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Water: Significant Risk of Water-Related Conflict in Parts of Iraq, Iran, Mali, Nigeria, India and Pakistan over the Next 12 Months

Dec 5, 2019 | Water, Peace and Security Partnership

A groundbreaking new tool, launched today by the Water, Peace and Security (WPS) partnership, can predict the risk of violent conflicts up to 12 months…

Myamar: Myanmar Fish Resources Fall Sharply in Past 38 Years: Research

Dec 5, 2019 | Myat Moe Aung, Myanmar Times

Fish inhabiting the surface waters of Myanmar declined by about 80 percent between 1980 and 2018 and there was a steep drop in commercially important…

Liberia: Sime Darby to Sell Liberia Plantation to Local Manufacturer - Minister

Dec 5, 2019 | Reuters

Malaysia’s Sime Darby plans to sell its palm oil concession in Liberia to a local manufacturer, a Liberian government minister said on Thursday, following subpar…

Syria: In Syria, the Environmental Toll of War Beginning to Emerge

Dec 3, 2019 | Fanack.com

With the war in Syria entering its ninth year, the impact on the country’s environment, its natural resources and the people who depend on them…

Iraq/Kurdistan: Baghdad Lauds KRG Cooperation as Oil-for-Budget Deal Talks Reach Conclusion

Dec 3, 2019 | Fazel Hawramy, Rudaw

The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) delegation in Baghdad negotiating its share of next year’s federal budget showed an unprecedented willingness to strike a deal, members…

Myanmar: Myanmar to Establish School for Forest Rangers

Dec 3, 2019 | Myat Moe Aung, Myanmar Times

The government will establish the first wildlife conservation college for forest rangers in a bid to strengthen its campaign to protect and conserve the country’s…

Climate Change: Could Climate Change become a Security Issue — and Threaten Democracy?

Dec 2, 2019 | Farz Edraki and Ann Arnold, ABC News

Action to address climate change has been left so late that any political response will likely become an international security issue — and could threaten…

Afghanistan: Payment Sought for Land under Refugee Camp Use

Dec 1, 2019 | Dawn

The elders of Junglekhel have demanded monthly payment for their land given to the Ghamkol Afghan refugee camp by the Afghan commissionerate since 1980. Speaking…

Afghanistan: President Orders Contract Termination of Afghan Major Gold, Copper Mines, Contractor Considers It Politically Biased

Dec 1, 2019 | Khushnood Nabizada, Khaama Press

The two major Afghan mining contracts are to be terminated, Afghan president has ordered in a high economic council meeting. Afghan president Mohammad Ashraf Ghani…

Colombia: Indigenous Colombians Escalate Fight to Rescue Ancestral Lands

Dec 1, 2019 | Santiago Navarro, Truthout

The Nasa are one of 102 Indigenous peoples of Colombia who were pushed up into the mountains by European conquest in the 16th century, and…

Bring Women to the Table to Build Peace in Africa, Say Gender Experts

Nov 30, 2019 | Newsroom

Women bear the brunt of conflict and for peace building to be successful they must be involved in conflict resolution and reconstruction at every stage,…

Land: Dealing with Land Conflicts and Improving Land Governance for Peace and Stability in Africa at the Heart of a High-Level Dialogue in Abidjan

Nov 29, 2019 | UN Economic Commission for Africa

Friday in Abidjan, the conference on land policy in Africa, a high-level dialogue on ethnicity and land conflicts were held. As part of the 3rd…

Colombia: For Sustainable Cacao Farming in Colombia, Going Organic Is Not Necessarily the Only Good Answer

Nov 27, 2019 | Maria Eliza Villarino, International Center for Tropical Agriculture

If there’s one word that encapsulates Colombia, it is diversity. You see that in its people, you see that in its climate, and you even…

Conflict Minerals: Consensus Eludes New Definition for ‘Blood Diamonds’

Nov 27, 2019 | Tribune

An attempt for a new, expanded definition of conflict diamonds eluded consensus during a meeting of the Kimberley Process countries here. India is the current…

Climate Change: How Conflict and Climate Change Are a Threat to Food Security [Video]

Nov 27, 2019 | Bloomberg

Colleen Kelly, chief operating officer of Concern Worldwide U.S., discusses the world hunger index, climate change and the threat to food security. She speaks with…

Myanmar: Villagers Protest Namtu Hydropower Project

Nov 26, 2019 | Myat Moe Aung, Myanmar Times

Residents held a protest during the visit of U Sai Sam Tip, Shan State minister for Electricity and Energy, in Talong village, which will be affected…

Climate Change: Pete Buttigieg Says Climate Change Is Our Greatest Security Threat [Video]

Nov 26, 2019 | Caitlin McFall, Daily Caller

On the campaign trail this week, presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg reiterated his belief that climate change contributed to the Syrian civil war. Speaking at a…

Myanmar: Wild Elephants Destroy Plantations in Myanmar's Western State

Nov 26, 2019 | Xinhua

On Oct. 21 this year, three houses were destroyed by two wild elephants' raid in the same township. It was learnt that wild elephant raids…

Lebanon: How Warming Helped Spark a Revolution in Lebanon

Nov 26, 2019 | Jennifer Hijazi, E&E News

Experts say environmental stressors, including climate change and the recent fires in the Shouf mountains, are contributing to a turbulent uprising that is still filling…

FAO Stands with Generation Equality to Oppose Rape

Nov 25, 2019 | FAO

FAO is taking a stand against sexual and gender-based violence by participating in the UN Secretary-General’s campaign: UNiTE by 2030 to End Violence against Women.

Syria: US Occupation of Syria’s Oil Fields Is ‘Legal’ under International Law: Envoy

Nov 24, 2019 | Al-Masdar News

Washington is not doing anything illegal by securing oil fields in Syria, US Special Representative for Syria Engagement James Jeffrey told reporters on Friday. Jeffrey…

Syria: A Convoluted System for Syria’s Oil Revenues

Nov 23, 2019 | Mohamed Homs, Enab Baladi

The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have been confused by the decision of its American ally to withdraw from Syria, as its mission to fight and…

Vietnam: Strengthen Women’s Livelihoods and Participation for Greater Resilience to Disasters and Climate Change in Viet Nam

Nov 22, 2019 | Thao Hoang, UN Women

When Tran Thi My Linh, a 51-year-old rural woman first said that she would replace her rice fields with lotus fields, she raised many eyebrows.…