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Issue #210 – Jan 25, 2022 |
Announcements
January 20, 2022 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association The Environmental Peacebuilding Association® (EnPAx™) is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2022 Awards honoring outstanding contributions to the research and practice of environmental peacebuilding.
January 18, 2022 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association and the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies Reconnect at the Social Hour of the Second International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding! |
EventsFor more upcoming events on environmental peacebuilding, please visit our online calendar of events. 2022 Stockholm Forum on Peace and Development
May 23, 2022 - 2022-05-25
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
February 3, 2022
Environmental Peacebuilding Association
Joanne Lebert, Chair, IMPACT (Canada)Caitl Ryan, Panelist, University of Groningen (Netherlands)María Martín de Almakelgro, Panelist, Université de Montréal (Canada)Szilvia Csevár, Panelist, The Hague…
February 2, 2022
Environmental Peacebuilding Association
February 1, 2022 - 2022-02-04
EnPAx™ and the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
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LibraryIn the last two weeks, 22 new publications were added to our online library of materials on environmental peacebuilding. On Thin Ice – The Arctic Commodity Extraction Frontier and Environmental Conflicts
January 1, 2022 | Ksenija Hanaček, Markus Kröger, Arnim Scheidel, Facundo Rojas, and Joan Martinez-Alier
Achieving Peaceful Climate Change Adaptation through Transformative Governance
January 1, 2021 | Hanna Leonardsson, Annica Kronsell, Erik Andersson, Anders Burman, Ruy Blanes, Karen Da Costa, Malin Hasselskog, Olga Stepanova, and Joakim Öjendal
January 1, 2021 | Eliana Cusato
January 1, 2021 | Nina Engwicht and Christina Ankenbrand
Why Illegal Deforestation Should be Treated as a Security Issue
January 1, 2021 | Adriana Erthal Abdenur and Adam Day
January 1, 2021
From the Factbook: Climate Change, Water and Taliban Recruitment in Afghanistan
January 1, 2021 | Adrian Foong
January 1, 2021 | Judith Nora Hardt
The Effects of Environmental Damage on Children in Armed Conflicts
January 1, 2021 | Olaitan O. Olusegun
Regional Clusters of Vulnerability Show the Need for Transboundary Cooperation
January 1, 2021 | Joern Birkmann, Daniel Feldmeyer, Joanna M. McMillan, William Solecki, Edmond Totin, Debra Roberts, Christopher Trisos, Ali Jamshed, Emily Boyd, and David Wrathall
January 1, 2021 | Jenniffer Vargas Reina, Juan Carlos Garzón, Katarina Shulz, Lukas Rüttinger, Beatrice Mosello, Daria Ivleva, Markus Budrath, Julia Gorricho, Markus Schultze-Kraft, Héctor Morales, Sandra Valenzuela, and Esperanza Leal Gomez
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JobsPlease visit our jobs page to view these positions and other job opportunities. Ethiopia: Research and Evaluation Associate January 23, 2022 | One Acre Fund Founded in 2006, One Acre Fund supplies 1 million smallholder farmers with the agricultural services they need to make their farms vastly more productive.Chad: JPO - Project Officer (Migration, Environment and Climate Change) January 23, 2022 | International Organization for Migration The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is committed to the principle of humane and orderly migration for the benefit of migrants and the society.Canada: Director, Indigenous Community Engagement January 23, 2022 | Water First Water First addresses First Nations’ drinking water and environmental water challenges through education, training, and meaningful collaboration.DRC: Food Security Project Coordinator January 23, 2022 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations 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.Burkina Faso: Sahel Wood Energy Project Manager, Country Representative January 23, 2022 | Geres Geres is an international development NGO that works to improve living conditions and fight against climate change and its impacts.Canada: Coordinator, Nature-Based Climate Solutions Initiative, Resilience January 23, 2022 | International Institute for Sustainable Development The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) is an award-winning independent think tank working to accelerate solutions for a stable climate, sustainable resource management, and fair economies.Iraq: Multidisciplinary Water Resources Analysis and Transboundary Negotiations Training Expert January 23, 2022 | UNDP The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is a United Nations organization tasked with helping countries eliminate poverty and achieve sustainable economic growth and human development.January 19, 2022 | International Union for Conservation of Nature IUCN is a membership Union uniquely composed of both government and civil society organisations. |
