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Middle East: Water Wars Endanger Middle East Environment

Nov 9, 2014 | Nabil al-Samman, Al-Monitor

The idea of a so-called "water war" in the Arab world is linked to fears that there could be an armed conflict over control of…

Viet Nam/South China Sea: Vietnam to Build Big Oil Rigs

Nov 8, 2014 | Dat Viet, VietnamNet

The Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam), Vietsovpetro (the main investor) and PV Shipyard in October held a keel laying ceremony for the Tam…

Iraq Kurdistan Exported $3bn Worth of Oil in 2014

Nov 8, 2014 | PressTV

Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region has exported nearly three billion dollars worth of oil to southern Turkey since the beginning of 2014 despite Baghdad calling such…

Iraq/Kurdistan: Thanks to IS, Iraqi Kurdistan Sees Oil Revenues Rise by 60%

Nov 8, 2014 | Voltaire Network

Since the beginning of the crisis in Iraq four months ago, that is to say since the invasion of a part Iraq, prearranged between the…

Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraqi Envoy Says His Nation in Talks with Kurdistan over Oil on Tanker (subscription)

Nov 7, 2014 | Rhiannon Myers, Houston Chronicle

With falling oil prices stripping Kurdistan and Iraq of needed cash to fend off attacks from extremist militants, Iraq's ambassador to the United States said…

Iraq: Iraq Army Regains Full Control of Baiji Oil Refinery

Nov 7, 2014 | PressTV

Iraqi troops have retaken full control of the country’s biggest oil refinery on the outskirt of the northern town of Baiji in Salahuddin Province, Iraqi…

Water Wars: Water Crises Drying Seas, ‘Hydro-Diplomacy’ Needed: UN

Nov 7, 2014 | Randall Hackley, Bloomberg

Water crises are drying seas and creating a more urgent need for “hydro-diplomacy” to help avert conflict over shared rivers and lakes, the United Nations’…

Environmental Peacebuilding Platform Marks Its First Anniversary

Nov 6, 2014 | ELI, UNEP, McGill University & University of Tokyo

WASHINGTON, DC and GENEVA, 6 November 2014 ‒ The Environmental Peacebuilding Global Knowledge Platform, the leading knowledge source on natural resources, conflict, and peace, celebrated its one-year…

China/ South China Sea: CNOOC Puts Second Deep-Water Rig into Use

Nov 6, 2014 | E China News

CNOOC Group Ltd, China's largest offshore oil and gas developer, announced on Wednesday that its semi-submersible drilling rig Nanhai Jiu Hao completed the first deep-water exploration well…

China/ India: China and India's Next Rivalry- Energy

Nov 6, 2014 | Huffington Post

With two of the fastest growing economies in the world, India and China are racing towards securing resources they need to sustain their economic growth.…

Myanmar: NGOs Say Ethnic Areas Have No ‘Virgin Lands’

Nov 6, 2014 | DVB News

The Ethnic Community Development Forum (ECDF) released a statement on Thursday which slammed Burma’s draft National Land Use Policy for failing to protect small-scale farmers…

Iraq/ Kurdistan: Iraqi Kurdistan Close to Economic Independence, Says Oil Minister

Nov 6, 2014 | Rudaw

The Iraqi Kurds are within sight of economic if not political independence with oil exports expected to rise to 500,000 barrels a day by early…

Syria: Syrian Army Regains Control of Oil Wells Captured by Islamic State

Nov 6, 2014 | Middle East Monitor

The Syrian army regained control on Wednesday over two important oil wells that had been seized recently by the Islamic State (ISIS), according to the…

Egypt: Analysis - Why Ethiopia and Egypt Aren't Fighting a Water War

Nov 6, 2014 | allAfrica

There were times last year, when the rhetoric in Cairo reached fever pitch, that some kind of conflict between Ethiopia and Egypt over the waters…

Conflict Minerals: Debate in the European Parliament on the European Commission’s Conflict Minerals Proposal

Nov 6, 2014 | National Law Review

On November 6, the Committee on International Trade (INTA) of the European Parliament will have a first exchange of views on the proposal presented in…

Kenya: Kenyan Law Aimed at Luring Mining Giants Sparks ‘Resource Curse’ Fears

Nov 6, 2014 | Andrew Thompson, The Guardian

Community and human rights advocates in Kenya are wary of a new mining bill that is on the verge of being passed into law.

