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Issue #35 – May 12, 2015 |
Announcements
May 11, 2015 | ELI and UNEP The Environmental Peacebuilding Knowledge Platform has expanded its Library to include infographics on environmental peacebuilding.Commonwealth Professional Fellowship May 7, 2015 | The Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations (CTPSR), Coventry University, England The CTPSR has launched a six week ‘Improving Natural Resource Governance through Citizen Engagement’ fellowship programme (planned for mid-September to end-October 2015) for civil society actors in Commonwealth African countries as follows:The “Improving… |
EventsFor more upcoming events on environmental peacebuilding, please visit our online calendar of events.
July 26, 2015 - 2015-08-02
International Institute on Peace Education and the University of Toledo
July 14, 2015
Natural Resources and Infrastructure Division of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin American and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
Reframing the Arctic: Cooperation, Not Conflict Workshop Prospectus and Call for Abstracts
July 6, 2015 - 2015-07-07
Institute for Environmental Security and Diplomacy, University of Vermont
Iraq Petroleum 2015 Conference
June 8, 2015 - 2015-06-10
CWC Group
Supply Chain Sustainability: Emerging Trends and Opportunities for Action
June 2, 2015
Business for Social Responsibility
2015 Environmental Emergencies Forum
June 1, 2015 - 2015-06-03
Joint UNEP/OCHA Environment Unit
May 20, 2015
Peace Palace Library
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LibraryIn the last two weeks, 31 new publications were added to our online library of materials on environmental peacebuilding. Here is a sampling of the new additions: From Armed Conflict to Disaster Vulnerability
January 1, 2015 | Marcus Marktanner, Edward Mienie, and Luc Noiset
– The purpose of this paper is to estimate the effect of armed conflict on the vulnerability to natural hazards.
January 1, 2015 | Hamid E. Ali and Omnia A. Abdellatif
Post-Conflict Environmental Assessments [Infographic]
January 1, 2015 | ELI and UNEP
Natural Resources and Conflicts: Theoretical Flaws and Empirical Evidence from Northern Kenya
January 1, 2015 | Ton Dietz, Wario Roba Adano, and Karen Witsenburg
Peacebuilding, Women, and Land Rights [Infographic]
January 1, 2015 | ELI and UNEP
Transboundary Waters and Peacebuilding [Infographic]
January 1, 2015 | ELI and UNEP
From Vicious to Virtuous Cycles
January 1, 2015 | Jon Barnett
The Anatomy of the Resource Curse: Predatory Investment in Africa's Extractive Industries
January 1, 2015 | J.R. Mailey
Water Security in Himalayan Asia: First Stirrings of Regional Cooperation?
January 1, 2015 | Bjørn-Oliver Magsig
January 1, 2015 | Matthew I. Weiss
January 1, 2014 | Cristobal Delgado-Matas, Blas Mola-Yudego, David Gritten, David Kiala-Kalusinga, and Timo Pukkala
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JobsIn the last two weeks, 4 new jobs were added to our online listing of job postings. Please visit our jobs page to view these positions and other job opportunities. Sierra Leone: Project Manager (Aquaculture and Inland Fisheries) May 12, 2015 | WorldFish Leading a project team, the incumbent will be expected to support the planning, implementation and monitoring and review of an aquaculture and inland fisheries research and development initiative in Sierra Leone, in collaboration…Afghanistan: Ceramics Consultant May 12, 2015 | Turquoise Mountain Foundation In order to raise Afghan ceramics to export quality, and generate sustainable jobs in the Afghan ceramics sector, it is necessary to have an international ceramics expert who is able to tackle the…May 12, 2015 | Welthungerhilfe The Project Manager’s key responsibilities include day to day coordination & management of a marshland development project, field office coordination, project team coordination, to ensure full project implementation as per the approved project…Colombia: Senior Political Adviser of Food Systems May 12, 2015 | Oxfam Colombia Objetivo del puesto: Brindar entrega y liderazgo estratégico, en coordinación con las aliados/socios nacionales e internacionales, que influyen en las estrategias de incidencia para apoyar objetivos de cambio regional en LAC y nacional,… |
