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Iraq: Iran-Backed Groups Corner Iraq's Postwar Scrap Metal Market - Sources

Feb 13, 2019 | John Davison, Reuters

The wrecks of vehicles used by Islamic State militants as car bombs and other metal debris left by the war in Iraq are now helping…

Congress Poised to Help Veterans Exposed to ‘Burn Pits’ over Decades of War

Feb 13, 2019 | Jennifer Steinhauer, New York Times

Tens of thousands of those who served in Iraq and Afghanistan were exposed to burn pits, which were regularly used to dispose of all manner…

Climate Change: How Devastating Is Climate Change for World Peace & Security?

Feb 13, 2019 | Thalif Deen, Inter Press Service

When the Security Council, the most powerful body at the United Nations, met last month to discuss the growing new threats to world peace and…

Starting This Week! MOOC on Environmental Security and Sustaining Peace

Feb 12, 2019

Join a global community of more than 5000 environmental peacebuilding practitioners, researchers, and decision-makers in the eight-week massive open online course on Environmental Security and…

Warzone Conversation in Afghanistan: Build a National Park, Build Democracy

Feb 12, 2019 | Kyla Peterson

When picturing Afghanistan, many people envision desolate landscapes ravaged by war, but the country contains “this incredible diversity of habitats, of forest, of mountains, of…

Maxine Burkett

University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
United States
Feb 12, 2019

Maxine Burkett is Professor of Law at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, and the co-founder of the Institute for Climate and Peace. Her work…

Jordan: Regional Economic Recovery Coordinator

Feb 11, 2019 | Danish Refugee Council

The Danish Refugee Council assists refugees and internally displaced persons across the globe: we provide emergency aid, fight for their rights, and strengthen their opportunity…

Yemen: Emergency Response Project Coordinator - Sanaa

Feb 11, 2019 | ACTED

Since 1993, as an international non-governmental organization, ACTED has been committed to immediate humanitarian relief to support those in urgent need and protect people’s dignity,…

Sudan: Health and Nutrition Programme Manager

Feb 11, 2019 | Muslim Aid

Muslim Aid’s Sudan field office was set up in 1991 in response to the strategic need and to enable the continuation of effective aid work…

Iraq: Shelter-WASH Project Manager

Feb 11, 2019 | Medair

Medair is an international non-governmental organization NGO of humanitarian aid with a stated mission, "to relieve suffering in some of the world’s most remote and…

Iraq: MEL Manager for WASH and Cash Portfolio

Feb 11, 2019 | 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 countries…

Nigeria: Project Manager - Early Recovery and Resilience Building

Feb 11, 2019 | Cooperazione Interazionale

COOPI started its operations in North-East Nigeria in July 2014 to carry out a rapid evaluation of the most relevant constraints suffered by the Internally…

Can Improving Women's Representation in Environmental Governance Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions?

Feb 11, 2019 | Charlotte Collins

The Paris Agreement’s clause to include more women in the environmental decision-making process set a historical precedent. The preamble urges parties to acknowledge that climate…

Iraq: Iraq's PM Says Solving Water Pollution Prioritized for Iraq

Feb 11, 2019 | Xinhua

Prime Minister of Iraq Adel Abdul Mahdi on Sunday said that solving river water pollution issue is a priority for the new government, calling on…

Myanmar: Illegal Teak Timbers Seized in Myanmar's Yangon Region

Feb 11, 2019 | Xinhua

Myanmar authorities have seized six tons of illegally harvested teak timbers in Taikkyi, Yangon region, the official Global New Light of Myanmar reported Monday. According…

Afghanistan/Pakistan: With Kabul River Flows Controversy

Feb 10, 2019 | Zofeen T. Ebrahim, The News on Sunday

With tremendous hydropower potential in the upper reaches of the Kabul River Basin and agricultural potential further down, Asadullah Meelad, a lawyer at Afghanistan’s ministry…

