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Liberia: Important Step towards Land Ownership for Rural Population in Liberia
Dec 8, 2021
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GIM International
A web-based geodata solution has been launched in Liberia to support people’s land ownership rights by improving cooperation between the Liberia Land Authority (LLA) and…
Syria: In Northwestern Syria, Devastating Conflict Leaves a Toxic Environmental Legacy
Dec 8, 2021
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Enab Baladi
The continued bombardment of areas in northwestern Syria, including the al-Ghab Plain, subjects the residents of these areas to life-threatening risks, accidents, and constant pressure.…
Climate Threats Are Multiplying in the Horn of Africa
Dec 8, 2021
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Robert Muggah
The four countries on the peninsula—Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia—are warming more quickly than the global average, with dangerous implications for unrest and conflict within…
Mining Sector Has an Obligation to Fight Gender-Based Violence
Dec 8, 2021
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Nolitha Fakude
The Minerals Council SA and our member companies are well aware that we operate in a context and climate where sexual harassment and gender-based violence…
UNDP Empowers Women, Promotes Gender Equality Through Energy Management System Training
Dec 8, 2021
In an effort to boost gender equality and female participation in the energy management sector, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) held the Srikandi Energy…
Second International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding GOING VIRTUAL*
Dec 7, 2021
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Environmental Peacebuilding Association and the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
The Organizing Committee for the Second International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding has decided to convert the hybrid format to an ostensibly virtual conference.
This announcement covers…
Iraq: Intensifying IS Attacks Strike Near Northern Oil Fields
Dec 7, 2021
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Mohammed Hussein, Rawaz Tahir, and Araz Mohammed, Iraq Oil Report
The self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS) militant group has launched an increasingly fierce campaign in northern Iraq, including several recent attacks near oil fields in which…
Liberia: Liberia Sets to Issue Title Deeds for Customary Land
Dec 7, 2021
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Observer
The Liberia Land Authority (LLA), with support from the Joint United Nations PeaceBuilding Support Programme on December 2, launched an historic land survey in Sinje, Grand…
How Does Fighting Climate Change Help Protect Sexual and Reproductive Health?
Dec 7, 2021
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Leah Rodriguez
How Does Fighting Climate Change Help Protect Sexual and Reproductive Health?
Dec 7, 2021
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Leah Rodriguez
Climate change doesn’t just damage the world’s natural resources and wildlife — it also has lasting impacts on the health of human beings, disproportionately affecting women and girls.
Ahead…
Bringing Climate and Terrorism Together at the UN Security Council – Proceed with Caution
Dec 6, 2021
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Jordan Street
Misconceived climate-security policymaking could have significant adverse and counterproductive impacts.
The United Nations Security Council on Dec. 9 will hold its first open thematic debate to explore the links between…
Saudi Arabia: Saudi Environmental Security Officers Protect Sea and Land Ecosystems
Dec 6, 2021
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Hebshi Alshammari, Arab News
The Saudi Special Forces for Environmental Security have apprehended dozens of offenders for environmental violations as part of a recent crackdown. The forces, under the…
DRC: How China Wrested Control of the Congo’s Critical Minerals
Dec 6, 2021
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David Uren, Australian Strategic Policy Institute
China’s system of bankrolling its state companies may be entrenching great inefficiency in its economy but has delivered it unchallenged dominance in the critical minerals…
Afghanistan: Taliban Issues Decree on Afghan Women’s Rights
Dec 4, 2021
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Aleynes Palacios Hurtado
Taliban leader Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada on Friday issued a decree on women's rights in Afghanistan, official sources reported.
