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Bangladesh: Climate Change in Bangladesh to ‘Impact Int’l Security’: Muniruzzaman

Feb 28, 2021 | United News of Bangladesh

President of Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security (BIPSS) Maj Gen (retd) ANM Muniruzzaman on Sunday talked about the risks Bangladesh faces as a frontline…

Iraq: In Oil-Rich Iraq, a Few Women Buck Norms, Take Rig Site Jobs

Feb 28, 2021 | Samya Kullab, Associated Press

Zainab Amjad and Ayat Rawthan, both 24, are among just a handful who have eschewed the dreary office jobs typically handed to female petroleum engineers…

Liberia: Weah Frowns at Border Disputes in South-Eastern Counties

Feb 28, 2021 | Alvin Worzi, Observer

President George M. Weah has announced the setting-up of special a committee compromising elders, chiefs and members of the legislative caucuses of Maryland, River Gee…

Is It Time for “Ecocide” to become an International Crime?

Feb 28, 2021 | Economist

In November last year a group of international lawyers set about formally defining ecocide. The panel—which is co-chaired by Philippe Sands, a lawyer who has…

Ghana: Nomads-Farmers’ Conflict: Security Analyst Urges Ghana to Enact Ranching Law

Feb 27, 2021 | GhanaWeb

Dr Festus Kofi Aubyn, a Security Analyst, has urged the Government to enact a Cattle Ranching Law, as part of measures to address the perennial…

Liberia: LLA Launches ‘Land Conflict’ Awareness In Maryland County

Feb 27, 2021 | E. Varney Kamah, Global News Network

As land conflict has become a serious problem in Maryland County, Liberia at the official lunching of the Awareness Campaign on the dissemination of information…

India: Human Lives Lost to Wildlife-Human Conflict Should Be Compensated Better: Scientists

Feb 26, 2021 | Press Trust of India

The lives of people lost due to wildlife-human conflicts are not adequately compensated in India, according to a new study which says changing the approach…

South Sudan: Influential South Sudan Chiefs Warn of Conflict over Land Grabs

Feb 26, 2021 | Winnie Cirino, Voice of America

Ten traditional chiefs from South Sudan’s Central Equatoria state have demanded the state government stop a campaign of illegal land grabs and are threatening the…

Iraq: Decades after the Gulf War, Iraq’s Youth View Oil as a Curse

Feb 26, 2021 | Sofia Barbarani, Al Jazeera

Like most of the young people who joined Iraq’s countrywide demonstrations in 2019, musician Sally Mars took to the streets to demand that the government…

Yemen: Houthis Again Delay UN Examination of Loaded Oil Tanker

Feb 25, 2021 | Environment & Energy News

The United Nations said yesterday that new requests by Yemen's Houthi rebels will further delay U.N. experts from examining an oil tanker moored off the…

Liberia: Wildlife and Conservation Reporters Network Aided in the Confiscation of Protected Animal

Feb 25, 2021 | FrontPage Africa

The Confiscation Unit of the Forestry Development Authority (FDA) with the aid of the Wildlife and Conservation Reporters Network have arrested a man for selling…

2021: A New Year Marked by New Rules against Conflict Minerals in the EU

Feb 25, 2021 | Agathe Smyth

While the news did not make the headlines, 1 January 2021 marked the culmination of a long civil society campaign as new European legislation on…

South Sudan: South Sudan Integrates Environmental Protection with Hydrocarbon Exploration

Feb 24, 2021 | Charné Hundermark, Africa Oil & Power

Despite holding the third-largest oil reserves in sub-Saharan Africa – estimated at 3.5 billion barrels – only 30% of South Sudan has been explored to…

DRC: First Minerals Exported from DRC with Blockchain

Feb 24, 2021 | MINING.com

Minexx has exported minerals with full financial transparency from the Democratic Republic of Congo, by processing $250k of blockchain certified payments – a first for…

Climate Change: France's Macron Proposes Appointment of UN Climate Security Envoy

Feb 23, 2021 | Reuters

The United Nations Security Council should consider appointing a special envoy for climate security to coordinate the council’s efforts in this area, French President Emmanuel…

Ousseyni Kalilou is an environmental peacebuilding practitioner based in North Carolina. His work focuses on the opportunities for environmental peacebuilding in forested regions, specifically looking…

The EU Military Sector’s Carbon Footprint

Feb 23, 2021 | Stuart Parkinson and Linsey Cottrell

Militaries are frequently exempt from publicly reporting their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and there is currently no consolidated public reporting of GHG emissions for the…

Myanmar: Military Coup, Economic Sanctions Hike Threats to Myanmar's Forests

Feb 22, 2021 | Michael Taylor, Thomson Reuters Foundation

Myanmar’s military coup and a potential ramp up in trade boycotts by foreign governments and business could fuel the risk of deforestation in the Asian…

Afghanistan: 4 Died during Unlawful Mining for Gold

Feb 22, 2021 | Middle East North Africa Financial Network

Officials saw on Monday, February 22, that land sliding alleged the lives of as a minimum four Afghan gold miners who were working on removing…

Registration Open for Forests & Peace Social Hour

Feb 22, 2021 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association

On Tuesday, March 2, from 9:30 - 11:00  EST, the Forest Interest Group, Africa Interest Group, and the Young Professionals Interest Group of the Environmental…

As Biden Seeks Answers on Climate’s Impact on Migration, Sydney Declaration Provides Legal Ground Rules for Action

Feb 22, 2021 | Jane McAdam

In an executive order earlier this month, President Joe Biden ordered a report into “climate change and its impact on migration, including forced migration, internal displacement, and…

Why United Nations Peace Operations Cannot Ignore Climate Change

Feb 22, 2021 | Florian Krampe

On 23 February the United Nations (UN) Security Council will hold an open session on the topic of climate change and security. The security implications…

Saudi-Led Attacks Devastated Yemen’s Civilian Infrastructure, Dramatically Worsening the Humanitarian Crisis

Feb 22, 2021 | Jeannie Sowers and Erika Weinthal

In early February, the Biden administration announced several shifts in U.S. policy toward the war in Yemen — a conflict that has left 20 million…

Iraq: Iraq Seeks International Investors to Build 750 MW Solar Projects

Feb 21, 2021 | Reuters

Iraq is seeking international investors to build seven solar power plants, with a total capacity of 750 megawatts (MW) as it aims to develop its…

DRC Is Rich with Farmland, So Why Do 22 Million People There Face Starvation?

Feb 21, 2021 | Vava Tampa

I was food shopping when I read the news. Nearly 22 million people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are facing starvation and malnutrition. Now. In…

South Sudan: Area Coordinator

Feb 20, 2021 | 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…

Somalia: National Project Manager

Feb 20, 2021 | UNDP

Somalia is one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to climate change stemming from its social, economic, and political conditions, as well as…

DRC: Law Enforcement Advisor Okapi Wildlife Reserve

Feb 20, 2021 | Wildlife Conservation Society

The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) has been active in the Okapi Wildlife Reserve (OWR) for more than 30 years, supporting its creation, and subsequently working…

Environmental Security Internship

Feb 20, 2021 | Stimson Center

For three decades, the Stimson Center has pioneered practical new steps toward stability and security in an uncertain world. Today, as changes in power and…

Myanmar: Resilient Asian Deltas Initiative Lead, Asia Pacific

Feb 20, 2021 | World Wildlife Fund for Nature

WWF’s strategy harnesses the strengths of the WWF network in a shared vision, focusing on six major goals - water, wildlife, the ocean, climate and…