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Gender, Natural Resources, Climate, and Peace | |
Issue #59 – April 12, 2016 |
AnnouncementsHiroshima & The DMZ: The Ethnology of Environmental Peacebuilding in Korea & Japan April 5, 2016 | Peace Park Expeditions and Ohio University Experience the power and beauty of East Asian culture, language and ecology in the Hiroshima and the DMZ program. |
EventsFor more upcoming events on environmental peacebuilding, please visit our online calendar of events. 4th Conflict Minerals Compliance and Supply Chain Transparency Conference June 22, 2016 - 2016-06-23 Marcus Evans Chicago, IL Marcus Evans will host the 4th Conflict Minerals Compliance and Supply Chain Transparency Conference on June 22-23, 2016 in Chicago, IL.Partnering for Local Value Chain Development in Contexts of Instability April 26, 2016 Clingendael CRU The Hague, Netherlands This interactive, closed door expert session aims to stimulate open and candid discussion on local value chain development in fragile and conflict-affected contexts by focusing on the findings of a pilot case study on the…Media, Peace & the Environment National Conference April 16, 2016 Media Association for Peace Beirut, Lebanon MAP is happy to be holding the world's first conference dedicated to the intersection between media, peace, and the natural environment. |
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: Ghana’s Gold Diggers: Chinese Miners Bring Conflict January 1, 2016 | Jon Spaull China has had a long history of investment in Ghana, whether it be building the country’s national theatre or constructing roads and dams. But the Chinese influence has not always been beneficial.Empowering Peace: Service Provision and State Legitimacy in Nepal’s Peace-Building Process January 1, 2016 | Florian Krampe There is growing demand for an understanding of peace beyond the absence of violence.Palestine Marks 'Land Day' amid Fresh Israeli Land Grabs [Infographic] January 1, 2016 | Anees Bargouthi According to Palestinean Central Bureau of Statistics, Israel has seized 85 percent of historical Palestine since Jewish state was established in 1948.Save the Namtu River: Impacts of the Upper Yeywa and Other Planned Dams on the Namtu in Shan State January 1, 2016 In January 2016, Burma’s state media reported that Naypyidaw was pro- ceeding with four new hydropower dams on the Namtu (Myitnge or Dokhtawaddy) River, three of which are in conflict areas of Shan…Legally and Illegally Logged Out: The Status of Myanmar's Timber Sector and Options for Reform January 1, 2016 | Oliver Springate-Baginski, Thorsten Treue, and Kyaw Htun Myanmar has been endowed with extensive areas of some of the most valuable timber bearing forests in the world.January 1, 2016 | Bibiana Duarte-Abadia and Rutgerd Boelens We examine the divergent modes of conceptualizing, valuing and representing the páramo highlands of Santurban, Colombia, as a struggle over hydrosocial territory.Explaining How Unexploded Ordnance Clearance Enhances Livelihoods in the Lao PDR January 1, 2015 | Jo Durham, Vong Nanhthavong, and Vanphanom Sychareun Following violent conflict, the continued presence of landmines and unexploded ordnance pose a barrier to rebuilding livelihoods.Enabling War and Peace: Drugs, Logs, Gems, and Wildlife in Thailand and Burma January 1, 2015 | Vanda Felbab-Brown This policy paper explores the relation- ship between conflict, peace dynamics, and drugs and other illicit economies inThailand and Myanmar/Burma since the 1960s through the current period. |
Jobs17 jobs were posted in the last two weeks. Here is a sampling of the new additions. Please visit our jobs page to view these positions and other job opportunities. Somaliland: Range Management Training Expert April 9, 2016 | Somaliland Development Fund The Somaliland Development Fund (SDF) is a 4-year fund designed to support the Government of Somaliland (GoSL) filling a critical gap supporting projects that are fully aligned to the National Development Plan (NDP).Liberia: Forestry Performance Evaluation Team Member April 9, 2016 | Social Impact Through the Liberia Strategic Analysis (LSA) task order, USAID/Liberia has engaged Social Impact, Inc. (SI) to conduct an external final performance evaluation of one of their forestry/natural resource management programs.Somalia: Agronomist and Cash Technical Coordinator (Somali National Only) April 9, 2016 | Danish Refugee Council The Danish Refugee Council (DRC) has been providing Relief, Humanitarian and Early recovery/development assistance in the Horn of Africa since 1997.Afghanistan: Livelihoods Advisor April 9, 2016 | Concern Worldwide Concern Worldwide is an international humanitarian organisation dedicated to tackling poverty and suffering in the world’s poorest countries.Bosnia and Herzegovina: International Tourism Development Consultant April 8, 2016 | UNDP The purpose of this consultancy is to support strategic planning process in the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton (HNK, local acronym) in accordance with the Methodology for Integrated Cantonal Development Planning in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH).Burundi: Associé(e) au Programme - Développement Durable et Création d'emploi April 8, 2016 | UNDP Sous la supervision directe du Chef de l’Unité Croissance Inclusive et Développement Durable, l’Associé(e) Programme assure l'exécution effective et efficace du Programme de Pays par la création de projets, la gestion et le…South Sudan: Environment and Sustainable Energy - National Consultant April 8, 2016 | UNDP South Sudan is a young country which is well endowed with agricultural and fertile arable land, a huge population of globally important and endangered wildlife species and has 6 legally created national parks…April 8, 2016 | UNDP The Institutional Strengthening to the Ministry of Environment (ISMoE) project was established in 2010 with the ultimate goal of setting-up an enabling environment for sustainable environmental development at the national level. |