Myanmar: Illegal Gold Mines Operate Unchecked in Myanmar’s Kachin State Since Coup
Dec 4, 2021
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Radio Free Asia
Illegal gold mine operations have run unchecked in the capital of Myanmar’s Kachin state since the military seized power 10 months ago, raising concerns for…
Afghanistan: In Afghanistan, ‘Who Has the Guns Gets the Land’
Dec 3, 2021
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Thomas Gibbons-Neff and Yaqoob Akbary, New York TImes
Thousands of Afghans are facing such traumatic dislocations as the new Taliban government uses property to compensate its fighters for years of military service, amid…
Afghanistan/Iran: Taliban, Iranian Border Guards Clash on Nimroz Border over Misunderstanding
Dec 2, 2021
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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Iran's border guards and the Taliban ended clashes along a segment of the border in what Iranian state media reported was a "misunderstanding" from the…
A Darker Shade of “Code Red”: Arms and Climate Change
Dec 2, 2021
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Sarah Grand-Clément
Does the conventional arms community have the necessary tools to address climate change, including the risk of future climate shocks and environmental degradation, in its…
USA: Research Scholar and Project Manager, Climate and Geopolitics Project
Dec 1, 2021
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Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a unique global network of policy research centers in Russia, China, Europe, the Middle East, India, and the United…
Belgium/EU: Programme Assistant for Environmental Peacemaking Programme
Dec 1, 2021
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European Institute of Peace
The European Institute of Peace (EIP) is looking for exceptional individuals who share our vision for a world where people live in safety and peace because conflicts…
Myanmar: Climate Danger Grows in ‘Vulnerable’ Myanmar after Military Coup
Dec 1, 2021
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John Liu and Rory Wallace, Al Jazeera
There is increasing concern that Myanmar is at risk of a serious environmental crisis, as the generals who seized power in a coup on February…
China/Indonesia/South China Sea: Beijing Demanded Indonesia Stop Oil and Natural Gas Drilling during Stand-off
Dec 1, 2021
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Reuters
China told Indonesia to stop drilling for oil and natural gas in maritime territory that both countries regard as their own during a months-long stand-off…
Cambodia: More Than 40 Suspects Sent to Court in Deforestation and Land Encroachment Crackdown
Dec 1, 2021
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Khmer Times
Provincial authorities in Siem Reap sent 47 suspects to the Provincial Court as part of the national crackdown on land grabbing and deforestation crimes in…
Climate Change: These 11 Countries Could Face Extreme Instability from Climate Change, Says US Intelligence
Nov 30, 2021
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Amanda Macias, CNBC
The nation’s collective intelligence community identified 11 countries vulnerable to geopolitical instability due to climate change in its first-ever National Intelligence Estimate on Climate Change report.…
Colombia: What Makes Colombia the Next Ecotourism Hotspot
Nov 30, 2021
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Gilberto Salcedo Ribero, Trade Arabia
Tourism is one of the growing economic sectors of Colombia; it managed to attract millions of visitors to the country, thanks to its welcoming people,…
Liberia: LLA to Issue Title Deeds to Several Communities for Customary Land
Nov 30, 2021
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New Dawn
The Liberia Land Authority(LLA), with support from the joint United Nations Peace Building Support Programme, will on 2 December 2021, commence a historic land survey…
Colombia: Auxico to Build $116m Rare-Earth Refinery in Colombia
Nov 30, 2021
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Mariaan Webb, Mining Weekly
CSE-listed Auxico Resources has announced plans to build a 10 000 km2 rare earth refining facility in the free-trade zone in Santa Marta, Colombia, capable of…
Colombia: Indigenous Community Saves Colombia’s Poison Dart Frog from Coca and Logging
Nov 30, 2021
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Maxwell Radwin, Mongabay
The golden dart frog (Phyllobates terribilis) is found only in southwest Colombia, where mountains and rainforest meet the mangroves of the Pacific coast. For centuries,…
Afghanistan: Herat Saffron Yield Cut in Half by Drought
Nov 30, 2021
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TOLOnews
Officials from Herat’s agriculture department say that saffron production in the province has decreased this year compared to last year. Pir Mohammad Halimi, head of…
DRC: Backed by AFRICOM, Corporations Plunder DR Congo for “Climate-Friendly” Materials and Blame China
Nov 30, 2021
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TJ Coles, The Gray Zone
Cobalt, a key metallic element used in lithium batteries and other “green” technology, is sourced from slave labor in the Democratic Republic of Congo. As…