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Occupied Palestine: Junior EU Aid Volunteer in Gender

Mar 19, 2019 | Gruppo di Volontariato Civile

The EU Regulation of the European Parliament and the Council establishing the European Voluntary Humanitarian Aid Corps – EU Aid Volunteers and related legislation create…

Liberia: 800 Liberians to Lose Jobs at Firestone Plantation amid Major Economic Meltdown

Mar 19, 2019 | Lennart Dodoo, FrontPage Africa

The George Weah-led administration would be dealt a major blow amid the current economic turmoil as the biggest employer in the country’s private sector, Firestone…

Myanmar: Controversial Land Law Threatens Myanmar Ethnic Communities

Mar 19, 2019 | John Zaw, Union of Catholic Asian News

Millions of people in Myanmar face the possibility of having no legal rights over their land if they do not meet a deadline for land claim applications. Permits…

Myanmar: Land Lost, Families Uprooted as Myanmar Pushes Industrial Zones

Mar 19, 2019 | Rina Chandran, Reuters

For developing nations like Myanmar - which emerged from decades of economic isolation in 2011 when the military stepped back from direct control - SEZs…

Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton Hosts the Annual Environmental Law Training Symposium

Mar 19, 2019 | Emmanuel Necoechea, Defense Visual Information Distribution Service

Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Pendleton hosted the Environmental Law Training Symposium at the Pacific Views Event Center aboard MCB Camp Pendleton, California, on March…

Iraq/Islamic State: They Go to the Desert to Hunt for Truffles. But ISIS Is Hunting Them.

Mar 19, 2019 | Alissa J. Rubin, New York Times

Driven out of most of the territory it controlled in Iraq and Syria, ISIS has gone underground, its remaining fighters in Iraq carrying out sporadic…

Conflict Minerals: EU Calls for Stronger Collaboration over Conflict Minerals

Mar 19, 2019 | Africa Intelligence

The European Commission is gearing up to launch an online platform for companies within the European Union (EU) to share methods...

Local Institutions Can Mitigate Climate-Related Conflict in the Sahel

Mar 18, 2019 | Ahmadou Aly Mbaye

Climate change acts as a conflict multiplier by amplifying existing environmental stresses, creating new ones, and thus exacerbating resource scarcities and water and food insecurity.…

Water Is a Growing Source of Global Conflict. Here's What We Need to Do

Mar 18, 2019 | Kitty Van Der Heijden

In 2017 alone, water was a major factor in conflict in at least 45 countries. Its importance as a resource means that water-related insecurity can…

Conflict Minerals: Blockchain Boosters Aim to Ease Tracking of Conflict Minerals

Mar 18, 2019 | Bloomberg Environment

Companies at risk of fueling war and human rights abuses when purchasing metals are exploring the use of blockchain to reduce the likelihood that unethically…

Israel/Palestine: Israel’s Exploitation of Palestinian Resources Is Human Rights Violation, Says UN Expert

Mar 18, 2019 | UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Israel’s exploitation of natural resources in the Occupied Palestinian Territory for its own use is in direct violation of its legal responsibilities as an occupying…

Afghanistan: Afghans Battle with Flood Aftermath

Mar 18, 2019 | Stefanie Glinski, New Humanitarian

Besieged by months of drought and long-term conflict, rural communities in large swathes of Afghanistan are facing yet another emergency: widespread flooding that will leave…

Kyrgyzstan/Tajikistan: Armed Conflict on Tajik-Kyrgyz Border Localized

Mar 18, 2019 | Victoria Panfilova, Vestnik Kavkaza

A conflict broke out on the border of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan shortly before the informal summit of heads of Central Asian states. This is the…

Myanmar: Mandalay Compensates Farmers for Seized Land

Mar 18, 2019 | Kyaw Ko Ko, Myanmar Times

Farmers were paid on Wednesday for land seized by the Prisons Department when Mandalay Central Prison was built in Aung Myay Tharzan township, U Zaw…

Iraq: Water Woes Hit Henna Plant Farms in Iraq's Fao Peninsula

Mar 17, 2019 | Mohamed Atie and Aref Mohammed, Reuters

Local farmer says water shortages and ensuing use of salty water from a polluted river for irrigation has killed henna and palm trees.

