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Gender, Natural Resources, Climate, and Peace | |
Issue #66 – July 19, 2016 |
AnnouncementsEnvironmental Peacebuilding at the World Conservation Congress August 3, 2016 Are you going to the 2016 World Conservation Congress? In addition to the many events related to environmental peacebuilding, ELI will convene an informal strategy meeting with people interested in environmental peacebuilding.Environmental Peacebuilding MOOC -- Feedback Sought on Draft Syllabus July 16, 2016 | MOOC Steering Committee We are excited to share with you the draft syllabus for an Environmental Peacebuilding MOOC (massive open online course). |
EventsFor more upcoming events on environmental peacebuilding, please visit our online calendar of events. Planetary Security Conference 2016 December 5, 2016 - 2016-12-06 Planet Security Initiative & Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Netherlands) The Hague, Netherlands The Planetary Security Initiative is glad to announce the (tentative) dates for the second edition of the Planetary Security conference: 5 and 6 December, 2016.Best Practices in Conflict Minerals Compliance July 26, 2016 Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, PA (ST&R) and Sandler & Travis Trade Advisory Services (STTAS) Online Compliance with conflict minerals reporting requirements is of increasing concern to federal authorities, making it critical for affected companies to fully understand those requirements and how to source responsibly.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. |
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: Environmental Governance, Climate Change and Peacebuilding January 1, 2016 | Christian Altpeter This brief summarizes the presentations and discussions from the eighth International Expert Forum (IEF) on environmental governance, climate change and peacebuilding.January 1, 2016 An estimated $28 billion worth of gold lies under the soil in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (hereafter Congo).Overlapping Claims in the South China Sea [Infographic] January 1, 2016 | Amanda Macias Six nations contest all or parts of the South China Sea, which has led to confrontations between China and some of its neighbors of the potentially oil-and-gas rich area.January 1, 2016 | Christian Nellemann, Rune Henriksen, Arnold Kreilhuber, Davyth Stewart, Maria Kotsovou, Patricia Raxter, Elizabeth Mrema, and Sam Barrat The slaughter of elephants and rhinos has raised awareness of the illegal trade in wildlife. We are facing mass extinctions and countries are losing iconic wildlife species.Land of the Unexpected: Natural Resource Conflict and Peace Building in Papua New Guinea January 1, 2016 | Kylie McKenna Papua New Guinea (PNG) has long been a site of analysis for exploring the links between natural resources and conflict, having been cited as an example in prominent studies of the “natural resource…January 1, 2016 | Jon D. Unruh The Syrian civil war has seen the weaponization of its land and property rights system by the primary combatant groups in the country.Mass Claims in Land and Property following the Arab Spring: Lessons from Yemen January 1, 2016 | Jon D. Unruh The Arab Spring uprisings have released a flood of land and property conflicts, brought about by decades of autocratic rule.Actors and Networks in Resource Conflict Resolution under Climate Change in Rural Kenya January 1, 2016 | Grace W. Ngaruiya and Jürgen Scheffran The change from consensual decision-making arrangements into centralized hierarchical chieftaincy schemes through colonization disrupted many rural conflict resolution mechanisms in Africa.Climate Change and Violent Conflict in East Africa -- Implications for Policy January 1, 2016 | Malin Mobjörk and Sebastian van Baalen There is growing consensus among researchers that climate change can increase the risk of violent conflict under certain circumstances.The South China Sea Arbitration (The Republic of the Philippines v. The People’s Republic of China) January 1, 2016 A unanimous Award has been issued today by the Tribunal constituted under Annex VII to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (the “Convention”) in the arbitration instituted by the…Climate Variability, Food Production Shocks, and Violent Conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa January 1, 2015 | Halvard Buhaug, Tor A. Benjaminsen, Espen Sjaastad, and Ole Magnus Theisen Earlier research that reports a correlational pattern between climate anomalies and violent conflict routinely refers to drought-induced agricultural shocks and adverse economic spillover effects as a key causal mechanism linking the two phenomena. |
JobsPlease visit our jobs page to view these positions and other job opportunities. Egypt: Programme Policy Officer (Disaster Risk Reduction & Climate Adaption) July 13, 2016 | World Food Programme The Regional Bureau in Cairo (RBC) is supporting countries across the Middle East, North Africa, Central Asia and Eastern European regions in reducing disaster risks, adapting to climate change and pursuing resilience strategies…Livelihoods Research Consultant – Syria, Turkey, Jordan, and Iraq July 11, 2016 | International Alert International Alert is requesting ‘Expressions of Interest’ from qualified and experienced specialists for a research assignment that begins in August 2016.July 8, 2016 | Adam Smith International Adam Smith International was selected by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) to implement the second phase of the Presidential Delivery Unit project in Sierra Leone, alongside McKinsey (consortium lead) and the…North American Development and Policy Officer July 6, 2016 | EcoPeace Middle East The Development and Policy Officer in North America is responsible for directing all aspects of EcoPeace's fundraising efforts and programs in North America. |
