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Colombia: Colombia's Fight against Deforestation Is Hampered by Deeply-Rooted Challenges
Oct 21, 2024
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Marie Delcas, Le Monde
Colombia, where the COP16 on biodiversity opened on October 21, has lost six million hectares of forest since 1990. The government is fighting both deforestation…
Colombia: From Coca Fields to Eco-Tourism: Colombian Farmers Embrace Green Pivot
Oct 21, 2024
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Reuters
In the heart of the Colombian jungle, farmers have traded coca production and deforestation for tourism, which provides work for hundreds of locals. Tourists can…
DRC: M23 Rebels Seize Kalembe: The Struggle for Congo's Riches
Oct 21, 2024
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Devdiscourse
The M23 rebel group has captured the town of Kalembe in eastern Congo, intensifying its insurgency. Accusations of Rwanda's support continue as the group reportedly…
Liberia: Group Formed to Tackle Land Conflicts
Oct 21, 2024
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Esau J. Farr, Observer
Communities in rural Liberia seek a customary deed to their ancestral lands but are plagued by boundary disputes. Now, a new group, the Southeast Regional…
South Sudan: How Conservation Is Helping Bring Peace to Conflict-Affected South Sudan
Oct 21, 2024
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Fauna & Flora
Fauna & Flora’s long-term vision for conservation in South Sudan is to ensure there is a network of functioning protected areas that will safeguard crucial…
Climate Change: Conflict, Climate Change, and Instability Drive Migration Worldwide. Health Care Organizations Adapt in Real Time.
Oct 21, 2024
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Talya Meyers, DirectRelief
The world is increasingly on the move, with growing numbers of people displaced from their homes or leaving their countries of origin. These shifts in…
Peace through Nature – Five Ways in Which Conservation Helps Prevent and Reduce Conflict
Oct 21, 2024
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Fauna & Flora
Fauna & Flora has been magnetically drawn to many of the world’s conflict zones. The reason is simple: biodiversity is at its most vulnerable in…
Afghanistan: Afghanistan Gets Access to 900 MW Electricity: Energy Minister
Oct 20, 2024
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Safiya Begum, Munsif Daily
The Afghan caretaker government’s acting Energy and Water Minister Abdul Latif Mansoor has said that his war-torn country has access to 900 Megawatts of electricity…
Finland/Ukraine: Finland and Ukraine Strengthen Environmental and Energy Cooperation as Part of Sustainable Reconstruction of Ukraine
Oct 19, 2024
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Finnish Ministry of the Environment
Finland promotes Environmental Security in war-ravaged Ukraine. Minister of Climate and the Environment of Finland Kai Mykkänen and Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources…
Ukraine: Current Losses to Ukrainian Ecosystems Estimated at USD 65 Billion: Prime Minister at Environmental Security Conference
Oct 19, 2024
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Government of Ukraine
Russia’s war against Ukraine has caused widespread ecological destruction, resulting in unprecedented pollution, ecosystem disruption and damage to biodiversity not only in Ukraine but around…
Ukraine: Environmental Security: The Sixth Conference in Continuation of the First Peace Summit Was Held in Helsinki
Oct 19, 2024
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President of Ukraine
Head of the Office of the President Andriy Yermak took part in a thematic conference dedicated to the eighth point of the Peace Formula, Environmental…
Ukraine: Damage to Ukrainian Ecosystems from War Reached USD 65 Billion - Shmyhal
Oct 19, 2024
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Ukrinform
Russia's war against Ukraine has caused large-scale environmental destruction, leading to unprecedented environmental pollution - damage to Ukrainian ecosystems is estimated at USD 65 billion.
