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How Women Can Lead The Resistance Against Climate Change
Jun 10, 2020
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Nancy Wang
In the past decade, women have made great strides attaining key leadership roles in technology, education, and politics. Another area that has shot to international…
Israel/Palestine: Israel's High Court Strikes Down West Bank Land-Grab Law as 'Unconstitutional'
Jun 9, 2020
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Hagar Shezaf, Haaretz
Israel's High Court of Justice ordered on Tuesday to nullify a law that would legalize the status of settlements partially built on privately owned Palestinian…
How Sierra Leone Preventative Measures are Affecting Artisanal Mining in Eastern Sierra Leone
Jun 9, 2020
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Emma Black
Since its first recorded COVID-19 cases on 31 March 2020, the government of Sierra Leone has instituted measures to prevent the transmission of the virus.…
Afghanistan: Water Politics Heat up under Worsening Climate in Afghanistan
Jun 9, 2020
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Stefanie Glinski, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Over the past two decades weather patterns have become more extreme with flooding and dry spells devastating farms in central Afghanistan’s Bamiyan province that rely…
Myanmar: Charity Points to Myanmar Jade Mine Abuses
Jun 9, 2020
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Matt Blomberg, Australian Associated Press
Caterpillar Inc, Komatsu Ltd and Volvo AB - leading providers of machinery to Myanmar's jade mines - have done little to address warnings about rampant…
Afghanistan: Afghanistan Declares 4 More Sites as National Parks
Jun 9, 2020
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Xinhua
Four scenic areas have been declared as protected sites and national parks in Afghanistan, according to the Afghan Presidential Palace. The palace said in a…
For People on the Front Lines of Climate Change and Conflict, COVID-19 Is a New Challenge
Jun 9, 2020
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UN Environment
Al Rahad is one of many communities where the combined effects of climate change, conflict, gender inequality, and now the COVID-19 pandemic are posing grave…
UN Report Details Environmental Degradation in West Bank and Gaza
Jun 8, 2020
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Doug Weir
This is not the first time that UNEP has undertaken an assessment of environmental conditions in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT). Studies in 2003, 2005 and 2009 had already documented…
Is Ecocide Inevitable in the World’s Most Contested Sea?
Jun 8, 2020
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Michael Abraham, Jonathan Aguilar, Jonathan Ballew, Bianca Cseke, Brita Hunegs, Lacey Latch, Hannah Mitchell, Marissa Nelson, Sahi Padmanabhan, and Natalie Wade
How overfishing, artificial island-building and giant clam poaching threatens the health of the marine ecosystem in the South China Sea, and how coordinated regional action…
Request for Expression of Interest (EOI): Host Organization for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Intern (Remote)
Jun 8, 2020
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Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR) Environment and Public Policy (EPP) Section
The Environment and Public Policy (EPP) Section of the Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR), a professional organization dedicated to enhancing the practice and public understanding…
Gender Lens Essential to Addressing Linked Climate Change and Security Crises, Urges Joint UN Report
Jun 8, 2020
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UN Environment
As countries reel from the devastating social and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, gender inequality is shaping the experience of crisis, as well as…
Colombia: The Colombian Prosecutor’s Office Indicates that Displaced Peasants Do Not Receive the Aid Ordered by the Justice
Jun 8, 2020
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Europa Press
The Colombian Public Prosecutor’s Office has alerted this Sunday that up to 93 percent of the judicial rulings that decree the delivery of housing and…
Zimbabwe: Climate-Change Conflict Resolution
Jun 8, 2020
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Emily Jones and Mennonite Central Committee, Mennonite World Review
As climate change takes its toll on Zimbabwe, millions who rely on agriculture are threatened with food scarcity. But Edfil Moyo, a subsistence farmer in…
China/Indonesia/Malaysia/South China Sea: Pressures Increasing on Indonesia and Malaysia in the South China Sea
Jun 8, 2020
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Ben Westcott and Brad Lendon, CNN
Chinese and Malaysian vessels were locked in a high-stakes standoff for more than one month earlier this year, near the island of Borneo in the…
The Effect of Covid-19 on Women in Artisanal Mining
Jun 8, 2020
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Tina Blazquez-Lopez