International NewsIn the last two weeks, 41 international news items on environmental peacebuilding were posted on our website. The following is a sampling: Myanmar: What’s Behind Chevron’s Giant Myanmar Gas Sale? April 22, 2016 | Rui Hao Puah, Diplomat U. S. energy giant Chevron is offering up for sale its entire gas block stake in Myanmar, valued at an estimated $1. 3 billion, Reuters reported in an exclusive earlier this week.April 22, 2016 | Mint Press News Less than a year after the government halted its use over concerns that it could cause cancer, Colombia plans to resume using glyphosate, a controversial weed killer, on illegal coca crops.Cambodia: Cheated out of Their Own Land: Land Grabbing in Cambodia April 19, 2016 | Welthungerhilfe In Cambodia, approximately 70 per cent of the population live from traditional agriculture, that is, predominantly from their harvest.Liberia: Liberia's Land Authority Act - Deadlock Ends with Unanimous Support from Senate April 18, 2016 | James M. Yarsiah, Open Society Initiative for West Africa On Wednesday April 13, 2016, Liberia's Senate gave its unanimous endorsement to the draft Bill to set up the Land Authority of Liberia (LAA).Ethiopia/South Sudan: Ethiopia Attack: 200 People Dead, 100 Children Missing April 18, 2016 | Reuters The death toll from a raid carried out by attackers from South Sudan in western Ethiopia has risen to 208 people, an Ethiopian official said, adding that 108 children were kidnapped.Iraq: Italian Team Arrives as Part of Mosul Dam Repair Project April 14, 2016 | Balint Szlanko, Associated Press A team of Italian specialists arrived Thursday at the site of the Mosul Dam as part of an emergency campaign to repair Iraq's largest dam before it collapses.Haiti: UN Could Have Prevented Haiti Cholera Epidemic with $2,000 Health Kit – Study April 14, 2016 | Ed Pilkington and Joe Sandler Clarke, Gaurdian The devastating Haiti cholera epidemic that has claimed thousands of lives and will cost more than $2bn to eradicate could have been prevented if the United Nations had used a basic health kit…South Sudan: 'There's No Work, No Money': Oil-Rich but Desperately Poor South Sudan Shuts up Shop April 14, 2016 | Simona Foltyn, Guardian The shortage of fuel – which, like everything else that’s consumed in South Sudan, is imported – is perhaps the most palpable consequence of the economic crisis that has gripped the nation after…Myanmar: Months after Floods, Magwe Communities Struggle to Recover April 12, 2016 | Ei Cherry Aung, Myanmar Now In the aftermath of the disaster, Myanmar’s Ministry of Social Affairs, Rescue and Resettlement said it had provided assistance worth nearly 686 million kyats until Aug. 27 last year.Liberia: ‘GVL Lost US$1.5m to Rioters’ – Management April 12, 2016 | Global News Network The Management of Golden Veroleum Liberia (GVL) says it is spending over US$1. 5 million to rehabilitate its farms in southeastern Liberia due to riots in the concession area last year.April 10, 2016 | Tom Wyke, Daily Mail and Reuters ISIS have deployed a large group of fighters at several strategic oil fields with fears that the jihadi group is planning a deadly attack on foreign workers. |
Blogs & OpinionIn the last two weeks, 16 blogs & opinion pieces on environmental peacebuilding were posted on our website. Following is a sampling: Hague Ruling Presents Vietnam with Opportunities and Dilemmas July 18, 2016 | Le Hong Hiep The Permanent Court of Arbitration’s ruling on the Philippines’ case against China is a historic milestone in the evolution of the South China Sea dispute.July 17, 2016 | Syed Muhammad Abubakar Relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan have never been great.What’s at Stake in China’s Claims to the South China Sea? July 14, 2016 | Scott L. Montgomery While the South China Sea has been a source of territorial dispute for many years, involving all of its bounding nations, China has been particularly aggressive of late, building artificial islands, installing military…Oil and ISIS: If We Hadn’t Needed One, the Other Wouldn’t Exist July 11, 2016 | Ian Reifowitz The moral responsibility for murders lies solely with those who carried them out, those who ordered them, and those who encouraged them.Illegal Mining is Fuelling Conflict in Afghanistan and China Can Play a Major Role in Curbing This July 9, 2016 | Stephen Carter For 6,500 years, Afghanistan has been famous for the brilliant blue lapis lazuli, coveted by everybody from the Egyptian pharaohs to the common jewellers of today.War, Peace, and Climate: How Carbon Trading Can Help Avert Resource Wars July 8, 2016 | Steve Zwick Liberian environmentalist Silas Siakor knows all too well what can happen to a fragile nation when a dictator hijacks its commodity sector, as warlord Charles Taylor did in the 1990s - first by…July 7, 2016 | Enough Project Efforts to support peace, corporate accountability, and transparency in the Democratic Republic of Congo faced a setback today, as the House of Representatives passed an amendment introduced by Rep.July 6, 2016 | Mike Davis Delivering peace in Myanmar is the top priority of the country’s first democratically elected government in over 60 years. |
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Compiled by Riza Aryani, Monica Emma, Pierre Gaunaurd, Liz Hessami, Sophie Labaste, Janina Laurent, Jeremy Walker, Sofia Yazykova, Sahra Yusuf, and Ben Zukowski |
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