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Gender, Natural Resources, Climate, and Peace | |
Issue #109 – March 13, 2018 |
AnnouncementsOver 9,300 Participants Enrolled in the MOOC! March 13, 2018 There are currently 9,310 students enrolled in the MOOC! Based on the pre-course survey, participants represent over 150 countries and have a diversity of experiences. |
EventsFor more upcoming events on environmental peacebuilding, please visit our online calendar of events. International Conference on Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining & Quarrying September 11, 2018 - 2018-09-13 UN Environment Livingstone, Zambia The International Conference on Artisanal and Small-scale Mining & Quarrying will take place on 11-13th September 2018, in Livingstone, Zambia.March 22, 2018 Environmental Film Festival Washington, DC The Environmental Film Festival in Washington, DC will screen Silas on 22 March, 2018: Liberian activist, Silas Siakor is a tireless crusader, fighting to crush corruption and environmental destruction in the country he loves.… |
LibraryIn the last two weeks, 20 new publications were added to our online library of materials on environmental peacebuilding. Here is a sampling of the new additions: January 1, 2018 | Karina Blanco Ochoa, Lauren Harrison, Nicholas Lyon, and Marissa Nordentoft In this report, the UN Environment/OCHA Joint Unit, working in partnership with the London School of Economics and Political Science and the Global Shelter Cluster, explores this question in light of the rise…Lessons Learned? An Urgent Call for Action in Response to the Drought Crisis in the Horn of Africa January 1, 2017 The failure of the 2016 October-December rains across parts of the Horn of Africa has led to a devastating drought in Somalia, south-eastern Ethiopia, and northern and eastern Kenya.January 1, 2017 | Douglas A. Howard, Lahra Smith, Nili Sarit Yossinger, Lara Kinne, and Mark Giordano With more than ten million people trapped in protracted refugee situations in more than thirty countries, the environmental impact of refugee camps on both refugee residents and host communities and ecologies has become…Citizens, Criminalization and Violence in Natural Resource Conflicts in Latin America January 1, 2017 | Elisabet Dueholm Rasch In Latin America, grassroots organizing against megaprojects such as open pit mining, oil extraction, hydro dams and large plantations goes hand in hand with increased criminalization of social protest and violations of the…Cooperation Rules: Insights on Water and Conflict from International Relations January 1, 2017 | Patrice C. McMahon This volume is based on papers presented at a small conference, “Water Security and Peacebuilding in the Middle East: Avenues for Cooperation,” held at the University of Nebraska in May 2014.January 1, 2017 | Jéssica de Mello Dondoni This monograph aims to analyze the guidelines of the national strategy on exotic and invasive species, constituted by the need to control, monitor and eradicate flora and fauna invasive alien species that are…Addressing Loss of Housing, Land and Property Rights in Eastern Ukraine January 1, 2017 Armed conflict in eastern Ukraine has damaged and destructed 17. 000 houses and displaced 1. 6 million people.Contested Extractivism: Actors and Strategies in Conflicts over Mining January 1, 2017 | Kristina Dietz and Bettina Engels This article focuses on the question of how the worldwide emergence of conflicts over mining, and particularly in Latin America, can be explained. It aims at systematizing contemporary conflicts over mining. |
JobsPlease visit our jobs page to view these positions and other job opportunities. Bangladesh: WASH Emergency Coordinator March 6, 2018 | Action Contre la Faim Action Against Hunger is a global humanitarian organization which originated in France and is committed to ending world hunger.Somalia: Head of Food Security & Livelihoods Department March 6, 2018 | Action Against Hunger Action Contre la Faim (Action Against Hunger) has been conducting humanitarian programs in Somalia Since May 1992.DRC: Senior Technical Director March 6, 2018 | Chemonics Chemonics seeks a senior technical director for an anticipated multiyear USAID environmental policy project in the Democratic Republic of Congo. |
International NewsIn the last two weeks, 56 international news items on environmental peacebuilding were posted on our website. The following is a sampling: Myanmar: World Bank-Myanmar to Work on National Water Law December 12, 2017 | Aye Sapay Phyu, Myanmar Times Public consultations on the Myanmar National Water Law will be held soon, said State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi in the opening remarks at the Third Asia Pacific Water Summit in Yangon…Sudan: Sudan Seeks up to $200 mln Prefinancing to Fund Oil Development December 12, 2017 | Reuters, Julia Payne Sudan's oil ministry is trying to raise as much as $200 million in prefinancing, including from crude traders, to help it develop one of its biggest oilfield prospects, a ministry official told Reuters…Afghanistan: Indians to Begin CASA-1000 Project in Afghanistan December 11, 2017 | Haidarshah Omid, TOLOnews Officials of Afghanistan’s Ministry of Water and Energy (MoWE) on Monday said that two Indian companies have been selected to start the work on the CASA-1000 power project in Afghanistan.Sierra Leone: Huge 'Peace Diamond' Fetches a Disappointing $6.5 Million December 6, 2017 | Michelle Toh, CNN One of the world's largest diamonds has been sold for $6. 