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Colombia: Use of GIS Tools for Land Expansion in Colombia
Aug 31, 2022
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Nicolas Porras, Mathilde Molendijk, and Laura Becerra, GIM International
Local indigenous youngsters have mapped the boundaries and sacred sites of their village, Gunmaku in the Sierra Nevada of Santa Marta, northern Colombia, and the…
Afghanistan: Afghanistan Reels from Deadly Flash Floods and Landslides
Aug 30, 2022
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Abid Hussain, Al Jazeera
Several provinces across the eastern, central, southern and western regions of Afghanistan have been hit by heavy rains, resulting in flash floods and landslides that…
Afghanistan: UN Warns 6 Million Afghans at Risk of Famine as Crises Grow
Aug 30, 2022
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Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press
Warning that Afghanistan faces deepening poverty with 6 million people at risk of famine, the U.N. humanitarian chief on Monday urged donors to restore funding…
Liberia: Police Commander, Ex-Diplomat Involved ‘in Illegal Logging’
Aug 30, 2022
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Gabriel M. Dixon and Emmanuel Sherman, The DayLight
In Liberia, prospective logging companies are required to firstly register the company at the Liberian Business Registry and then apply at the FDA. The agency…
Afghanistan: Afghanistan Reels from Deadly Flash Floods and Landslides
Aug 30, 2022
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Abid Hussain, Al Jazeera
Several provinces across the eastern, central, southern and western regions of Afghanistan have been hit by heavy rains, resulting in flash floods and landslides that…
Colombia: Ripple Blockchain Plans for Colombia Real Estate Fail to Get off the Ground
Aug 30, 2022
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Maria Gracia Santillana Linares, Forbes
Two weeks before newly elected President Gustavo Petro was sworn to the highest public office in Colombia, the previous administration’s Ministry of Information Technology and…
Climate Security at USAID: (Re)defining an Integrative Issue
Aug 30, 2022
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Daniel Abrahams and Allison Brown
Climate security is an essential conceptual framework to understand the global interplay of biophysical and socioeconomic forces that threaten our planet. Indeed, it is so…
Ukraine: Drones Are Sniffing out Landmines in Ukraine
Aug 29, 2022
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Alex Fitzpatrick, Axios
The landmines that plague Ukraine following six months of drawn-out fighting have a new enemy as minesweeping teams get a boost from high-tech drones.
Colombia: Large Swath of Colombian Amazon Region Being Wiped out for Cattle Farms
Aug 29, 2022
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La Prensa Latina
Although the Colombian government and dissident rebel groups prohibit deforestation in the Guaviare department, the Amazon jungle that once covered nearly every inch of that…
Fishing for Equity and Inclusion: Women’s Socioeconomic Factors in Kenyan Fisheries
Aug 29, 2022
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Margaret Gatonye
Seeing Loreta sort and dry her Omena sardines at the shores of Lake Victoria in Western Kenya, one may dismiss this small, middle-aged woman as…
Climate, Peace and Security and the Need for a Coordinated Approach
Aug 29, 2022
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Frederic Gateretse-Ngoga
In the African continent, where both slow and fast onset climate events undermine economic and political stability, the linkage between climate change and conflict is…
UAE: Cloud Wars: Mideast Rivalries Rise along a New Front
Aug 28, 2022
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Alissa J. Rubin, New York Times
Iranian officials have worried for years that other nations have been depriving them of one of their vital water sources. But it was not an…
Afghanistan: Talks Underway on Resumption of Afghanistan’s Aynak Copper Mine
Aug 28, 2022
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Yin Yeping, Global Times
Talks are underway on the resumption of the Aynak Copper Mine in Afghanistan, the world's second-largest copper ore body, which had been put on hold…
Germany: Water Scarcity Triggers Fierce Competition — Also in Germany
Aug 27, 2022
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Deutsche Welle, Matthias von Hein
Climate change threatens to dry up the planet and the global water crisis sees the competition for water becoming ever more fierce. Conflicts over the…
Ukraine: Toxins in Soil, Blasted Forests – Ukraine Counts Cost of Putin’s ‘Ecocide’
Aug 27, 2022
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Emma Graham-Harrison, Guardian
The woods outside Chernihiv were quiet in late August when Anatoliy Pavelko scrambled into a 10-metre bomb crater with a trowel and an icebox full…
