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Gender, Natural Resources, Climate, and Peace | |
Issue #31 – March 17, 2015 |
AnnouncementsEarly Registration for Environmental and Social Conflict Resolution in the Resources Sector March 16, 2015 | EduMine Registration with an early bird discount is now available for a three-part web-based course focused on improving participants' 1) understanding of the costs of conflict in the resource industry; 2) processes and mechanisms…March 12, 2015 | Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey: Center for Conflict Studies The Center's slogan "Knowledge as Action; Action as Change" drives the 2015 Peacebuilders Fellowship. |
EventsEnvironmental and Social Conflict Resolution in the Resources Sector May 26, 2015 - 2015-05-28 EduMine Live Webcast The extractive industry has the potential to significantly transform environments, communities and economies.Environmental Peacebuilding and Sustainability in Washington, DC and the Balkans May 10, 2015 - 2015-06-01 International Peace Park Expeditions Washington, DC, Montenegro, Kosovo, Albania This 7 credit field course (in Washington DC and the Balkans) will provide students with a unique, experiential learning opportunity in one of the last bio-diversity hotspots in Europe, a place where the…May 5, 2015 - 2015-05-07 Collaborative Decision Resources Colorado, United States Collaborative Design Resource (CDR) Associates event “Facilitation & Mediation of Public & Environmental Conflicts: Practical Strategies for Reaching Agreement” in Colorado was created to develop essential skills to manage the complexities of multi-party…REACH, RoHS and Conflict Minerals: Potential Impacts on the Metals Industry April 29, 2015 ASTM Anaheim, California This workshop will focus on REACH, RoHS and Conflict Minerals as they affect the copper industry.Defense, National Security & Climate Change Symposium April 23, 2015 - 2015-04-24 Association of Climate Change Officers Washington, DC ACCO's 4th annual Defense, National Security & Climate Change Symposium will continue the dialogue on the growing efforts of U. S.2015 Congress: Dangerous Dialogues and Courageous Conversations April 23, 2015 - 2015-04-26 Mediators Beyond Borders Bucharest, Romania The conference presentations and workshops will focus on the themes of climate change related conflicts, peacebuilding processes and women, historical conflicts and divisions, emerging conflicts and tensions, and opportunities and challenges for conflict…2015 Biennial Conference on the Business and Economics of Peace April 10, 2015 - 2015-04-11 Institute for Economics and Peace and American University’s Kogod School of Business Washington, DC The Institute for Economics and Peace and American University’s Kogod School of Business will host the 2015 biennial conference on “The Business and Economics of Peace,” April 10-11, 2015 at American University in…Conflict and Natural Resources in Central African Republic March 23, 2015 The Friends Committee on National Legislation and the Congressional African Staff Association Washington, DC This panel discussion will focus on how natural resources – including high-value resources like diamonds, ivory and timber – have exacerbated violent conflict and tensions in Central African Republic. |
LibraryIn the last two weeks, 54 new publications were added to our online library of materials on environmental peacebuilding. Here is a sampling of the new additions: Lessons from the Field: Holding Leaders Accountable in Land Transactions January 1, 2015 | Ali Kaba and Chelsea Keyser Liberia currently has one of the highest land concession rates in Africa. Between 2004 and 2009, the Liberian government either granted or renegotiated land and forestry concessions totaling 1.Fool's Gold: The Case for Scrutinizing Sudan's Conflict Gold Trade January 1, 2015 | Akshaya Kumar Gold coming from Sudan is conflict-affected, high-risk, and helping to destabilize Darfur, Blue Nile, and South Kordofan, the country’s main conflict zones.January 1, 2015 | Kevin Woods In Myanmar, the clearing of forests to make way for the expansion of commercial agricultural fields is increasingly the leading driver of deforestation, alongside legal and illegal logging.L'uranium et la instabilité politique au Niger [Uranium and Political Instability in Niger] January 1, 2014 | Souleymane Abba Gana The success of Africa's in a multipolar world economy is ambivalent. |
