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Q&A: Julian Higuera-Florez on Harnessing Environmental Peacebuilding in Latin America and the Caribbean

Feb 25, 2025 | Angus Soderberg

Environmental peacebuilding offers a promising framework to address deeply intertwined environmental challenges and conflict dynamics in Latin America and the Caribbean. So why has it…

South Sudan’s Natural Wealth: A Double-Edged Sword for Development

Feb 25, 2025 | VisionRI

South Sudan’s natural resources hold the key to its economic transformation, but weak governance, environmental threats, and poor infrastructure pose significant challenges. The World Bank’s…

Colombia: Colombia’s Cattle Traceability Bill Awaits Approval as Deforestation Spikes

Feb 25, 2025 | Maxwell Radwin, Mongabay

Lawmakers in Colombia are considering new regulations that would make it easier to track the movement of cattle as they’re bought and sold, with the…

Iraq/Kurdistan: BP Finalizes Agreement with Iraq to Revive Kirkuk Oil Fields

Feb 25, 2025 | Bloomberg

BP Plc finalized an agreement with the government of Iraq to redevelop the giant Kirkuk oil fields, a deal that signals a return to the…

Ukraine: Ukraine and US Agree on Minerals Deal, Ukrainian Officials Say

Feb 25, 2025 | Evelyn Ann-Marie Dom, Associated Press

According to anonymous officials, Kyiv and Washington reached a broad economic deal which includes the exploitation of Ukraine's rare earth minerals. US President Donald Trump…

Ukraine/Russia: Putin Offers Russian and Ukrainian Rare Minerals to US

Feb 25, 2025 | Hafsa Khalil and Vitaliy Shevchenko, BBC

Russian President Vladimir Putin said he is open to offering the US access to rare minerals, including from Russian-occupied Ukraine. This comes after US President…

Ukraine/Russia: Putin Offers Russian and Ukrainian Rare Minerals to US

Feb 25, 2025 | Hafsa Khalil and Vitaliy Shevchenko, BBC

Russian President Vladimir Putin said he is open to offering the US access to rare minerals, including from Russian-occupied Ukraine. This comes after US President…

Call for Inputs: Human Rights in the Life Cycle of Renewable Energy and Critical Minerals

Feb 25, 2025 | UN Human Rights Office of the High Commisioner

In her upcoming report to the UN General Assembly, the Special Rapporteur seeks to synthesise and analyse a varied body of evidence (from across the natural and…

Oil, Conflict, and Promise

Feb 24, 2025 | Pablo Hill

The oil industries of Sudan, South Sudan, and Ethiopia are a case study in the perilous tension between immense opportunity and inevitable catastrophe. Long at…

USA: Kansas Army Base Now Powered by 16-MW Solar Portfolio

Feb 24, 2025 | Kelsey Misbrener, Solar Power World

Onyx Renewables announced the completion of Phase 3 of its onsite solar energy project at U.S. Army Garrison Fort Riley in Kansas. Executed in partnership…

Bosnia: Understanding the Environmental Challenges of Landmine Clearance in Bosnia

Feb 24, 2025 | Margaret Fornes, University of Michigan

Second-year University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS) PhD student Hana Manjusak’s research explores post-war reconstruction and focuses specifically on landmine clearance in…

Sudan: Conflict in Sudan Drives Deforestation along the Blue Nile [Video]

Feb 24, 2025 | Al Jazeera

In Sudan, the felling of trees along the Blue Nile has been increasing. Many people are turning to firewood and charcoal, because of a shortage…

DRC: Tshisekedi Seeks Mineral Deal with US and EU as M23 Gains Ground in Eastern DRC

Feb 24, 2025 | Belga News Agency

Congolese president Felix Tshisekedi has called on the US and EU to buy minerals directly from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). His appeal comes…

Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraqi Kurdistan Agrees to Restart Kurdish Crude Exports

Feb 23, 2025 | Reuters

Iraqi Kurdistan authorities have agreed with the federal oil ministry to restart Kurdish crude exports based on available volumes, Kurdistan's regional government said in statement…

Liberia: Community Forest Cancels Contract with Wartime Logger

Feb 21, 2025 | Varney Kamara, The Daylight

Last August, the Forestry Development Authority (FDA) approved the Numopoh Community Forest’s request to terminate the contract with Delta Timber Corporation. The move marked the…

Land: Restoring Land, Restoring Peace: How Sustainable Land Management Can Ease Global Conflicts

Feb 21, 2025 | Swati Bhatia, DownToEarth

Addressing land degradation is not just an environmental necessity but a crucial step toward preventing conflict and rebuilding communities.

Liberia: Liberia Discovers Critical Mineral Deposits in Latest Survey

Feb 21, 2025 | Energy Capital & Power

Wilmot JM Paye, Minister of Mines and Energy, Liberia, shared insights into the country's mining opportunities in an exclusive interview with Energy Capital & Power.

Iraq/Kurdistan: US Piles Pressure on Iraq to Resume Kurdish Oil Exports, Sources Say

Feb 21, 2025 | Maha El Dahan, Ahmed Rasheed, and Jarrett Renshaw, Reuters

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is piling pressure on Iraq to allow Kurdish oil exports to restart or face sanctions alongside Iran, eight sources with…

Iraq/Kurdistan: US Piles Pressure on Iraq to Resume Kurdish Oil Exports, Sources Say

Feb 21, 2025 | Maha El Dahan, Ahmed Rasheed, and Jarrett Renshaw, and Reuters

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is piling pressure on Iraq to allow Kurdish oil exports to restart or face sanctions alongside Iran, eight sources with…

Liberia: Liberia Discovers Critical Mineral Deposits in Latest Survey

Feb 21, 2025 | Energy Capital & Power

Wilmot JM Paye, Minister of Mines and Energy, Liberia, shared insights into the country's mining opportunities in an exclusive interview with Energy Capital & Power.

One Health and Gender Understanding for Environmental Peacebuilding

Feb 21, 2025 | Natalia Jimenez

“One Health” and “Ecosystem health” are both approaches that recognize the links between human, animal, and environmental health. Both approaches advocate for interdisciplinary collaboration and…

Myanmar/Poland: Timber Trade Watchdog Urges Poland to Halt Imports of Myanmar ‘Blood Timber’

Feb 20, 2025 | Carolyn Cowan, Mongabay

Highly prized teak from Myanmar continues to be imported into Poland, despite EU sanctions on the Southeast Asian country’s state-run timber monopoly following the 2021…

Colombia: Indigenous Fight Stalls Colombia's Massive Wind Energy Push [Video]

Feb 20, 2025 | Stuff

Colombia's push for renewable energy faces Indigenous resistance in La Guajira, where the Wayuu community fears wind farms threaten their land, culture, and livelihoods.

Colombia: Colombian Deforestation Picks up after Record Low Level

Feb 20, 2025 | Agence France Presse

Land grabbers in Colombia destroyed a forested area the size of Hong Kong last year in the South American country that had vowed to eradicate…

G20: Food Security Is Vital for Peace, Stability and Human Dignity, FAO Says

Feb 20, 2025 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN

Food security is about peace, stability, and human dignity, the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, told…