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DRC: Artisanal Mining Harming Forests, Wildlife in Eastern Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo
Sep 3, 2024
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Shimali Chauhan, DownToEarth
In the mineral-rich eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a recent study found that artisanal mining, a small-scale and informal mining operation using simple tools,…
Climate Change: Cloud Seeding and the Water Wars of Tomorrow
Sep 3, 2024
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Nicola Stoev, Geopolitical Monitor
Some states manipulate clouds using a technique called ‘cloud seeding.’ The first cloud seeding techniques date back to the 1940s and involve making clouds merge…
Climate Change: Impacts of Climate Change Threat to Peace and Security, Says Report
Sep 3, 2024
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Gilbert Koech, Star
A new report has painted a grim picture of how climate change affects security of Africa. The Africa Climate Security Risk Assessment report analyses interlinkages…
Water: The Midwest and Great Plains Are Gearing up for Water Fights Fueled by Climate Change
Sep 3, 2024
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Kate Grumke, Iowa Public Radio
Transforming Women’s Cultural Roles into Bridges for Peacebuilding: Recounting the Journey of Mrs Ariet Philip in the Gambella Region of Ethiopia
Sep 3, 2024
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Peace Direct
Located in Southwest Ethiopia, Gambella is a region with multiple layers of conflicts, including the protracted Anywa-Nuer conflict. Competition over resources such as water and…
Paula Gutierrez Martinez
Global Green Growth Institute
Colombia
Sep 2, 2024
Paula Gutierrez Martinez is a social anthropologist with nearly 20 years of experience. Throughout her career, she has worked across various fields, bringing her expertise…
Afghanistan’s Mineral Resources: Opportunities and Challenges
Sep 2, 2024
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Naseeb Ullah Achakzai
Afghanistan being a landlocked country has huge strategic importance followed by immense mineral deposits. It is estimated that it has untapped resources worth of 1 to…
SAVE THE DATE: EnPAx Announces Dates for the Fourth International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding
Sep 2, 2024
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Environmental Peacebuilding Association and the University of Ottawa
Plan to connect and be inspired! Plan your travel budgets. Plan your research. Plan to attend the Fourth International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding!
The Environmental Peacebuilding Association…
Colombia: Thousands of Indigenous People in Colombia Pressure Government over Violence and Land Disputes [Video]
Sep 2, 2024
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Associated Press
Thousands of Indigenous people from southwestern Colombia took to the streets of the capital Bogota on Tuesday, demanding that the government of President Gustavo Petro…
EXTENDED! Request for Proposals to Host the Fifth International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding
Sep 1, 2024
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Environmental Peacebuilding Association
The Board of Directors of the Environmental Peacemaking Association® (EnPAx®) has extended the deadline to submit proposals to host the Fifth International Conferences on Environmental…
Water: 4,000 Years of Conflict over Water: A Timeline
Sep 1, 2024
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Morgan Shimabuku, TyN Magazine
Attacks on water infrastructure and water supplies are not new. Records of water-related conflicts go back 4,000 years to Sumeria, where the neighboring city-states of…
Climate Change: Africa to Take One Stand on Security, Climate Change and Peace Issues
Sep 1, 2024
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James Wanzala, Standard
President William Ruto has welcomed plans by Africa to take a common position on climate change, peace and security issues facing the continent. This comes…
DRC: DRC Marred by Blatant Failure in Coltan Traceability, Essential for Smartphones
Aug 31, 2024
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Sonia Rolley, Le Monde
In the hills of Masisi, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the guns have fallen silent. Rwanda and its allies, the Congolese rebels…
Sudan/South Sudan: South Sudan to Halt Oil Production Due to Sudan War
Aug 29, 2024
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Sudan Tribune
South Sudan will halt oil production that flows through neighbouring Sudan due to the ongoing conflict that has further strained the country’s economy, a parliamentary…
Libya: Libya's Oil Output Falls More Than Half Due to Political Standoff
Aug 29, 2024
