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Gender, Natural Resources, Climate, and Peace | |
Issue #62 – May 24, 2016 |
AnnouncementsSTUDENTS - APPLY NOW! Campus Organizer, Enough Project's Conflict-Free Campus Initiative 2016-17 May 17, 2016 | Enough Project & STAND The Conflict-Free Campus Initiative (CFCI), a joint initiative of the Enough Project and STAND, draws on the power of student leadership and activism to support peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo. |
EventsFor more upcoming events on environmental peacebuilding, please visit our online calendar of events. Hiroshima and the DMZ: The Ethnology of Environmental Peacebuilding in Korea and Japan July 26, 2016 - 2016-08-09 Peace Park Expeditions and Ohio University South Korea and Japan Experience the power and beauty of East Asian culture, language and ecology in the Hiroshima and the DMZ program.24th World Congress of Political Science: Understanding Environmental Peacebuilding Panel July 23, 2016 - 2016-07-28 International Political Science Association Poznań, Poland Environmental issues in post-conflict societies have received greater attention recently. For many years, researchers, practitioners, and decision makers have been working at the intersection of peacebuilding, natural resources and the environment.9th ICP International Summer Academy and Forum: Mediating Company-Community Conflicts July 12, 2016 - 2016-07-16 The Institute for Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding Caux (Montreux), Switzerland The 9th International Summer Academy and Forum 2016 offers its participants an overview of the problems that arise due to the impact of companies setting up in complex environments and how to address… |
LibraryIn the last two weeks, 13 new publications were added to our online library of materials on environmental peacebuilding. Here is a sampling of the new additions: High and Dry: Climate Change, Water, and the Economy January 1, 2016 The impacts of climate change will be channeled primarily through the water cycle, with consequences that could be large and uneven across the globe.January 1, 2016 In conflict-affected and high-risk areas, companies involved in mining and trade in minerals have the potential to generate income, growth and prosperity, sustain livelihoods and foster local development.Corporate Social Responsibility and Natural Resource Conflict January 1, 2016 | Kylie McKenna This book examines the possibilities and limitations of corporate social responsibility in minimising the violent conflict often associated with natural resource exploitation.January 1, 2016 | Annica Waleij and Birgitta Liljedahl The Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI) has addressed challenges related to environmental impact and sustainability of temporary communities such as the military, peacekeepers, or humanitarians in conflict and disaster areas in approximately 20…January 1, 2016 Recent studies in the DRC tend to focus on human rights abuses or on the status of women, however few investigations examine the link between mining and sexual violence.January 1, 2016 | Marcin Sliva and Henrik Wiig Over six million people have been displaced in Colombia's ongoing armed conflict, mainly from rural to urban areas.Post-Conflict Development in East Asia January 1, 2016 | Brendan M. Howe East Asia is a region deeply affected by conflict. Colonial, ideological, and national wars have left their scars and legacies on regional, international, and national governance.January 1, 2016 | Päivi Lujala, Siri Aas Rustad, and Sarah Kettenmann Extractive industries can provide great opportunities for post-conflict peacebuilding in resourcerich countries by providing revenue to finance reconstruction and set the economy back on track. |
Jobs14 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. Sierra Leone: Social & Environmental Impact Assessment Expert (Consultant) May 23, 2016 | UNDP The Global Environment Facility (GEF) recently approved the Project Identification Form (PIF) that was presented by UNDP on behalf of the Environment Protection Agency on “adapting to climate change induced coastal risks in…Cameroon: Head of Wildlife Crime Program May 23, 2016 | World Wildlife Fund for Nature WWF, active in almost 100 countries, has been working in the Congo Basin in Central Africa for more than 20 years, with a focus on forest conservation through developing and managing protected areas,…Policy Analyst, Democratic Republic of Congo and the Great Lakes Region May 23, 2016 | Enough Project The Policy Analyst for the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Great Lakes region will be responsible for researching and writing about the drivers of conflict and policy options in Congo, as well…Lebanon: Support to Ministry of Environment May 23, 2016 | UNDP The Ministry of Environment (MoE) with support from the European Union and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has prepared the Environmental Impact Assessment of the Syrian Conflict & Priority interventions1 in 2014…May 11, 2016 | Fauna & Flora International Founded in 1903, Fauna & Flora International (FFI) is the world’s longest-established international conservation organisation.Lao Peoples Democratic Republic: Integrated Conservation Resource Management May 11, 2016 | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit The Hin Nam No National Protected Area (HNN NPA) has a unique karst landscape of outstanding importance for regional biodiversity. It is located in Bualapha District (Khammouane province), on the Lao-Vietnamese border.Republic of the Congo: Park Director May 11, 2016 | Wildlife Conservation Society WCS saves wildlife and wild places worldwide through science, conservation action, education, and inspiring people to value nature.South Sudan: Food Security and Livelihood Program Manager May 9, 2016 | Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development ACTED endeavors to respond to humanitarian crises and build resilience; promote inclusive and sustainable growth; co-construct effective governance and support the building of civil society worldwide by investing in people and their potential. |
