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Gender, Natural Resources, Climate, and Peace | |
Issue #14 – July 22, 2014 |
New Library ResourcesIn the last two weeks, 30 new publications were added to our online library of resources on environmental peacebuilding. Here is a sampling of the new additions: Demand, Supply and Restraint: Determinants of Domestic Water Conflict and Cooperation January 1, 2014 | Tobias Böhmelt This article focuses on one of the most likely empirical manifestations of the “environment-conflict” claim by examining how demand for and supply of water may lead to domestic water conflict.Land Rights and Mine Action in Myanmar January 1, 2014 As Myanmar continues on its path of political and economic reforms and its pursuit of ceasefire and peace agreements between the government and ethnic groups, the various peace processes underway to resolve the…Mineral Resources and Conflicts in DRC: A Case of Ecological Fallacy? January 1, 2014 | Jean-François Maystadt, Giacomo De Luca, Petros G. Sekeris,John Ulimwengu The paper estimates the impact of geo-located mining concessions on the number of conflict events recorded in the Democratic Republic of the Congo between 1997 and 2007.Natural Resources and Insecurity January 1, 2014 | Mary Kaldor, Iavor Rangelov The Natural Resources and Insecurity chapter argues that evidence that natural resources cause civil war onset is not as robust as is popularly believed, especially when it stems from cross-country studies.Managing Myanmar's Resource Boom to Lock in Reforms January 1, 2014 | Cullen S. Hendrix, Marcus Noland Myanmar is in the midst of a multifaceted transition, involving political reform, economic reform, and the resolution of multiple long-standing civil conflicts.A Human Security Perspective on Natural Resource Conflict and Rural Development January 1, 2014 | Jennifer Bond Conflicts in relation to natural resources occur throughout the world in a range of contexts, from rural to urban and across a spectrum ranging from non-violent conflicts of interest to outright violence.Resource Rents, Institutions, and Violent Civil Conflicts January 1, 2014 | Ibrahim Ahmed Elbadawiab, Raimundo Sotoc Natural resources have been blamed for inducing slow growth and sparking civil conflicts and violence.Reparations, Land and Natural Resources January 1, 2014 | C. Kruckow, C. Schraml Loss of land, displacement and eviction, changed land ownership and tenure patterns and general loss of access to a broad range of natural resources may be consequences of wars and violent conflicts.January 1, 2014 | Monica Duffy Toft In the past four decades scholars have produced a large literature on the relationship between territory and war.Do Natural Resources Matter for Interstate and Intrastate Armed Conflict? January 1, 2014 | Vally Koubi, Gabriele Spilker, Tobias Böhmelt, Thomas Bernauer This article reviews the existing theoretical arguments and empirical findings linking renewable and non-renewable natural resources to the onset, intensity, and duration of intrastate as well as interstate armed conflict.January 1, 2014 | Souad T. Ali, Stephanie Beswick, Richard Lobban, Jay Spaulding One chapter of this volume, by Sam L. Laki, titled “The Role of Oil in the Sudanese Civil War,” explores the impact of the discovery of oil in Sudan. |
InternationalMyanmar: Meeting About Salween Dams Troubles Shan Communities April 2, 2014 | Nyein Nyein, The Irrawaddy Communities in northern Shan State have grown worried over two large hydropower dams planned on the Salween River and its tributary, after government officials and representatives of a Burmese and Chinese company informed…China: A Merkel, a Map, a Message to China? April 1, 2014 | Rachel Lu, Foreign Policy On March 28, German Chancellor Angela Merkel hosted visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping at a dinner where they exchanged gifts.Myanmar: Rangoon Land Protesters Undeterred by Late-Night Eviction March 31, 2014 | Kyaw Hsu Mon, The Irrawaddy RANGOON — Evicted former residents of Thingangyun Township have vowed to continue their sit-in protest in central Rangoon, despite an attempted forced eviction in the early hours Sunday.Myanmar: Myanmar’s Oil and Gas: Drilling in the Dark March 29, 2014 | The Economist Companies will soon find out how much oil and gas there really is offshore.Myanmar: Loss of Forests Accelerates as Myanmar Opens for Business March 26, 2014 | Amantha Perera, Thomson Reuters Foundation YANGON, Myanmar (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – It is still home to some of the most pristine forests in Southeast Asia.Israel/Gaza: The Next Round in Gaza March 25, 2014 | International Crisis Group The ceasefire between Israel and Gaza has eroded during the past several months and recently threatened to come to an abrupt end.Africa: U.S. Foreign Policy in Africa: Oil and Commandoes March 24, 2014 | Noel Brinkerhoff, AllGov.com When the U. S. military raided a renegade Libyan tanker on March 16 in the Mediterranean Sea, the mission was successful by all accounts. |
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Compiled by Daphne Chang and Joel Young |
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