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Gender, Natural Resources, Climate, and Peace | |
Issue #101 – November 21, 2017 |
AnnouncementsOver 2300 Registered for MOOC on Environmental Security & Sustaining Peace so Far! November 21, 2017 Since launching the trailer and official registration on the International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict (November 6), over 2300 people around the world have signed…November 19, 2017 | American University, ELI, and UN Environment On January 30th 2018, Professor Ken Conca and Professor Geoff Dabelko will be recognized with the prestigious Al-Moumin Award for their outstanding contributions to environmental peacebuilding. |
EventsFor more upcoming events on environmental peacebuilding, please visit our online calendar of events. April 10, 2018 - 2018-04-14 American Association of Geographers New Orleans, LA Join the Association of American Geographers at the AAG Annual Meeting in for the latest in research and applications in geography, sustainability, and GIScience.Planetary Security Conference 2017 December 12, 2017 - 2017-12-13 Planetary Security Initiative and Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs The Hague, Netherlands Climate-related risks are increasingly recognised as a key factor - and at times a key driver - of human insecurity and even conflict.Security & Climate Change in the Pacific Panel November 28, 2017 IISS-Americas and the Center for Climate and Security Washington, DC The Center for Climate and Security and IISS-Americas will be hosting a panel on climate change impacts on the security of the Asia-Pacific region, and the implications on US security. |
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: Intergovernmental Organizations and Climate Security: Advancing the Research Agenda January 1, 2017 | Lisa M. Dellmuth, Maria-Therese Gustafsson, Niklas Bremberg, and Malin Mobjörk Climate-related security challenges are transnational in character, leading states to increasingly rely on intergovernmental organizations (IGOs)—such as the European Union and the North-Atlantic Treaty Organization—for policy solutions.Managing Forest Conflicts: Perspectives of Indonesia's Forest Management Unit Directors January 1, 2017 | Larry A. Fisher, Yeon-Su Kim, Sitti Latifah, and Madani Makarom Recent expansion of the forestry and plantation sectors in Indonesia has intensified agrarian and natural resource conflicts, and created increased awareness of the social, economic and environmental impacts of these disputes.Virtual Water Trade and Bilateral Conflicts January 1, 2017 | Enrico De Angelis, Rodolfo Metulini, Vincenzo Bove, and Massimo Riccaboni In light of growing water scarcity, virtual water, or the water embedded in key water-intensive commodities, has been an active area of debate among practitioners and academics alike.Diplomatic Water Cooperation: The Case of Sino-India Dispute over Brahmaputra January 1, 2017 | Lei Xie and Shaofeng Jia This article adopts the case study of resource management dispute over the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna rivers (GBM) that cross national boundaries between China, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and India.An Ultimatum Game Theory Based Approach for Basin Scale Water Allocation Conflict Resolution January 1, 2017 | Ershad Oftadeh, Mojtaba Shourian, and Bahram Saghafian Increasing water consumption via competitive demands has resulted in serious water conflicts and the subsequent environmental crisis in the Gavkhouni Watershed with the Gavkhouni swamp in the most downstream located in the central…ISIS-Controlled Oil Production Sites, 2014-16 [Infographic] January 1, 2017 | Jacob N. Shapiro Using satellite imagery, a team of researchers led by Princeton University and the World Bank analyzed 42 oil production sites controlled by ISIS across Syria and Iraq from 2014 to 2016.January 1, 2017 | Annegret Kuhn The causal mechanisms linking natural resources and ethnic mobilization remain highly contested in the literature.Climate Change and Violence: Insights from Political Science January 1, 2017 | Ole Magnus Theisen Armed conflict is said to be development in reverse. Growing awareness of negative social consequences of climate change has triggered an upsurge in studies on its implications for violence.Water Conflicts in a Historical Perspective: Environmental Factors in the Middle East Crisis January 1, 2017 | Valerio Caruso This article analyses the importance of a water crisis in causing conflict, the use of water as a weapon and the environmental impact of wars, in the Middle East.Afghanistan Opium Survey 2017: Cultivation and Production January 1, 2017 The Afghanistan Opium Survey is implemented annually by the Ministry of Counter Narcotics (MCN) of Afghanistan in collaboration with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). |
