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In Search of Consensus on Climate-Conflict Links
Aug 12, 2019
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Cullen Hendrix and John O'Laughlin
What do we (think we) know about the links between climate change and armed conflict? Early attempts to theorize what climate-related conflict might look like…
Nepal: Conservationists Warn against Commercialisation of Protected Areas in Nepal
Aug 10, 2019
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Chandan Kumar Mandal, Eleven
Environmentalists and conservationists have slammed the government's plan to introduce commercial activities inside the protected areas, including Shivapuri Nagarjun National Park, saying such a move…
China/Vietnam/South China Sea: The Chinese Survey Ships That Cause Ripples in Vietnam and across the South China Sea
Aug 10, 2019
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Linda Lew, South China Morning Post
After a tense, month-long stand-off between China and Vietnam over a reef in the South China Sea, the Chinese survey vessel Haiyang Dizhi 8, or…
Colombia: Colombia Declares National Emergency after Banana Fungus Outbreak
Aug 9, 2019
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Adriaan Alsema, Colombia Reports
Colombia’s Ministry of Agriculture declares a national emergency after receiving evidence of a fungus outbreak affecting bananas in the north of the country. According to…
Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone Reviews Mining Licenses
Aug 9, 2019
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African Review
The government of Sierra Leone is reviewing mining licences and contracts, aimed at ensuring investments into extractives are in line with development needs. Despite having significant…
South Sudan: New South Sudan Strategy Maps Way Forward for Communities Returning Home After Displacement
Aug 9, 2019
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International Organization for Migration
The conflict in South Sudan has caused immeasurable suffering. In the past six years, international observers have estimated 400,000 people have died. Today, at least 4.1…
Afghanistan: Erratic Swings in Weather Patterns Add to Afghans' Woes
Aug 9, 2019
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Shadi Khan Saif, Anadolu Agency
The heated global debate over climate change hardly sounds relevant to war-ravaged Afghanistan, but the mountainous country is quietly bearing the brunt of its effects.The…
Water to Cause Future Wars, as in the Past
Aug 9, 2019
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Jarius Bondoc
Future wars will be fought over water, experts say. Rivers and lakes will dry up from global warming. Seafood stocks will dwindle as ocean temperatures…
South Sudan: Food Security and Livelihood Cluster Co-Coordinator
Aug 8, 2019
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World Vision International
The Food Security & Livelihoods (FSL) Cluster Co-Coordinator/Advisor enables cluster partners to respond more effectively to the needs of the affected population than they could…
Meryl Williams Fellowship
Aug 8, 2019
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GEAReD
GEAReD is inviting applications for the first offering of the Meryl Williams Fellowship to participate in a women’s leadership program, funded by the Australian Centre…
South Africa: How More Women in Agriculture Will End Food Security, Tackle Land Reform
Aug 8, 2019
Addressing gender disparities in the agricultural sector is a prerequisite to increasing women and youth participation in the sector, creating much-needed employment opportunities and ensuring…
Support African Women Working in Agriculture
Aug 8, 2019
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Esther Ngumbi
As South Africa commemorates Women’s Month, the country will reflect on the progress made in achieving gender equality and main-streaming the gender agenda across all…
Women's Participation in Myanmar's Peace Process
Aug 8, 2019
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Akanksha Khullar
For years, women in Myanmar have been powerful advocates for comprehensive peace and good governance, calling for reconciliation and democratic transition; demanding legislations that protect…
Uganda: How Karamoja First Policewoman's Land Was Grabbed
Aug 8, 2019
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Joseph Olanyo, Observer
After serving the Uganda Police Force diligently for the last 44 years, Rtd Sergeant Mariam Sunday Lokisa knew she would retire happily to her matrimonial…
Applications Closing 15 August for MENA Workshop on Water Security & Environmental Peacebuilding October 14-16 2019 – Rabat, Morocco
Aug 7, 2019
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EcoPeace Middle East
Climate change and its disruptive impact on water resources are increasingly recognized as a threat multiplier that exacerbates conflict in areas around the world. Climate-induced…
