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Myanmar: Farmers Protest Land Grabs in Southern Shan State
Jun 5, 2020
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Shan Herald Agency for News
Pa-O farmers from southern Shan State gathered in protest Tuesday after their farms were seized by the Tatmadaw. Burma Army LIB-423 and LIB-424 confiscated 900…
China/South China Sea: US Military Commander Says China Pushing South China Sea Claims under Cover of COVID-19
Jun 5, 2020
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Tim Kelly, Reuters
China is using the coronavirus as a cover to push territorial claims in the South China Sea through a surge in naval activity meant to…
Ethiopia/Sudan: Sudan-Ethiopia Border Tensions Escalate Despite Government Efforts
Jun 5, 2020
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Mohammed Amin, Middle East Eye
Diplomatic efforts to diffuse a security crisis on the border between Sudan and Ethiopia have been ongoing, but the situation on the ground has escalated…
How Does War Damage the Environment?
Jun 4, 2020
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Doug Weir
We’re often asked how armed conflicts harm the environment. In this blog we try to provide as many different examples of harms as we can.…
Conflict Minerals: Trucking-Related Companies Find It Difficult to Identify 'Conflict Minerals' in Supply Chains
Jun 4, 2020
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Eric Miller, Transit Topics
It has been more than six years since America’s public companies began searching for African “conflict minerals” throughout their complex supply chains, with the goal…
Sierra Leone: Destitute Diamond Diggers: Artisanal Diamond Miners in Sierra Leone Struggle for Survival
Jun 4, 2020
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Emma Black, Politico
“Artisanal mining” means mining operations must be less than ten metres deep, less than one acre and only rudimentary hand-held tools can be used. The…
South Sudan: South Sudan's Gold Export Earnings Sink Due to COVID-19: Official
Jun 4, 2020
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Ghana News Agency
South Sudan said on Wednesday its monthly gold export earnings to the Arab world have plummeted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Akol Ayii Madut, director…
Myanmar: The Many-Sided Fight over Northern Kachin’s Forests
Jun 4, 2020
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Emily Fishbein, Frontier
The derailing of Hkakabo Razi’s World Heritage bid reveals a multifaceted battle of interests spanning international conservation, commercial exploitation, party politics and local desires to…
Saving the Environment, Saving People and Building Peace
Jun 4, 2020
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PAX
PAX is highlighting the importance of environment and conflict as it marks World Environment Day. Around the world, citizens, grass-roots activists, United Nations organisations, faith…
ICL and Environmental Protection Symposium: International Criminal Courts as Potential Jurisdiction for Corporate Responsibility for Environmental Crimes (Part II)
Jun 4, 2020
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Jelena Aparac
One of the fundamental questions lies in who exactly has the right to take legal action and before which court in the case of corporate…
ICL and Environmental Protection Symposium: International Criminal Law as a Tool for Corporate Responsibility for Environmental Crimes (Part I)
Jun 4, 2020
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Jelena Aparac
While environmental agreements are signed between States, it is often non-state actors, including corporations, that are asked to implement them in their managerial decisions. And…
Predicting Natural Resource Violence
Jun 4, 2020
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Jessica Anderson
Between 1949 and 2009, at least 40 percent of intrastate conflicts were linked to natural resources, according to estimates in a UN report. A growing body…
ICL and Environmental Protection Symposium: Can Ecocide Save the Planet? An International Crime of Climate Change
Jun 3, 2020
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Kate Mackintosh
The appeal of using international criminal law to protect the environment is intuitive: the destruction of our environment poses the greatest contemporary threat to the…
CEOBS’ STEM Schools Programme for 2020-2021
Jun 3, 2020
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Conflict and Environment Observatory
One of the main aims of the STEM programme is to allow students to gain first hand exposure to scientists and practitioners working within their…
Myanmar: Southern Myanmar’s Indigenous Groups Say the UN Should Scrap $21 Million Conservation Plan
Jun 3, 2020
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Skylar Lindsay, ASEAN Today
Myanmar’s Tanintharyi Region is among the most vibrantly biodiverse places in Asia. The southern tail of kite-shaped Myanmar, Tanintharyi encompasses hundreds of islands in the…
