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Drought, food insecurity and radicalism in Northern Bangladesh
Aug 2, 2014
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Insight on Conflict
In recent year’s climate change and other environmental factors has increased food insecurity in Northern Bangladesh. Ishak Mia asks if there is a link between…
Toxic Footprint of Syria's War
Aug 2, 2014
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Insight on Conflict
Pieter Both and Wim Zwijnenburg, from PAX, discuss the long term health and environmental impacts of Syria's civil war.
Syria’s ongoing civil war has already resulted…
Tulane Conducts Conflict Minerals Post-filing survey
Aug 2, 2014
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Payson Center for International Development - Tulane University
June 2nd, 2014 marked the Form SD submission deadline. Yet filing was the last step. Inter alia, affected companies conducted the regulatory applicability and determination…
Environmental Dimensions of Sustainable Recovery: Learning from Post-Conflict and Disaster Response
Aug 2, 2014
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Thomas Curran - New Security Beat
Events like Typhoon Haiyan, Hurricane Sandy, and the civil wars in Darfur and Syria have shown that the environment plays an increasingly critical role in…
The Impact of War: Health, the Environment, and Cultural Heritage in Conflict
Aug 2, 2014
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World Politics Review
The destructiveness of armed conflict has been a painful constant throughout human history. And despite efforts to limit its range and impact, the damage resulting…
An Integrated Approach to Conflict and the Environment
Aug 2, 2014
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Talia Hagerty - World Politics Review
For the better part of their existence, the global anti-war and the environmentalist movements have typically existed side by side, each pursuing noble but separate…
Iraq: Lukoil to Earn $2B from Iraq Oil Field
Aug 2, 2014
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Eduard Gismatullin, The Daily Star
LONDON: OAO Lukoil, Russia’s second-largest oil producer, expects to earn at least $2 billion from exporting Iraqi crude in 2014, 17 years after first winning…
Iraq: Jihadists Kill 14 Iraq Kurds in Battle Over Dam, Oil Facility
Aug 2, 2014
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Ahram Online
Kurdish troops fought off a jihadist attack on an oil facility and a dam near the Iraqi city of Mosul but lost 14 of their…
South Sudan: South Sudan Conflict Drives Idea of Oil Wealth Monitoring
Aug 1, 2014
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Drazen Jorgic and Edmund Blair, Reuters
NAIROBI, Aug 1 (Reuters) - South Sudan's oil fields have become a battleground in the struggle for power in Africa's newest nation, encouraging Western nations…
Iraq/Kurdistan: For Wandering Tankers with $300mln of Kurdish Crude, End-Game Still in Doubt
Aug 1, 2014
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Jonathan Saul, Reuters
Aug 1 (Reuters) - After a legal show-down in Texas this week, the outlook for a handful of tankers holding some $300 million worth of…
Libya: Risks Remain to Libya's Oil Supply Despite Reopening of Ports, Fields
Aug 1, 2014
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Benoit Falcon, The Wall Street Journal
LONDON—The reopening of Libyan oil fields and ports this month has been a key factor behind a steady fall in international oil prices recently, with…
Vietnam: Vietnam to Arm Fishery Surveillance Ships After Standoff With China
Aug 1, 2014
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Tra Mi, Voice of America
Vietnam says all ships under the management of its Fisheries Surveillance Force will be equipped with weapons following a tense standoff with China over a…
South China Sea: China Expands Offshore Oil Fleet for Contested Waters
Aug 1, 2014
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Eric Yep and Wayne Ma, The Wall Street Journal
China is accelerating the expansion of its offshore oil fleet—and adding coast guard vessels to protect it—as it ventures farther into the sea for energy…
Rwanda: Legal and Regulatory Expert, Ministry of Natural Resources
Jul 31, 2014
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DevNetJOBS.org
The Government of Rwanda (GoR) with support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is implementing the Strategic Capacity Building Initiative (SCBI). At its core, the…
South Sudan: South Sudan Delays Gold Production By a Year Due to Conflict
Jul 31, 2014
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Reuters
JUBA (Reuters) - South Sudan will delay the start of gold mining by a year from its planned date in 2016, a senior government official…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Kurdish Oil Cargo Unloaded at Sea, Destination a Mystery
Jul 31, 2014
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Keith Wallis, Reuters
(Reuters) - Part of a Kurdish oil cargo has been offloaded from a Greek-managed tanker into another tanker in the South China Sea, but mystery…
Land Grabbing: Land Grabbing A New Political Strategy for Arab Countries
Jul 31, 2014
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Independent European Daily Express
BEIRUT, Jul 30 (IPS) - Food price rises as far back as 2008 are believed to be the partial culprits behind the instability plaguing Arab…
India/Bangladesh: India Drops Sea Claim to Seek Offshore Oil in China Contrast
Jul 31, 2014
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Andrew MacAskill and Arun Devnath, Bloomberg Businessweek
If good fences make good neighbors, that may explain why much of Asia’s recent territorial tension has centered on the ocean.
