMMAP is a pioneering humanitarian organization that is leading the way forward in the effective use of information management practices and principles in the service of humanitarian relief and development.Iraq: Food Security and Livelihoods October 20, 2017 | Solidarités International Solidarités International is committed to working to implement a clear mandate by helping men, women and children who are hit by war, epidemics and natural disasters, delivering effective and appropriately targeted humanitarian aid directly… |
International NewsIn the last two weeks, 33 international news items on environmental peacebuilding were posted on our website. The following is a sampling: July 24, 2017 | Nandini Krishnamoorthy, International Business Times Chinese threat to attack Vietnamese military bases is reported to have forced Hanoi to halt drilling for oil and gas within the "nine-dash line" in the disputed South China Sea, off its south-east…South Sudan: Locals Bring Clean Water to South Sudan July 24, 2017 | Mike Donahey, Time Republican Peace, freedom from hunger, and clean water do not come easy to South Sudan, the world’s newest country. South Sudanese desperately want all.July 21, 2017 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN During a visit to Colombia, FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva announced USD 8.Timor-Leste: Timorese Go to the Polls Unaware of 'Gas Shadow' over Their Nation's Future July 21, 2017 | Lindsay Murdoch, Sydney Morning Herald More than 750,000 East Timorese will cast votes on Saturday to elect a government that will face tough negotiations that could deliver the poverty-stricken nation billions of dollars or - should they fail -…South Sudan: Crop-Eating Caterpillar to Worsen South Sudan's Hunger Woes - UN July 19, 2017 | Umberto Bacchi, Reuters An infestation of fall armyworm, a crop-eating caterpillar that has ravaged fields across Africa, will deepen hunger in famine-threatened South Sudan, a U. N. official said on Wednesday.Myanmar: Reporter’s Notebook: Has China’s Pipeline Project Benefited Maday Island Locals? July 18, 2017 | Moe Myint, Irrawaddy It has been seven years since construction began on a China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) pipeline project that cuts 480 miles across Myanmar.Afghanistan: New Water Resources Strategy Lands in Parliament July 17, 2017 | Daily Outlook Afghanistan The energy and water minister on Monday presented a new strategy on the country's water resources to the Wolesi Jirga or lower house of the parliament for approval. Eng.Afghanistan/Iran: Water Talks with Kabul July 16, 2017 | Financial Tribune Iran and Afghanistan have held preliminary talks about the water rights of transboundary Hamoun Wetlands, Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qasemi said.Colombia: Colombia Expands Indigenous Reserves Near Key Deforestation Hotspot July 14, 2017 | Mike Gaworecki, Mongabay The Colombian government announced yesterday the expansion of two indigenous reserves in the buffer zone of Serrania de Chiribiquete, the South American country’s largest national park.July 14, 2017 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN In strife-torn Syria, the food security and livelihoods situation of some 234,000 people has received a strong boost thanks to a recently completed animal health campaign led by the Food and Agriculture Organization…Myanmar: Govt Makes K5.3 Billion from Sale of Seized Timber in 2016-17 July 14, 2017 | Htoo Thant, Myanmar Times The Government earned more than K5. |
Blogs & OpinionIn the last two weeks, 13 blogs & opinion pieces on environmental peacebuilding were posted on our website. Here is a sampling: The Environmental Consequences of the Use of Armed Drones October 20, 2017 | Doug Weir To date, debate over the implications of the growing use of armed drones has focused on human rights, on the expansion of the use of force into new contexts, and on the imbalances…Hazardous Legacies: An Open-Source Overview of the Destruction of Deir ez-Zor’s Oil Industry October 20, 2017 | Wim Zwijnenburg Now that the so-called Islamic State (IS) is rapidly losing terrain in eastern Syria, a race is underway to capture the oil-rich Deir ez-Zor governorate.Could Oil Bring the World to Finally Support the Kurds? October 17, 2017 | Ellen R. Wald One month after the KRG voted in favor of a referendum to seek independence from Iraq, Baghdad finally responded.The Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons: Assisting Victims and Remediating the Environment October 17, 2017 | Elizabeth Minor In a remarkable achievement this summer, States concluded negotiations on the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).Indigenous Resistance: My Fight for Land and Life in Colombia October 16, 2017 | Angelica Ortiz My name is Angelica Ortiz. I am a Wayuu woman from the Ipuana clan of the Lomomato indigenous reserve in La Guajira, Colombia.NATO and Climate Change: The Need for a More Coherent Approach October 16, 2017 | Amar Causevic Climate change represents a non-traditional threat to international security and the future existence of modern civilization. Year after year, drought, famine, storms and flooding become increasingly frequent and destructive.On Trump, Afghanistan, and the Plunder Doctrine October 16, 2017 | Kate Harveston Plunder. It’s a word typically reserved for the likes of pirates, but it seems somehow appropriate when used next to the name Donald Trump. Perhaps it’s his shoot-from-the-hip style. |
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Compiled by Anam Ahmed, Trevor Dolan, Luis Pérez Espinosa, Liz Foster, Liz Hessami, Jiameizi Jia, Sarita Ruiz Morato, Anya Raadam, Akriti Sharma, Emma Tulley, and Erin Wenk |
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