Artisanal Mining is a significant source of minerals and metals. According to the International Institute for Sustainable Development 2018 the sector is estimated to produce approximately…
The Effect of Covid-19 on Women in Artisanal Mining
Jun 8, 2020
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Tina Blazquez-Lopez
Artisanal Mining is a significant source of minerals and metals. According to the International Institute for Sustainable Development 2018 the sector is estimated to produce approximately…
Liberia: Liberia Auctions Oil Blocks Online Due to Coronavirus Outbreak
Jun 7, 2020
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Oil & Gas Republic
The Liberian Government is seeking interest from companies on participating in the offshore license round, which was open since April 10, 2020. But, due to…
China/South China Sea: US Military Commander Says China Pushing South China Sea Claims under Cover of COVID-19
Jun 5, 2020
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Tim Kelly, Reuters
China is using the coronavirus as a cover to push territorial claims in the South China Sea through a surge in naval activity meant to…
Iraq: In Iraq's Fields of Black Gold, Thousands Lose Livelihoods
Jun 5, 2020
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Mohammed Aty, Reuters
Mohammed Haider is one of thousands of workers in Iraq’s oil sector who were laid off this year after a fall in oil prices caused…
Iraq/Syria/Islamic State: ISIS Admit to Looting Oil and 'Obscene Amount Antiquities' to Swell Its War Chest
Jun 5, 2020
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Chris Hughes, Mirror
An Islamic State mastermind has admitted his terror group looted oil and an “obscene amount of antiquities” to swell its war chest. Iraqi-born Abdul Nasser…
Ethiopia/Sudan: Sudan-Ethiopia Border Tensions Escalate Despite Government Efforts
Jun 5, 2020
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Mohammed Amin, Middle East Eye
Diplomatic efforts to diffuse a security crisis on the border between Sudan and Ethiopia have been ongoing, but the situation on the ground has escalated…
Myanmar: Farmers Protest Land Grabs in Southern Shan State
Jun 5, 2020
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Shan Herald Agency for News
Pa-O farmers from southern Shan State gathered in protest Tuesday after their farms were seized by the Tatmadaw. Burma Army LIB-423 and LIB-424 confiscated 900…
Conflict Minerals: Trucking-Related Companies Find It Difficult to Identify 'Conflict Minerals' in Supply Chains
Jun 4, 2020
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Eric Miller, Transit Topics
It has been more than six years since America’s public companies began searching for African “conflict minerals” throughout their complex supply chains, with the goal…
ICL and Environmental Protection Symposium: International Criminal Law as a Tool for Corporate Responsibility for Environmental Crimes (Part I)
Jun 4, 2020
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Jelena Aparac
While environmental agreements are signed between States, it is often non-state actors, including corporations, that are asked to implement them in their managerial decisions. And…
ICL and Environmental Protection Symposium: International Criminal Courts as Potential Jurisdiction for Corporate Responsibility for Environmental Crimes (Part II)
Jun 4, 2020
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Jelena Aparac
One of the fundamental questions lies in who exactly has the right to take legal action and before which court in the case of corporate…
How Does War Damage the Environment?
Jun 4, 2020
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Doug Weir
We’re often asked how armed conflicts harm the environment. In this blog we try to provide as many different examples of harms as we can.…
Saving the Environment, Saving People and Building Peace
Jun 4, 2020
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PAX
PAX is highlighting the importance of environment and conflict as it marks World Environment Day. Around the world, citizens, grass-roots activists, United Nations organisations, faith…
Sierra Leone: Destitute Diamond Diggers: Artisanal Diamond Miners in Sierra Leone Struggle for Survival
Jun 4, 2020
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Emma Black, Politico
“Artisanal mining” means mining operations must be less than ten metres deep, less than one acre and only rudimentary hand-held tools can be used. The…
Myanmar: The Many-Sided Fight over Northern Kachin’s Forests
Jun 4, 2020
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Emily Fishbein, Frontier
The derailing of Hkakabo Razi’s World Heritage bid reveals a multifaceted battle of interests spanning international conservation, commercial exploitation, party politics and local desires to…
Predicting Natural Resource Violence
Jun 4, 2020
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Jessica Anderson
Between 1949 and 2009, at least 40 percent of intrastate conflicts were linked to natural resources, according to estimates in a UN report. A growing body…