International
Afghanistan: Greenhouses Could Hold the Key to Tackling Afghanistan’s Food Shortages
Jun 4, 2019
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ACTED
While Afghanistan continues to import a large proportion of its most basic food needs, ACTED is working in Samangan province to help rural women become…
Climate Change: Germany Pushes Climate Change as Security Risk
Jun 4, 2019
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Austin Davis, Deutsche Welle
Floods, drought and mass migration: all factors why Germany has made the UN's response to climate change its priority at the Security Council. But political…
Afgahnistan: Nearly Half of Rural Afghans Face Food Insecurity: UN
Jun 3, 2019
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Agence France-Presse
Nearly half of all rural Afghans now face some level of food insecurity, a UN agency said Monday, as a historic drought and deteriorating security…
Iraq: Torching and Extortion: OSINT Analysis of Burning Agriculture in Iraq
Jun 3, 2019
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Wim Zwijnenburg, Bellingcat
In early May 2019, it was reported that agricultural areas of central and northern Iraq were being set ablaze — allegedly by remaining pockets of fighters…
Myanmar: Govt to Introduce More Control in Jade Mining Sector
Jun 3, 2019
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Chan Mya Htwe, Myanmar Times
The authorities are expected to limit the issue of new licenses for jade mining in the future, said U Aung Nyunt Thein, managing director of…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraq’s Ambitious Oil Plan Faces One Major Problem
Jun 3, 2019
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Simon Watkins, OilPrice
The Federal Government of Iraq (FGI) in Baghdad moved swiftly when the U.S. re-imposed sanctions against Iran, ordering its Oil Ministry to breach part of…
India: Running Dry: Competing for Water on a Thirsty Planet
Jun 3, 2019
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Laurie Goering, Reuters
Bangalore’s groundwater is running dry. A government think tank last year predicted the city - like others in India, including New Delhi - could run…
Myanmar: Myanmar Seizes over 326 Tons of Illegal Timbers in NW Region
Jun 2, 2019
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Xinhua
Myanmar authorities seized a total of 326.8 tons of illegally harvested timbers in Sagaing region during the month of May, police said Sunday. The illegal…
Vietnam/South China Sea: Revisiting Vietnam’s Efforts to Resolve the South China Sea Conflict
Jun 1, 2019
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Your Say, Independent
As a coastal state and a jurisdictional party in the South China Sea, Vietnam has played an active role to solve the conflict based on…
Timor-Leste: The Looting of Timor-Leste’s Oil Wealth
Jun 1, 2019
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Bardia Rahmani, Diplomat
In development speak, a “white elephant” is a building project that is extremely expensive but that has little use or practical value. It would not…
Iraq: Explosions in Iraqi Oil Hotspot Kill Five
May 31, 2019
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Julianne Geiger, OilPrice
A series of explosions in Iraqi oil hotpot Kirkuk has killed at least five people and injured 18 more, medical sources reported to Reuters on…
Colombia: Land Grabbing, Cattle Ranching Ravage Colombian Amazon after FARC Demobilization
May 30, 2019
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Taran Volckhausen, Mongabay
In 2017, the first year following the FARC’s demobilization, deforestation in the Colombian Amazon region exploded, more than doubling from 70,074 hectares (173,000 acres) the…
Iraq/Syria: Deliberate Crop Burning Blamed on ISIS Remnants Compounds Misery in War Torn Iraq and Syria
May 30, 2019
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Associated Press
It was looking to be a good year for farmers across parts of Syria and Iraq. The wettest in generations, it brought rich, golden fields…
Sudan: Land Grabbing and Its Implications for Sudanese – Views from a Scholar
May 30, 2019
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Fredrick Mugira and Annika McGinnis, Water Journalists Africa
Investors from largely food-insecure Gulf countries are increasingly buying vast swaths of fertile land irrigated by the Nile River in Sudan to grow food crops…
'I'll Keep Fighting': Philippine Women Keep Alive Memory of Sex Slave Horrors During World War II
May 30, 2019
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Regine Cabato
MANILA — Rosa Henson, a survivor of wartime sexual slavery at the hands of Japanese forces, went public in 1992 with her story. She had no…
Myanmar: Go Fish! But, Please, Do So Legally
May 30, 2019
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Kundhavi Kadiresan, Myanmar Times
