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Issue #162 – Mar 24, 2020 |
Announcements
March 24, 2020 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association As we collectively continue through an extraordinary public health emergency, we recognize that the everyone's lives and routines are in flux.Paris Peace Forum: 2020 Call for Projects March 12, 2020 | Paris Peace Forum Become a project leader of the Paris Peace Forum! |
EventsFor more upcoming events on environmental peacebuilding, please visit our online calendar of events. Collaboration and Conflict Transformation in Multi-Party Processes for Natural Resource Conservation
May 20, 2020 - 2020-05-22
University of Idaho
May 12, 2020
Environmental Peacebuilding Association
April 29, 2020
Environmental Peacebuilding Association
April 24, 2020
Environmental Peacebuilding Association
January 30, 2020 - 2020-06-23
Environmental Peacebuilding Association, UN Environment, ELI, Columbia University, Duke University, UC Irvine, UNDP, and SDG Academy
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LibraryIn the last two weeks, 25 new publications were added to our online library of materials on environmental peacebuilding. Here is a sampling of the new additions: The End of Gunpoint Conservation: Forest Disturbance after the Colombian Peace Agreement
January 1, 2020 | Paulo J Murillo-Sandoval, Kristina Van Dexter, Jamon Van Den Hoek, David Wrathall, and Robert Kennedy
When Local Law Impedes Conflict Resolution: Women's Oil Protests in the Niger Delta
January 1, 2020 | Laine Munir
January 1, 2020 | Andrew Telford
January 1, 2020 | Melike Bildirici and Seyit M. Gokmenoglu
January 1, 2020 | R.P. Huizinga and B. Enserink
Constructing the Herder-Farmer Conflict as (In)Security in Nigeria
January 1, 2020 | Kodili Henry Chukwuma
January 1, 2020 | Matthias Basedau and Vita Roy
January 1, 2020 | Ulrike Zeigermann
Violent Maritime Spaces: Conservation and Security in Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park, India
January 1, 2020 | Rahul Muralidharan and Nitin D. Rai
Front Line Defenders: Global Analysis 2019
January 1, 2020
January 1, 2020 | Kate Guy, John Conger, Francesco Femia, Sherri Goodman, Leendert Hering, Alice C. Hill, Arlen D. Jameson, Richard D. Kauzlarich, Ronald Keys, Marcus D. King, Rod Schoonover, Joan D.B. VanDervort, Swathi Veeravalli, Caitlin E. Werrell, and Paul Zukunft
War on the Hoof: Regional Security in Africa and Livestock Conflicts
January 1, 2020 | Lawrence E. Cline
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JobsPlease visit our jobs page to view these positions and other job opportunities. March 23, 2020 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger and improve nutrition and food security.Myanmar: Technical Consultant for Water Stewardship Project March 23, 2020 | World Wide Fund for Nature The World Wide Fund for Nature is an international non-governmental organization founded in 1961, working in the field of wilderness preservation, and the reduction of human impact on the environment.Libya: National Consultant Specialist on Cost-Benefit Analysis March 23, 2020 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger and improve nutrition and food security.March 23, 2020 | Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund The AECF (Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund) is a nonprofit institution supporting early and growth-stage businesses – through the provision of patient capital – to innovate, create jobs, leverage investments and markets in an…March 23, 2020 | Cooperazione Internazionale Cooperazione Internazionale (COOPI) is an Italian humanitarian non-governmental organization founded in Milan in 1965.Somalia: Resilience Coordinator March 23, 2020 | Trócaire Trócaire works in over 20 developing countries across Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East to bring about lasting change to communities . |
International NewsIn the last two weeks, 23 international news items on environmental peacebuilding were posted on our website. The following is a sampling: Myanmar: Villagers Protest Namtu Hydropower Project November 26, 2019 | Myat Moe Aung, Myanmar Times Residents held a protest during the visit of U Sai Sam Tip, Shan State minister for Electricity and Energy, in Talong village, which will be affected by the Upper Yeywa Dam hydropower project on…Lebanon: How Warming Helped Spark a Revolution in Lebanon November 26, 2019 | Jennifer Hijazi, E&E News Experts say environmental stressors, including climate change and the recent fires in the Shouf mountains, are contributing to a turbulent uprising that is still filling the streets of Lebanon's largest cities with protests…Myanmar: Wild Elephants Destroy Plantations in Myanmar's Western State November 26, 2019 | Xinhua On Oct. 21 this year, three houses were destroyed by two wild elephants' raid in the same township.Climate Change: Pete Buttigieg Says Climate Change Is Our Greatest Security Threat [Video] November 26, 