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South Sudan: Food Security Update
Sep 4, 2014
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PR NewsWire, Star Africa
JUBA, South Sudan, 2 September 2014 / PRN Africa / — Food insecurity remained severe in conflict affected areas of South Sudan, with some 3.9…
China/East China Sea: China Deploys New Oil Rig to Drill in East China Sea
Sep 3, 2014
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South China Morning Post
China has sent a new oil rig to explore the East China Sea, an area that includes waters disputed with Japan. Cosco Shipyard, which built…
Myanmar: Land Grabbing Tops the List of Rights Violations
Sep 3, 2014
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Eleven Myanmar
The Myanmar National Human Rights Commission has received about 6,000 complaints since its inception in 2011, and most of them involve land confiscation by force.
“Most…
Iraq: EU Ambassador to Iraq Accuses European Countries of Purchasing Oil from Islamic State
Sep 3, 2014
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Middle East Monitor
The European Union Ambassador in Iraq, Jana Hybášková, has accused some European countries of purchasing oil from the Islamic State, or IS,Anadolu news agency reported.
Hybášková's…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Behind the Kurdish Oil Mystery: Cash, Power Grabs and the Battle for Statehood
Sep 3, 2014
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Nigel Wilson, International Business Times
When the oil tanker Kamari disappeared in the Mediterranean on 1 August, it was carrying around $100m (£60.7m, €76m) worth of crude from Iraq's semi-autonomous region of…
Climate Security Threat Matrix Must Be A Priority
Sep 2, 2014
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Poet Economist
The climate system is a complex of thermodynamic energy transfers, moving between the Earth’s atmosphere and oceans. Our local experience of weather—hot summers, breezy autumns,…
Opportunity Costs: Evidence Suggests Variability, Not Scarcity, Primary Driver of Water Conflict
Sep 2, 2014
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New Security Beat
Nearly 1 billion people lack reliable access to clean drinking water today. A report by the Water Resources Group projects that by 2030 annual global…
Opportunity Costs: Evidence Suggests Variability, Not Scarcity, Primary Driver of Water Conflict
Sep 2, 2014
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New Security Beat
Nearly 1 billion people lack reliable access to clean drinking water today. A report by the Water Resources Group projects that by 2030 annual global freshwater needs…
Combating Illegal Logging with Smartphones and Smarter Shopping
Sep 2, 2014
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Custom Made
Many of us make daily choices to try to live more environmentally conscious lifestyles. But there’s an element probably present in everyone’s home that’s contributing…
Investing in Collaboration to Manage Environmental Resource Conflict
Sep 2, 2014
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Environment, Conflict and Cooperation
Conflict over environmental resources endangers rural people’s livelihoods and can increase the risk of broader social conflict. Yet joint action to sustain shared resources can…
Central and East Africa: Food Security Alarm in Africa
Sep 2, 2014
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AllAfrica
Some 20 million people are facing acute food insecurity in eastern and central Africa, with most of them being at crisis and emergency levels, according…
Myanmar: 3,000 Farmers Petition Thein Sein Over Land Grab
Sep 2, 2014
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Eleven Myanmar
A petition calling for the return of 200,000 acres of land seized from farmers in Magway Region will be sent to President Thein Sein and…
Vietnam: Agent Orange Lives on in Vietnam, Poisoning Children and Ruining Lives
Sep 2, 2014
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The Advocacy Project
While Le Ba Thuan was recruiting soldiers for the Viet Cong during the Vietnam War, he would watch American planes spraying herbicide and try to…
ISAF’s Environmental Legacy in Afghanistan Requires Greater Scrutiny
Sep 1, 2014
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Toxic Remnants of War
Since 2001, Afghanistan has seen intensive military activities from a number of countries that have contributed to the ISAF stabilisation force. With the drawdown of…
5 Reasons NATO Needs to Worry About Climate Change
Sep 1, 2014
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Responding to Climate Change
Climate change is likely to receive scant attention at the 2014 NATO summit, which takes place in Newport, Wales, this week.
