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Gender, Natural Resources, Climate, and Peace | |
Issue #44 – September 15, 2015 |
AnnouncementsSeptember 14, 2015 | Columbia University Evidence is accumulating that linkages between environment and security dynamics are more important than previously thought.Grant Opportunity: Dialogue and Dispute Resolution for Conflict Prevention in Guinea's Forest Region September 10, 2015 | Department of State, Bureau of Conflict Stabilization Operations CSO seeks to support facilitated dialogue and community level alternative dispute resolution mechanisms to prevent and mitigate inter-communal violence in Guinea's Forest Region. |
EventsFor more upcoming events on environmental peacebuilding, please visit our online calendar of events. Global Supply Chain Summit USA December 7, 2015 - 2015-09-08 Chemical Watch Washington, DC This annual two-day Summit focuses on the management of safe and sustainable chemicals in the Supply Chain. The program includes the latest thinking on Alternatives Assessment from both sides of the Atlantic.November 2, 2015 - 2015-11-03 Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs The Hague, Netherlands The conference provides an international platform for high level policy makers and experts working on the threats posed to security, stability and development by climate change, environmental degradation and resource scarcity.Third Al-Moumin Distinguished Lecture on Environmental Peacebuilding: Liz Alden Wily October 6, 2015 American University, ELI, and UNEP Washington, DC Liz Alden Wily will deliver the Third Al-Moumin Distinguished Lecture on Environmental Peacebuilding, entitled, "Communities & the State: Getting the Property Relationship Right for a Safer 21st Century. |
LibraryIn the last two weeks, 22 new publications were added to our online library of materials on environmental peacebuilding. Here is a sampling of the new additions: Land Access and Livelihoods in Post-Conflict Timor-Leste: No Magic Bullets January 1, 2015 | Simon P.J. Batterbury, Lisa R. Palmer, Thomas R. Reuter, Demetrio do Amaral de Carvalho, Balthasar Kehi, and Alex Cullen In Timor-Leste, customary institutions contribute to sustainable and equitable rural development and the establishment of improved access to and management of land, water and other natural resources.January 1, 2015 | Josepha Ivanka Wessels The concept of Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) has enjoyed immense popularity and thus has been the preferred approach for river basin management.Desecuritisation of Water and the Technocratic Turn in Peacebuilding January 1, 2015 | Karin Aggestam This article addresses the research gap of water desecuritisation and advances an interdisciplinary approach within the issue area of peacebuilding.A Systems Perspective of Conflict Resolution in Water Resources and Environmental Management January 1, 2015 | Keith W. Hipel, Liping Fang, Johannes Cullmann, and Michele Bristow The many contributions contained in this book regarding the theory and practice of effectively addressing conflict in water resources and environmental management are put into perspective in this chapter.Water and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding January 1, 2015 | Ashok Swain Water-management issues cut across all sectors of governance and have a critical bearing on many post-conflict challenges.The Sahel, Beyond the Headlines: Population, Environment, and Security Dynamics [Video] January 1, 2015 Violent extremism in the Sahel region has dominated the news since Boko Haram kidnapped 276 Nigerian schoolgirls one year ago.Climate, Conflict, and African Development [Video] January 1, 2015 | Edward Miguel Edward Miguel's main research focus is African economic development, including work on the economic causes and consequences of violence; the impact of ethnic divisions on local collective action; and interactions between health, education,…How Conflict Disrupts Sustainable Living [Video] January 1, 2015 | Rui Pinto Rui Pinto discusses how past conflicts, in displacing people, have disrupted their historical connection to the land and sustainable way of living.Broken Landscape: Confronting India’s Water-Energy Choke Point [Video] January 1, 2015 | Environmental Change and Security Program In resource-rich Meghalaya, India, the demand for coal is transforming the environment and the people who depend on it."Dry Season," Episode 101 of Years of Living Dangerously [Video] January 1, 2014 | The Years Project These stories explore how drought, caused by climate change, threatens jobs, food and water, and political stability. |
JobsPlease visit our jobs page to view these positions and other job opportunities. Cluster Hire in Security, Resilience, and Sustainability September 15, 2015 | Northeastern University The College of Social Sciences and Humanities (CSSH) at Northeastern University invites applications and nominations for open rank positions in all relevant areas of security, resilience and sustainability, with a particular interest in…September 13, 2015 | Fauna & Flora International Fauna & Flora International (FFI) protects threatened species and ecosystems worldwide, choosing solutions that are sustainable, based on sound science and take account of human needs.South Sudan: Food Security and Livelihoods Coordinator September 13, 2015 | United Methodist Committee on Relief The Food Security & Livelihoods Coordinator plays an important role in the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) Sudan's field management structure.Afghanistan: Emergency Shelter Coordinator September 13, 2015 | UNHCR With more than 2. 