International
Colombia: Colombia’s National Parks at a Crossroads as New Director Installed
Mar 3, 2021
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Aurora Solá, Mongabay
It happened the way it so often does in Colombia: the government announced a new official appointment and outrage ensued. As the year 2020 drew…
Liberia: Review Finds Palm Oil Firm Golden Veroleum Cleared Carbon-Rich Liberian Forests
Mar 3, 2021
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Ashoka Mukpo, Mongabay
In another blow to the Liberia-based palm oil company Golden Veroleum, an investigation by an independent grievance panel has found that it bulldozed rainforests and…
Afghanistan: Decrease Rainfalls, Drought Worrying Afghans
Mar 3, 2021
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Afghanistan Times
The severe droughts caused by frequent lack of rainfalls and snowfalls are worrying people in Afghanistan especially in the rural areas where people are mostly…
Afghanistan/Iran: Dam Building in Afghanistan Threatens Hamoun Wetlands in Iran
Mar 3, 2021
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Tehran Times
The dried-up wetlands became a source of sand and dust storm, and the DOE has called on the government, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and…
Colombia: Colombia to Focus on Illegal Mining, Formalization of Small Miners in 2021
Mar 2, 2021
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BNamericas
Colombia is currently making efforts to diversify its mining sector while boosting the country’s economy, and this year authorities will focus on two specific issues…
Junior Scholars Review Environmental Peacebuilding Literature
Mar 2, 2021
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Rohini Thakkar and Gianluca Corinaldesi, Duke University Center for International & Global Studies
Scholars and Duke alumnae McKenzie Frances Johnson and Luz Angela Rodríguez spoke on February 18, 2021 at the DUCIGS event: “Junior Scholars in Conversation: Comparative…
Syria: Environmental Ruin Could Make Postwar Syria Unlivable [Audio]
Mar 2, 2021
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Kira Walker, World Politics Review
After nearly a decade of conflict, the extensive damage inflicted on Syria’s environment is emerging as another devastating, if less visible, tragedy of its civil…
Liberia: Government, Development Partners Petitioned to Support Customary Land Formalization Process
Mar 1, 2021
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Gerald C. Koinyeneh, FrontPage Africa
Sudan: Sudan Imposes New Controls over Gold Trade
Mar 1, 2021
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Middle East Monitor
Sudanese yesterday announced the adoption of a new plan to reform its economy based on imposing controls over smuggling gold, the New Khaleej reported. The…
Bangladesh: Climate Change in Bangladesh to ‘Impact Int’l Security’: Muniruzzaman
Feb 28, 2021
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United News of Bangladesh
President of Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security (BIPSS) Maj Gen (retd) ANM Muniruzzaman on Sunday talked about the risks Bangladesh faces as a frontline…
Iraq: In Oil-Rich Iraq, a Few Women Buck Norms, Take Rig Site Jobs
Feb 28, 2021
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Samya Kullab, Associated Press
Zainab Amjad and Ayat Rawthan, both 24, are among just a handful who have eschewed the dreary office jobs typically handed to female petroleum engineers…
Liberia: Weah Frowns at Border Disputes in South-Eastern Counties
Feb 28, 2021
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Alvin Worzi, Observer
President George M. Weah has announced the setting-up of special a committee compromising elders, chiefs and members of the legislative caucuses of Maryland, River Gee…
Is It Time for “Ecocide” to become an International Crime?
