International
Iraq: Iraq to Cut Winter Crop Area by 55 Percent on Water Shortages
Oct 4, 2018
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Reuters
Iraq’s agriculture ministry said on Thursday it would reduce its 2018-2019 winter crop planting area by 55 percent due to a water shortage. Iraq will…
Afghanistan: “If the Water Finishes, We Will Leave”: Drought Is Forcing Hundreds of Thousands of Afghans from Their Homes [Photos]
Oct 4, 2018
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Stefanie Glinski
The severe drought has dried up riverbeds and water sources, withered crops, and forced 250,000 people from their homes. Journalist Stefanie Glinski spent a week…
Nigeria/South Sudan: South Sudan Minister Focuses on New Oil & Gas Regulations in Nigeria Visit
Oct 4, 2018
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Africa Oil & Gas
South Sudan has reaffirmed its commitment to the implementation of new local content regulations in oil & gas, during a meeting between Minister of Petroleum…
Myanmar: Myanmar to Inspect All 235 Dams after Spillway Collapse in August
Oct 4, 2018
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Leong Wai Kit, Channel News Asia
Myanmar has set up a special task force to inspect all 235 dams in the country, after a spillway collapse in August flooded as many…
Myanmar: Myanmar Torches Illegal Wildlife Stockpile Worth $1.3M to Deter Smugglers
Oct 4, 2018
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Reuters
Myanmar authorities destroyed hundreds of seized elephant tusks, pangolin scales and other animal parts, worth a total of $1.3 million on the black market, on…
Afghanistan/Pakistan: Transboundary Water Cooperation: An Instrument for Peace
Oct 3, 2018
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Zia Hashmi and Amjad Masood, Daily Times
After the Pakistan General Elections 2018, the upcoming government has revealed the broad layout of its policies through the victory speech and the inaugural address…
Myanmar: Farmers, Activists Demand Overhaul of Land Laws
Oct 3, 2018
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Hein Ko Soe, Frontier Myanmar
More than 600 farmers, activists and lawyers called for comprehensive land law reform at a conference held in the hills near Pyin Oo Lwin in…
Colombia: Indigenous Communities Reject Land Reform
Oct 3, 2018
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teleSUR
The National Indigenous Organization of Colombia (ONIC) demanded the Tribunal of Bogota to halt a proposed reform bill on the Law of Land and to…
Myanmar: Dolphin-Enabled Livelihood on the Ayeyarwady
Oct 2, 2018
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Maizura Ismail, Asean Post
On a stretch of the Ayeyarwady river, also known as the Irrawaddy river, near Myanmar’s Mandalay, fishermen from six villages work hand-in-fin with 26 Irrawaddy…
Food Security: UNGA Side Event Elicits Ways to Break Conflict-Hunger Cycle
Oct 2, 2018
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Ana Maria Lebada, International Institute for Sustainable Development
Officials from governments and international organizations discussed ways to address the link between conflict and hunger, in order to reduce both. They called for increased…
Jordan: Water Scarcity Discourse at Heart of Internal and Regional Politics — Scholar
Oct 1, 2018
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Saeb Rawashdeh, Jordan Times
While water scarcity in Jordan has been widely researched, mainly from an engineering perspective, less is known from the water politics angle, a Jordanian scholar…
Myanmar: Acacia Becomes Myanmar's Plantation Tree of Choice
Oct 1, 2018
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Kyaw Ye Lynn, Frontier
A fast-growing species of acacia from Australasia has become the tree of choice for commercial plantations in Myanmar, including those planned as part of a…
Timor-Leste: East Timor Eyes Billion-Dollar Oil Bonanza, as Wildcat Drilling Starts in 2019
Oct 1, 2018
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Damon Evans, Forbes
Timor Resources will drill its first exploration well onshore East Timor in April 2019 as it attempts to uncover an oil bonanza for the Southeast…
Iraq: Boiling Basra: Residents Afraid of Their Taps as Iraq's Water Crisis Threatens to Destabilise the Region
Oct 1, 2018
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Bel Trew, Independent
Basra’s water crisis is the final tipping point of a long list of woes in a town that has been rocked by protests and riots…
Afghanistan: MAIL Promoting Aloe Vera as Alternative to Poppy
Oct 1, 2018
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Zabihullah Jahanmal, TOLOnews
The Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL) on Monday said that under the alternate poppy cultivation project, it will establish 75 greenhouses in three provinces to promote cultivation of aloe vera.…
Climate Change: The US Defense Department Is Losing the Battle against Climate Change
Oct 1, 2018
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Daniel Ross, EcoWatch
Given the immediate threat of rising sea levels, the U.S. Navy is leading the charge to better understand these impacts at the ground level. Last…
Climate Change: Workshop on Climate Change and Security
Oct 1, 2018
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Peace Research Institute Oslo
On 27-28 September 2018, the Department of Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University and PRIO co-hosted a joint Workshop on Climate Change and Security…
Philippines: 8 Ex-Rebels Linked to Land-Grabbing Arrested in Benguet; Firearms Seized
Oct 1, 2018
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Zaldy Comanda, Manilla Bulletin
Eight men tagged by police as members of a gun-running and land-grabbing syndicate were arrested by police in a recent raid that also resulted in…
Iraq: Drought-Stricken Iraq Pleads for More Water from Upstream Neighbours
Sep 30, 2018
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Campbell MacDiarmid, The National
Amid a worsening water crisis at home, Iraq’s foreign minister used his time at the UN podium on Saturday to call on upstream neighbours to…
South Sudan: South Sudan Eyes Fishery Sector as Alternative to Oil
Sep 29, 2018
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Xinhua
South Sudan plans to develop its fishery industry in an effort to boost the revenue base of the oil-dependent country. The country's council of ministers…
Iraq: Oil-Rich but Powerless: Who Can Solve Iraq's Electricity Crisis?
Sep 29, 2018
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Al Jazeera
Since the defeat of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) last year there have been widespread protests about a…
Afghanistan: Former Mining Owner ‘Defrauds’ Govt out of Almost $16 Million
Sep 28, 2018
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TOLOnews
The US Department of Justice announced this week that the former owner of Marble Mining Company in Afghanistan was convicted for defrauding the US government and defaulting on a $15.8 million loan. The…
Colombia: Land Defenders Increasingly Murdered with Impunity
Sep 28, 2018
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Democracy Now!
In Colombia, human rights groups are warning of an epidemic of murders targeting environmentalists and leaders of social movements. New statistics compiled by a Colombian…
South Sudan: South Sudan’s ‘Relentless Conflict’ Leaves almost 60 Percent Suffering Desperate Food Crisis
Sep 28, 2018
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UN
The warning follows the release of a report on Friday, indicating that it is only large-scale humanitarian assistance being provided in many areas of the…
Iraq: Conflict and Drought Ravage Iraq's Prized Date Palms
Sep 28, 2018
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Sarah Benhaida, Phys.org
Sweet Iraqi dates adorn tables in homes across the country, but the fruit tree and national symbol has come under threat from conflict and crippling…
Iraq: Iraqi Officials Trained to Assess Oil-Contaminated Sites from ISIL Conflicts
Sep 28, 2018
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Priyanka Shrestha, Energy Live News
A total of 26 national experts from Iraq have been trained to assess and clean-up oil-contaminated sites from the conflict in the country. UN Environment…
Afghanistan: From Heroin to Roses: How Afghan Farmers Are Reducing Poppy Farming One Rose at a Time. [Video]
Sep 28, 2018
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Al Jazeera
Video: Roses replace opium poppies in Afghanistan
Climate Change: Trawling for Peace in a Warming Planet
Sep 27, 2018
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UN Environment
Annually, more than 80 million metric tons of seafood is harvested from the oceans, providing nearly 3 billion people with more than 20 per cent of…
South Sudan: South Sudan Study Measures Cost of Conflict on Overall Mortality
Sep 27, 2018
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Africa Times
Five years of war in South Sudan has likely led to nearly 400,000 excess deaths, about half of them directly because of the violence, according…
South Sudan: Who Will Gain from South Sudan's Expanded Oil Production?
Sep 27, 2018
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Benita van Eyssen, Deutsche Welle
Juba is keen to see the black gold pumping as South Sudan emerges out of a civil war that caused close on 400,000 deaths. DW…