With Russia and the west…
Rwanda: Mining-Export Income Drops on Lower Tantalum Prices
Sep 1, 2014
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Bloomberg News
The value of Rwanda’s mineral exports dropped by almost a fifth in the first half of the year, even as the volume of sales rose, because…
Kurdish Oil Tanker that Disappeared from Radar off Texas Coast Reappears Days Later
Sep 1, 2014
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Daily Mail
An Iraqi oil tanker that disappeared from radar off the coast of Texas last week has suddenly reappeared today - and it's still full of…
Iraq/ Kurdistan: Battle for Mosul Dam- a New Age of Water Wars Beckons
Sep 1, 2014
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The Conversation
Exactly a year ago, the world was wrestling with the possibility of another US-led military assault on an Arab state, following the horrific gas attacks in Damascus,…
Myanmar: Second City Speculation Sees Land Prices Double
Sep 1, 2014
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The Myanmar Times
Though information on the project proposed by Mayor U Hla Myint is still scarce, it has proven enough to drive a flury of speculation in…
Myanmar: Cronies Set Their Sights on Coal in Latest Power Grab
Sep 1, 2014
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Eleven
Cronies have been granted hydropower projects on Ayeyawady and Thanlwin rivers, including the Myitsone dam, without public notice. Moreover, 23 firms – including companies owned by…
Myanmar: Over 1,000 in Mandalay Protest Mining Activities
Sep 1, 2014
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Democratic Voice of Burma
The mining sector in Burma continues to receive flak, with protestors taking to the streets in Wetthay and Phetshay villages in Thabeikkyin, Mandalay.
On 30 August,…
Israel/Palestine: Israel Seizes 400 Hectares of West Bank Land [Video]
Sep 1, 2014
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Al Jazeera
The United States has urged Israel to reverse its decision to seize nearly 400 hectares of land in the occupied West Bank, a move anti-settlement…
Conflict Resources: The Key to Solving Both ISIS and Russian Aggression
Aug 31, 2014
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David Francis, Fiscal Times
The crises in Ukraine and Iraq have little to do with one another. In Ukraine, Russia is exerting its territorial ambitions, while in Iraq, the…
South Sudan: Sudan: Deadlock
Aug 31, 2014
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StrategyWorld
August 31, 2014: As the South Sudan government and the South Sudan rebels (led by former vice-president Riek Machar) continue the civil war, Intergovernmental Authority…
Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone To Miss Diamond Export Target Due To Ebola Outbreak
Aug 31, 2014
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Albert Robinson, IDEX Online
Sierra Leone Deputy Minister of Mineral Resources Abdul Ignosis Koroma said the government would miss its target of exporting $200 million in diamonds this year…
Israel/Palestine: Israel Claims Nearly 1,000 Acres of West Bank Land Near Bethlehem
Aug 31, 2014
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Isabel Kershner, New York Times
JERUSALEM — Israel laid claim on Sunday to nearly 1,000 acres of West Bank land in a Jewish settlement bloc near Bethlehem — a step…
Timor-Leste: Australian Government Wants East Timor Spy Charged
Aug 31, 2014
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Sydney Morning Herald
The Australian government has asked the federal police to investigate if lawyer Bernard Collaery and a former spy can be charged with disclosing classified information after revelations Australia…
The Wars That Really are About the Oil
Aug 30, 2014
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Spectator
Is international conflict really just a fight over oil? It sometimes seems that way. In Syria and Iraq, the militants of the so-called ‘Islamic State’…
Learning From China’s Oil Rig Standoff With Vietnam
Aug 30, 2014
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The Diplomat
On May 2, China unilaterally placed an oil-drilling rig in waters 120 miles from Vietnam’s coast – near islands claimed by both countries and well…
What is the Environmental Cost of War?
Aug 30, 2014
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The Guardian
The last time the ecological cost of war was a hot topic we were still worried about the ozone layer and George Michael’s “Praying for…