7 million Afghan refugees in the region, and an estimated 3 million globally, Afghanistan has one of the largest refugee populations in the world.Democratic Republic of the Congo: REDD Capacity Building Program September 12, 2015 | REDD Capacity Building Program The Democratic Republic Congo (DRC) is engaged in a process of preparation of the future international arrangement Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD +).Timor Leste: Disaster Prevention Financing Consultancy September 12, 2015 | UNDP The Dili-Ainaro Road Development Corridor project, is aimed at strengthening the resilience of communities living in the Dili-Ainaro Road Development Corridor to climate-induced disasters such as floods and landslides and to reduce the…South Sudan: Institutional Analysis and Capacity Adaption September 12, 2015 | UNDP The GEF has approved funding for the Preparation of South Sudan’s National Adaptation Programme of Action in accordance with the Operational Guidelines for Expedited Funding.Director of Strategic Partnerships September 12, 2015 | Global Witness The Global Witness team draws on a wide range of skills, from undercover investigations and painstaking financial research, to information gathering on the ground and close cooperation with partners and activists all over…Director, Early Engagement in Extractives (EEE) September 9, 2015 | One Earth Future Foundation OEF is a private, self-funded operating foundation based just outside Boulder, Colorado. OEF develops and then supports programs aimed at improving social systems in the interest of peace. |
International NewsIn the last two weeks, 25 international news items on environmental peacebuilding were posted on our website. The following is a sampling: Liberia: GVL Oil Mill - Welcoming News after Ebola in Liberia May 19, 2015 | FrontPageAfrica When news broke last Thursday that the Asian Oil Palm giant Golden Veroleum Liberia had signed a US$20.China/Vietnam: Vietnam Opposes Chinese Fishing Ban in Disputed Sea May 18, 2015 | Reuters Vietnam said it resolutely opposes a temporary Chinese ban on fishing in the Gulf of Tonkin, the latest in a series of sovereignty disputes in and around the South China Sea.Conflict Minerals: Call to Toughen European Rules on 'Conflict Minerals' May 18, 2015 | BBC News A letter has been signed by more than 150 groups before a European Parliament vote on ways to limit their sale.Syria: US Says Army Commandos on Overnight Raid into Syria Kill Islamic State's Oil Operations Head May 16, 2015 | Robert Burns and Sarah El Deeb, Associated Press In a rare ground attack deep into Syria, U. S.Iraq: The Islamic State Threatens to Capture Massive Iraqi Oil Refinery May 15, 2015 | Hugh Naylor, Washington Post Six months after the government triumphantly announced that Islamic State militants had retreated from Iraq’s largest refinery, the extremist group is again threatening to overrun the facility.China/Vietnam/South China Sea: Images Reveal Vietnam's Expansion in the South China Sea May 15, 2015 | Gabriel Domínguez, Deutsche Welle Surveillance imagery recently obtained by the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) shows that in recent years Vietnam has undertaken significant construction in the Spratly Islands, a highly contested area in the…Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraq’s Oil Minister Leaves Erbil with No Progress in Oil & Budget Talks May 15, 2015 | Rudaw Iraq’s Oil Minister Adil Abdul Mahdi returned to Baghdad Friday evening after two days of talks with Kurdish officials over oil and budget disputes with the Kurdish government.South Sudan: UN Ramps Up Airlifts to Reach Conflict-Hit Farmers Ahead of Planting Season May 14, 2015 | United Nations As the main planting season begins in South Sudan, the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has announced today that it is accelerating its efforts to get vital seeds, tools and other materials…Iraq: Baghdad-Erbil Relations Grow Sour May 13, 2015 | Anadolu Agency Relations between the central government in Baghdad and the Kurdish regional government in Erbil are growing sour as Erbil awaits full payment for oil, according to statement by the Kurdish regional government. |
Blogs & OpinionIn the last two weeks, 6 blogs & opinion pieces on environmental peacebuilding were posted on our website. September 12, 2015 | Timothy Snyder New Haven — Before he fired the shot, the Einsatzgruppe commander lifted the Jewish child in the air and said, “You must die so that we can live.Don't Be Fooled by Dialogue -- Argentina Only Wants One Answer to 'the Falklands Question' September 8, 2015 | Jan Cheek On Friday 4th, Ms Cecilia Nahón, Argentina Ambassador to the United States, wrote an article for the Huffington Post, titled 'Malvinas: All Argentina Is Saying Is Give Dialogue A Chance.The Improbability of a Water War in South Asia September 6, 2015 | Manu Moudgil Water wars in South Asia are unlikely due to well-etched treaties and economic compulsions.How History Shaped China's Water Crisis September 3, 2015 | David Pietz During the hot, dry month of August 1992 the farmers of Baishan village in Hebei province and Panyang village in Henan came to blows.September 3, 2015 | Rodney Muhumuza The hunt for gold takes the men 100 metres underground, past contraptions of wood and rope rigged to function like pulleys, past hard rock that they attack day and night with demolition hammers.Red Cross: Water Continues to Be Used as Weapon of War in Syria September 3, 2015 | Schuyler Null Water is being used as a weapon of war on one of Syria’s deadliest battlegrounds, says the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and its local affiliate, the Syrian Arab Crescent, in a… |
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Compiled by Samantha Bresler, Alex Laplaza, Laura Mitchell, and Ben Zukowski |
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