International
DRC: Elephant Poachers Kill Rangers, Wound Swedish Park Manager in Congo
Apr 25, 2016
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Reuters
Elephant poachers killed three rangers in Democratic Republic of Congo's Garamba wildlife park and wounded two other people including the Swedish park manager, environmental officials…
Myanmar: Shan Timber Tops Seizure List
Apr 25, 2016
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Eleven Myanmar
Almost 46,200 tonnes of illegal timber was seized during the last financial year, according to Myanmar's forestry department.
Myanmar: MPs Rush to Resolve Land Grabs
Apr 25, 2016
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Eleven Myanmar
The Lower House’s Farming and Labour Affairs Committee has received around 400 complaints about farmland disputes. The main duty of the committee is to scrutinise…
Myanmar: Myanmar Lawmakers to Help Farmers, Villagers Affected by Land Grabs
Apr 25, 2016
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Radio Free Asia
Myanmar lawmakers have taken up the cause of farmers and villagers in two areas of the country where they lost land to huge government-backed projects,…
Myanmar: Extreme Weather Wreaks Havoc across Five States and Sivisions
Apr 25, 2016
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Democratic Voice of Burma
Strong winds and freak hailstorms across a wide swathe of north-central Burma killed at least eight people and did extensive damage to thousands of homes…
Senegal: Climate Change Brings Conflict, Senegal Leader Warns
Apr 24, 2016
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Channel News Asia
Senegal's President Macky Sall sees a link between climate change and security, in particular when it comes to the militant threat in the Sahel. "Global…
World Heading for Catastrophe over Natural Disasters, Risk Expert Warns
Apr 24, 2016
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Sam Jones, Guardian
The world’s failure to prepare for natural disasters will have “inconceivably bad” consequences as climate change fuels a huge increase in catastrophic droughts and floods…
Iraq: Iraqi Warplanes Destroy Daesh Oil Convoy in Nineveh Province
Apr 23, 2016
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PressTV
The Iraqi Air Force has destroyed a Daesh oil convoy in the northern Nineveh province, a blow to stem the Takfiri terrorist group’s oil sales.…
Afghanistan: Government Unable to Reclaim its Usurped Land: Zahir
Apr 23, 2016
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Mohammad Halim Karimi, Pajhwok
The Environment Protection Agency on Saturday said the Afghan government has been unable to reclaim its usurped land from land mafia in different parts of…
Myanmar: What’s Behind Chevron’s Giant Myanmar Gas Sale?
Apr 22, 2016
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Rui Hao Puah, Diplomat
U.S. energy giant Chevron is offering up for sale its entire gas block stake in Myanmar, valued at an estimated $1.3 billion, Reuters reported in…
Myanmar: Blast Mining Threatens to Destroy Hpakant Villages: Locals
Apr 22, 2016
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Nan Lwin Hnin Pwint, The Irrawaddy
Two villages near the town of Hpakant in Kachin State are at risk of dangerous shifts in the terrain due to jade mining and require…
Colombia: Ineffective & Possibly Carcinogenic, but Colombia Will Go back to Attacking Coca with Glyphosate
Apr 22, 2016
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Mint Press News
Less than a year after the government halted its use over concerns that it could cause cancer, Colombia plans to resume using glyphosate, a controversial…
Colombia: Agriculture Leads Colombian Exports to the EU
Apr 21, 2016
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Radio Santa Fe
After being given data about the non-oil exports to the European Union, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Aurelio Iragorri Valencia, celebrated that the…
Liberia: Fendell Squatters: ‘Didn’t Think Gov’t Would Act
Apr 21, 2016
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Omari Jackson, Daily Observer
Squatters whose structures are being torn down in Fendell on the property of University of Liberia (UL) say they were misled by the government’s record…
Colombia: How Colombia’s Praised Land Restitution Process is Failing the Displaced
Apr 20, 2016
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Stephen Gill, Colombia Reports
Colombia’s land restitution process is failing to adequately process the return of land to victims of displacement and is now facing severe criticism from both…
Colombia: Colombian Authorities Revoke Oil Rights near Caño Cristales River
Apr 20, 2016
