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Pulwama Attack: Sadly, India Can't Resort to 'Water War'
Feb 19, 2019
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Ashish Shukla
The dastardly Pulwama attack has again led to talks of India abrogating the Indus Water Treaty of 1960 and wage a ‘water war’ against Pakistan…
Missing Peace: Why Transboundary Conservation Areas Are Not Resolving Conflicts
Feb 19, 2019
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Elaine (Lan Yin) Hsiao
Transboundary Conservation Areas, such as Parks for Peace, have been heralded for their potential to simultaneously contribute to biodiversity conservation and peace, but evidence to…
Missing Peace: Why Transboundary Conservation Areas Are Not Resolving Conflict
Feb 19, 2019
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Elaine (Lan Yin) Hsiao
Transboundary Conservation Areas, such as Parks for Peace, have been heralded for their potential to simultaneously contribute to biodiversity conservation and peace, but evidence to this effect has…
Afghanistan: As Afghanistan’s Capital Grows, Its Residents Scramble for Clean Water
Feb 19, 2019
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Stefanie Glinkski, IRIN
Afghanistan’s capital is running dry – its groundwater levels depleted by an expanding population and the long-term impacts of climate change. But its teeming informal…
Colombia: Aggressive Coca Eradication Threatens Voluntary Substitution Efforts in Colombia
Feb 19, 2019
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Felipe Puerta and Maria Paula Chaparro, InSight Crime
Colombia’s government plans to deploy an ambitious program to forcefully eradicate illicit crops, raising fears that a crop substitution program, which has been limping along…
Myanmar: The Race to Save Myanmar's Inle Lake
Feb 19, 2019
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Nyaung Shwe, Agence France-Presse
Myanmar's famed Inle Lake has enchanted tourists for decades with its floating gardens and the graceful leg-rowing style of its fisherman, but experts warn the…
Climate Change: Climate Change an 'Imminent' Security Threat, Risk Experts Say
Feb 19, 2019
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Laurie Goering, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Climate change threats - from worsening water shortages in Iraq and Pakistan to harsher hurricanes in the Caribbean - are a growing security risk and…
Liberia: NGO Coalition Urges Gov’t to Investigate Operations of Delta Timber Company
Feb 19, 2019
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Edwin M. Fayia, III, Observer
A lead civil society actor, NGO Coalition of Liberia, has urged the government to institute an investigation into the alleged illegal logging of Delta Timber…
Climate Change: Climate Change Will Fuel More Wars and Displacement in the Middle East, Experts Warn
Feb 19, 2019
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Borzou Daragahi, Independent
The most volatile region in the world is about to be plunged into further chaos because of climate change, academics and international officials warned at…
Climate Change: Lake Chad Water Crisis, Climate Change Take Centre Stage at Hague Conference
Feb 19, 2019
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Africa Prime News
World leaders have converged on The Hague, Netherlands to call on countries to take urgent actions toward reducing the impact of climate change to water,…
Brazil: Brazil's First Indigenous Congresswoman Defends Her People's Rights From Bolsonaro
Feb 19, 2019
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Fabiano Maisonnave
When indigenous leader Joênia Wapichana first came across Jair Bolsonaro, she was appalled. The year was 2008, and there was a heated debate about the demarcation…
Climate Security in Times of Geopolitical Crises — What Ways Forward?
Feb 18, 2019
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Dan Smith, Malin Mobjörk, Florian Krampe, and Karolina Eklöw
Ahead of the fourth Planetary Security Conference on 19–20 February 2019 in The Hague, SIPRI authored the 2019 progress report ‘Climate Security – Making it…
Uganda: Massive Deforestation by Refugees in Uganda Sparks Clashes with Local People
Feb 18, 2019
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Samuel Okiror, Guardian
The cutting down of millions of trees has sparked angry clashes in parts of Uganda between local people and refugees who have been fleeing conflict…
Africa's Rich Oil: From Blessing To A Curse Of Rampant Corruption And Bad Governance On The Continent?