China/South China Sea: Xi's South China Sea 'Fishermen' Risk Hooking US into Conflict

Mar 16, 2019 | Chris Horton and Cliff Venzon, Nikkei

The chances of an armed clash in the South China Sea appear to be rising fast, even as China paints a picture of regional harmony…

Environmental Protection in Non-International Armed Conflicts: Finding the Way Forward

Mar 15, 2019 | Jeanique Pretorius

This year, the UN’s International Law Commission may begin to address the imbalance in international legal framework intended to protect the environment in relation to…

UNEA-4 Adopts Language on Conflicts and Environmental Security

Mar 15, 2019 | Doug Weir

A more ambitious and outward looking UNEA could become a vital platform for conflict and the environment.

Russia's Next Land Grab Won't Be in an Ex-Soviet State. It Will Be in Europe.

Mar 15, 2019 | Micheil Saakashvili

First he came for Georgia, then for Ukraine. Vladimir Putin’s next target is likely to be a non-NATO nation in the EU.

Myanmar: Land Confiscation Is Latest Barrier to Return for Myanmar’s Displaced

Mar 15, 2019 | Peter Yeung, News Deeply

After being forced to flee Myanmar, Rohingya refugees face yet another threat to their livelihoods following a controversial amendment to Myanmar’s land-ownership law that came…

South Sudan: WFP Warns Conflict Is Worsening Food Insecurity in South Sudan

Mar 15, 2019 | Xinhua

Simon Cammelbeeck, WFP acting country director in South Sudan, told journalists that the ongoing fighting in the country’s bread basket region of Yei has already…

Iraq/Syria: Mystery Spill at Mosul Lake: Analyzing Potential Causes of Pollution

Mar 15, 2019 | Wim Zwijnenburg, Bellingcat

During the monitoring of the ongoing situation in Syria and Iraq via open-access satellite imagery, a curious situation presented itself in early January at the…

UNEP Report Showcases Women’s Role in Management of Coastal and Marine Environments

Mar 14, 2019 | Catherine Benson Whalén

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) launched a report that analyzes the gendered nature of the conservation, management and use of coastal and marine environments and…

Myanmar: Myanmar Land Reform: Calls for New Law to Be Scrapped [Video]

Mar 14, 2019 | Alexi O'Brien, Al Jazeera

Rights groups are calling on Myanmar's government to scrap a new land reform law they fear could leave millions of people with nowhere to call…

Climate Change: Key Democrat Has 'Considerable Doubt' about Military Readiness

Mar 14, 2019 | Courtney Columbus, E&E News

Hurricanes and wildfires caused extensive damage in 2018, and defense installations weren't spared, lawmakers and experts agreed yesterday during a House Armed Services subcommittee hearing…

Climate Change: Kaine Aims to Help Defend Hampton Roads Military Readiness with Climate Security Act

Mar 14, 2019 | Tamara Dietrich, Daily Press

The Climate Security Act of 2019 would establish a “climate security envoy” within the State Department, outline how climate change data and forecasting should inform…

Myanmar: Myanmar's Black Gold Lures Plucky Oil Drillers

Mar 14, 2019 | Agence France-Presse

The fields near Minhla, north of Yangon, are Myanmar's equivalent of the American Wild West, where informal oil entrepreneurs scramble from site to site in…

Deadline Extended for Speaker Registration for the First International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding

Mar 12, 2019

The Environmental Peacebuilding Association is extending the deadline for presenters to pay and register for the First International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding.  The new deadline…

Call for Nominations for Al-Moumin Award and Distinguished Lecture on Environmental Peacebuilding

Mar 12, 2019

The Environmental Peacebuilding Association is currently seeking nominations for the Al-Moumin Award and Distinguished Lecture on Environmental Peacebuilding. The award and lecture are named after Dr. Mishkat Al-Moumin, Iraq’s…

DRC: Consultant pour un Projet d'Information, Counselling, and Legal Assistance (ICLA) au Kasai

Mar 12, 2019 | Norwegian Refugee Council

Le 12 août 2016, Jean-Prince Mpandi, le 6ème « Kamuina Nsapu » du nom, chef coutumier des BajilaKasanga, est tué dans l’assaut de sa maison,…