Issue #276 – Aug 6, 2024

Announcements

Pakistan: Action Against Hunger Is Helping Women in Pakistan Grow Saline Tolerant Crops

Gabby Lozano, Food Tank

Action Against Hunger (ACF), an international humanitarian organization, is helping women in Sindh, Pakistan become self-sufficient by teaching them how to grow saline tolerant crops.

Middle East: Water Wars? Devastating Shortages Will Fuel MidEast Conflicts for 25 yrs – Report

In a worrying global trend, the Middle East is set for a record water shortage to strike over the next 25 years.

Events

For more upcoming events on environmental peacebuilding, please visit our online calendar of events.

Law, Policy and Science in Environmental Peacebuilding Training

September 30, 2024 - 2024-10-04 Geneva Graduate Institute, Geneva Water Hub, and Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia
Ljubljana, Slovenia

The Geneva Water Hub and the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia have joined forces to develop a training course on “Environmental Peacebuilding” which will take place in…

Consultation on Urban Environmental Peacebuilding

September 26, 2024 Environmental Peacebuilding Association
online

Despite the obvious impacts of environmental and climate change on cities – and cities being important actors in climate mitigation and adaptation – the environmental peacebuilding literature has yet to engage with urbanity…

Environmental Collaboration and Conflict Resolution Program

August 12, 2024 - 2024-08-16 University of Eastern Finland
Joensuuu, Finland

The course will address environmental and natural resource conflicts that are familiar and topical for the course participants.

Library

In the last two weeks, 13 new publications were added to our online library of materials on environmental peacebuilding. Here is a sampling of the new additions:

The Politics of Extractivism: Mining, Institutional Responsiveness, and Social Resistance

January 1, 2024 | Simon Bornschier and Manuel Vogt
World Development

Natural resource exploitation often generates negative externalities and fuels social conflict. Yet, patterns of social resistance against mining differ considerably within and across countries.

Negotiating Development at the Margins: Natural Resources, Conflicts, and People's Movements in Odisha

January 1, 2024 | Anshuman Behera and Hippu Salk Kristle Nathan
Routledge

This book critically examines various facets of conflicts involving people and the state arising due to the uneven distribution of natural resources.

Empowering Women, Peace and Security in the Coral Triangle: Bridging Civil-Military and State Boundaries to Tackle Maritime Environmental Crimes

January 1, 2024 | Lily Schlieman, Maryruth Belsey Priebe, Charity Borg, Anny Barlow, and Tevvi Bullock
Pacific Forum International

The Coral Triangle is renowned for its unparalleled marine biodiversity and provides food security to over 130 million people living in and around the region.

Gender in Civil-Military Climate Security and Disaster Response: Co-Creating Gender-Transformative Approaches amid the Global Climate Crisis

January 1, 2024 | Maryruth Belsey Priebe and Tevvi Bullock
Pacific Forum International

With the growing frequency, intensity, and severity of climate crisis events and disasters, defense and security institutions will be increasingly called upon to provide humanitarian aid and disaster relief (HA/DR), and to mitigate…

Jobs

Please visit our jobs page to view these positions and other job opportunities.

Afghanistan/Pakistan: Pakistan Had Buried the Nuclear Waste in Helmand and Kandahar

October 9, 2012 | Sobah 8

Experts from environment are saying that the government of Pakistan, after testing a nuclear bomb in Baluchistan in the 1999-2001, at the time of the Taliban rule in Afghanistan buried the nuclear waste…

Blogs & Opinion

In the last two weeks, 19 blogs & opinion pieces on environmental peacebuilding were posted on our website. Here is a sampling:

Afghanistan/Pakistan: Pakistan 'Dumped Nuclear Waste'

April 1, 2008 | Martin Vennard , BBC News

The Afghan government says it has evidence that nuclear waste from Pakistan was dumped in Afghanistan during the reign of the Taleban.

Ukraine/RussiaControlling Water: A Recurring War Tactic in Russo-Ukrainian War

Dipti Yadav, India Today

Weaponising basic resources such as water has always had a far-reaching effect in the history of wars ever fought.

2022 Women Building Peace Award Finalists

USIP

The Women Building Peace Award is given each year to a woman peacebuilder who has made a major contribution to preventing conflict, combatting violence and building peace in her country or region.

South Sudan: South Sudan Turns to Tourism in Bid to Draw Line under Past Unrest

Sam Mednick, Guardian

As South Sudan slowly emerges from conflict, with a fragile peace deal signed last September, it is looking to diversify revenues instead of relying almost entirely on oil.

Liberia: Liberia Passes New Licensing Law

Barry Morgan, Upstream

Liberian President George Weah has signed into law the amended Petroleum Act of 2019, enabling the government and the National Oil of Liberia to proceed with promotion of available acreage to potential.

Conflict Minerals: Want an Ethical Smartphone? Fairphone 3 Is on the Way – but Tiny Market Share Suggests Few Care

Tim Anderson, Register

Fairphone, whose devices are designed to be sustainable and made in exploitation-free factories, will kick out its third unit in mid-September, priced at €450. 00 including VAT.

South Sudan: You (Yes, You) Can Help Scientists Identify Wildlife In South Sudan

Christine Ro, Forbes

Zooniverse bills itself as the largest citizen science website, with projects open to anyone regardless of educational background.

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