International
Climate Change: Is Climate Change Heating up Central Asia’s Border Disputes? Clues from Satellite Imagery
Aug 2, 2021
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Bellingcat
In late April, dozens were killed, hundreds were injured and thousands of civilians fled their homes during border clashes between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. It was…
Afghanistan: China and India Wrestle over Afghanistan's Mineral Resources
Aug 1, 2021
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Florence Jenikns, Germany Eye
The promising, threatening and haggling have begun. Americans and Europeans have packed their weapons and left, and now ministers and diplomats from neighboring countries are…
How Drones Are Impacting Land Mine Reduction Globally
Aug 1, 2021
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sUAS News
In late November 2019, the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining organized the “Mine Action Technology Workshop,” where Humanity & Inclusion and Mobility Robotics presented data to…
DRC: Hard to Breathe: Gold Mining Damages Miners, Forests
Jul 31, 2021
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Noella Nyirabihogo, Global Press Journal
Mining has ravaged the soil that locals had used to farm. So instead, they join the hunt for gold. And the consequences continue to mount…
Mali: Building Resilience to Conflict and Climate Change in Mali
Jul 30, 2021
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People in Need
Rising temperatures, coupled with decreases in annual rainfall, granivorous bird attacks, armed conflict between the Malian Armed Forces and radical jihadists groups, the COVID-19 pandemic,…
Afghanistan: Afghan Gov't to Build 1,000 Greenhouses
Jul 29, 2021
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Xinhua
Afghanistan's Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock has said that plans are underway to construct 1,000 greenhouses in different provinces of the conflict-battered country.
Iran: Is Iran on the Verge of Sparking a Water War?
Jul 29, 2021
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The Week
Years of mismanagement has left Iran facing “irreversible” water shortages that threaten to trigger conflict across the Middle East, an exiled former minister has warned.
Afghanistan: Afghan Taliban: Floods Kill 150 People in Northern Nuristan Province
Jul 29, 2021
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TRT World
At least 100 homes destroyed in Taliban-controlled area, say government officials with limited access, after flash floods wash away homes, burying villagers in mud and…
2021 Risk Award Recognizes Vietnamese Women Fighting Climate Change
Jul 28, 2021
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UNDRR
A mangrove restoration project in Vietnam which combines building the resilience of a disaster-prone coastal community with risk-themed theatre was announced today as the winner…
Yemen: Conflict and Economic Collapse in War-Torn Yemen Worsening Hunger Crisis
Jul 28, 2021
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Lisa Schlein, Voice of America
The World Food Program warns Yemen's already alarming hunger crisis is worsening due to ongoing conflict and a rapidly declining economy that are sending food…
Iraq/Kuwait: UN Panel Pays $600M to Kuwait Oil Firm for Invasion by Iraq
Jul 27, 2021
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Associated Press
A United Nations panel paid out $600 million to Kuwait’s national oil company Tuesday as compensation for Iraq’s invasion and occupation of Kuwait three decades…
Iran: Iran Urges Regional Cooperation on Environmental Issues
Jul 26, 2021
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Tasmin News Agency
The president of Iran called for collaboration among regional and neighboring countries to settle environmental problems. In comments after inaugurating a number of projects via videoconference…
Iraq: Iraq Oil Expert: Baghdad Shouldn't Replace Oil with Renewables
Jul 26, 2021
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Tsvetana Paraskova, OilPrice.com
It is not in Iraq's best interest to adopt renewable energy at the expense of fossil fuels, energy and oil expert Hamza al-Jawaheri told local…
Sierra Leone: Sierra Leoneans Want a Share of Mining Profits, or They Want Compensation
Jul 23, 2021
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Abdul Brima, Mail & Guardian
Kumaro village residents used to get by on subsistence farming and artisanal mining. But with their lands mostly destroyed, so are their livelihoods. Three years…
Water Resources: Defusing Conflict, Promoting Cooperation
Jul 23, 2021
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Michael Keller, ETH Zurich
Researchers have developed a methodology for avoiding conflicts of use in transboundary rivers. The model-based procedure allows for participatory planning and cooperative management of water…