Feb 28, 2021
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Economist
In November last year a group of international lawyers set about formally defining ecocide. The panel—which is co-chaired by Philippe Sands, a lawyer who has…
Liberia: LLA Launches ‘Land Conflict’ Awareness In Maryland County
Feb 27, 2021
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E. Varney Kamah, Global News Network
As land conflict has become a serious problem in Maryland County, Liberia at the official lunching of the Awareness Campaign on the dissemination of information…
Ghana: Nomads-Farmers’ Conflict: Security Analyst Urges Ghana to Enact Ranching Law
Feb 27, 2021
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GhanaWeb
Dr Festus Kofi Aubyn, a Security Analyst, has urged the Government to enact a Cattle Ranching Law, as part of measures to address the perennial…
Iraq: Decades after the Gulf War, Iraq’s Youth View Oil as a Curse
Feb 26, 2021
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Sofia Barbarani, Al Jazeera
Like most of the young people who joined Iraq’s countrywide demonstrations in 2019, musician Sally Mars took to the streets to demand that the government…
South Sudan: Influential South Sudan Chiefs Warn of Conflict over Land Grabs
Feb 26, 2021
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Winnie Cirino, Voice of America
Ten traditional chiefs from South Sudan’s Central Equatoria state have demanded the state government stop a campaign of illegal land grabs and are threatening the…
India: Human Lives Lost to Wildlife-Human Conflict Should Be Compensated Better: Scientists
Feb 26, 2021
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Press Trust of India
The lives of people lost due to wildlife-human conflicts are not adequately compensated in India, according to a new study which says changing the approach…
Liberia: Wildlife and Conservation Reporters Network Aided in the Confiscation of Protected Animal
Feb 25, 2021
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FrontPage Africa
The Confiscation Unit of the Forestry Development Authority (FDA) with the aid of the Wildlife and Conservation Reporters Network have arrested a man for selling…
Yemen: Houthis Again Delay UN Examination of Loaded Oil Tanker
Feb 25, 2021
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Environment & Energy News
The United Nations said yesterday that new requests by Yemen's Houthi rebels will further delay U.N. experts from examining an oil tanker moored off the…
DRC: First Minerals Exported from DRC with Blockchain
Feb 24, 2021
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MINING.com
Minexx has exported minerals with full financial transparency from the Democratic Republic of Congo, by processing $250k of blockchain certified payments – a first for…
South Sudan: South Sudan Integrates Environmental Protection with Hydrocarbon Exploration
Feb 24, 2021
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Charné Hundermark, Africa Oil & Power
Despite holding the third-largest oil reserves in sub-Saharan Africa – estimated at 3.5 billion barrels – only 30% of South Sudan has been explored to…
Climate Change: France's Macron Proposes Appointment of UN Climate Security Envoy
Feb 23, 2021
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Reuters
The United Nations Security Council should consider appointing a special envoy for climate security to coordinate the council’s efforts in this area, French President Emmanuel…
Afghanistan: 4 Died during Unlawful Mining for Gold
Feb 22, 2021
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Middle East North Africa Financial Network
Officials saw on Monday, February 22, that land sliding alleged the lives of as a minimum four Afghan gold miners who were working on removing…
Myanmar: Military Coup, Economic Sanctions Hike Threats to Myanmar's Forests
Feb 22, 2021
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Michael Taylor, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Myanmar’s military coup and a potential ramp up in trade boycotts by foreign governments and business could fuel the risk of deforestation in the Asian…
Iraq: Iraq Seeks International Investors to Build 750 MW Solar Projects
Feb 21, 2021
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Reuters
Iraq is seeking international investors to build seven solar power plants, with a total capacity of 750 megawatts (MW) as it aims to develop its…
Liberia: Liberia Pilots Blockchain Land Registration with Medici Land
Feb 19, 2021
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Ledger Insights
Overstock.com’s blockchain subsidiary Medici Land Governance (MLG) launched a land administration pilot project using blockchain in the city of Monrovia, in Liberia. The pilot is a collaboration…
South Sudan: New Protected Area Relieves Pressure on Primates and Pangolins in South Sudan
Feb 18, 2021
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Tim Knight, Fauna & Flora International
The future of globally important wildlife—including endangered chimpanzees and pangolins—looks a little brighter after over 17,000 hectares of severely threatened forest habitat in an ecologically…
Ethiopia/Sudan: Tensions Run High over Border Region Dispute: Sudan Recalls Envoy to Ethiopia
Feb 18, 2021
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Agence France-Presse
Sudan on Wednesday recalled its ambassador to Ethiopia, the foreign ministry said, as tensions between the two countries run high over a border region and…
Afghanistan: Saffron Harvest Yields Impressive 21 Tons This Year
Feb 17, 2021
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Daily Outlook Afghanistan
The Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock has said the harvest of “red gold” saffron this year topped the 21 ton mark. According to the…