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Issue #63 – Jun 7, 2016 |
AnnouncementsCall for Papers: Business, Peace and Sustainable Development (July 2017 Publication) July 16, 2016 | Greenleaf Publishing We are inviting contributions to the Business, Peace and Sustainable Development (BPSD) Journal from Greenleaf Publishing. |
EventsFor more upcoming events on environmental peacebuilding, please visit our online calendar of events. 4th Conflict Minerals Compliance and Supply Chain Transparency Conference
June 22, 2016 - 2016-06-23
Marcus Evans
Water Security for Policy Makers and Practitioners Short Course
June 20, 2016 - 2016-06-24
International Development University of East Anglia
Conference on Water in Conflicts
June 14, 2016
Geneva Water Hub and the Platform for International Water Law
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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:
January 1, 2016 | Lucile Maertens
A Coming Anarchy? Pathways from Climate Change to Violent Conflict in East Africa
January 1, 2016 | Sebastian van Baalen and Malin Mobjork
Assembling Evidence for a Land and Property Restitution Database during the Syrian Civil War
January 1, 2016 | Jon Unruh
A Balancing Act for Extractive Sector Governance
January 1, 2016 | Javed Noorani and Lien de Brouckere
The Afghan Opiate Trade and Africa
January 1, 2016
War in the Treasury of the People: Afghanistan, Lapis Lazuli and the Battle for Mineral Wealth
January 1, 2016
January 1, 2016 | Maria-Therese Gustafsson
Before the Paris Conference: The State of Afghanistan’s Climate and its Adaption Capability
January 1, 2015 | Thomas Ruttig and Ryskeldi Satke
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JobsPlease visit our jobs page to view these positions and other job opportunities. Mali: Director of Park and Zoo June 4, 2016 | Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC) The Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC), which was founded in 1988, is registered in Geneva, Switzerland, as a private, non-denominational, philanthropic foundation.June 4, 2016 | ArcelorMIttal ArcelorMittal Liberia’s (AML) and IDH’s cooperation in the Biodiversity Conservation Programme (BCP), as part of the IDH Liberia Smallholder Production and Forest Protection program, is focused on the terrestrial biological environment (soils, plants…May 23, 2016 | CTG Global CTG Global is a managed service company specializing in Recruitment, Management Consultancy, Human Resources support services and Monitoring & Evaluation in post-disaster and post-conflict countries around the world. |
International NewsIn the last two weeks, 53 international news items on environmental peacebuilding were posted on our website. The following is a sampling: Turkey/Kurdistan/Iraq: Turkey Starts Repairs on Iraqi Kurdish Oil Pipeline as Violence Flares February 27, 2016 | Humeyra Pamuk and Seyhmus Cakan, Reuters Turkey has begun work to repair a pipeline taking crude oil from northern Iraq to the Mediterranean through its restive southeast and aims to restore flows soon, the Turkish energy ministry said on…Afghanistan: More Problems for the Dahla Dam – One of Canada’s Afghan Signature Projects February 26, 2016 | David Pugliese, Ottawa Citizen When Canada’s diplomats, development specialists and soldiers left Kandahar in 2011, our involvement with the dam ended and the government declared the $50-million project a success. It wasn’t.Turkey: Sabotaged Oil Pipeline to Turkey to be Repaired Next Week: Source February 20, 2016 | Reuters A pipeline sabotaged in Turkey last Tuesday halting oil flows from northern Iraq to a Turkish port is expected to be repaired next week though the situation is complicated by security issues, an…Iraq: Post-War Iraq: 'Everybody is Corrupt, from Top to Bottom. Including Me' February 19, 2016 | Martin Chulov, Guardian One of Iraq’s anti-corruption leaders sat in his office, waving his hands in exasperation. “There is no solution,” he said. “Everybody is corrupt, from the top of society to the bottom. Everyone.Iraq: Iraq to Shrink Paramilitary Forces Due to Shortage of Funds February 18, 2016 | Sinan Salaheddin, Associated Press The Iraqi government has decided to cut the number of state-financed paramilitary forces due to a shortage of funds as the international oil price declines, a spokesman for a leading predominantly Shiite militia…Myanmar: Kachin State Authorities Continue Illegal Timber Seizures, Myanmar Official Says February 18, 2016 | Radio Free Asia Kachin state government authorities in northern Myanmar seized more than 20,000 metric tons (22,046 U. S.Timor-Leste: How Far is Fair Enough? New Moves in Timor Gap's 40-Plus Years of Boundary Battles February 15, 2016 | Michael Leach, Lowy Interpreter Many Australians remain unaware that Australia and Timor-Leste have no settled maritime boundary.Liberia: Clashes Between Liberian, Burkinabe Communities Kill 3 People February 13, 2016 | Agence Africaine de Presse Reports from Grand Gedeh County in northeastern Liberia say three people have died in a clash between residents and Burkinabe occupying land in the area. |
Blogs & OpinionIn the last two weeks, 21 blogs & opinion pieces on environmental peacebuilding were posted on our website. Following is a sampling: Kurdistan Financial Crisis: Replacing Oil with Agriculture for Prosperity and Independence June 4, 2016 | Glenn Field, Rudaw In the midst of Iraqi Kurdistan’s economic crisis, the region is in desperate need of alternative sources for revenue other than their oil and gas industry, which has struggled while at the mercy…Over 1,200 Companies File Conflict Minerals Reports with the SEC June 3, 2016 | Enough Team Enough Project has been tracking the SEC conflict minerals reports since they began rolling in.June 2, 2016 | Jessica Dorsey During UNEA-2, the TRW Network partnered with Zoi Environment Network, The Environmental Law Institute (ELI) and Norwegian People’s Aid on a ‘Green Room’ side event on conflict and the environment.Lee on Young and Goldman, 'Livelihoods, Natural Resources, and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding' June 1, 2016 | SungYong Lee The linkage between environment, conflict, and peacebuilding is no longer a new agenda.The Folly of Lobbying to Carve Up Iraq May 31, 2016 | Luay al-Khatteeb "It was the Kurds," wrote Thomas Friedman in 2014, "who used the window of freedom we opened for them to overcome internal divisions, start to reform their once Sopranos-like politics and create a…Fix Mideast Water Crisis to Advance Peace Process May 28, 2016 | Munqeth Mehyar, Nader Khateeb, and Gidon Bromberg Despite continuing disputes over settlements, Jerusalem, borders, and refugees, there is at least one problem on which Arabs and Israelis can still make progress — water. Much hard work lies ahead.Why Do Land Grabs Happen? Because They Can May 28, 2016 | Michael Kugelman In January, over the objections of indigenous groups that live there, the government of Ecuador sold oil exploration rights to 500,000 acres of the Amazon to a consortium of Chinese companies.UNEA-2 Passes Most Significant Resolution on Conflict and the Environment since 1992 May 28, 2016 | Doug Weir After five months of negotiations, a resolution from Ukraine on the protection of the environment in areas affected by armed conflict has been approved by consensus at the second meeting of the UN… |
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Compiled by Monica Emma, Pierre Gaunaurd, Liz Hessami, Sophie Labaste, Janina Laurent, Jeremy Walker, Sofia Yazykova, Sahra Yusuf, and Ben Zukowski |
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