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Gender, Natural Resources, Climate, and Peace | |
Issue #15 – August 5, 2014 |
New Library ResourcesIn the last two weeks, 45 new publications were added to our online library of resources on environmental peacebuilding. Here is a sampling of the new additions: Betty: A Film about Demining [Video] January 1, 2014 | Marco Grob Betty Augustino is a member of an all-female demining team in Yei, South Sudan. She works with a project run by Norwegian People's Aid, supported by UNMAS.Climate Change: Implications for Defence January 1, 2014 | Wendell Christopher King This document is one of a series synthesizing the most pertinent findings of AR5 for specific economic and business sectors.Natural Resources, Conflict and Growth: Uncovering the Transmission Mechanism January 1, 2014 | Shahida Wizarat Using panel data and GMM estimators for the developed countries (DCs) and the less developed countries (LDCs) we find a positive and significant impact of conflict on DC GDP and a negative and…Wildlife Decline and Social Conflict January 1, 2014 | Justin S. Brashares, Briana Abrahms, Kathryn J. Fiorella, Christopher D. Golden, Cheryl E. Hojnowski1, Ryan A. Marsh, Douglas J. McCauley, Tristan A. Nuñez, Katherine Seto, Lauren Withey U. S. President Obama's recent creation of an interagency task force on wildlife trafficking reflects growing political awareness of linkages between wildlife conservation and national security.January 1, 2014 | C. Zeilberger From the congested, chaotic cities of Nigeria to the dusty pastoral villages of Kenya, lack of water can often lead to violent conflicts between ethnic, religious, and economic groups. |
International NewsIn the last two weeks, 53 international news items on environmental peacebuilding were posted on our website. Following is a sampling: Senegal/Casamance: Community Forestry is Defusing Africa's Longest-Running Conflict May 5, 2014 | Louise Hunt, Ecologist The Casamance - a strip of land lying to the south of Gambia - is home to Africa's longest running conflict, a 30-year low intensity civil war for independence that has killed thousands…Lessons Learned Webinar: Suppliers Using SEC Conflict Minerals Reporting to Gain Market Share May 5, 2014 | SBWire, Green Status Pro Woburn, MA -- (SBWIRE) -- 05/05/2014 -- Green Status Pro sponsored a unique peer-to-peer webinar, May 31 Deadline: Conflict Minerals Lessons Learned, on May 1,2014.Liberia: Oil Company: Spent US $138m In 2012/13; No Report In 2013/14 May 5, 2014 | J. Yanqui Zaza, The Perspective Liberia’s annual budgetary document, like any other budget, should fulfill at least the civil obligation in providing transparent, verifiable information to the public.Myanmar: Organic farming offers Kachin IDPs vital health options May 4, 2014 | Seamus Martov, Democratic Voice of Burma NHKAWNG PA, KACHIN STATE — It has been nearly three years since fighting between Burma’s military and the Kachin Independence Organisation (KIO) forced Lazing Lu to flee her home in Kachin State’s Mahtang…Afghanistan: Survivors’ Hopes Fade in Aftermath of Afghan Landslide May 4, 2014 | Azam Ahmad and Habib Zahori, The New York Times ABI BARAK, Afghanistan — With hope gone that the 2,100 people thought to be buried by a mountain of mud here could be rescued, most efforts in this remote corner of northern Afghanistan…Cote d'Ivoire: Diamantaires Eyeing Ivory Coast for Rough Imports May 2, 2014 | Melvyn Reggie Thomas, The Times of India SURAT: Diamantaires are looking at Ivory Coast for rough diamond imports after the United Nations Security Council lifted a decade-long ban on diamond exports from the west African country on April 29.Liberia: World Bank, Moving to Increase Seeds Production in Liberia May 1, 2014 | AllAfrica Monrovia — Liberia's staple food is rice, but the country relies heavily on imported rice to feed the over 3 million population, despite having a fertile soil, good vegetation and one of the…Israel: With Peace Talks Off, Netanyahu Looks at Unilateral Moves April 30, 2014 | Jodi Rudoren, New York Times JERUSALEM — After halting peace talks with the Palestinians last week, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has asked his cabinet to bring forward alternative approaches to the intractable conflict, which are likely…Myanmar: MP Proposes Faster Process for Resolving Land Dispute Cases April 28, 2014 | Hein Ko Soe, Mizzima MP and member of the Farmland Investigation Commission is calling for changes in handling land disputes which he says will make the process faster and more effective.Myanmar: Farmers Face Fresh Eviction Demands from Tatmadaw April 22, 2014 | Min Min, Mizzima A water convolvulus field on the corner of Wai Zayan Tar Road and Gandamar St, Mayangone Township, Yangon was the site of a press conference held on April 20 to represent 28 farmers… |
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Compiled by Daphne Chang and Joel Young |
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