Green Technology's Dark Side
Aug 7, 2019
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Ronald Stein
The hype these days is to stop using those dirty fossil fuel driven cars and trucks and convert everyone to those clean electric vehicles. But…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Kurdistan’s Massive Gas Reserves No One Knows about
Aug 7, 2019
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Simon Watkins, OilPrice
Barely a month goes past without another indication of the vast gas potential still largely untapped in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI). Last…
Iraq: Climate Change Is Exacerbating Iraq’s Complicated Water Politics
Aug 6, 2019
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Theodore Karasik and Jacopo Spezia Depretto, Fair Observer
Today, what is commonly known as the Fertile Crescent — the cradle of civilization and the Garden of Eden — is not so fertile anymore.…
Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone Community's Suit against Diamond Miner Shows Activist Trend
Aug 6, 2019
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Cooper Inveen, Reuters
The water “makes us get headaches and feel sick in our stomachs,” said Adi Kalie Bangura. Bangura’s claims are part of those made by a…
Afghanistan: Inside Afghanistan's Desperate Battle to Control a Dam in Taliban Country
Aug 6, 2019
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Andrew Quilty, Vice
It was after midnight when red tracer rounds spat from government lines in Helmand’s Kajaki District across a band of darkness toward a second line…
Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone Community's Suit against Diamond Miner Shows Activist Trend
Aug 6, 2019
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Cooper Inveen, Reuters
Across Africa and the developing world, local groups are increasingly mounting legal challenges against companies extracting minerals, said David Pred, executive director of Inclusive Development…
Agriculture's Secret Weapon: Empowering Women
Aug 6, 2019
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Patrick Galey and Laure Fillon
Women farmers face the brunt of the threat posed by climate change, yet they may hold the key to helping limit its fallout, according to…
Myanmar: Work on Expediting Land Compensation Continues
Aug 5, 2019
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Yee Ywal Myint, Myanmar Times
The government continues work on expediting compensation for people, especially farmers, who had land appropriated for urban development, Yangon Region Chief Minister U Phyo Min…
Iraq/Turkey: Iraq's Oil Expansion May Be Set back on Turkish Dam Project
Aug 5, 2019
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Miriam Malek, S&P Global Platts
Iraq's oil expansion may be in jeopardy after Turkey reportedly started a dam that could reduce water flows to energy companies operating in OPEC's second-largest…
DRC: Ntaganda and ICC: The Conviction of a Congolese War Lord
Aug 5, 2019
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Ndubuaku Kanayo, Fair Planet
"The law is made for man, not man for the law", the precise words of William Godwin a journalist and political philosopher seem to be…
Afghanistan: MoMP Inks 9 Marble Extraction Agreements Worth $23m
Aug 5, 2019
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Afghanistan Times
The Ministry of Mines and Petroleum (MoMP) on Monday inked nine multimillion dollars' worthagreements of marble mining in western Herat province, incorporating amendments at the…
China/Vietnam/South China Sea: Vietnam Police Disperse Protest at Chinese Embassy over South China Sea Standoff
Aug 5, 2019
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James Pearson, Reuters
Vietnamese police on Tuesday broke up a brief protest outside the Chinese embassy in Hanoi against Beijing’s maritime survey of an offshore block in the…
Mali: Wetlands International Emphasises Conflict-Sensitive and Human-Security Approaches to Infrastructure as New Malian Government Takes Office
Aug 2, 2019
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Wetlands International
Water infrastructure must be ‘conflict-sensitive’ and coordinated between ministries representative of all stakeholders if future escalation of violence in Mali is to be avoided, according…
Myanmar: Myanmar’s Environmental Challenges
Aug 2, 2019
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Gregory McCann, Asia Sentinel
After eight years collecting dust on the planning shelves and also at the confluence of the Mali and N’mai Rivers in upper Burma, the Chinese…
The Human Cost of Amber
Aug 2, 2019
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Katharine Gammon
For scientists, amber is thrilling. It preserves ancient organisms in incredible detail, down to the veins in insect wings and the lenses on fly eyes.…