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Ayman Al-Warfali, Reuters
More than half of Libya's oil production, or about 700,000 barrels per day, was offline on Thursday and exports were halted at several ports as…
Kazakhstan and Tajikistan to Cooperate over Rare-Earth Metals
Aug 29, 2024
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Sergey Kwan
Kazakhstan’s national atomic company, Kazatomprom, the world’s largest producer of uranium, has announced a new strategic partnership with Tajikistan’s TajRedMet (Tajik Rare Metals) in the…
Liberia: Liberia Closes China Union's Bong Mines for Violations, Regulator Says
Aug 29, 2024
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Reuters
Liberia's Environmental Protection Agency shut down on Wednesday the operations of China Union's iron ore Bong Mines for violating several environmental regulations, the regulatory agency…
Afghanistan: UN Reports 67% of Afghan Families Struggle with Water Access
Aug 28, 2024
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Fidel Rahmati, Khaama Press
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reports that 67% of Afghan households have difficulties accessing potable water. The office stated…
Building Climate Resilience: How a Flood Protection Wall Revived an Afghan Community
Aug 28, 2024
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Mohammad Osman Azizi
What was once a vibrant community has turned into a ghost town, with hundreds of families forced to leave behind their homes, land, crops, livestock…
The Price of Victory in the Gaza War: Women, Climate, and Peace
Aug 28, 2024
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Amira Saber
Amira Saber, member of the Egyptian Parliament, looks at the environmental damage caused by the war in Gaza. She underscores the compounding ill effects of…
Liberia: Forest Community in Nimba Begins Reforestation in Mine Affected Areas
Aug 28, 2024
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Jerome Saye, FrontPage Africa
Amid the growing wave of deforestation in Liberia, some Forest Communities have begun prioritizing reforestation in their engagements with concession companies as a major option…
Threat Multiplier: Sherri Goodman on Climate and Global Security
Aug 27, 2024
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Catherine Putz, Diplomat
In 2007, Sherri Goodman, who served as the first deputy undersecretary of defense for environmental security from 1993 to 2001, coined the term “threat multiplier”…
Climate Change, Conflict Fuel Food Insecurity in Eastern Africa
Aug 27, 2024
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Leon Lidigu
The IGAD Regional Focus of the 2024 Global Report on Food Crises has found that approximately 62.9 million people in Kenya, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Somalia, South Sudan,…
A Rise in Water-Related Conflicts around the World
Aug 27, 2024
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Joshua Coe
Fresh water is one of the most basic human needs. But access to water has also long been a source of conflict. Last year saw…
Houthi Attack on Oil Tanker Sparks Red Sea Environmental Fears
Aug 27, 2024
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Steven Ganot
An Iranian-backed Houthi militia attack on the Greek oil tanker Sounion off the coast of Al Hudaydah in Yemen has sparked fears of an environmental…
Yemen: Greek-Flagged Oil Tanker Appears to Be Leaking off Yemen Coast, Pentagon Says
Aug 27, 2024
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Idrees Ali, Reuters
The Greek-flagged crude oil tanker Sounion that was recently attacked by Yemen's Houthis is still on fire in the Red Sea and now appears to…
Water: The Poisonous Global Politics of Water
Aug 26, 2024
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Economist
The water thieves come at night. They arrive in trucks, suck water out of irrigation canals and drive off. This infuriates Alejandro Meneses, who owns…
Environmental NGOs as Tools of State Security Policy: A Growing Trend
Aug 26, 2024
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Peter Schwartzstein
For a group of self-described environmentalists, the roughly two dozen Azerbaijanis who suddenly assembled along the highway near the Armenian border in late 2022 looked…
Afghanistan: Farmers in Helmand Shift from Poppies to Basil Cultivation
Aug 26, 2024
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TOLOnews
According to information from the Helmand Agriculture and Irrigation Department, over a thousand acres of land in the province were planted with basil last year,…
Afghanistan: Clash over Land Dispute Leaves 1 Dead, 2 Injured in Nangarhar
Aug 26, 2024
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Yousaf Zarifi, Pajhwok Afghan News
A clash between two families over land ownership in eastern Nangarhar province resulted in one death and two injuries, an official reported on Monday.