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Climate Change: How a Warming Planet Drives Human Migration
Apr 19, 2017
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Jessica Benko, New York Times
Climate change is not equally felt across the globe, and neither are its longer term consequences. This map overlays human turmoil — represented here by…
China is Playing Peacemaker in Myanmar, but with an Ulterior Motive
Apr 18, 2017
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Doug Bock Clark and Corey Pattison
In early March, Myanmar’s government sat down with a coalition of ethnic rebel groups, including the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), trying to jump-start peace negotiations…
HotSpots H2O, April 18: Water and Sanitation Crises Jeopardize Health of Damascus Citizens
Apr 18, 2017
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Kayla Cragg
Water shortages and sewage system failures are compromising the health of millions in Damascus, Syria. According to the UNICEF Representative in Syria, Hanaa Singer, “In Syria, water…
How Humans Have Fought over—and Weaponized—Water
Apr 18, 2017
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Kelsey Atherton
A timeline of all the reasons we've gone to battle over the H2O. Whether we're poisoning, drowning, or dehydrating our enemies into submission, we humans…
Only Transparency Can Prevent Conflict Minerals from Harming People and Wildlife
Apr 18, 2017
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John Calvelli
There is beauty in the biodiverse wildlife that calls DRC home, including chimpanzees, okapi, and the critically endangered Grauer’s gorilla. And there is beauty in…
Colombia: UN, Colombia Assess Post-Conflict Environmental Damage
Apr 18, 2017
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Faye Leone, International Institute for Sustainable Development
UN experts conducted a post-conflict, multi-disciplinary assessment of environmental degradation in Colombia, concluding that the country has an opportunity to promote sustainable and resilient livelihoods…
Iraq: Iraq Plans Three Gas Processing Plants to Reduce Flaring
Apr 17, 2017
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Reuters
Iraq plans to build three new plants to process natural gas currently being flared at southern oil fields, and use the fuel for power generation…
Afghanistan: Water Supply Maintenance Provides Short-Term Jobs in Karmalik Village
Apr 17, 2017
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World Bank
Shiny new pipelines connect the water storage tank to the tanker parked beside the main road of Karmalik village. The tanker provides sufficient drinking water…
Myanmar: Oil Pipeline to Myanmar ‘at Risk from Rebels’
Apr 16, 2017
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Kristin Huang, South China Morning Post
Although a crude-oil pipeline from Myanmar to China is finally running, its operations still face serious risks from the conflict in northern Myanmar, observers said.…
South Sudan: Kiir Signs Suspicious Oil Agreements to Turn Around Fortunes of Economy
Apr 15, 2017
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Julius Barigaba, East African
The South Sudanese government is signing deals with suspected wheelerdealers, some of whom may be out to take advantage of Juba's financial crisis. In less…
Afghanistan/Pakistan: Pakistan Plans Water Treaty with Afghanistan
Apr 13, 2017
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S. Mudassir Ali Shah, Pajhwok Afghan News
Afghan and Pakistani experts are expected to meet soon to exchange water data and the hydrology of Kabul and Kunar rivers, a news report said…
Timor-Leste: As Maritime Agreement with Australia Dissolves, Timor-Leste Left Exposed
Apr 13, 2017
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Maciej Heyman, MilTech
On 10 April this year, the 2006 Certain Maritime Agreement on the Timor Sea (CMATS) was terminated. CMATS was an agreement between Australia and Timor-Leste…
Conflict Minerals: Apple, Intel Carry on as SEC Relaxes Conflict Minerals Scrutiny
Apr 13, 2017
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Andrea Vittorio, Securities Law Daily
Relaxed regulatory scrutiny won’t stop companies like Apple Inc. and Intel Corp. from reporting as usual next month about efforts to keep minerals that fund…
China/Myanmar: New Myanmar Oil Pipeline Bolsters China's Energy Security
Apr 13, 2017
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Wataru Kodaka and Yuichi Nitta, Nikkei
The opening of an oil pipeline through Myanmar is a big step forward for China's energy security, reducing the major importer's reliance on shipments through waters where the…
Landmines: Glowing Bacteria Offer Hope for Safe Detection of 100m Landmines
Apr 13, 2017
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Peter Beaumont, Guardian