5 million.South Sudan: South Sudan Hopes Higher Oil Prices Will Restore Ravaged Economy December 5, 2017 | Tsvetana Paraskova, OilPrice.com Rising oil prices are vital for South Sudan to revitalize its battered economy, as oil revenues are almost all of the country’s hard currency export income, according to South Sudan Oil Minister Ezekiel…Myamar: Analysis: Tug Of War over Indigenous Rights and Govt’s Forestry Plan December 4, 2017 | Moe Myint, Irrawaddy Civil society organizations (CSOs) want the rights of indigenous people to be officially recognized in Myanmar’s Nationally Determined Commitment (NDC), the government’s action plan to implement the Paris Agreement for tackling carbon emissions,…European Solar Prize 2017 Awarded to Ten Laureates in Vienna November 28, 2017 | EcoPeace Middle East The European Solar Prize Award is handed out every year to towns and municipalities, community businesses, associations or organizations, architects, journalists and individuals for their extraordinary accomplishments and significant contributions to the use…Iraq/Kurdistan/Turkey: Report: Turkey's PM Praises Iraqi Court Ruling on Kurdistan Referendum November 25, 2017 | Rudaw Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim has praised the cancellation of Kurdistan's independence vote by Iraq's Federal Court.China/Vietnam/South China Sea: A Defiant Map-Hunter Stakes Vietnam’s Claims in the South China Sea November 25, 2017 | Mike Ives, New York Times Eight years ago, officials in Danang asked Tran Duc Anh Son to travel the world in search of documents and maps that support Vietnam’s territorial claims in the South China Sea.Afghanistan: Aino Mina Project Was Built Legally: Karzai November 25, 2017 | Karim Amini, TOLOnews A day after a presidential decree on assessment of Aino Mina Township in Kandahar was leaked to media, founder of the township, Mahmoud Karzai, said the project has been build based on legal…Uganda: Naked Force Meets Naked Resistance in Northern Uganda Land Conflict November 24, 2017 | Liam Taylor, Thomson Reuters Foundation When a government minister visited a remote part of northern Uganda earlier this year, she was greeted with a sit-down protest, indignant politicians and topless women.Saudi Arabia/Qatar: OPEC Chatroom Dead as Qatar Crisis Hurts Gulf Oil Cooperation November 23, 2017 | Rania El Gamal and Dmitry Zhdannikov, Reuters As a six-month-old spat between Saudi Arabia and Qatar deepens, the organization’s Gulf ministers will have to scrap their tradition of meeting behind closed doors to agree policy before OPEC holds its twice-yearly…Afghanistan/Pakistan: Manual to Help Resolve Issues between Pakistan, Afghanistan Proposed November 23, 2017 | Mushtaq Ghumman, Business Recorder Participants of a panel discussion on Wednesday proposed that a manual should be developed to resolve issues including water sharing between Pakistan and Afghanistan.Iraq/Kurdistan: Kurdistan Oil Exports on Rise, but Below Original Output Levels: Source November 23, 2017 | Karzan Sulaivany, Kurdistan 24 Oil flows in Kurdistan are on the rise despite sanctions imposed by Baghdad after the Region’s vote for secession, but still remain below their original output levels, according to oil sources.Colombia: In Post-Conflict Colombia, Land-Rights and Funding for Peacebuilding Face off November 22, 2017 | Taran Volckhausen, Christian Science Monitor In 2016 – and in a series of similar rulings since – Colombia’s highest court struck down a 2001 mining law that granted the national government sole authority over mining permits.Iraq/Kuwait: Iraq Looks to Kuwait Gas Pipeline to Pay off Reparations November 22, 2017 | Rania El Gamal, Osamu Tsukimori and Dmitry Zhdannikov, Reuters Kuwait’s oil ministry did not respond to a request for immediate comment. |
Blogs & OpinionIn the last two weeks, 10 blogs & opinion pieces on environmental peacebuilding were posted on our website. Here is a sampling. Worse than Oil? The Geopolitics of the Banana March 13, 2018 | Bhaso Ndzendze Attracting encroachments to national sovereignty by rapacious Washington-connected multinational corporations and the meddling attentions of their powerful home country; stunting reform and economic development at every turn; breeding economic dependency; firmly controlled by…Connecting the Dots: Natural Resources, Women, and Peace March 8, 2018 | Silja Halle, Clare Church In the recent peace process with the FARC in Colombia, however, women made up one third of participants, and the resulting peace agreement stands as a model of integration of gender equality and women’s rights…Elephant in the Room: The Illegal Ivory Trade, Wildlife and War March 7, 2018 | Anton Peez The African Elephant is a keystone species, strongly affecting the ecosystems in which they live.Climate Conflicts: Myth or Reality? March 6, 2018 | Hayley Stevenson The specter of water wars has long loomed large in political and popular imaginations.Oil Wealth — A Curse or a Blessing? March 6, 2018 | Abdulrahman Al-Rashed Saudi Arabia remembers two important dates in its history: One is the day when King Abdul Aziz established the Kingdom, and the second is when the American company, Standard Oil of California, discovered…Environmental Cooperation Can Facilitate Peace between States March 5, 2018 | Tobias Ide Environmental stress and climate change can accelerate instability and conflict—but shared environmental problems can also be a source of cooperation and facilitate peacemaking between states. |
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Compiled by Sonia Ahmad, Kelly Bridges, Trevor Dolan, Liz Foster, Nina Hamilton, Liz Hessami, Jiameizi Jia, Jessica Lis, Sarita Ruiz Morato, Íris Moriyama, and Erin Wenk |
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