Libya: Libya's Battle to Protect Its Endangered Forests
Jul 20, 2021
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Hendia Alashepy, Deutsche Welle
While Libya has been torn by conflict between various political and armed factions over the past decade, some have been waging a different kind of…
Climate Change: Converging Climate Risks: Government, Military, and Business at NATO 2030
Jul 20, 2021
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Elsa Barron and Lily Feldman, Center for Climate and Security
There are few challenges more “transatlantic” in nature than the climate crisis. No single nation can fix the issue at hand, yet through strong partnerships,…
Soloman Islands: Sustaining Peace through Customary Land Recording
Jul 20, 2021
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Soloman Times
The UN Development Programme (UNDP) in Solomon Islands, in partnership with the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Survey, has supported the customary land recording in…
Iraq/Kuwait: Video Claiming Kuwait Drilled for Oil on Border Fabricated: Iraq
Jul 19, 2021
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Kuwait Times
Basra Oil Company of the Iraqi Ministry of Oil denied on Monday the authenticity of a video clip on social media about purported oil drilling…
Colombia: Coca Replaced by Cattle - The Shift in Southern Colombia's Deforestation
Jul 19, 2021
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Juan Pablo Pérez and Manuela Galvis, Insight Crime
The deforestation in the rainforest of Guaviare is the result of decades of state neglect. And the road, which makes life easier for the inhabitants of…
Afghanistan: The War for Mineral Possession Started in Afghanistan
Jul 15, 2021
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Tushar Abdullah, Modern Diplomacy
All the mentors in the world are now interested in working with the Taliban. But why? There are probably multiple reasons for this. One of…
Afghanistan: Taliban Attack Salma Dam
Jul 14, 2021
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Afghanistan Times
Afghan National Water Authority has said Taliban have fired dozens of mortars on the Salma Dam, major source of electricity and irrigation in Chesht district…
Sierra Leone: Land Grabbers on the Rampage in Sierra Leone
Jul 14, 2021
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Kongbap Sumner, Sierra Express Media
Encroachers are rapidly damaging the Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary (TCS) catchment areas at Regent Village outside Freetown. In spite of several complaints to the line Ministries…
Colombia: 5 Reasons for Record Deforestation in Colombia
Jul 14, 2021
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Katie Jones, Insight Crime
Recently published data has shown that deforestation in Colombia soared last year, as a range of illegal activities drove forest loss. Some 70 percent of…
Conflict Minerals: 2020 Company SEC Filings on Mineral Sources Were Similar to Those from Prior Years
Jul 12, 2021
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US Government Accountability Office
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) disclosure rule on conflict minerals broadly requires that certain companies submit a filing that describes their efforts to determine…
Egypt/Ethiopia/Sudan: Egypt, Sudan Urge UN Action on Dam; Ethiopia Says No
Jul 9, 2021
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Energy & Environment News
Egypt and Sudan urged the U.N. Security Council yesterday to undertake "preventive diplomacy" and call for a legally binding agreement to resolve a dispute with…
Afghanistan: Drought Crisis in Afghanistan Intensifies Risk of Displacement
Jul 8, 2021
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Danish Refugee Council
The drought in Afghanistan adds to challenges already faced by Afghans amid escalating conflict and insecurity as well as the health and socio-economic impacts of…
Afghanistan: Afghanistan to Cultivate Pistachio Forest in Restive Province
Jul 8, 2021
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Xinhua
The Afghan agriculture authorities planned to cultivate a pistachio forest in the country's northern Sari Pul province, in the latest efforts to boost agriculture in…
Iraq: Basra Protests Erupt as Power Cuts Hit Scorching Iraq
Jul 8, 2021
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Azhar Al-Rubaie, Al Jazeera
As summer temperatures reached scorching levels, hundreds of Iraqis poured into the streets to protest widespread power outages in Baghdad and the country’s southern provinces.…
DRC: Overcoming Community-Conservation Conflict: Q&A with Dominique Bikaba
Jul 8, 2021
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Rhett A. Butler, Mongabay
Kahuzi-Biega National Park in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is renowned for its biodiversity, including Grauer’s gorilla — an endemic subspecies — and around…