International
Liberia: Liberia Puts a Wartime Logger in Charge of Its Forests
Apr 25, 2024
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Ashoka Mukpo, Mongabay
Liberia’s new president, Joseph Boakai, has appointed a timber trader linked to illegal logging to head the agency responsible for the country’s forests. Rudolph Merab,…
Colombia: Only 10% of Land Stolen during Armed Conflict Restituted Since 2011
Apr 25, 2024
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Adriaan Alsema, Colombia Reports
Colombia’s authorities have over the past 13 years restituted only 10% of the land that were stolen during the armed conflict. According to NGO Forjando…
DRC: Congo Questions Apple on Concerns About Use of Conflict Minerals
Apr 25, 2024
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Paul Richardson, Bloomberg
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s government notified Apple Inc. of concerns that the company’s supply chain may be tainted by conflict minerals sourced from the…
Liberia: Illegal Timber Trafficking Web Uncovered at CARI
Apr 24, 2024
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Rebazar D. Forte, The DayLight
This is not your regular sawmill. It is the Central Agriculture Research Institute (CARI) in Suakoko, Bong County, and the piles of timber are remnants…
Afghanistan: Earth Day and the Plight of Afghanistan’s Landholders: Climate Change Threatens Country
Apr 24, 2024
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Amin Kawa, Hasht-E Subh
Afghanistan is grappling not only with political and economic crises but also with the challenges of climate change. Declining groundwater levels, devastating floods, rising temperatures,…
Persistent Gender Inequalities Hinder Climate Resilience, Say Women
Apr 23, 2024
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Gilbert Koech
Gender equality advocates are furious that decisions on climate change do not involve women despite their vulnerability.
This as impacts of climate change continue to ravage…
Afghanistan: 1.25m Acres of Land Wrested back from Grabbers
Apr 23, 2024
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Hijratullah Kakar, Pajhwok Afghan News
Since its creation 18 months ago, the Land Grab Prevention and Restitution Commission (LGPRC) has wrested back 1.25 million acres of state land from land…
Colombia: Colombian Court Recognizes Environmental Refugees
Apr 23, 2024
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Agence France-Presse
A Colombian court has ruled that environmental calamities, sudden or gradual, can legally be considered a cause of forced displacement, placing obligations on the state…
Afghanistan/Iran: Iran Says Water Is an Important Factor in Expansion of Ties with Afghanistan
Apr 22, 2024
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Ariana News
Iran’s special representative for Afghanistan, Hasan Kazemi Qomi, said on Sunday that water is an important factor in the expansion of bilateral relations, expressing hope…
Liberia: Cocoa Farming in Liberia Risks Undermining EU Deforestation Law
Apr 22, 2024
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Joe Bavier, Reuters
Farmers are clearing forests in Liberia to create cocoa plantations and are trafficking the beans into neighbouring Ivory Coast, undermining European efforts to curb deforestation,…
Afghanistan: Afghanistan on Brink of Climate Catastrophe, UN Warns
Apr 22, 2024
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Mujeeb Rahman Awrang Stanikzai, Amu TV
On World Earth Day, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) warned that Afghanistan is on the brink of a climate catastrophe and called for immediate…
Wildlife: The Pelicans That Brought Peace to a Troubled Corner of Europe
Apr 22, 2024
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Fred Pearce, Anthropocene
A dedicated group of bird-lovers in a war-torn region of the Balkans in Europe is showing us [that water can also be a way out…
Sudan/South Sudan: Abyei Protestors Call for Withdrawal of Armed Groups, Referendum Acceptance
Apr 20, 2024
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Sudan Tribune
Protesters in the oil-producing region of Abyei and in New York have called for withdrawal of armed groups and for President Salva Kiir to accept…
Nigeria: FG Partners Military to Protect Forests, Wildlife
Apr 18, 2024
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Lara Adejoro, Punch Nigeria
The Federal Ministry of Environment has partnered with the military in the protection and preservation of forests and wildlife in the country. The 2023 wildlife…
Afghanistan: Afghanistan's Isolated Communities Grapple with Fallout from Devastating Floods
Apr 18, 2024
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Modaser Islami, National
Flash floods have killed at least 120 people in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and damaged houses, infrastructure and farmland since Friday, according to authorities. While losses…
Colombia: Reclaimed Roots: Restoring Indigenous Lands and Cultures in Colombia
Apr 18, 2024
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Latin American Post
In a landmark move, Colombia’s Land Restitution Unit (URT) has successfully returned more than 16,000 hectares of land to the semi-nomadic indigenous communities of Sikuani…
Climate Change: Building a New, Secure Climate Future
Apr 17, 2024
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UNDP
Climate change does not directly lead to conflict or instability, but it can interact negatively with the factors that impact the lives of those most…
Sierra Leone: No Longer a Minefield: Rehabilitating Lands Scarred by Diamond Mining to Offer New Livelihoods in Sierra Leone
Apr 17, 2024
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
In the district of Kono, in eastern Sierra Leone, the yellow soils lie barren and exposed, gouged out by the relentless quest for diamonds. In…
Burkina Faso: Water Security in Africa is Gender Dependent
Apr 16, 2024
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Julie Truelove, Dorice Agol, Katharine Vincent, Djibril Barry, Kate Gannon, and Will Ingram
A person’s water security is affected by their gender, as is their likelihood to hold decision making positions about this vital resource. To increase water…
Can Restoration Be a Force for Peace?
