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Issue #86 – Apr 25, 2017 |
EventsFor more upcoming events on environmental peacebuilding, please visit our online calendar of events. Hill Briefing: Climate Change and the Risks to National Security
April 27, 2017
American Security Project and the Center for Climate and Security
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LibraryIn the last two weeks, 30 new publications were added to our online library of materials on environmental peacebuilding. Here is a sampling of the new additions:
January 1, 2017 | Angela Kronenburg García
January 1, 2017 | Frank D.W. Witmer, Andrew M. Linke, John O’Loughlin, Andrew Gettelman, and Arlene Laing
Islands, Extraction and Violence: Mining and the Politics of Scale in Island Melanesia
January 1, 2017 | Matthew G. Allen
Using a Novel Climate–Water Conflict Vulnerability Index to Capture Double Exposures in Lake Chad
January 1, 2017 | Uche T. Okpara, Lindsay C. Stringer, and Andrew J. Dougill
The Evolution of the Natural Resource Curse Thesis: A Critical Literature Survey
January 1, 2017 | Ramez Abubakr Badeeb, Hooi Hooi Lean, and Jeremy Clark
Water and U.S. National Security
January 1, 2017 | Joshua Busby
Mineral Supply for Sustainable Development Requires Resource Governance
January 1, 2017 | Saleem H. Ali, Damien Giurco, Nicholas Arndt, Edmund Nickless, Graham Brown, Alecos Demetriades, Ray Durrheim, Maria Amélia Enriquez, Judith Kinnaird, Anna Littleboy, Lawrence D. Meinert, Roland Oberhänsli, Janet Salem, Richard Schodde, et al
January 1, 2016 | Katharina Nett and Lukas Rüttinger
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JobsPlease visit our jobs page to view these positions and other job opportunities. April 24, 2017 | Swisspeace Swisspeace is a practice-oriented peace research institute. |
International NewsIn the last two weeks, 21 international news items on environmental peacebuilding were posted on our website. The following is a sampling: Afghanistan: Poor Kabul-Islamabad Ties Affect Afghan Fruit Exports January 2, 2017 | Agence France-Presse Frosty relations between Kabul and Islamabad have put a brake on Afghanistan’s ambitious plans to boost fruit exports, according to analysts.Afghanistan: Afghans Struggle to Supplant Poppies with Fruit Crops January 1, 2017 | Agence France-Presse Frosty relations between Kabul and Islamabad have put a brake on Afghanistan's ambitious plans to boost fruit exports, seen as vital to providing farmers an alternative to poppy cultivation which fuels the Taliban…December 31, 2016 | Mike Hixenbaugh, Virginian-Pilot and Charles Ornstein, ProPublica There are many ways to measure the cost of U. S. involvement in the Vietnam War: in bombs (7 million tons), in dollars ($760 billion in today’s dollars) and in bodies (58,220).Iraq/Kurdistan: Kurdish MP Demands Investigations on Selling Oilfields December 30, 2016 | Rebuilding Iraq Kurdish Union Party MP Shwan Dawoodi called for opening an "expanded investigation" on Wikileaks reports on selling Kurdish oilfields to Turkey.Iraq/Kurdistan: International Oil Companies Pull out of Kurdistan December 30, 2016 | Dilshad Abdullah, Al-Monitor Exxon Mobil has pulled out of three of the six exploration blocks it operated in the Kurdistan Region.Iraq/Kuwait: Kuwait Agrees Long-Delayed Iraq Gas Import Deal December 29, 2016 | Anthony McAuley, The National Kuwait has agreed to start a long-delayed gas import deal with Iraq, the two countries announced during a visit of Iraq’s oil minister that was also aimed at drumming up Kuwaiti investment in…Egypt/Ethiopia: Ethiopia Says Dialogue with Egypt the Only Way to Resolve Conflict over Nile Dam December 26, 2016 | Middle East Monitor Ethiopia’s foreign minister said on Sunday that dialogue is the only way to resolve any problem that may arise with Egypt over the Renaissance Dam on the River Nile.December 23, 2016 | Gareth Davies, Daily Mail ISIS set fire to oil wells before the Qayyarah area was recaptured by Iraqi forces in August, and these have burned for months, turning sheep that graze in the area black with soot.Afghanistan: Saffron Cultivation Hits Record High in Afghanistan December 22, 2016 | TOLO News The increase in saffron production is a result of continued technical, financial and training support provided by MAIL to Afghan farmers, according to the Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock.Sudan/South Sudan: Sudan, South Sudan Reach Deal on Oil Financial Arrangements December 21, 2016 | South Sudan News Agency Sudan and South Sudan have agreed to extend oil financial arrangements after days of tough negotiations.December 19, 2016 | Beth Walker, Third Pole A Burmese journalist was found dead on December 13 while investigating illegal logging and wood smuggling near Monywa, in the Sagaing region of Northwest Myanmar, his colleague and bureau chief has confirmed. |
Blogs & OpinionIn the last two weeks, 9 blogs & opinion pieces on environmental peacebuilding were posted on our website. Here is a sampling: An Iconic River in Conflict: A Photo Journey along the Salween River April 20, 2017 | International Rivers The Salween River holds a unique place among the world’s great rivers, not only due to its vibrant ecosystem and the rich biodiversity that it supports, but also because it remains largely untouched…China is Playing Peacemaker in Myanmar, but with an Ulterior Motive April 18, 2017 | Doug Bock Clark and Corey Pattison In early March, Myanmar’s government sat down with a coalition of ethnic rebel groups, including the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), trying to jump-start peace negotiations that had sputtered out after months of escalating…How Humans Have Fought over—and Weaponized—Water April 18, 2017 | Kelsey Atherton A timeline of all the reasons we've gone to battle over the H2O. Whether we're poisoning, drowning, or dehydrating our enemies into submission, we humans have long waged war over water.Water and the Rise of Insurgencies in the “Arc of Instability” April 12, 2017 | Azua (Zizhan) Luo Water scarcity has contributed to an “arc of instability” characterized by conflict and displacement that stretches from West Africa to the Middle East, said a panel of experts at the Wilson Center on March…Enough Project Responds with Serious Concerns about SEC Statements on Conflict Minerals April 12, 2017 | Enough Project The Enough Project takes serious issue with recent statements by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Acting Chairman Michael Piwowar and the SEC Division of Corporate Finance regarding the SEC's Conflict Minerals Rule. |
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Compiled by Brooke Helstrom, Liz Hessami, Natalia Jiménez Galindo, Britt Sheinbaum, Sofia Soto Reyes, Annabelle Vinois, and Erin Wenk |
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