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Gender, Natural Resources, Climate, and Peace | |
Issue #12 – June 24, 2014 |
New Library ResourcesIn the last two weeks, 20 new publications were added to our online library of resources on environmental peacebuilding. Here is a sampling of the new additions: January 1, 2014 The links between natural resources and violent conflict are complex.The Impact of Dodd-Frank and Conflict Minerals Reforms on Eastern Congo’s Conflict January 1, 2014 | Fidel Bafilemba, Timo Mueller, and Sasha Lezhnev Market changes spurred by the 2010 Dodd-Frank law on conflict minerals have helped significantly reduce the involvement of armed groups in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (“Congo”) in the mines of three out… |
International NewsIn the last two weeks, 45 international news items on environmental peacebuilding were posted on our website. Following is a sampling: Insight: Surge in Cocaine Trade Undermines Conde's Bid to Revive Guinea January 31, 2014 | Reuters A surge in cocaine trafficking has transformed Guinea into West Africa's latest drug hot spot, jeopardizing President Alpha Conde's efforts to rebuild state institutions after a military coup and attract billion of dollars…Gaza Warned of Looming Water Crisis January 30, 2014 | The Guardian Residents of Tel Aviv will wake up in February to discover a huge hourglass full of polluted water standing in the city's central Rabin Square.Israeli-Palestinian Agreement on Water Within Sight January 28, 2014 | International Institute for Sustainable Development Many people have said that the last thing on which Israelis and Palestinians will be able to agree is fresh water. They are very likely wrong.Igad Condemns Abyei Referendum November 7, 2013 | Daily Nation The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (Igad) condemned a recent unilateral referendum on the final status of Abyei region, which is currently controlled by Sudan but claimed by South Sudan.Syria: Drought Helped Cause Syria’s War. Will Climate Change Bring More Like It? September 10, 2013 | Brad Plumer, Washington Post Francesco Femia and Caitlin Werrell are co-founders of the D. C. -based Center for Climate and Security, a think tank focused on the interactions between climate change and security issues.Afghanistan Bright Spot: Wildlife Surviving in War Zones June 12, 2011 | Brian Handwerk Despite decades of deadly fighting among humans, many of Afghanistan's mammals are doing surprisingly well in the country's remaining forests, according to a new study.Afghanistan/Pakistan: Pakistan 'Dumped Nuclear Waste' April 1, 2008 | Martin Vennard , BBC News The Afghan government says it has evidence that nuclear waste from Pakistan was dumped in Afghanistan during the reign of the Taleban. |
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Compiled by Daphne Chang and Joel Young |
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