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Oil and ISIS: If We Hadn’t Needed One, the Other Wouldn’t Exist

Jul 11, 2016 | Ian Reifowitz

The moral responsibility for murders lies solely with those who carried them out, those who ordered them, and those who encouraged them. But beyond responsibility…

Livelihoods Research Consultant – Syria, Turkey, Jordan, and Iraq

Jul 11, 2016 | International Alert

International Alert is requesting ‘Expressions of Interest’ from qualified and experienced specialists for a research assignment that begins in August 2016. As part of its…

Myanmar: Re-launched Committee to Manage Water Resources

Jul 11, 2016 | Aye Sapay Phyu, Myanmar Times

U Htun Lwin Oo, director general of the Directorate of Water Resources and Improvement of River Systems, said the National Water Resources Committee abolished by…

Myanmar: Palm Oil Drive under Review in Tanintharyi

Jul 11, 2016 | Aye Nyein Win, Myanmar Times

A failing scheme to expand oil palm plantations in Myanmar’s southern Tanintharyi Region is under review, as the government hopes to concentrate on increasing yield…

Liberia: Liberia’s Forest in Danger- International Conservationists Alarm

Jul 11, 2016 | Front Page Africa

Several international conservationist have alarmed over a proposed plan by the Forestry development Authority (FDA) to develop a regulation to allow for forest destruction or…

Sierra Leone: Agriculture is the Future of the Artisanal Diamond Miner – Chairman Kono Diamond Dealers

Jul 11, 2016 | Awoko

Agriculture is the hope of the artisanal miners as diamonds are dwindling. It is now time to discuss with the people about diversification and on…

China/South China Sea: In a Chinese Port Town, South China Sea Dispute is Personal

Jul 11, 2016 | Anthony Kuhn, NPR

The atmosphere in Tanmen has become more tense since an international tribunal in the Hague announced that it would release a ruling on July 12…

New Approach Needed for Urban Planning in Yangon

Jul 10, 2016 | Sithu Aung Myint

IN LATE May, U Phyo Min Thein, the chief minister of Yangon Region, declared that he would rid Myanmar’s largest city of squatters as a…

Kenya: Environmental Assessment Consultant

Jul 10, 2016 | UNDP

Over the last 10 years no significant environmental assessment has been conducted to document the state of the Somali ecosystems, habitats and human and animal…

Illegal Mining is Fuelling Conflict in Afghanistan and China Can Play a Major Role in Curbing This

Jul 9, 2016 | Stephen Carter

For 6,500 years, Afghanistan has been famous for the brilliant blue lapis lazuli, coveted by everybody from the Egyptian pharaohs to the common jewellers of…

There is a Fourth Option on the Myitsone Dam

Jul 9, 2016 | Joern Kristensen

In his column in the June 16 edition of Frontier, Sithu Aung Myint wrote that the Chinese Ambassador, Mr Hong Liang, with a delegation from…

War, Peace, and Climate: How Carbon Trading Can Help Avert Resource Wars

Jul 8, 2016 | Steve Zwick

Liberian environmentalist Silas Siakor knows all too well what can happen to a fragile nation when a dictator hijacks its commodity sector, as warlord Charles…

UN Legal Experts Consider Principles Guiding Environmental Protection After Conflicts

Jul 8, 2016 | Doug Weir

UNEP’s 2009 report on the state of legal protection for the environment in relation to armed conflicts found that numerous bodies of law may provide…

Sierra Leone: Energy Advisor

Jul 8, 2016 | Adam Smith International

Adam Smith International was selected by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) to implement the second phase of the Presidential Delivery Unit project in…

Africa: The Nile Project: Resolving Conflict into Harmony

Jul 8, 2016 | Deutsche Welle

The Nile flows through 11 African nations and serves as key source of freshwater - but sharing this resource is politically tricky. A unique project…

Iraq: Email to Clinton: U.S. Pressured Iraq to Increase Oil Production “to Pay the Greatest Dividends”

Jul 8, 2016 | Ben Norton, Salon

A 2011 email to then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton shows how the U.S. pressured Iraq’s new allied government to increase oil production in order “to…

China/South China Sea: Will China Respect International Court’s South China Sea Decision?

Jul 8, 2016 | Michael D. Mosettig, PBS

From Beijing to Washington and all across Asia, eyes will be on an obscure tribunal in the Hague this coming Tuesday. The panel’s words could…

Whose Land is it Anyway?

Jul 7, 2016 | Caitlin Pierce

The farmers of Kyon Dayel Village were ecstatic to read in the newspaper that Ayer Shwe Wah was releasing 40,000 acres of land that the…

U.S. House Votes to Undermine Transparency and Conflict-Free Supply Chains in Democratic Republic of Congo

Jul 7, 2016 | Enough Project

Efforts to support peace, corporate accountability, and transparency in the Democratic Republic of Congo faced a setback today, as the House of Representatives passed an…

Climate, Conflict, and Commodities: the Calculus of Peace on a Changing Planet

Jul 7, 2016 | Steve Zwick

Liberian environmentalist Silas Siakor knows all too well what can happen to a fragile nation when a dictator hijacks its commodity sector, as warlord Charles…

China/United States/South China Sea: China Warns U.S. on Sovereignty ahead of South China Sea Ruling

Jul 7, 2016 | Reuters

The United States should do nothing to harm China's sovereignty and security in the South China Sea, China's foreign minister told U.S. Secretary of State…

Myanmar: Farmers Fight to Mortgage Their Farmland

Jul 7, 2016 | Htin Linn Aung, Myanmar Times

Farmers and agricultural industry bodies are demanding that farmland is accepted as collateral for bank loans, but implementing such a system is fraught with problems.…

Iraq/United Kingdom/United States: US and Britain Wrangled over Iraq's Oil in Aftermath of War, Chilcot Shows

Jul 7, 2016 | Terry Macalister, Guardian

The US and British governments fought bitterly over control of Iraq’s oil following the toppling of Saddam Hussein, the Chilcot papers show. Tony Blair seemed…

Iraq/Islamic State: Satellite Photos Show Islamic State Installing Hundreds of Makeshift Oil Refineries to Offset Losses from Airstrikes

Jul 7, 2016 | Joby Warrick, Washington Post

With its refineries mostly destroyed and its tanker fleet under constant attack, the Islamic State is increasingly turning to low-tech alternatives for processing oil, a…