Kenya’s national…

Central African Republic: Policy Analyst

Nov 5, 2014 | Peace and Collaborative Development Network

Reporting to the Director of Research and Editorial and working in collaboration with staff and contractors on the Central African Republic, or CAR, the Policy…

London: Head of Economy & Peacebuilding, Peacebuilding Issues Programme

Nov 5, 2014 | International Alert, peace and Collaborative Development Network

Head of Economy & Peacebuilding, Peacebuilding Issues Programme

Salary: £44,500 – £52,221 per annum, (subject to skills and experience), plus excellent benefits

Based: London

We are recruiting a hands-on leader…

UK: Senior Research Fellow in Gender, Food and Resilient Communities Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience

Nov 5, 2014 | Coventry University

Coventry University is investing in research excellence. Our journey continues with additional investment of £100 million in research, with a total spend of £150 million…

UK: Senior Research Fellow on Water and Resilient Communities Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience

Nov 5, 2014 | Coventry University

Coventry University is investing in research excellence. Our journey continues with additional investment of £100 million in research, with a total spend of £150 million…

War and the Environment

Nov 5, 2014 | Cynthia S. Levesque

"Impacts to the environment from war threaten human health, livelihoods and security and can undermine post-conflict peacebuilding. November 6th has been declared by the United Nations General…

3 Ways Conservation Efforts Can Promote Peace

Nov 5, 2014 | Brittany Ajroud

Illegally mined minerals and timber stripped from Africa’s forests have financed some of the continent’s most brutal wars. Similarly, the illegal ivory trade has been linked…

Central African Republic: Gold, Diamonds Fuelling Conflict in Central African Republic U.N. Panel Says

Nov 5, 2014 | Reuters

Gold and diamond sales are being used to finance conflict in Central African Republic and United Nations peacekeepers should monitor mining sites to clamp down…

China/ South China Sea: Energy Potential in Disputed Waters

Nov 5, 2014 | New Strait Times

FOR the past several years, China has been throwing its weight around the South China Sea, a body of water studded with coral reefs that…

Myanmar and EU Discuss Forestry Cooperation

Nov 5, 2014 | Mizzima

The European Union and Myanmar’s Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry recently held discussions about how Myanmar can encourage sustainable management of the country's forests…

Timor-Leste: East Timor Kicks out Judges over ConocoPhillips Tax Fight

Nov 5, 2014 | Reuters

East Timor has ordered five foreign judges out of the country after a court ruled in favour of U.S. oil and gas producer ConocoPhillips in…

Deer with 'Vampire Fangs' Spotted for 1st Time in Decades

Nov 5, 2014 | Kelly Dickerson

An endangered deer with vampire-like fangs was spotted for the first time in nearly 60 years, in a remote forest in northeastern Afghanistan.

The fanged creature…

Sierra Leone: Ebola's Catastrophic Consequences on Sierra Leone’s Small-Scale Mining Sector

Nov 4, 2014 | The Guardian

Ebola is having catastrophic economic consequences for Sierra Leone, where the disease is running rampant.

The country, together with the two other Mano River Union states, Liberia…

Uganda: Catalyst or Curse? East Africa’s Oil and Gas Boom

Nov 4, 2014 | World Politics Review

As he delivers his lecture from the breezy, pink-hued classroom, Robert Rutaro is optimistic about Uganda’s future in oil.

An attorney with a master’s degree in…

Liberia: Equatorial Revises Down Oil Palm Planting Target Due To Ebola Virus

Nov 4, 2014 | Alliance News

Equatorial Palm Oil PLC Tuesday said there have been no instances of the Ebola virus at its operations in Liberia and the company continues to…