Apr 16, 2024
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Eden Flaherty
Competing interests over land and natural resources are a major driver of conflict around the world. As the climate crisis bites, land becomes more degraded…
Reporting the Environmental Impact of War
Apr 16, 2024
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Gabrielle Nelson, Great Lakes Echo
Journalists, climate scientists, environmental advocacy groups and researchers examined war’s environmental consequences at a recent Society of Environmental Journalists conference in Philadelphia. The main takeaway:…
Sudan: 5 Things You Should Know about How Conflict in Sudan Is Devastating Agriculture and People's Food Security
Apr 15, 2024
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
Agriculture is a pillar of life in Sudan. Up to 60–80 percent of the entire population is engaged or reliant on agriculture for income. But…
DRC: EU Bids to Give Substance to Critical Minerals Partnership with DR Congo
Apr 15, 2024
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Africa Intelligence
European Union officials are completing a visit to the DR Congo capital Kinshasa that began in early April to discuss the follow-up to the strategic…
Ukraine: Flames of War: How Ukraine Lost over 1,000 Square Kilometers of Forest
Apr 12, 2024
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Oleksiy Vasyliuk, Hrihory Kolomitsev and Viktor Parkhomenko, Ukraine War Environmental Consequences Work Group
Forest fires are one of the most tangible and long-lasting consequences of military action, both in nature conservation and economic terms. When the Russian army…
The Climate Crisis is Not Gender Neutral
Apr 10, 2024
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Soumya Swaminathan, The Hindu
While climate action requires 100% involvement of the population, at the same time, empowering women would mean better climate solutions.
‘Huge Blind Spot’: The 19th’s Jessica Kutz on Covering the Gender-Climate Connection
Apr 10, 2024
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Columbia Journalism Review
Jessica Kutz spends a lot of time explaining her beat to others. Kutz is the gender, climate, and sustainability reporter at The 19th, a nonprofit publication…
Gabon/Republic of Congo: New Study Confirms FSC-Certified Forests Help Wildlife Thrive in the Congo Basin
Apr 10, 2024
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Wildlife Conservation Society
A new study reveals compelling evidence that forests certified by the Forest Stewardship Council®(FSC®) in Gabon and the Republic of Congo harbour a higher abundance of larger…
Afghanistan/India: Taliban to Return Land to Hindu, Sikh Minorities in Afghanistan: Report
Apr 10, 2024
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AsiaNet News
The Taliban administration in Afghanistan is taking steps to return private land to Hindu and Sikh minorities in a move seen as a positive gesture…
Climate Change: The “Geopolitics of Climate Change and Conflict” Series: A Summary
Apr 10, 2024
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International Crisis Group
The International Crisis Group’s Solutions Lab hosted a year-long series of virtual convenings on the geopolitics of climate change and conflict, in partnership with Stiftung…
Don’t Forget Women in New UN Climate Fund, Policymakers Urged
Apr 9, 2024
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Eco-Business
The loss and damage fund’s success hinges on women’s participation and recognising their uneven climate burden, rights groups say.