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Issue #302 – Aug 5, 2025 |
AnnouncementsRegister for Conservation Conflict Transformation Workshops August 5, 2025 | Center for Conservation Peacebuilding Feeling stuck in a tough, high-stakes conflict around wildlife or conservation? Do you feel like you are taking all the right actions, but still feel like real change and progress is elusive?Register for a Practitioner Training Course on Environmental Peacebuilding August 3, 2025 | KURVE Wustrow Building peace can only be truly successful if also the environment is protected. In violent conflicts, ecosystems are often suffering, if not destroyed.
July 7, 2025 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association & University of Ottawa In the lead-up to the Fourth International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding–taking place in June 2026 in Ottawa, Canada–the Environmental Peacebuilding Association® (EnPAx®) and Conference partners are hosting the Path to Ottawa, a global,… |
EventsFor more upcoming events on environmental peacebuilding, please visit our online calendar of events.
October 1, 2025
Environmental Peacebuilding Association's Arts Initiative
September 9, 2025
Alliance for Peacebuilding
September 4, 2025
EnPAx Gender Interest Group
September 1, 2025
Environmental Peacebuilding Association's Arts Initiative
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LibraryIn the last two weeks, 8 new publications were added to our online library of materials on environmental peacebuilding. Here is a sampling of the new additions:
August 5, 2025 | Eka Ikpe and Sarah Njeri
August 5, 2025 | Chinyere N. Ugwu Meng, Okechukwu Paul-Chima Ugwu, Esther Ugo Alum, Val Hyginus Udoka Eze, Mariam Basajj, Jovita Nnenna Ugwu, Fabian C. Ogenyi Beng, Regina Idu Ejemot-Nwadiaro, Michael Ben Okon MSc, Simeon Ikechukwu Egba, and Daniel Ejim Uti
A Multi-Level Spatial Assessment Framework for Identifying Land Use Conflict Zones
August 5, 2025 | Danyang Wang, Mingshu Wang, Wei Zheng, Yaya Song, and Xianjin Huang
Resurgence of Cholera in Kosti City, Sudan: Impact of Armed Conflict and Water Supply Disruption
August 5, 2025 | Ayman Azhary, Nooh Mohamed Hajhamed, Ahmed Noralla Altyip, Elham Elamin, Eman Taha Osman Ali, Ayman Ahmed, and Emmanuel Edwar Siddig
Power and Plunder: The Eritrean Defense Forces Intervention in Tigray
August 2, 2025
The Famines in Gaza and Other Conflict Areas Are a Moral Failure
July 30, 2025 | Saskia Osendarp, Lawrence Haddad, Cecilia Fabrizio, Caroline Andridge, Robert E. Black, Molly E. Brown, et al.
July 25, 2025 | Andrea H. Cameron
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JobsPlease visit our jobs page to view these positions and other job opportunities. DRC: Mid-Level Researchers for Evaluation of 3 Resilience Food Security Activities August 5, 2025 | NORC NORC at the University of Chicago is an objective, non-partisan research institution that delivers reliable data and rigorous analysis to guide critical programmatic, business, and policy decisions.Syria: Project Officer - Damascus August 5, 2025 | Welthungerhilfe Welthungerhilfe is one of the largest and most respected private organizations for development cooperation and humanitarian aid in Germany.Afghanistan: Consortium Coordinator August 5, 2025 | People in Need People in Need implements humanitarian relief and long term development projects, educational programmes, and human rights programmes in crisis affected regions internationally.Rwanda: Expert in Wildlife and Landscape Management to Deliver Training of Trainers Sessions August 5, 2025 | Expertise France The Government of Rwanda and Agence Française de Développement (AFD) signed 5 years grant/loan agreements on 8th March 2023 to implement AFTER II Project (Appui à la Formation Technique et l'Emploi au Rwanda),…Syria: Agriculture Officer (National Position) August 5, 2025 | Near East Foundation Near East Foundation (NEF) works with local partners to enable innovative, sustainable, and community-led economic and social development across the Middle East, Africa and the Caucasus to realize more prosperous, inclusive and resilient…August 5, 2025 | Vétérinaires Sans Frontières Germany The FOPNAG