South Sudan: Beleaguered by Cattle Raids, Feuding Eastern Equatoria Communities Request United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) to Broker Peace Dialogues
Aug 27, 2022
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United Nations Mission in South Sudan
In South Sudan, the world's newest nation, livestock equals livelihoods. Here, animals are valuable currency. However, being a livestock owner isn’t easy, as the Toposa community of…
Afghanistan: Kabul Residents Lack Drinking Water Due to Plunging Groundwater Levels
Aug 27, 2022
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Asian News International
Due to plunging groundwater levels, several provinces of Afghanistan have been facing a critical issue of availability of potable water as a lack of drinking…
Israel/Palestine: Israeli Forces Fire at Palestinian Farmers, Shepherds in Gaza
Aug 27, 2022
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New Arab
Israeli forces opened fire at Palestinian fishermen and shepherds in separate incidents in the south of the besieged Gaza Strip on Friday and Saturday. Israeli…
Afghanistan: Alleged Cracks on Kabul Dam Trigger Widespread Concern
Aug 27, 2022
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Arif Ahmadi, Khaama Press
Alleged cracks on Shah-wa-Arus Dam in Shakardara district of Kabul trigged a widespread concern among residents ahead of inauguration ceremony that has been halted since…
Liberia: FDA Impounds Containers of Illegally Harvested Logs
Aug 26, 2022
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Observer
The Forestry Development Authority (FDA) has launched a vigorous action thereby arresting three trucks carrying four containers containing Ekki logs (Lophira allata) harvested through illegal…
Conflict, Climate Change and COVID Combine to Create a Breeding Ground for Sexual and Gender-Based Violence
Aug 26, 2022
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Helen Clark, Michelle Bachelet, and José M. Albares
Rape is being used in conflict as a deliberate military strategy, and is feared most by women and girls as soon as the shooting starts.
They…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraq Threatens New Legal Action against Kurdistan Crude Buyers
Aug 25, 2022
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Rowena Edwards, Reuters
Iraq's state-owned oil marketer SOMO has threatened fresh legal action against buyers of crude oil originating from the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, according to a letter…
Afghanistan: Boosting Local Food Production, Generating Income and Reviving Rural Markets
Aug 25, 2022
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
A new $80 million grant from the United States of America is an important step-forward in the work of the Food and Agriculture Organization of…
Afghanistan: Ministry Puts up 8 Mines for Tender, Says '200' Investors Interested
Aug 25, 2022
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Amina Hakimi, TOLOnews
The Ministry of Mines and Petroleum said that more than 200 domestic and foreign companies have shown an interest in eight mines that have been…
Colombia: A 13-Year Fight against Gold Mining in Colombian Community Marches on
Aug 24, 2022
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Maritza Palma Lozano, Mongabay
In the Embera Karambá worldview, land cannot be sold or be subject to negotiations. Water is seen as a common resource that allows them to…
Ukraine/Russia: War and Water: Russia Is Destroying Ukraine’s Water Supply
Aug 24, 2022
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Oleg Rubel, Village Voice
Today we have a paramount topic. Water and War. Thousands of people in Ukraine are suffering from thirst and lack of safe drinking water. But…
Conflict Minerals: Tungsten Industry Conflict Minerals Council Updates Compliance Framework
Aug 24, 2022
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Powder Metallurgy Review
The Tungsten Industry Conflict Minerals Council (TI-CMC) has released an updated version of its Tungsten Framework document. The council acts as a framework through which…
Iraq: Boiling Heat and No Water: Taps Run Dry in Southern Iraq
Aug 24, 2022
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Hayder Indhar, Barron's
Iraq is known in Arabic as the Land of the Two Rivers, but it has seen water levels on the once mighty Tigris and Euphrates…
Afghanistan: Mining at Mes Aynak Copper Mine to Start after Transfer of Antiquities
Aug 24, 2022
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Ahmad Shah Erfanyar, Pajhwok Afghan News
China is trying to start extraction work at the Mes Aynak copper mine in central Logar province soon after the transfer of historic artifacts from…
Leveraging Hydropower for Peace
Aug 24, 2022
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Emilie Broek and Kyungmee Kim
Hydropower is the largest source of low-carbon electricity in the world today. And its benefits are needed more than ever. Yet the heavy social and…