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Why Legal Principles on War and Environment Matter

Aug 20, 2019 | UN Environment

On 8 July 2019 the International Law Commission adopted 28 draft legal principles on first reading to enhance protection of the environment before, during and…

Myanmar: Indigenous Communities in Myanmar Take Action against Top-Down Conservation

Aug 20, 2019 | Anirudha Nagar, Diplomat

The need to put indigenous peoples at the center of conservation efforts could not be clearer. Evidence is mounting that indigenous stewardship of natural resources is key…

Myanmar: Fatal Landslide Raises Alarms over Myanmar’s Natural Disaster Preparedness

Aug 20, 2019 | San Yamin Aung, Irrawaddy

In the blink of an eye, a massive landslide washed it all away: homes, vehicles, people—all buried deep beneath the mud at the base of…

Liberia: VPA Gets Another 3-Year Mandate

Aug 20, 2019 | Observer

The lifespan of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) between the European Union (EU) and the Government of Liberia (GoL) through the Forestry Development Authority (FDA),…

Liberia: Solidaridad Certificates Young Graduates as Oil Palm Facilitators

Aug 19, 2019 | George Harris, Observer

Oil-palm is one of the emerging sectors attracting investor attention to Liberia from around the globe. The country’s oil palm market has seen an average…

Colombia: Indigenous Yukpa Besieged by Deforestation and Armed Conflict

Aug 19, 2019 | Julián Sáenz and Semana Sostenible, Mongabay

There is still hope in the innocent eyes of Yukpa children. They play, laugh, and jump about, despite the difficulties their people face. However, the…

DRC: Woman Killed in DR Congo Illegal Mining Crackdown

Aug 19, 2019 | Agence France-Presse

A woman was killed in clashes between subsistence miners and security forces at a Chinese-owned mine in southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, sources said on…

Colombia: Meet the Chocolate Company That Is Reforming ex-Cocaine Producers through Blockchain

Aug 18, 2019 | Business Leader

Choco4Peace (C4P) is a multi-institutional movement that supports constructing and sustaining peace by generating positive socio-economic and environmental outcomes in post-conflict regions through the empowerment…

Myanmar: Microgrids Could End Energy Scarcity

Aug 16, 2019 | Samikchhya Kafle, Myanmar Times

Nyaungshwe township in southern Shan State is in dire need of clean, adequate energy. Households in Nyaungshwe make use of solar home systems for lighting…

Myanmar: Myanmar’s Trade in Jade Now Dominated by Chinese Buyers Online

Aug 16, 2019 | Radio Free Asia

Myanmar’s trade in jade is now dominated by direct sales online, with the highly valuable stone often smuggled untaxed across the border to Chinese buyers,…

South Sudan: Latest Images Reveal a Global Hotspot for Biodiversity

Aug 16, 2019 | Nathan Williams, Fauna & Flora International

Fauna & FIora International (FFI) began working in South Sudan (when it was still part of Sudan) in 2010, and over the ensuing decade has…

DRC: China's Huayou Pulls out of Congo Cobalt Mine Investment after Price Slump

Aug 16, 2019 | Reuters

China’s biggest cobalt refiner Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt said on Thursday its overseas unit is pulling out a deal to invest $66.3 million in a cobalt…

Myanmar: A Deadly Fight in Magway Region for the Ayeyarwady’s 'Gold'

Aug 15, 2019 | Hein Thar, Frontier Myanmar

Villagers in Magway Region have blamed a riverside clash that left at least 30 people dead on an inadequate response by government officials to a…

Afghanistan: Pomegranate Products Increase in Afghanistan's Poppy Growing Helmand Province

Aug 15, 2019 | Xinhua

The products of pomegranate is going to increase in the poppy growing Helmand province. The product of pomegranate in Helmand, would increase from 20,000 tons…

Afghanistan/Iran: Hamoun Wetland Restoration Plan Prepared

Aug 14, 2019 | Tehran Times

In the last two decades, once fertile wetlands have drastically dried up. The Taliban government closed the sluices to the Kajaki dam on the Helmand…

Myanmar: New Report: Proposed Myanmar Dam Could Displace Thousands

Aug 13, 2019 | Leonie Kijewski, Al Jazeera

Myanmar government officials claim a hydroelectricity project along the Tanintharyi River could significantly benefit the Southeast Asian nation. But new research by a trio of human…

China/Vietnam/South China Sea: Chinese Ship Returns to Vietnam's Exclusive Economic Zone

Aug 13, 2019 | James Pearson and Khanh Vu, Reuters

A Chinese survey ship returned to Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone off its coast on Tuesday, ship tracking data showed, less than a week after it…

Colombia: Study Details Links between Coca, Conflict, Deforestation in Colombia

Aug 13, 2019 | Brooks Hays, United Press International

Sometimes, trees fall down on their own, but deforestation is fueled by human activities. In Colombia, those activities sometimes involve coca, the crop from which…

Armenia: Ninth Circuit Dismisses Armenian Genocide Land Grab Lawsuits Claiming Statute of Limitations Had Expired

Aug 12, 2019 | MassisPost

A Ninth Circuit panel on Thursday affirmed the dismissal of lawsuits by descendants of Armenian genocide victims, finding the statute of limitations on claims that…

Myanmar: Beyond Myitsone: The Sleeping Chipwi Hydropower Project

Aug 12, 2019 | Ye Mon, Frontier

While the Chipwi dam project is still many years away from completion, what remains at the remote work site is testament to the scale of…

South Sudan: AfDB to Help Streamline South Sudan’s Oil Sector

Aug 12, 2019 | Julius Barigaba, East African

As South Sudan works to increase its oil production beyond the current 150,000 barrels per day, it has enlisted the help of the African Development…

Colombia: Colombia Confirms That Dreaded Fungus Has Hit Its Banana Plantations

Aug 12, 2019 | Sabine Galvis, Science

Colombia has declared a national state of emergency following confirmation that a dread fungus has appeared in the country’s banana plantations. The 8 August declaration…

Myanmar: Breaking the Vicious Cycle of Landmines and Instability in Myanmar

Aug 12, 2019 | Michael Hart, Geopolitical Monitor

Volatile remote border regions around Myanmar’s long perimeter, which are heavily contaminated with landmines as a result of unrelenting violence since the mid-20th century. The…

Colombia: Peace with Nature: Helping Former Colombian Guerrilla Fighters to Become Citizen Scientists

Aug 12, 2019 | Jamie Gongora, Conversation

Colombia is the second most biodiverse country in the world with more than 56,000 recorded species, some 9,000 of which are unique. However protecting and…

Iraq/Israel: Iraq Says Israeli Role in Gulf Flotilla Unacceptable

Aug 12, 2019 | Al Jazeera

Iraq has rejected any Israeli participation in a naval force to protect shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, at the heart of tensions with Iran.…

Colombia: Cocaine Gangs Used to Have This Land on Lockdown – but the New War in the Vanishing Amazon Is All Too Clear to See [Photos]

Aug 12, 2019 | Tom Clarke, ITV

Chiribiquete National Park was created to preserve the way of life for indigenous tribes living within it, and the unique wildlife with which they share…