JobsPlease visit our jobs page to view these positions and other job opportunities. Nigeria: Emergency Food and Security and Livelihoods Advisor November 18, 2017 | Save the Children Save the Children is an international non-governmental organisation that promotes children's rights, provides relief and helps support children in developing countries Save the Children employs approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work…November 18, 2017 | Concern Worldwide Concern Worldwide is an international humanitarian organisation dedicated to tackling poverty and suffering in the world’s poorest countries.November 18, 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.November 18, 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.Liberia/Sierra Leone: International Project Manager - Community Landscape Management November 15, 2017 | The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds The RSPB was formed to counter the barbarous trade in plumes for women's hats, a fashion responsible for the destruction of many thousands of egrets, birds of paradise and other species whose plumes… |
International NewsIn the last two weeks, 35 international news items on environmental peacebuilding were posted on our website. The following is a sampling: South Sudan/Sudan: Khartoum Negotiating Teams Say Abyei is Sudanese Territory August 16, 2017 | Sudan Tribune Sudanese delegation for the talks on the Abyei area Monday said they will focus on the need for a peaceful coexistence between the communities there, stressing that the border disputed area remains a…Myanmar: Tatmadaw to Continue Clearing out Illegal Mines in Tanai and Hpakant August 16, 2017 | Htoo Thant, Myanmar Times The Tatmadaw needs to continue military operations in Tanai and Hpakant in Kachin State to bring peace, order and stability in the area and put an end to illegal amber and gold mining,…Afghanistan: Agriculture Safe Option to Strengthen Afghan Economy: FAO August 14, 2017 | Pajhwok Afghan News The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) says investment in Afghanistan’s agriculture ‘is the better and low risk option for strengthening the country’s economy and for finding jobs, but unfortunately little attention…Myanmar: Myanmar Elephant Killings Raise Fears of Extinction August 14, 2017 | Coconuts Yangon At least 30 elephants have been reported killed in Myanmar this year, according to a joint report by the Wildlife Conservation Society, Fauna and Flora International (FFI) and the World Wide Fund for Nature…Myanmar: EIA Accuses MTE of Stepping back from Reform Commitments August 11, 2017 | Su Phyo Win, Myanmar Times The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) has hit out at the Myanma Timber Enterprise’s decision to hire service providers, and said that the risk of corruption and bribery in the allocation of harvesting rights…Iraq: No Country for Oil Men: Tracking Islamic State’s Oil Assets in Iraq August 11, 2017 | Wim Zwijnenburg, Bellingcat Now the so-called Islamic State (IS) has lost Mosul as their capital in Iraq, two isolated pockets remain where the terror group has control over land, namely Tel Afar and Hawijah.Iraq: Iraq Economic Growth Subdued by Risks from ISIL and Volatile Oil Prices, IMF Says August 10, 2017 | Mahmoud Kassem, National The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Iraq's economy remained open to risks stemming from the armed conflict with ISIS and sluggish oil prices, even though medium-term prospects are positive.Colombia: In Colombia, Deforestation Gangs Run Rampant August 8, 2017 | Antonio José Paz Cardona, Mongabay In Colombia, there are eight major areas of deforestation.Colombia: Colombia Faces Soaring Deforestation Following FARC Guerrilla Demobilization August 7, 2017 | Taran Volckhausen, Earth Island Journal Colombia is currently in the midst of a peace process with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the country’s largest guerrilla group.August 6, 2017 | Taran Volckhausen, Colombia Reports Around 50 victims of the armed conflict arrived in Colombia’s second largest city Medellin to meet with university biologists and students to show resistance against a large dam project that they say would… |
Blogs & OpinionIn the last two weeks, 3 blogs & opinion pieces on environmental peacebuilding were posted on our website. Using Science Diplomacy in the South China Sea November 16, 2017 | James Borton Despite White House efforts to deny well-established climate change reports and U. S.Climate Change, Food Security and Sustaining Peace November 16, 2017 | Florian Krampe ‘We have succeeded at keeping famine at bay, we have not kept suffering at bay’, said UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres while briefing members of the UN Security Council on 12 October.Momentum Continues to Grow in UN Study on Laws Protecting Environment in Conflict November 13, 2017 | Doug Weir The International Law Commission (ILC) is mandated by the UN with the progressive development and codification of international law, and added the topic ‘Protection of the environment in relation to armed conflicts’ (PERAC)… |
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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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