International NewsIn the last two weeks, 39 international news items on environmental peacebuilding were posted on our website. The following is a sampling: Colombia: Agreement to Curb Rising Prices and Speculation in Food January 4, 2016 | Fresh Plaza The price of food and the Colombians' personal economy have been affected by the rising dollar, the phenomenon of El Niño, and the structural problem of the last decades as the country lacks…Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraq's Kurds to Continue Exporting Crude Independently in 2016 January 4, 2016 | Khalid Al Ansary, Bloomberg Authorities in Iraq’s cash-strapped Kurdish region will withhold delivery of oil to the central government and export crude independently in 2016 to ensure revenue amid a global price slump, according to a senior…Iraq: Iraq Says It Exported More Than 1 Billion Barrels of Oil in 2015 January 1, 2016 | Khalid Al-Ansary and Kadhim Ajrash, Bloomberg Iraq said it exported 1. 097 billion barrels of oil in 2015, generating $49. 079 billion from sales, according to the oil ministry. It sold 99.Colombia: Landmines in Colombia Biggest Challenge for Post-War Nation December 30, 2015 | Maria Myka, LATINONE After decades of war, the Colombian government has finally negotiated peace with the rebel group called the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).South Sudan: Deadly Famine Looms in South Sudan December 25, 2015 | Richard Nield, Al Jazeera More than two years after the outbreak of civil war in South Sudan, tens of thousands of South Sudanese face starvation, say NGOs.Iraq: Iraq Seeks to Reopen Oil Pipeline through Saudi Arabia-Paper December 24, 2015 | Saif Hameed, Maher Chmaytelli, and William Hardy, Reuters Iraq is seeking to reopen its crude oil export pipeline through Saudi Arabia, shut in 1990, state newspaper Assababah reported citing an unidentified Iraqi official.Climate Change: War Gaming the Climate: How Global Warming Could Trigger Nationalism December 24, 2015 | Megan Darby, Climate Home Backed by the UK’s foreign office and Skoll Global Threats Fund, 24 experts met to play out the implications of a heating planet. These included retired military personnel, diplomats and scientists.Cote d’Ivoire/Liberia/Sierra Leone/Guinea: US$2bn Power Transmission Line for 4 MRU States December 23, 2015 | Global News Network A 225kv power transmission line costing over US2 billion is to be constructed linking the four Mano River Union (MRU) states to serve the expanding West African regional electricity market.Vietnam/China/South China Sea: Vietnamese Submarine Patrols South China Sea December 17, 2015 | Reuters Vietnam's military is steeling itself for conflict with China as it accelerates a decade-long modernisation drive, Hanoi's biggest arms buildup since the height of the Vietnam War.December 17, 2015 | Enough Project From high schools and college campuses to cities and states, the “Conflict-Free” movement continued to expand this year.Libya/Islamic State: Islamic State Looks to North Africa for Oil, Recruits December 16, 2015 | Carla Babb, Voice of America Libya and the Sinai are “vulnerable” areas that the Islamic State group would like to exploit for potential oil revenue and recruits, officials say, as oil production and moving fighters have become more…Global: Conflict Tops List of Global Risks December 15, 2015 | Strategic Risk A UNEP report supports the findings of the World Economic Forum that interstate conflict with regional consequences is now rated as the most likely of all global risks, with water crises highest in… |
Blogs & OpinionIn the last two weeks, 5 blogs & opinion pieces on environmental peacebuilding were posted on our website. Use It or Lose It: China's Grand Strategy April 9, 2016 | Parag Khanna In 2010, Canada hosted the G7 finance ministers in Nunavut, the country's frigid Arctic province that is home to a mere 30,000 Inuit people.Fishing Disputes Could Spark a South China Sea Crisis April 7, 2016 | Keith Johnson and Dan De Luce The simmering maritime disputes and land grabs in the South China Sea have long been seen as a battle over its potentially vast undersea deposits of oil and natural gas.How to Stabilize the Central African Republic April 5, 2016 | Kasper Agger Think the ultimate victor in the U. S. presidential race faces a tough task?Water Wars: Fishermen Again Steer China into Hot Water April 1, 2016 | Chris Mirasola Malaysia joined the ranks of countries taking issue with Chinese fishermen last Thursday, as 100 trawlers were detected within Malaysia’s claimed EEZ.What Myanmar Should Do about the Myitsone Dam March 31, 2016 | Jared MacDonald The issue of the Myitsone dam has been a thorny one. |
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Compiled by Riza Aryani, Gretchen Ellison, Natalia Jiménez Galindo, Amy Harlowe, Kajsa Hendrickson, Liz Hessami, Sophie Labaste, Janina Laurent, Jeremy Walker, Sahra Yusuf, and Ben Zukowski |
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