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Issue #69 – Aug 30, 2016 |
EventsFor more upcoming events on environmental peacebuilding, please visit our online calendar of events. Climate Change Interventions as a Source of Conflict, Competing Claims and New Mobilities
November 24, 2016 - 2016-11-25
NWO Conflict and Cooperation in the Management of Climate Change, LANDac, IDS-Utrecht University
The Hugo Conference: Environment, Migration, Politics
November 3, 2016 - 2016-11-05
Université de Liège
September 1, 2016 - 2016-09-10
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
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LibraryIn the last two weeks, 24 new publications were added to our online library of materials on environmental peacebuilding. Here is a sampling of the new additions:
January 1, 2016 | Sabine Blumstein, Benjamin Pohl, and Dennis Tänzler
Terr(it)or(ies) of Peace? The Congolese Mining Frontier and the Fight against “Conflict Minerals"
January 1, 2016 | Christoph Vogel and Timothy Raeymaekers
Forest Tenure and Conflict in Indonesia: Contested Rights in Rempek Village, Lombok
January 1, 2016 | Rebecca Riggs, Jeffrey Sayer, Chris Margules, Agni Boedhihartono, James Langston, and Hari Sutanto
Climatic Disruptions, Natural Resources, and Conflict: The Challenges to Governance
January 1, 2016 | Margarita Alario, Leda Nath, and Steve Carlton-Ford
January 1, 2016 | Michael Watts
Ten Environmental Conflicts Threatening Lives and Justice Right Now
January 1, 2016 | Daniela Del Bene, Federico Demaria, Sara Mingorría, Sofia Avila, and Beatriz y Saes Grettel Navas
Trouble is Brewing in Nigeria's Oil Country
January 1, 2016 | Chika Oduah
Environmental Priorities in Post-Conflict Recovery: Efficacy of the Needs-Assessment Process
January 1, 2016 | Tim Kovach and Ken Conca
January 1, 2016 | David Trilling
Environmental Conflict between Internally Displaced Persons and Host Communities in Iraq
January 1, 2016 | Kubilay Kaptan
Charting Environmental Conflict -- The Atlas of Environmental Justice
January 1, 2016 | Nick Meynen
January 1, 2016
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JobsPlease visit our jobs page to view these positions and other job opportunities. Colombia: Deputy Chief of Party August 30, 2016 | Chemonics Chemonics seeks a deputy chief of party for the Colombia Carbono Activity.August 30, 2016 | UNDP The services of a national consultant is required to work alongside an international consultant to prepare a 5 Year Strategic Implementation Plan (SIP) to guide the program activities of Sierra Leone's Ministry of…August 30, 2016 | UNDP UNDP Lebanon is recruiting an international consultant to prepare a concept note that identifies the scope for GCF climate change adaptation (CCA) projects in Lebanon, enabling the country to submit to and have…August 30, 2016 | Global Witness Global Witness invites candidates to help communicate and instigate with Global Witness, a dynamic international organization that investigates and campaigns to stop human rights and environmental abuses caused by corruption and the exploitation…Sierra Leone: Urban WASH Advisor August 30, 2016 | GOAL GOAL has grown its existing WASH programme portfolio considerably since the onset of the EVD outbreak, to encompass WASH in health facilities as well as community based water and sanitation programming at rural…August 30, 2016 | Medair Medair is a humanitarian organisation inspired and motivated by Christian faith to relieve human suffering in some of the world’s most remote and devastated places.South Sudan: Project Coordinator, Food Security August 30, 2016 | Norwegian Refugee Council The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is a non-governmental, humanitarian organization with 60 years of experience in helping to create a safer and more dignified life for refugees and internally displaced people.Nepal: Faculty Members Vacancy July 1, 2016 | Institute of Crisis Management Studies The Institute of Crisis Management Studies is a newly established centre for academia focusing on management of crises, those occurring both as a result of human activity and natural causes. |
