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Conflict Sensitive Engagement with Rangelands, Forests and Wetlands in South Sudan

Mar 21, 2025 | Martina Santschi and Conflict Sensitivity Resource Facility

This blog by Martina Santschi and CSRF calls for a conflict-sensitive engagement on communal land tenure, especially the use of rangelands, forests, and wetlands in…

Ethiopia: Solar Power Helps Bring back Water to the Population of Conflict-Affected Lalibela

Mar 21, 2025 | Zerihun Legesse, International Committee of the Red Cross

For four years or so, the population of Lalibela town is suffering from the effects of conflicts in the northern part of Ethiopia. There has…

Liberia: LLA launches New Land Deeds with Security Features

Mar 21, 2025 | Kruah Thompson, New Dawn

The Liberia Land Authority (LLA) has launched a new land deed form with enhanced security features designed to combat the illegal sale of land across…

Conflict Minerals: In Data: Mining Disputes Rising amid Rush for Critical Minerals

Mar 21, 2025 | Diana Baptista, Context

There is growing opposition to the exploitation of critical minerals like cobalt and lithium, according to research by the Institute of Development Studies, a research…

Afghanistan: Forestry Fuels Income, Conservation in Afghanistan

Mar 21, 2025 | Xinhua

As the global community prepares to observe International Forest Day, emphasizing the fight against climate change and the promotion of environmental protection, Afghans are also…

The Critical Minerals Scramble: How the Race for Resources Is Fuelling Conflict and Inequality

Mar 20, 2025 | Emily Iona Stewart

The extraction and trade of some critical minerals is intensifying new geopolitical tensions and reinforcing long-standing patterns of exploitation. Many of these resources are concentrated…

Sudan: Battle for Khartoum Wrecks Key Sudan Oil Refinery

Mar 20, 2025 | Agence France-Presse

The once-pristine white oil tanks of Sudan's largest refinery have been blackened by nearly two years of devastating war, leaving the country heavily dependent on…

Border Breakthrough: Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan End Decades of Dispute

Mar 19, 2025 | Yevgeniya Mikhailidi

When Kyrgyz President Sadyr Zhaparov and Tajik President Emomali Rahmon exchanged firm hugs after signing a historic border treaty last week, they signaled relief over…

The GROMADA Project: Citizen Science for Environmental Protection and Accountability in Ukraine

Mar 19, 2025 | Iryna Babanina and Doug Weir

Participatory environmental monitoring in areas affected by armed conflict has always been an important area of interest for CEOBS. Alongside documenting the severe environmental damage…

Can Climate-Resilient Agriculture Become an Engine for Syria’s Post-Conflict Recovery?

Mar 19, 2025 | Frans Schapendonk and Sara Rabie

Syria finds itself at a crossroads. Faced with the imminent need to prevent a relapse into renewed short-term insecurity, its government also must start to…

CEOBS’ Citizen Science Water Quality Hackathon for Ukraine

Mar 19, 2025 | Conflict and Environment Observatory

Armed conflicts disrupt water systems that are critical for human wellbeing and environmental safety, and since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, CEOBS has been documenting…

Iran/Iraq: Iraqi Navy Captures Vessel Allegedly Smuggling Oil, Iranian Captain Arrested

Mar 19, 2025 | Kurdistan24

The Iraqi Naval Forces announced late Tuesday that security forces had seized an unidentified vessel in Iraqi waters suspected of smuggling oil. The operation, conducted…

Kyrgyzstan: FAO Supports Women's Initiative in Batken Region to Cultivate Rose Hips on Degraded Land

Mar 19, 2025 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN

Nestled in the picturesque slopes of the Pamir-Alay mountains, Batken Region in southwestern Kyrgyzstan faces significant challenges due to its harsh continental climate, arid conditions,…

Colombia: Only 26% of Rural Women Own the Land They Work

Mar 19, 2025
Via Campesina

In the furrows of the earth, where life and hope germinate, Colombian peasant women have forged a path of struggle and resistance. Through the National…

Gender, AI, and Disaster Response: Navigating the Risks of Technological Innovation Amidst Climate Breakdown

Mar 18, 2025 | Maryruth Belsey Priebe

The frequency and severity of climate-related disasters has risen alongside a growing deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) to improve disaster response and recovery operations. Disaster…

2025 Gender Interest Group Survey

Mar 18, 2025 | EnPAx Gender Interest Group

The EnPAx Gender Interest Group invites you to participate in this brief survey. You may take the Gender IG Survey HERE.

The Gender Interest Group of…

DRC/Rwanda: Rwandan Refinery and Mining CEO Facing EU Sanctions for Congo War Role

Mar 17, 2025 | Geoffrey York, Globe and Mail

The European Union is imposing sanctions on Rwanda’s only gold refinery and its top mining executive for allegedly dealing in smuggled Congolese minerals, the latest…

Afghanistan: World Bank Reports on Efforts to Rebuild Afghanistan's Agriculture Sector

Mar 17, 2025 | Inside US Trade

The World Bank reports on its efforts to rebuild Afghanistan's agriculture sector, focusing on revitalizing rural institutions, infrastructure, and technology to achieve rapid agricultural growth,…

Call for Applications: Climate, Peace and Security

Mar 17, 2025 | Freie Universität Berlin, Model UN SoSe 2025

The Security Council first discussed the thematic issue of climate change and its relationship with energy and security during a ministerial-level open debate in 2007…

The Heat and the Fury: On the Frontlines of Climate Violence (Review)

Mar 16, 2025 | Marc Martorell Junyent

Although climate change does not directly cause conflict, it makes violence more likely to occur and to be more intense. The effects of climate change…

DRC: Armed Groups Covet Cocoa in Eastern DR Congo

Mar 15, 2025 | Agence France-Presse

Cocoa production across the DRC remains relatively marginal, just over one percent of global production. But that is still enough to attract the attention of…

Kenya: Women Step Up Environmental Conservation Efforts in Suba South

Mar 14, 2025 | Davis Langat

A group of women in Suba South Constituency has embarked on raising tree seedlings for planting this rainy season. Dubbed the Sindo Tree Nursery Women Project,…

Environmental Peacebuilding: The Year in Review and the Year Ahead

Mar 14, 2025 | Angus Soderberg

As 2025 marches into its third month, the governance challenges that accompany rising demand for natural resources are not only on the front burner—they are…

Liberia: Peace Dividend Project Contributes to Peace in Rural Communities

Mar 14, 2025 | UNDP

Despite being rich in mineral resources, the towns of Zolowee and Gbassa face significant socioeconomic challenges, including limited employment and livelihood opportunities, especially for young…

UN Report on Israel’s Gender-Based Violence and Genocidal Acts Against Women’s Health Facilities Must Spur Action to Protect Palestinians

Mar 13, 2025 | Amnesty International

Responding to a report by the Independent International Commission of Inquiry (COI) on the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel published today concluding that Israel has…

‘Resource Curse’ in the Oil-Wealth Countries: Lessons from South Sudan, Venezuela, and Indonesia

Mar 12, 2025 | Lengga Pradipta

Countries with abundant natural resources, including fossil fuels, typically experience economic prosperity. For decades, many economists have claimed that resource richness significantly impacts economic development;…

From Navigational Disruptors to Ecocriminals: The Environmental Impact of the Houthi Anti-Shipping Campaign in the Red Sea

Mar 12, 2025 | Leonardo Jacopo Maria Mazzucco

The Houthi assaults on shipping traffic in the Red Sea are deliberate acts of marine pollution and environmental destruction. While security and economic considerations have…