India took a step toward…
Iraq: Iraq to Survey ISIL Conflict Zones for Harmful Chemicals, Pollutants
Jul 31, 2014
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Khalid al-Taie, Al-Shorfa
The Iraqi Ministry of the Environment is preparing to launch an environmental assessment in areas damaged by terrorism, conflict or natural disaster in an effort…
Cambodia; Rights Group Slams Cambodian Government Over Land Dispute Death
Jul 31, 2014
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Radio Free Asia
A soldier in Cambodia's army shot and killed a teenager this week while attempting to seize farmland for his military superior, rights groups said, warning…
Liberia: RIA Land Deed Backfires - Land Owners Threaten to Sue GOL
Jul 30, 2014
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AllAfrica
Monrovia — Lawyers representing the legal interest of residents of the Roberts International Airport area said they would sue over President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's granting…
Iraq/Kurdistan: U.S. Judge Sides With Iraq, Blocks Kurds' Attempt To Sell Oil
Jul 30, 2014
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John Ydiste, NPR
A U.S. judge has blocked an effort by Iraq's Kurdistan region to sell $100 million worth of crude oil to refiners in the U.S. It's…
Kurdistan: Kurdish Oil Production Seen Doubling Next Year by Goldman Sachs
Jul 30, 2014
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Grant Smith and Claudia Carpenter, Bloomberg Businessweek
Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurds, sparring with the nation’s central government over their right to export crude, may almost double oil production next year and triple it…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Kurdistan Challenges Iraq's Oil Claim
Jul 30, 2014
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The Wall Street Journal
The Kurdistan Regional Government has sent a letter to a Texas court challenging Baghdad’s claim to a 1-million-barrel tanker of oil currently parked off the…
Colombia: Colombia's Paramilitary-Coal Nexus: Drummond, Glencore Face New Accusations
Jul 30, 2014
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James Bargent and Mimi Yagoub, InSightCrime
The report by Christian peace campaigners PAX, "The Dark Side of Coal," (pdf) brings together the testimonies of demobilized paramilitaries, former company employees and conflict…
DRC: Head Of DRC State Miner Fired For 'Gross Negligence'
Jul 29, 2014
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Israel Diamond Institute
The head of the Democratic Republic of Congo's state-owned mining company Gecamines has been fired from his post for "gross negligence", reports Mining Weekly. The…
China/Philippines: Philippines Seeks Pledges to Suspend Unilateral Acts in S. China Sea
Jul 29, 2014
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Global Post
Philippine Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario called Tuesday for all claimants to disputed islands and other land features in the South China Sea to agree…
China/Vietnam: Vietnam’s Communists Urged to Sue China
Jul 29, 2014
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Trung Nguyen, Voice of America
Dozens of prominent members of Vietnam's Communist Party (VCP), voicing concerns over China’s actions in the South China Sea, are calling on their leaders to…
Decline in Wildlife Aggravates Human Conflict - study
Jul 28, 2014
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rt.com
Researchers at UC Berkeley have found an alarming correlation between a decline in wildlife and human conflict. As human activity directly threatens animals, their declining…
South China Sea: Maritime Disputes Could Lead to War
Jul 28, 2014
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Amando Doronila, Philipine Daily Inquirer
MANILA, Philippines—China’s maritime disputes with countries like the Philippines and Vietnam in the South China Sea are increasingly raising anxieties among their neighbors that the…