New Developments in the Field of Environmental Peacebuilding

Feb 8, 2019 | Carl Bruch and Sierra Killian

For those working at the intersection of environment, conflict, and peace, 2018 was a notable year. A new conceptual and operational framework for environmental peacebuilding…

APWLD Member Zoom-in: Alma Sinumlag

Feb 8, 2019 | Adndita Listyarini

The cold bites in New York. That’s what Alma Sinumlag felt when she visited the Big Apple for the first time ever in 2018. Having…

Liberia: The Potentials of Wonegizi as a Protected Area

Feb 8, 2019 | John T. Woods, Daily Observer

The Potentials of Wonegizi as a Protected Area (PA) in the development of the communities, districts and Lofa County is in the process of gazettement.…

DRC: DRC’s New President an ‘Unknown Factor’ as Far as Mining Is Concerned

Feb 8, 2019 | Rebecca Campbell, Mining Weekly

Félix Tshisekedi’s inauguration on January 24 marked the first peaceful transition of power in the DRC for 60 years. As far as the mining industry…

Colomba: In Colombia, Where Gold Mining and Coca Farming Are a Toxic Mix

Feb 8, 2019 | Alfredo Molano Jimeno, WorldCrunch

The district of Timbiquí in western Colombia is practically under siege. Located in the Valle del Cauca department, it has become a magnet for gold…

Myanmar: Parliament Passes Gemstone Bill amid Criticism

Feb 8, 2019 | Thompson Chau, Myanmar Times

Myanmar’s parliament has passed a controversial bill governing the gemstone sector, paving the way to restart the licensing of mining companies after a two-year moratorium.…

Myanmar: Some 10,000 Kachin Protest in Myitkyina against China’s Mega Dam

Feb 8, 2019 | AsiaNews

About 10,000 people in northern Myanmar’s Kachin state staged a massive rally Thursday to protest against the controversial Chinese-backed Myitsone Dam, a project to be…

The Need for an African Union Special Envoy for Climate Change and Security

Feb 7, 2019 | Florian Krampe and Vane Moraa Aminga

Ahead of the upcoming African Union (AU) Summit in February, SIPRI researchers give an impetus for the AU to refocus on climate-related security risks and…

Insights by Adelphi Experts on Security Council's Debate on Climate Disasters and Security

Feb 7, 2019

On 25 January 2019, the UN Security Council held an open debate to discuss the security implications of climate-related disaster events. Adelphi’s experts Benjamin Pohl…

Liberia: To Successfully Implement Land Rights Act, Stakeholders Want Unified Messaging

Feb 7, 2019 | Gbatemah Senah, Bush Chicken

Last year, Liberia scored a milestone achievement by adopting its first, ever Land Rights Act that recognizes community land ownership. At the time, international organizations…

Iraq: UN: Clearing Iraq's Mosul From Explosives to Take Decades

Feb 7, 2019 | Lisa Schlein, Voice of America

The U.N. Mine Action Service (UNMAS) estimates it could take 10 years to clear Mosul, Iraq, of landmines and decades longer to free this former…

Empowering Sudan’s women and promoting peace through equitable use of natural resources

Feb 7, 2019 | Relief Web

Many parts of Sudan’s Darfur and Kordofan regions are low-rainfall and drought-prone agro-pastoral areas. The resulting water scarcity and poor vegetation fosters low agricultural productivity…

Now Accepting Applications for the 2020 Rotary Peace Fellowship

Feb 6, 2019 | Rotary Foundation

The Rotary Foundation is now accepting applications for the fully-funded 2020 Rotary Peace Fellowship. The spike in regional and local conflicts around the globe has…

A Pakistani Delegation Visits Indian Dam Sites – Is This the Start of a Thaw in Indus Water Tensions?

Feb 6, 2019 | Phoebe Sleet

In January, a Pakistani delegation undertook a tour of the Chenab Basin, to inspect Indian hydroelectric projects, including the Baglihar Dam. Pakistan has objected to…