International NewsIn the last two weeks, 37 international news items on environmental peacebuilding were posted on our website. The following is a sampling: Kurdistan/Iraq: KRG Oil Exports Earn $682M a Month February 7, 2016 | Daniel J. Graeber, United Press International With formal statehood under consideration, the Kurdish government continues to make its regular payments for crude oil exports, Genel Energy said.Myanmar: Diversion Eeirs Installed to Prevent Embankment Erosion in Magway Region February 7, 2016 | Eleven Myanmar The Water Resources and Creeks Development Department of Magway Region, under the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation, is building diversion weirs across the regions rivers to protect villages from eroding embankments and floods.Climate Security: New Climate & Security Film: The Age of Consequences February 4, 2016 | Sophie Robinson, Huffington Post A documentary is taking a new twist on climate change: THE AGE OF CONSEQUENCES, to be released in late 2016, investigates the impacts of climate change, resource scarcity, migration, and conflict through the…South Sudan/Sudan: South Sudan and Sudan Agree to Peg Crude Pipeline Fees to Oil Price February 3, 2016 | Africa Report Transit fees that Sudan charges its neighbour South Sudan will be based on prevailing crude oil prices, a move away from a fixed fee, South Sudan's petroleum minister said on Wednesday.Land Rights: Investor Push Urged to Help Secure Indigenous Land Rights February 3, 2016 | Megan Rowling, Reuters Conditions are ripe for a global leap forward in recognizing the land rights of indigenous people and forest communities, but investors and the public need to pressure governments to make it happen, an…Nigeria: Bomb Attacks on Pipelines Cause Massive Oil Spill in Nigeria February 1, 2016 | Hilary Uguru, Associated Press Multiple bombings of Agip oil pipelines have caused thousands of barrels of oil to pollute waterways, farms and fishing grounds in Nigeria's southern Bayelsa state, residents said Monday.United States/China/South China Sea: US Moves Highlight South China Sea Conflict February 1, 2016 | Brooks Boliek, Radio Free Asia In a sign that the United States isn’t going to let China’s ambition to dominate the South China Sea go unchecked, Washington sent the guided missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur on a patrol…Afghanistan: Mining Leases to Foreigners Upset Local Investors in Fata January 29, 2016 | The News International The issuance of prospective licenses and leases to Afghan refugees on the basis of fraudulently made nationality documents on the one hand has caused unrest to local investors and affected production of minerals…Colombia: UN Pushes Colombia to Support Family Farming Post-Peace Deal January 29, 2016 | teleSUR Colombia should invest more in small family farming, and at least 30 percent of the public budget should go toward supporting small scale producers—at least this was the challenge the United Nations agricultural…Kurdistan/Iraq: Electricity Supply in Iraq's Kurdistan Region Hit by Blast January 29, 2016 | Reuters A pipeline for gas used to generate around half the electricity in Iraq's northern Kurdistan region was blown up on Friday, knocking out power, a police chief and electricity official told Reuters.Yemen: FAO Warns of Rapidly Deteriorating Food Security in Yemen January 28, 2016 | Gulf Today More than half of the total population of Yemen, some 14.Iraq: Iraq's Mosul Dam Could Face Catastrophic Collapse - Top U.S. General January 28, 2016 | Reuters The U. S. military has a contingency plan to deal with a potential collapse of Mosul dam in northern Iraq which would be catastrophic, the top U. S. |
Blogs & OpinionIn the last two weeks, 13 blogs & opinion pieces on environmental peacebuilding were posted on our website. Following is a sampling: Low Oil Prices Are Making Iraq's Political Crisis Worse May 22, 2016 | Shwan Zulal Iraq is exporting around 3. 3 million barrels of oil a day from Basrah in the south and around 500,000 barrels from the Kurdish region through Turkey.Protect Myanmar's Marine Resources from Being Pillaged to Point of No Return May 20, 2016 | Colin Poole Literally out of sight, the country’s marine resources have been pillaged almost to the point of no return.Natural Resources, Plunder and Reparations in the DRC: How the ICJ is Setting Precedents May 19, 2016 | Eliana Cusato What might reparations for the illegal exploitation of natural resources in armed conflict look like?Oil Wars: Why Nations Aren’t Battling over Resources May 19, 2016 | Emily Meierding When China’s Haiyang Shiyou 981 oil rig sailed into waters off the Paracel Islands in May 2014, it provoked an international crisis.Global Security Efforts Must be a Post-Paris Climate Imperative May 18, 2016 | Nick Mabey and Janani Vivekanada It often feels as if the times we live in are unprecedented.Partitioning Iraq: Make a Detailed Case, or Cease and Desist May 16, 2016 | Ben Connable Iraq is once again in political turmoil, and once again we are hearing calls to partition the country into three ethno-sectarian cantonments: Shi’a, Sunni, and Kurd.Water Wars: Known Unknowns in the South China Sea May 13, 2016 | Chris Mirasola The USS William Lawrence conducted a Freedom of Navigation Operation (FONOP) within 12 nautical miles of Fiery Cross Reef on Tuesday, May 10th.How Climate Change is Driving Nigeria's Herdsmen Conflict May 13, 2016 | Chidi Oguamanam Forging national unity has been a perennial challenge to Nigeria’s evolution as a country. |
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Compiled by Riza Aryani, Amy Harlowe, Kajsa Hendrickson, Liz Hessami, Sophie Labaste, Janina Laurent, Jeremy Walker, Helen Wilson, Sofia Yazykova, Sahra Yusuf, and Ben Zukowski |
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