International NewsIn the last two weeks, 33 international news items on environmental peacebuilding were posted on our website. The following is a sampling: Liberia: Oil Money Raises Eyebrows for Legislative Consultation February 3, 2015 | C. Winnie Saywah-Jimmy, The Inquirer Contrary to Representatives Emmanuel Nuquay and Prince Moye's claim that the US$ 1.Myanmar: Burma Puts the Brakes on Resource Exports to China February 2, 2015 | Jonathan Manthorpe. Business Vancouver The seemingly endless nose-to-tail line of snorting trucks crossing the border from Burma into the far southwestern Chinese town of Ruili was mesmerizing.Pakistan: Muslim Illegally Seizes and Bulldozes Homes of Christian Families February 1, 2015 | Pakistan Christian Post KASUR: The influential Muslim men seized and bulldozed homes of seven Christian families in a village of Kasur.South Sudan/Sudan: South Sudan to Renegotiate Oil Fees with Sudan: Official January 31, 2015 | Sudan Tribune JUBA – South Sudan’s petroleum minister, Stephen Dhieu Dau said his country will consider whether to continue paying Sudan $25 per barrel of oil or push for reduction.South Sudan: Report: China Funding S Sudan Govt Militia to Protect Oil Fields January 29, 2015 | Radio Tamazuj China's state oil company is financing a South Sudanese government militia to protect the Unity oil field, a conflict monitoring-group has discovered.Sierra Leone: Miners Brace for “Catastrophe" January 29, 2015 | Silas Gbandia, Equal Times Sierra Leone could lose more than 7,000 mining jobs following a decision by the country’s largest employer to temporarily retrench workers.Myanmar: Sino-Myanmar Crude Oil Pipeline Enters Trial Operation January 28, 2015 | Xinhuanet China-Myanmar crude oil pipeline ( Myanmar section) was put into trial operation Wednesday after the project was announced basically completed through five years' efforts by the two sides.Iraq: Shell Signs $11 Billion Deal to Build Petrochemicals Plant in Iraq January 28, 2015 | Saif Hameed, Reuters Royal DutchShell (RDSa.Pakistan: Climate Stresses Push Kashmir's Poor Into Militancy, Pakistan Experts Warn January 27, 2015 | Roshan Din Shad, Thomson Reuters Foundation Financial hardship after a failed apple crop forced Aqeel Ahmed to give up his studies aged 20 and join a militant group fighting Indian rule across the border in the disputed territory of…Iraq: Oil Could Solve the Iraqi-Egyptian Debt Dispute January 26, 2015 | Zachary Toliver, Marcellus.com Earlier this month, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi made a visit to Egypt which ended in a series of new agreements between the two nations, including economic settlements and expanding efforts to combat… |
Blogs & OpinionIn the last two weeks, 7 blogs & opinion pieces on environmental peacebuilding were posted on our website. The following is a sampling: Fragile States Use Geospatial Data and Maps to Better Manage Natural Resources May 6, 2015 | Alex Fischer The g7+ countries (a voluntary grouping of 20 states affected by fragility) have recognized that one of the first step towards addressing the challenges identified in natural resource management and sustaining development pathways is to have…Oil, Gold, Etc., Invite Investors, and Yes, Corruption & Inequality May 5, 2015 | J. Yanqui Zaza Diamonds, gold, etc. , resources needed for prosperity, are in abundance in Liberia, specifically, and in general, in Africa. Investors, invited or not, are in every country in Africa.Environmental Peacebuilding in the South China Sea May 1, 2015 | Ryan Stoa In recent years the South China Sea has become a fiercely contested region.Is the Rubber Industry Dragging Its Heels on Sustainability? May 1, 2015 | Megan Macinnes Our recent Guns, Cronies and Crops exposé revealed the human toll of the rubber industry in Myanmar, where companies colluded with the former military junta to seize vast tracts of land from farming communities.…Amid Katmandu's Earthquake Wreckage, Hints of a Shift to Safer Construction May 1, 2015 | Andrew C. Revkin In the world’s crowded earthquake zones, fromthe Himalayas to the Pacific Northwest, every community faces enormous challenges in designing for inevitable, but unpredictable jolts. |
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Compiled by Samantha Bresler, Jonathan Cohen, Liz Hessami, Matthew Phillips, and Ben Zukowski |
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