A team of researchers at an Israeli university has successfully tested a technology using fluorescent bacteria and lasers that could become a safer system for…
Water and the Rise of Insurgencies in the “Arc of Instability”
Apr 12, 2017
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Azua (Zizhan) Luo
Water scarcity has contributed to an “arc of instability” characterized by conflict and displacement that stretches from West Africa to the Middle East, said a…
Enough Project Responds with Serious Concerns about SEC Statements on Conflict Minerals
Apr 12, 2017
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Enough Project
The Enough Project takes serious issue with recent statements by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Acting Chairman Michael Piwowar and the SEC Division of Corporate Finance regarding the…
Myanmar: Rescuing Myanmar’s Farmers from the Debt Trap
Apr 12, 2017
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Economist
Many farmers borrow to cover planting costs, buy equipment or purchase land, and repay after the harvest. Under the junta that isolated Myanmar for decades,…
Afghanistan: Strongmen, Locals Cutting down Kunduz Forests
Apr 12, 2017
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Bashir Ahmad Naadim, Pajhwok Afghan News
Residents and officials say they are worried about illegal cutting down of forest trees in northern Kunduz province, asking the government to stop the practice.…
Reprehensible SEC Decision on Conflict Minerals Rule Undermines Global Efforts to Source Minerals Responsibly
Apr 11, 2017
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Global Witness
According to Global Witness, SEC Acting Chairman Michael Piwowar and the SEC Division of Corporation Finance’s recent actions questioning enforcement of an important aspect of…
Nigeria: Strategic Resilience Assessment Manager
Apr 10, 2017
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Mercy Corps
Mercy Corps exists to alleviate suffering, poverty and oppression by building secure, productive and just communities. Mercy Corps has been present in Nigeria since 2012,…
Afghanistan: Consultance for Territorial Diagnosis
Apr 10, 2017
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MADERA and Solidarités International
The French Agency for Development (AFD) has granted funding to a consortium of three French NGOs to implement a three-year rural development programme in the Central Highlands of…
Afghanistan: Advisor - Watershed Management
Apr 10, 2017
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Concern Worldwide
Concern Worldwide is an Irish-based non-governmental, international, humanitarian organisation dedicated to the reduction of suffering and working towards the ultimate elimination of extreme poverty in…
Cameroon: Un(e) Responsable Technique WASH à Batouri
Apr 10, 2017
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Première Urgence Internationale
Première Urgence Internationale est une Organisation Non Gouvernementale de solidarité internationale, à but non lucratif, apolitique et laïque. L’ensemble de ses personnels se mobilise au quotidien…
Sierra Leone: National Project Manager
Apr 10, 2017
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UNDP
The Government of Sierra Leone through the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) received a grant from…
Conflict Minerals Report No Longer Required? Wait — Not So Fast
Apr 10, 2017
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Dynda A. Thomas
Those hoping for updated SEC guidance that would relieve or reduce companies’ conflict minerals diligence and disclosure obligations for calendar year 2016 got only a…
Liberia: Impact Assessment Concluded for 120MW Hydro Project
Apr 10, 2017
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ESI Africa
Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) concluded a meeting with residents of Grand Bassa and Bong Counties on the environmental and social impact of…
Afghanistan: Afghan Demining Program under Threat over Budget Deficit
Apr 10, 2017
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Gulabudin Ghubar, TOLOnews
Wais Ahmad Barmak, Minister of Rural Rehabilitation and Development, on Monday said that the demining program in Afghanistan is under threat following the drop in…
Iraq: Land Grabs in Iraq
Apr 10, 2017
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Vera Mironova and Mohammed Hussein, Foreign Affairs
With the fall of the Islamic State (also known as ISIS) seemingly imminent, nearly every Iraqi political group and its associated militia have been rushing…
China/Myanmar: China Says Accord Reached at Last with Myanmar on Oil Pipeline
Apr 10, 2017
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Christian Shepherd, Reuters
China and Myanmar have reached an agreement on an oil pipeline between the neighbouring countries after almost a decade of talks, with the project due…