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Issue #58 – Mar 29, 2016 |
AnnouncementsEnvironment in Humanitarian Action: Why It Matters? March 22, 2016 | Consultative Group for Emergency Preparedness and Response When you think of humanitarian action, do you ever reflect on the environment? You surely see humanitarian relief as saving lives, alleviating suffering, providing aid and maintaining dignity. |
EventsFor more upcoming events on environmental peacebuilding, please visit our online calendar of events. The 4th Annual Caux Dialogue on Land and Security
June 29, 2016 - 2016-07-03
Initiatives for Land, Lives, and Peace
4th Conflict Minerals Compliance and Supply Chain Transparency Conference
June 22, 2016 - 2016-06-23
Marcus Evans
Media, Peace & the Environment National Conference
April 16, 2016
Media Association for Peace
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LibraryIn the last two weeks, 12 new publications were added to our online library of materials on environmental peacebuilding. Here is a sampling of the new additions: Susan Martin: Migration a Climate Adaptation Strategy, but Displacement More Dangerous
January 1, 2016 | Sean Peoples
Deforestation and its Natural Effect on the Environment of Afghanistan
January 1, 2015 | Sadeq Mir Aref
Afghanistan's Key Energy Statistics
January 1, 2015
The Green Climate Fund: Finding a Role for Peacebuilding Priorities
January 1, 2015 | Neil Bhatiya
January 1, 2010 | John-Andrew McNeish
How Do Natural Resources Influence Civil War? Evidence from Thirteen Cases
January 1, 2004 | Michael L. Ross
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JobsPlease visit our jobs page to view these positions and other job opportunities. Sustainability Sourcing Data Analyst March 24, 2016 | Illinois Tool Works ITW is seeking a Sustainability Sourcing Data Analyst in the Conflict Minerals area to join its Strategic Sourcing team located in Glenview, Illinois, USA.March 21, 2016 | Global Witness An exciting opportunity has arisen for an outstanding Chief Operating Officer to form a key part of a talented and highly collaborative Management Team.Sierra Leone & Liberia: Research Associate in Natural Resources and Development (Fixed-Term) March 14, 2016 | University of Bath (Social & Policy Sciences) Applications are invited for a full-time Research Associate to work on a project entitled, ‘Deepening governance and widening ‘spaces’ for change: community participation and natural resource transparency in post-conflict West Africa’ that is being… |
International NewsIn the last two weeks, 31 international news items on environmental peacebuilding were posted on our website. The following is a sampling: Iraq: There is No Respite for Iraq’s Oil Industry December 13, 2015 | Saadallah Al Fathi, Gulf News Iraq’s oil revenues are now projected at $50 billion this year compared to about $84 billion in 2014 even though exports increased by about 0. 5 mbd in 2015.Liberia: As They Abandon Barren Land, Farmers Take Problems with Them December 6, 2015 | Megan Rowling, Thomson Reuters Foundation Creeping deserts, loss of trees, barren soils and water shortages are pushing poor farmers off their land from Africa to Latin America, forcing people to seek new ways to survive, experts said.Iraq/Syria/Islamic State: Islamic State’s Moneymaking Streams Take a Hit as It Loses Territory December 4, 2015 | Hugh Naylor, Washington Post By most estimates, the Islamic State is the world’s richest terrorist organization.Peru: Illegal Gold Miners in Madre de Dios, Peru, Paralyze the Region with Protests December 4, 2015 | Ruxandra Guidi, Mongabay Since November 23, the southeastern region of Madre de Dios in Peru has been paralyzed by street protests, road blockades, and tire burnings.Iraq/Turkey/Islamic State: Iraq to File Complaint against Turkey if Daesh-Ankara Oil Trade Confirmed December 2, 2015 | PressTV Baghdad says it will lodge a formal lawsuit against Ankara with the United Nations Security Council if claims are proved right that the Turkish government is involved in oil smuggling with the Daesh Takfiri…Liberia: Taylor Land Dispute - Several Jailed in Tussle - Police Wounded December 2, 2015 | Bettie K. Johnson Mbayo, FrontPageAfrica Former Liberian President Charles Ghankay Taylor who is currently serving 50 years sentence in The Hague has requested the court to grant him damages on 1,000 acres of land in the Bernard farm…Sierra Leone: AWDC Issues Alert over Fake Sierra Leone KP Certificate December 1, 2015 | David Brummer, IDEX The Antwerp World Diamond Center’s (AWDC) Diamond Office has alerted the Kimberley Process (KP) about the discovery of a false KP certificate from Sierra Leone.Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone Villagers Sue Mining Company in London High Court November 29, 2015 | Lisa O'Carroll, The Guardian An iron ore firm once listed in London is being sued in a multimillion pound lawsuit over evictions and alleged violent treatment of workers and villagers living near one of its mines in…Myanmar: Controversial Mining Bill Submitted to Parliament for a Third Time November 27, 2015 | Htoo Thant, Myanmar Times The long-awaited Mining Law amendment bill, which will update legislation from 1994, was suspended earlier this year following fierce disagreements between the upper and lower houses.Myanmar: Environmentalists Hope for Stronger Safeguards under NLD November 27, 2015 | Nyein Nyein, The Irrawaddy In the wake of recent disasters that have shone a light on the human toll wrought by a lack of environmental and development-related safeguards, local activists are hoping to reverse Burma’s abysmal environmental…Liberia: NOCAL Claims Community Projects That Do Not Exist November 27, 2015 | Tetee Gebro, FrontPageAfrica The news that the National Oil Company of Liberia (NOCAL) had delivered two much-needed latrines and a water well hand pump to his community came as a shock to Melvin C. |
Blogs & OpinionIn the last two weeks, 11 blogs & opinion pieces on environmental peacebuilding were posted on our website. Following is a sampling: Will Peace Halt Colombia’s Coca Boom? March 25, 2016 | Jim Wyss Daniel Duarte has thick, rough hands and the burned scalp of someone who has spent more than two decades under the Andean sky tending coca crops.Pentagon Directive Quietly Makes Climate Change Long-Term Priority March 24, 2016 | Wilson Center Staff In the middle of January, Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Work signed off on one of the potentially most significant, if little-noticed, orders in recent Pentagon history.How Drip Irrigation Methods Could Help Myanmar March 21, 2016 | Daniel Zohar Zonshine We hear a lot recently about El Nino and its effect on water availability in Myanmar.Long-term Peace in Afghanistan will Remain Elusive Without Land Security March 18, 2016 | Mehrab Masayeed Habib Decades of war have ravaged Afghanistan’s natural environment.Calculating the Environmental Benefits of Peace in Colombia March 17, 2016 | Doug Weir Colombia’s environment has suffered widespread and severe damage as a result of half a century of armed conflict.Five Years on: Lessons Learned from the Environmental Legacy of Syria’s War March 16, 2016 | Wim Zwijnenburg This week the Toxic Remnants of War Network commemorates the beginning of the conflict in Syria. |
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Compiled by Gretchen Ellison, Natalia Jiménez Galindo, Amy Harlowe, Liz Hessami, Sophie Labaste, Janina Laurent, Jeremy Walker, Sahra Yusuf, and Ben Zukowski |
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