JobsIn the last two weeks, 8 new jobs were added to our online listing of job postings. Please visit our jobs page to view these positions and other job opportunities. Afghanistan: UNEP Environment Project Assistant March 17, 2015 | United Nations Environment Programme The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Post-Conflict and Disaster Management Branch is seeking to hire a project assistant to help develop and implement a Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN) response plan for…March 15, 2015 | Volcanoes Safaris Partnership Trust The Project Manager will advise on and coordinate projects that enhance the livelihoods of the surrounding community, and help to safeguard wildlife in Virunga, Bwindi, Gahinga and Kyambura Gorge VS lodge areas.Haiti: Design and Implement Solar Power Solutions Contractor March 15, 2015 | America Red Cross The American Red Cross (ARC) is issuing this Request for Proposals (“RFP”) to source acontractor/firm to work directly with the Haitian Red Cross for the design, fabrication, delivery, installation, and maintenance of solar…Democratic Republic of the Congo: Program Administrator March 15, 2015 | World Wildlife Fund Under the CAFEC project, funded by USAID, WWF will implement a work programme over the next five years primarily oriented towards the protected area and its periphery, the whole forming a priority landscape…March 15, 2015 | World Resources Institute WRI seeks a full-time Africa Forests Associate to support Global Forest Watch (GFW) activities in East and West Africa.Canada: Associate Faculty Member March 10, 2015 | Royal Roads University The School of Humanitarian Studies is seeking applications for associate faculty to both develop and teach in the Master of Arts in Conflict Analysis and Management, Disaster and Emergency Management, and Human Security… |
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: Unity State Authorities Accuse Sudan Companies of Mining in S Sudan December 20, 2014 | Radio Tamazuj The commissioner of Pariang County, Unity State accused Sudanese oil and mining companies of illegal mining and drilling in South Sudanese territory.Iraq/Syria: ISIS News: Turkey 'Seizes 80 Million Litres' of Oil Stolen by Jihadists in Syria, Iraq December 19, 2014 | Gopi Chandra Kharel, International Business Times Turkey says it has seized over 80 million litres of oil originating from the oil wells controlled by the ISIS group in Iraq and Syria.Iraq: Iraq Reviews Oil Revenue Sharing December 18, 2014 | Anthony McAuley, The National BASRA: Iraq is in talks with its oil-producing governorates, including Basra, about a fairer distribution of revenue, said the oil minister, Adil Abdul-Mahdi.Iraq/Kurdistan: Kurdistan Eyes Oil Export Jump in The Shadow of Global Price War December 18, 2014 | Andrew Critchlow, The Telegraph Falling oil prices and the threat of Islamic State militants have done little to dampen the interest of international oil companies in the autonomous northern Iraqi enclave of Kurdistan.South Sudan: South Sudan Hires Ex-Blackwater Chief to Restore War-Damaged Oil Facilities December 18, 2014 | Ilya Gridneff, Bloomberg The former head of U. S.December 17, 2014 | Hellenic Shipping News Foreign oil companies are likely to show increased interest in investing in Iraqi Kurdistan given improving relations between the regional and federal governments, including an interim oil exports deal, a spokesman for the…Liberia: Quardougbondi Citizens Reject LCC Agreement December 17, 2014 | The Inquirer Lofa County Senator, George T.Iraq: Iraq Could Review Oil-Supply Plans as Price Collapse Deepens December 17, 2014 | Grant Smith, Businessweek Iraq said a collapse in crude oil and the cost of fighting Islamic State militants could force the country to review its plans to boost production, highlighting the risks this year’s price plunge…Conflict Causes: Plunging Oil to Spark More Global Tensions in 2015 December 16, 2014 | New Straits Times LONDON: The oil market faces an uncertain outlook in 2015 as tumbling prices resulting from global oversupply stoke geopolitical tensions in key producers of crude, analysts say. |
BlogsIraq’s Continuing Struggle with Conflict Pollution March 12, 2015 | Wim Zwijnenburg While Iraq is still recovering from the environmental impact of both Gulf wars, it now faces new environmental problems caused by the current conflict against the Islamic State.Blog: Will Congress Revisit the Conflict Minerals Rule? March 6, 2015 | Cydney Posner According to a Bloomberg BNA report, a representative of the Chamber of Commerce, one of the plaintiffs in National Association of Manufacturers, Inc. v.Drilling down into the Connection Researchers are Making between Climate Change and Conflict March 5, 2015 | Keith Kloor The Carbon Brief, a UK website created in 2011, is a destination for many seeking non-partisan information and analysis on climate change related news and research. |
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Compiled by Emma Chapman, Daniel Curwin, Katherine Van Marter, Joel Young, and Ben Zukowski |
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