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Ed Buckley, The City Paper Bogota
Highly contentious plans to open up land in Colombia’s eastern plains for oil exploration are off the table. On Tuesday afternoon, the National Authority of Environmental…
China/India: Water War: This River Could Sink China-India Relations
Apr 19, 2016
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Joel Wuthnow, National Interest
The Chinese and Indian defense ministers will meet in Beijing to discuss border issues. At the top of the agenda will be how to improve…
Afghanistan: Flash Floods Kill 38 People
Apr 19, 2016
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Al Bawaba
Afghan officials said on Monday that the deaths were reported in the country's northern provinces of Takhar, Badghis and Samangan during flash floods that began…
Colombia: Colombia to Use Glyphosate in Cocaine Fight Again
Apr 19, 2016
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Associated Press
Colombia will resume using weed killer to destroy illegal coca crops less than a year after suspending its use due to cancer concerns, the government…
Cambodia: Cheated out of Their Own Land: Land Grabbing in Cambodia
Apr 19, 2016
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Welthungerhilfe
In Cambodia, approximately 70 per cent of the population live from traditional agriculture, that is, predominantly from their harvest. For some, there is a little…
Bhutan: Rethinking Human-Wildlife Conflict
Apr 19, 2016
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Tshering Palden, Kuensel
The agriculture ministry has begun preparing a long-term holistic approach to manage human wildlife conflict in the country. The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Bhutan trained…
Liberia: Liberia's Land Authority Act - Deadlock Ends with Unanimous Support from Senate
Apr 18, 2016
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James M. Yarsiah, Open Society Initiative for West Africa
On Wednesday April 13, 2016, Liberia's Senate gave its unanimous endorsement to the draft Bill to set up the Land Authority of Liberia (LAA). The…
Central African Republic: Agriculture is Key to Achieving Lasting Peace in Central African Republic
Apr 18, 2016
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FAO
FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva today met Central African Republic President Faustin-Archange Touadera for talks that focused on rebuilding the country's agriculture sector and…
Myanmar: How to Develop Sustainable Waterways in Myanmar
Apr 18, 2016
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Kate Lazarus, Devex
Access to water is crucial. For riverine communities, in particular, access to waterways is vital for every aspect of life, from food security to trade…
Egypt/Ethiopia: Will Drought Fuel Water Conflict between Cairo, Addis Ababa?
Apr 18, 2016
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Ayah Aman, Al-Monitor
Ethiopia’s northern regions have been plagued by one of the worst droughts to face the area in decades. During a visit to one of the…
Ethiopia/South Sudan: Ethiopia Attack: 200 People Dead, 100 Children Missing
Apr 18, 2016
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Reuters
The death toll from a raid carried out by attackers from South Sudan in western Ethiopia has risen to 208 people, an Ethiopian official said,…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Kurdistan to Introduce Advanced Irrigation System to Boost Wheat Crop
Apr 16, 2016
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Rudaw
The Kurdish ministry of agriculture has signed a deal with the UAE-based Aljanani firm to purchase advanced irrigation equipment that are planned to help Kurdish…
Syria: Syria's Kurds Take Control of Oil Fields, Now What?
Apr 15, 2016
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Massoud Hamed, Al-Monitor
Five years into the Syrian revolution, entire cities have been brought to rubble and a population has been forcibly displaced by the Syrian regime or…
Colombia: Land Reform Critical to Lasting Peace in Colombia, Says UN
Apr 15, 2016
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teleSUR
The Colombia office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the U.N. Agency for Refugees reiterated its support Thursday for the Victims…
Phillippines/United States/South China Sea: U.S. Conducts Joint Patrols with Philippines in South China Sea
Apr 14, 2016
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Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press
In a military buildup certain to inflame tensions with China, the United States said Thursday it will send troops and combat aircraft to the Philippines…