Feb 17, 2019
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Josephus Moses Gray
The African continent in recent years has come to be of major Geo-strategic importance to oil-dependent industrialized economies and the idea of an African rebirth…
China/South China Sea: Chinese Analysts Call for Joint Marine Research to Move beyond Conflicts in South China Sea
Feb 17, 2019
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Liu Caiyu, Global Times
Fishery cooperation in the South China Sea should move beyond the idea of disputed areas and regard fish protection as the primary goal of cooperation,…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraq’s KRG Suspends Oil Exports to Iran
Feb 16, 2019
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Ali Mohamed, Anadolu Agency
The Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) in northern Iraq has suspended oil exports to neighboring Iran. In a statement, the KRG’s Ministry of Finance and Economy…
Kenya/Somalia: Kenya Recalls Ambassador to Somalia over Water Rights Clash
Feb 16, 2019
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Associated Press
A top Kenyan official says the country has recalled its ambassador to Somalia and told the Somali ambassador to leave over an alleged land grab…
Conflict Minerals: Apple Mentions Blockchain Guidelines in Conflict Minerals Report to the SEC
Feb 16, 2019
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Max Mayer, Smartereum
According to the Conflict Minerals Report that was published yesterday, February 15th, Apple is working on forming blockchain guidelines as part of its Responsible Minerals…
Conflict Minerals: Apple Terminated Five Suppliers after Human Rights Audits, Conflict Minerals Report Reveals
Feb 15, 2019
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Jesse Hollington, iDrop News
Apple has long been committed to Supplier Responsiblity; ensuring that all of the companies in its supply chain, from the mines that produce the raw…
Peace and Security Philanthropy Isn't Just about Conflict; It's Also Key to Curbing Climate Change
Feb 14, 2019
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Cath Thompson
Iconic images of World War II Europe and Japan, of Vietnam after Operation Ranch Hand, and of post-ISIS Mosul show total destruction of lives, communities,…
Myanmar: Eco Green City to Commence by Year End
Feb 14, 2019
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Htet Shine, Myanmar Times
A final agreement giving the go ahead for development of the Eco Green City project is expected to be inked before the end of this…
Myanmar: How Myanmar Indigenous Peoples Defend Their Rights over Natural Resources
Feb 14, 2019
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Clemente Bautista, Bulatlat
In December 18, 2018, the Karen people formally declared the establishment of the Salween Peace Park, a 5,485-square kilometer forest park in Hpapun District, Karen…
Climate Change: Munich Security Conference Puts Climate Change and the Sahel on the Security Agenda ahead of PSC 2019
Feb 14, 2019
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Planetary Security Initiative
The most influential global figures in international security policy gathering this week (February 15-17) at MSC 2019 will consider climate change alongside issues of trade, arms…
Post-Doctoral Fellowship, One Earth Future/Secure Fisheries and Sié Center
Feb 13, 2019
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University of Denver
The Sié Chéou-Kang Center for International Security and Diplomacy at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies is dedicated to building knowledge on the evolving…
Post-Doctoral Fellowship, One Earth Future and Sié Center - Josef Korbel School of International Studies
Feb 13, 2019
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University of Denver
The Sié Chéou-Kang Center for International Security and Diplomacy at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies is dedicated to building knowledge on the evolving…
Myanmar: ‘Our Land Is Collapsing around Us’: Ayeyarwady at Risk from Rampant Sand Mining
Feb 13, 2019
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Hein Ko Soe and Clare Hammond, Frontier
Since 2010, a construction boom in Myanmar has fuelled sharp growth in the extraction of sand from the Ayeyarwady that is then used in cement…
Climate Change: Climate Change Seen as Top Threat in 13 Countries
Feb 13, 2019
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Ines Kagubare, E&E News
Climate change beats out terrorism and cyberattacks as the top security worry in more than a dozen countries, according to a survey published Sunday by…
Afghanistan: Afghan Women Are ‘Not Willing to Give up Their Rights’
Feb 13, 2019
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Elias Groll and Lara Seligman, Foreign Policy
American diplomats have been racing to seal a peace deal with the Taliban that would end the longest war in U.S. history—and decades of civil…
Myanmar: 23 Aceh Fishermen Detained in Myanmar for Alleged Poaching
Feb 13, 2019
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Antara
The Myanmar authorities again detained 23 Aceh fishermen on February 6, 2019, for alleged poaching in Myanmar waters, according to Miftachhuddin Cut Adek, deputy secretary…
Iraq: Can Iraq Beat the Drought and Become the Breadbasket of the Middle East Again?
Feb 13, 2019
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Kieran Cooke, Middle East Eye
The area of land in the south of Iraq between the mighty Tigris and Euphrates rivers is drying up. Yet amid this environmental meltdown, Azzam…