International NewsIn the last two weeks, 13 international news items on environmental peacebuilding were posted on our website. The following is a sampling: India: Risk Factors for Gender-Based Violence: The Case of Indian Agriculture October 8, 2021 | OXFAM The present study documents the incidence of domestic and workplace violence among Indian female agricultural workers, and the factors that put these women at risk of violence.Iraq: Iraq Seeks 7.5 GW of Renewable Power as It Inks 2 GW Deal with UAE's Masdar October 7, 2021 | Dania Saadi, S&P Global Platts Iraq is seeking to develop 7. 5 GW of renewable power, the country's oil minister said Oct.Burkina Faso: Artisanal Gold Mining in Context of Violent Insecurity October 7, 2021 | Mirage Over the last 5-6 years Burkina Faso has become seriously implicated in the rapid and dramatic changes in the geopolitical situation in the Sahel.Afghanistan: The New Rulers of Afghanistan: The Taliban’s Campaign to Rob Villagers of Their Land October 6, 2021 | Christoph Reuter und Thore Schröder, Spiegel The brutal landgrab in the Tagabdar Valley and two other villages in the area began in early September.Afghanistan: From Rural Drought to Urban Shortages: Afghanistan’s New Hungry October 6, 2021 | Shadi Khan and Irwin Loy, New Humanitarian Weeks after the Taliban’s mid-August takeover, Afghanistan’s aid-dependent economy is straining under donor funding freezes and currency shortages.Liberia: Nimba County - Presidential Committee Conducts Survey of Disputed Land in Gompa October 6, 2021 | New Dawn The Special Presidential Committee appointed to mediate the land conflict in Nimba County, over the weekend conducted cadastral surveys on disputed parcels of land in Gompa City, formerly called Ganta.Conflict Minerals: De Beers Sells First Traceable Diamonds under GemFair October 5, 2021 | Cecilia Jamasmie, Mining.com Anglo American’s De Beers, the world’s largest rough diamond producer by value, has sold the first roughs produced under the GemFair program, aimed at removing conflict diamonds from the market by tracing the…DRC: Govt Struggles with Vague Chinese Mining Contract October 5, 2021 | Patrick Ilunga, Nation More than a decade after the Democratic Republic of Congo signed, and, a year later, renegotiated a mining contract with the Chinese, it still faces the question of what really is in there.Philippines: How Women and Technology Can Help Boost Food Security in the Philippines October 4, 2021 | Patricia Bianca Taculao Food insecurity continues to be a pressing issue in the Philippines. According to the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), about 59 million Filipinos are food-insecure today.Argentina: Falklands Land-Grab: Argentina Tests UK with New Sovereignty Bid - 'No More Concessions!' October 4, 2021 | Ciaran McGrath, Express Argentina's new Malvinas minister has sought to turn up the heat over his country's sovereignty claim over the Falkland Islands, accusing previous regimes of "concession" - and stressing that the issue was central… |
Blogs & OpinionIn the last two weeks, 3 blogs & opinion pieces on environmental peacebuilding were posted on our website. How to Steal Land the Size of a Small Country | Part VII: Coercing Justice January 24, 2022 | Adriaan Alsema The director of Colombia’s ranchers federation allegedly teamed up with designated terrorists to steal land and coerce the Supreme Court.Are Indian States Secured by Water Security? January 24, 2022 | Jagdish Chandra Rout H2O (two molecules of hydrogen and a single molecule of oxygen) is not merely the scientific nomenclature of the most precious liquid on our planet called ‘Water’, but it is also quintessentially termed…November 10, 2021 | Andrea Mensi While the international community is still debating about whether to recognize a government led by the Taliban, there are further critical issues to consider, such as the management of the natural resources in… |
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Compiled by Desirée De Haven, Liz Hessami, Dylan Mathewson, Marie Mavrikios, Chau Minh Do, Teresa Paterson, Diana Quevedo, Rachel Stern, Rachel Stromsta, Harriet Taberner, Yusraa Tadj, Diego Toledo, Joe Uprichard, Sarah Xu, and Leela Yadav |
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