International NewsIn the last two weeks, 40 international news items on environmental peacebuilding were posted on our website. The following is a sampling: Climate Change: At Security Council, Climate Change Cited among Factors Impacting Stability in Sahel June 2, 2016 | Climate Diplomacy At a meeting today in the United Nations Security Council on the situation in the Sahel region of sub-Saharan Africa, senior UN officials stressed that climate change plays a direct role in the…Ogoniland/Nigeria: A Future for Ogoniland June 2, 2016 | UNEP Speech by UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner at the Launch of the Ogoniland Clean-up and Restoration ProgrammeMyanmar: Yangon Region Should Turn to Dams for Electricity: Chief Minister June 1, 2016 | Eleven Myanmar Dams can provide an affordable means for electricity production and water storage, said Yangon Region Chief Minister Phyo Min Thein at an event to inform the public about the state of electricity distribution.Myanmar: Aung San Suu Kyi Urged to Halt Norwegian Backed Dam in Shan State May 31, 2016 | BNI, Mizzima The three groups behind the statement, the Shan Human Rights Foundation, the Shan Sapawa Environmental Organisation and the Shan State Farmers’ Network, say they are very concerned that a study conducted by SN…DRC: How New Doc 'Merci Congo' Sheds Light on Deadly Conflict May 31, 2016 | Alex Suskind, Rolling Stone Chronicle of African nation's ongoing civil war shows how corporate entities and everyday people are helping the healing to begin.Sierra Leone: FAO convenes the Second VGGT Learning Programme on Land Tenure May 30, 2016 | Awoko The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) has concluded four days Learning Programme on Governing Land for Women and Men, to Support Gender-sensitive and Responsible Governance of Land Tenure.May 30, 2016 | Burma News International Karen National Union leaders has called for respective state and regional governments to recognized land rights and policies that are already in place for decades in ethnic areas and agreed to by both…Myanmar: Fallen Timber, Uneasy Officials May 30, 2016 | Mratt Kyaw Thu, Frontier As conservationists welcome reports that the government is considering a one-year national logging ban, sections of the timber industry have been preparing for such a move for months.Myanmar: Peace Park Proposed for Karen State May 28, 2016 | Libby Hogan, DVB The creation of a peace park protecting endangered animals and the natural environment of Mutraw District in Karen State was proposed this week.South Sudan: Oil-Infrastructure Damage Cuts Output Further in South Sudan May 26, 2016 | Okech Francis, Bloomberg Oil output in South Sudan declined to as little as 120,000 barrels per day because of damage caused by a 2 1/2-year civil war to production facilities, Petroleum Minister Dak Duop Bischok said.Liberia: Liberia Grand Jury Indicts Sable Mining, Officials for Bribery May 26, 2016 | James Harding Giahyue, Reuters A grand jury in Liberia on Wednesday indicted government officials, including the speaker of parliament and the head of the ruling party, along with London AIM-listed Sable Mining on charges including bribery. |
Blogs & OpinionIn the last two weeks, 12 blogs & opinion pieces on environmental peacebuilding were posted on our website. Displacement and Environment in Africa: What is the Relationship? August 29, 2016 | UNEP Droughts combined with population growth, a lack of sustainable land and water management, natural disasters, political conflicts and tensions and other factors have resulted in massive population movements across Africa.Hope for Resolving the Water Conflict in the Middle East August 22, 2016 | Marwa Osman The severity of the water issue in the Middle East is a key strategic issue in understanding future security decisions within the region.From Machetes to Maps: How a ‘Red Line’ Eased Conflict in Bolivia’s Amazon August 19, 2016 | Candido Pastor Over the past 30 years, Bolivia has tried to protect its valuable forests from agricultural clear-cutting by establishing a protected area system that covers more than 16 percent of the country’s territory.Every Humanitarian is an Environmentalist August 19, 2016 | Erik Solheim More than 130 million people worldwide need humanitarian assistance to survive. Some are caught in conflict. Some are caught in disasters beyond human control.Peace Paves the Way for Environmental Gains in Colombia August 18, 2016 | Arnaud Peral The armed conflict has left an immense ecological footprint and has limited the extent to which Colombia can achieve development through biodiversity.Beware the Illusion of China-ASEAN South China Sea Breakthroughs August 17, 2016 | Prashanth Parameswaran According to China Daily, the 13th senior officials’ meeting on the implementation of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea ended with Beijing and ASEAN nations agreeing to “several… |
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