Myanmar: Myanmar Condemns Report on Illegal Teak Exports to EU
Jun 3, 2020
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Thiha Lwin, Irrawaddy
Myanmar’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation has disputed the London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA)’s latest report which claims illegal teak from Myanmar is…
Fighting the Climate Battle
Jun 3, 2020
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Jane Ahern, The Madras Pioneer
A local woman's dedication to family traditions, community service and social justice has led to what she describes as her dream job. Madras resident Katherine…
ICL and Environmental Protection Symposium: Establishing Facts for Strategic Climate Litigation through Private-Public Partnerships
Jun 2, 2020
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Reinhold Gallmetzer
Climate change is the defining issue of this generation, and the present moment is that issue’s defining moment. The potential and actual consequences of climate…
Myanmar: Recovering an Underwater Forest of Lost Teak
Jun 2, 2020
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Clare Sidwell, SuperyachtNews
Thirty years ago, Bob Steber, managing director at Ginnacle Import - Export Pte Ltd., initiated a project in Burma that recovered 2,000 teak logs and…
Colombia: ‘Stigmatized, Segregated, Forgotten’: Colombia’s Poor Being Evicted Despite Lockdowns
Jun 2, 2020
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Joe Parkin Daniels and Nadège Mazars, Guardian
Hundreds of Bogotá’s poorest residents are caught between two brutal forces: a nationwide quarantine that makes working impossible and authorities forcing people from homes they…
ICL and Environmental Protection Symposium: Environmental Crimes against Humanity
Jun 2, 2020
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Darryl Robinson
In this post, the author argues that mass harms to humans, directly produced through harms to their environment, can in principle satisfy the existing definition…
CAR: Field Coordinator
Jun 1, 2020
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Triangle Génération Humanitaire
Founded in 1994, Triangle Génération Humanitaire, a French association of international solidarity based in Lyon, designs and implements emergency, rehabilitation and development programs in the…
ICL and Environmental Protection Symposium: The Environmental Crisis–Cases for ‘Particular Consideration’ at the ICC
Jun 1, 2020
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Richard J. Rogers
In a world consumed by the pandemic, it is easy to forget an even greater threat facing mankind – the environmental and climate emergency. The UN…
Nigeria: Security Manager
Jun 1, 2020
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Winrock International
Winrock International works with people around the world to increase economic opportunity, sustain natural resources, and protect the environment. Winrock matches innovative approaches in agriculture,…
Nigeria: Emergency Preparedness and Response Coordinator
Jun 1, 2020
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International Rescue Committee
The International Rescue Committee is a global humanitarian aid, relief, and development nongovernmental organization.
The conflict in North East Nigeria has displaced over 1.9 million people…
Guinea: Basic Analysis Study of the Migration, Environment, and Climate Change
Jun 1, 2020
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International Organization for Migration
The International Organization for Migration is an intergovernmental organization that provides services and advice concerning migration to governments and migrants, including internally displaced persons, refugees,…
Somalia: Programme Advisor, Climate Smart Economic Empowerment
Jun 1, 2020
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Norwegian Church Aid
Norwegian Church Aid is an independent humanitarian and ecumenical organization with headquarters in Oslo, Norway. Norwegian Church Aid works together with people and organizations across…
Colombia: Country Manager for the South America Regional Initiative for Transnational Conservation Crimes Program
Jun 1, 2020
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Chemonics
Chemonics International, Inc. is a private international development consulting firm. Chemonics seeks a Colombia country manager for the anticipated USAID-funded South America Regional Initiative for…
DRC: Food Security and Agriculture Advisor
Jun 1, 2020
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Mercy Corps
Mercy Corps is a leading global organization powered by the belief that a better world is possible. In disaster, in hardship, in more than 40…
Symposium on the Use of International Criminal Law to Protect the Environment
Jun 1, 2020
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Kate Mackintosh
Despite the brief drop in emissions at the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic last month, the climate crisis continues to present one of the greatest…