project, funded by the European Union, aims to contribute to an inclusive and peaceful society in South Sudan that respects the rule of law and human rights, through enhanced social cohesion,…August 5, 2025 | COOPI - Cooperazione Internazionale Depuis 1974 COOPI travaille en RCA pour un développement harmonieux et complet, en faveur tant des individus que des communautés locales.Syria: Food Security, Nutrition and Livelihood Coordinator August 5, 2025 | Première Urgence Internationale Première Urgence Internationale works in 10 areas of intervention and distinguishes itself by the implementation of an integrated approach in its response. |
International NewsIn the last two weeks, 18 international news items on environmental peacebuilding were posted on our website. The following is a sampling: Kyrgyzstan/Tajikistan/Uzbekistan: Supporting Peace through Local Solutions in the Fergana Valley
August 4, 2025
Colombia: New Film Highlights Efforts toward Environmental Restoration
August 3, 2025
Ukraine: Kherson Farmers Battle Drones and Flames to Revive Iconic Watermelon Harvest
August 2, 2025 | Andriy Kuzakov
South Sudan/Uganda: Uganda-South Sudan Border Clashes: Causes, Impact, and Path to Peace
August 2, 2025
Myanmar: Dangerous Mekong River Pollution Blamed on Lawless Mining in Myanmar
August 1, 2025 | Fabio Polese
Afghanistan: Mes Aynak Copper Project Nears Launch after Years of Delays
July 31, 2025 | Liluma Qadiry
Afghanistan: Water Supply Project Launched to Address Kabul’s Growing Water Crisis
July 28, 2025
Afghanistan: Afghanistan’s Climate Crisis Is Not a Distant Threat, It’s Happening Now: UN official
July 27, 2025
South Sudan: Joining Forces for a Conflict-Sensitive Flood Response in South Sudan
July 25, 2025
Iraq/Kurdistan: Drone Attacks Cut Oil Production in Iraqi Kurdistan by More than 70 Percent
July 23, 2025
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Blogs & OpinionIn the last two weeks, 9 blogs & opinion pieces on environmental peacebuilding were posted on our website. Here is a sampling: UN Migration Agency Warns of Deepening Climate and Displacement Crisis in Somalia August 2, 2025 | Kelechi Onyemaobi The United Nations International Organization for Migration (IOM) says that climate shocks and mass displacement caused by conflict have uprooted some 3. 6 million people in Somalia.Preventing an India-Pakistan Water War July 30, 2025 | Samaan Lateef India’s decision to walk away from the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) with Pakistan marks an unprecedented and consequential shift in one of South Asia’s few enduring frameworks for transboundary cooperation.Peacebuilding: The Missing Peace in COP30 Climate Ambition July 30, 2025 | Janani Vivekananda Peacebuilding, conflict prevention, and crime prevention are no longer niche security concerns—they are global imperatives for sustainable climate action.Somalia’s New Climate Roadmap as a Blueprint for Peace July 29, 2025 | Ann-Sophie Böhle and Kheira Tarif Somalia’s new Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC)—the country’s roadmap for climate mitigation and adaptation—does more than outline the country’s climate ambitions.Water Wars: A Historic Agreement between Mexico and US Is Ramping up Border Tension July 25, 2025 | Natasha Lindstaedt As climate change drives rising temperatures and changes in rainfall, Mexico and the US are in the middle of a conflict over water, putting an additional strain on their relationship.Paying the People: Liberia’s Novel Plan to Save Its Forests July 21, 2025 | Fred Pearce Illegal logging and deforestation are on the rise in Liberia, home to almost half of West Africa’s surviving tropical forests.Africa’s Minerals Are Being Bartered for Security: Why It’s a Bad Idea July 21, 2025 | Hanri Mostert and Tracy-Lynn Field A US-brokered peace deal between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda binds the two African nations to a worrying arrangement: one where a country signs away its mineral resources to a superpower… |
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Compiled by Buket Altınçelep, Liz Hessami, Madeleine Loll, Kathleen McLean, Avery Thau, and Milen Yishak |
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