Afghanistan: Kabir: Islamic Emirate Pursuing Energy Self-Sufficiency
Oct 18, 2024
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Liluma Qadiry, TOLOnews
Mawlawi Abdul Kabir, the deputy prime minister for political affairs, said during the inauguration of a commercial market in Kabul on Thursday that the Islamic…
Colombia: Colombian Coca Leaf Farming Hit Two-Decade High in 2023, UN Says
Oct 18, 2024
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Luis Jaime Acosta, Reuters
Colombian land dedicated to the cultivation of coca leaves, a raw ingredient for cocaine, jumped 10% last year to reach the largest area in over…
Community Stability in the Aftermath of Climate-Related Disasters: Integrating WPS and DRR for Better Outcomes
Oct 18, 2024
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Maryruth Belsey Priebe
In September 2024, heavy monsoon rains caused severe flooding in several states of India where the intense rainfall damaged infrastructure and agricultural land, which exacerbated…
Pollution From World’s Militaries in Spotlight at UN Summit
Oct 17, 2024
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Ken McLaughlin, The War Horse
Should the world’s militaries be required to report the amount of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases they release into the atmosphere? The coalition launched…
Ukraine: Japanese Drones to Look for Land Mines in Ukraine
Oct 17, 2024
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Takuya Michiue, Nikkei
A Japanese industrial drone manufacturer is launching a business to use its products to detect land mines that have proliferated in Ukraine following Russia's invasion,…
South Sudan: A Broken Oil Pipeline Plunges South Sudan’s Capital into Chaos
Oct 17, 2024
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Okech Francis and Simon Marks, Bloomberg
The scene of urban decay is just the tip of a catastrophic economic breakdown in the country since a pipeline carrying oil that accounts for…
Kenya: Gender and Land Tenure Specialist
Oct 17, 2024
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Landesa
Grounded in the knowledge that having legal rights to land is a foundation for prosperity and opportunity, Landesa partners with governments and local organizations to…
For Women Environmental Defenders in Colombia, Standing down is Not an Option
Oct 16, 2024
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UN Women
As temperatures reach new highs and climate change impacts intensify, women who are defending their land, water and ecosystems are paying a high price.
“I have…
Why Climate Security Needs a Superhero – Its Name, Is Foresight
Oct 16, 2024
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Jennifer Hotsko
Climate security refers to the ways in which climate change exacerbates existing social, economic, and political vulnerabilities, potentially leading to conflict and instability. It turns…
Securing a Climate for Peace, Grounded in Local Reality
Oct 16, 2024
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Juliane Schillinger
“Climate security” is defined by the UN as the impacts of climate change on peace and security, especially in areas that are already fragile or…
Liberia: Foresters Trained to Identify Timber Using Technology amid Smuggling Rise
Oct 16, 2024
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FrontPage Africa
The United States Forest Service (USFS) has sponsored the training of seven Liberian foresters in identifying timber species using science-based technology through smartphones as part of the…
Israel/Palestine: The Israel-Hamas War Has Wiped out Most of Gaza's Farm Land. The Environmental Costs Are Adding up
Oct 16, 2024
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Kevin Maimann, CBC
The Israel-Hamas war has devastated Gaza in ways that may be irreversible — and a picture of the environmental harm is only just beginning to emerge,…
Angola/Colombia: The Lingering Legacy of Landmines in Colombia and Angola
Oct 16, 2024
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Lazarus Odenge, PUNCH
In both countries, the danger is not only to human life but to economic development. Angola’s landmines, a legacy of its war for independence from…
Famine Takes Grip in Africa’s Prolonged Conflict Zones [Infographic]
Oct 15, 2024
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Africa Center for Strategic Studies
Eighty percent of the record 163 million Africans facing acute food insecurity are in conflict-affected countries, including potentially 840,000 people confronting famine in Sudan, South…
Afghanistan: Environmental Impact Assessment Meeting on Aynak Copper Mine Held in Kabul
Oct 15, 2024
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Fidel Rahmati, Khaama Press
The public consultation session on the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) of the Aynak Copper Project was organized by the “Daira Sabz Environmental and…
Has Climate Securitisation Obstructed Military Decarbonisation?
Oct 15, 2024
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Doug Weir
According to climate security orthodoxy, climate change is a threat multiplier. It is a threat to national security. It is something that is happening to…
Malho Marndi Finds Way forward with Direct Seeded Rice (DSR) Technology
Oct 14, 2024
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Nima Chodon
Malho Marndi, a tribal farmer from Odisha, India, has been cultivating rice on her 10-acre farm for many years. However, worsening climate conditions and labor management challenges nearly pushed her to…
Malho Marndi Finds Way forward with Direct Seeded Rice (DSR) Technology
Oct 14, 2024
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Nima Chodon
Malho Marndi, a tribal farmer from Odisha, India, has been cultivating rice on her 10-acre farm for many years. However, worsening climate conditions and labor management challenges nearly pushed her to…