The people of Myanmar love fish and both demand and consumption of fish is on the rise. On the one hand that’s good, because fish…
Diamond Development Initiative Seeking Executive Director
May 29, 2019
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Rob Bates, JCK
The Diamond Development Initiative (DDI), the Ottawa, Canada–based group that works on the issues surrounding artisanal diamond diggers, is looking for a new executive director to replace longtime…
Myanmar: Illegal Jade Trade Still Thriving Despite Mining Suspension
May 29, 2019
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Chan Mya Htwe, Myanmar Times
Myanmar jade is still being smuggled across the border to China in large quantities despite the government having suspended new licenses for two years now,…
Colombia: Colombian Coffee Growers Federation, Howard G. Buffett Foundation and Nespresso Unite to Revive Coffee Farming in El Rosario, Nariño
May 29, 2019
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Vending Market Watch
The Colombian Coffee Growers Federation (FNC), the Howard G. Buffett Foundation and Nespresso today announced a pilot program to help revitalize coffee production in the…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Oil Dispute Reignites Baghdad-Erbil Tensions
May 29, 2019
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Kamal Chomani, Al-Monitor
Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi is under great pressure from his government to force the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) to deliver the allotted 250,000 barrels of…
Operationalizing an Agricultural Drought Monitoring and Early Warning System in the Hindu Kush Himalaya Region
May 29, 2019
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Agrilinks
The capacity in monitoring droughts and providing early warning information to ensure agriculture and food security is equally varied among countries in the HKH region.…
Colombia: Colombia Could Lose 60% of Land Suitable for Irrigated Rice Due to Climate Change
May 29, 2019
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International Center for Tropical Agriculture
Without significant global reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, Colombia will have 60 percent less land suitable for rice production by the 2050s, according to a…
South Sudan: South Sudan Struggles to Increase Oil Production after Civil War, Hurting Recovery Efforts
May 29, 2019
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Sam Mednick, Associated Press
Oil-rich South Sudan is struggling to increase production of crude several months after the end of its civil war, and the political upheaval in neighboring…
Liberia: Locals Accuse Salala Rubber Company, Liberia Agricultural Company of Land Grabbing
May 29, 2019
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FrontPage Africa
Two major Liberian rubber plantation companies, including the Salala Rubber Corporation (SRC) and Liberia Agricultural Company (LAC) are under intense pressure from project-affected communities to…
Climate Change: The Security Implications of Climate Change
May 28, 2019
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Daily Star
The Daily Star and Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies (BIPSS) jointly organized a roundtable titled “The Security Implications of Climate Change” on April…
Myanmar: Golden Deer Threatened by Record Heat and an Army Land Grab
May 28, 2019
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Mratt Kyaw Thu, Frontier
The species commonly known as Golden Deer, and called thamin wah (yellow deer) in Burmese, is endemic to western Thailand. Though the deer are also…
Afghanistan: Why Is Afghanistan Unable to Extract Its Vast Mineral Wealth?
May 28, 2019
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Agnieszka Pikulicka-Wilczewska, Al-Jazeera
Rich in copper, lithium, talc, marble, gold, uranium and others, Afghanistan's vast mineral wealth is estimated to exceed one trillion dollars. But according to data, every…
Israel: Who Cares about Israel’s Polluted Air?
May 28, 2019
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Akiva Eldar, Al-Monitor
According to environmental groups, one is more likely to die from pollution in Israel rather than by a rocket, terror attack and road accident combined.
Sudan: Sudan’s Transition Needs to Unpick the Army from the Economy
May 27, 2019
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Nicholas Norbrook, Africa Report
Sudan's army is deeply embedded in the economy. Just as the price of bread sparked the Sudan protests the political economy will remain at the…
Colombia: War, Park Rangers and the Hopes of Colombia’s Transitional Justice
May 27, 2019
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Andrés Bermúdez Liévano, Justiceinfo.net
What if Colombia’s Special Peace Jurisdiction and Truth Commission investigate the environmental damages caused by conflict, from attacks on pipelines to the murder of park…