2019 | Caitlin McFall, Daily Caller On the campaign trail this week, presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg reiterated his belief that climate change contributed to the Syrian civil war.Syria: US Occupation of Syria’s Oil Fields Is ‘Legal’ under International Law: Envoy November 24, 2019 | Al-Masdar News Washington is not doing anything illegal by securing oil fields in Syria, US Special Representative for Syria Engagement James Jeffrey told reporters on Friday.Syria: A Convoluted System for Syria’s Oil Revenues November 23, 2019 | Mohamed Homs, Enab Baladi The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have been confused by the decision of its American ally to withdraw from Syria, as its mission to fight and eradicate ISIS’ presence in the region came to…November 22, 2019 | Thao Hoang, UN Women When Tran Thi My Linh, a 51-year-old rural woman first said that she would replace her rice fields with lotus fields, she raised many eyebrows.Can the US Take Syria’s Oil? [Audio] November 21, 2019 | Shirin Jaafari, Public Radio International Over the last few weeks, President Donald Trump has repeatedly said he wants to keep American troops in Syria to “guard the oil” and that the US should be able to “take the…Colombia: Colombian Military Combats Unprecedented Deforestation November 21, 2019 | Oliver Barrett, Diálogo Colombia is home to a large swath of the Amazon; an area roughly the size of Germany and England combined, and its unique ecosystem is under threat.Somalia: GEF, UNDP Project Advances SDGs in Somalia through Hydromet Services November 21, 2019 | Delia Paul, International Institute for Sustainable Development The Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) have announced a USD 10 million programme to build capacity for flood and drought forecasting in Somalia.Liberia: Liberia Develops Policies to Replace Lost Generation of Trees November 20, 2019 | Observer A policy document, which aims to brace the National Forestry reform law of 2006, and radically enforce the culture of reforestation and afforestation program in Liberia has been developed by stakeholders at the…Iraq: Despite Rising Tide of Birth Defects, Fallujah Shuns Iraq Protests in Fear of Backlash November 17, 2019 | Alex MacDonald, Middle East Eye The Fallujah Educational Hospital for Women and Children has one of the most sought-after maternity facilities in Iraq's Anbar province.Afghanistan: Afghan Pomegranate Growers Squeezed as Prices Drop November 17, 2019 | Channel News Asia Pomegranate farmers in southern Afghanistan - where growing the juicy fruit is an important alternative to opium poppy production - say they are feeling the squeeze this year, with business blemished by chilly weather,… |
Blogs & OpinionIn the last two weeks, 7 blogs & opinion pieces on environmental peacebuilding were posted on our website. Kabul River for Peace and Development March 23, 2020 | Nisar A. Memon Kabul River (KR) is key resource for large territory of both Pakistan and Afghanistan.Global Famine Predicted in Even a Limited India-Pakistan Nuclear War Due to Soot and Firestorms March 22, 2020 | Earth Institute The concept of nuclear winter — a years-long planetary freeze brought on by airborne soot generated by nuclear bombs — has been around for decades.Climate Change and National Security March 17, 2020 | Cecilia Tortajada and Theodore Lai Climate change, natural resource pollution, and scarcity of various forms have become part of the national security agenda in countries all over the world.How Natural Resources Could Help Build Peace in Afghanistan March 16, 2020 | Elizabeth B. Hessami Potential water wars due to plans for multiple dams, violent opium cartels supporting world heroin markets, and many conflict-financing minerals including everyday talc used for baby powder.Launch of NextGen Climate Forecasting System in Colombia [Video] March 11, 2020 | Francesco Fiondella In August of 2019, Colombia’s national meteorological service, IDEAM, launched a state-of-the-art climate forecasting system called NextGen.Enhancing Water Security and the Role of Diplomacy in Africa's Mara River Basin and Beyond March 9, 2020 | Ladeene Freimuth The Mara River traverses nearly 14,000 kilometers in Kenya and Tanzania, flowing through the Masai Mara National Reserve in Kenya and the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania.Upcoming Conflict Minerals Regulation Does Not Cover Major Technology Companies March 9, 2020 | Sebastian Kovig Skelton Technology companies are unlikely to tackle the controversial use of so-called conflict minerals in their products because of weaknesses in a forthcoming EU regulation. |
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Compiled by Rollin Bresson, Elen Bueno, Alex Caplan, Charlotte Collins, Jordan Dieni, Kevin Eggert, Flavia Eichmann, Giovanni Gio, Desirée De Haven, Liz Hessami, Ellen Johnson, Chiara Maero, Marie Mavrikios, and Julia Monsarrat |
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