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How Does Fighting Climate Change Help Protect Sexual and Reproductive Health?
Dec 7, 2021
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Leah Rodriguez
Liberia: Liberia Sets to Issue Title Deeds for Customary Land
Dec 7, 2021
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Observer
The Liberia Land Authority (LLA), with support from the Joint United Nations PeaceBuilding Support Programme on December 2, launched an historic land survey in Sinje, Grand…
Iraq: Intensifying IS Attacks Strike Near Northern Oil Fields
Dec 7, 2021
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Mohammed Hussein, Rawaz Tahir, and Araz Mohammed, Iraq Oil Report
The self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS) militant group has launched an increasingly fierce campaign in northern Iraq, including several recent attacks near oil fields in which…
Second International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding GOING VIRTUAL*
Dec 7, 2021
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Environmental Peacebuilding Association and the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
The Organizing Committee for the Second International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding has decided to convert the hybrid format to an ostensibly virtual conference.
This announcement covers…
How Does Fighting Climate Change Help Protect Sexual and Reproductive Health?
Dec 7, 2021
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Leah Rodriguez
Climate change doesn’t just damage the world’s natural resources and wildlife — it also has lasting impacts on the health of human beings, disproportionately affecting women and girls.
Ahead…
DRC: How China Wrested Control of the Congo’s Critical Minerals
Dec 6, 2021
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David Uren, Australian Strategic Policy Institute
China’s system of bankrolling its state companies may be entrenching great inefficiency in its economy but has delivered it unchallenged dominance in the critical minerals…
Saudi Arabia: Saudi Environmental Security Officers Protect Sea and Land Ecosystems
Dec 6, 2021
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Hebshi Alshammari, Arab News
The Saudi Special Forces for Environmental Security have apprehended dozens of offenders for environmental violations as part of a recent crackdown. The forces, under the…
Bringing Climate and Terrorism Together at the UN Security Council – Proceed with Caution
Dec 6, 2021
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Jordan Street
Misconceived climate-security policymaking could have significant adverse and counterproductive impacts.
The United Nations Security Council on Dec. 9 will hold its first open thematic debate to explore the links between…
Myanmar: Illegal Gold Mines Operate Unchecked in Myanmar’s Kachin State Since Coup
Dec 4, 2021
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Radio Free Asia
Illegal gold mine operations have run unchecked in the capital of Myanmar’s Kachin state since the military seized power 10 months ago, raising concerns for…
Afghanistan: Taliban Issues Decree on Afghan Women’s Rights
Dec 4, 2021
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Aleynes Palacios Hurtado
Taliban leader Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada on Friday issued a decree on women's rights in Afghanistan, official sources reported.
Afghanistan: In Afghanistan, ‘Who Has the Guns Gets the Land’
Dec 3, 2021
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Thomas Gibbons-Neff and Yaqoob Akbary, New York TImes
Thousands of Afghans are facing such traumatic dislocations as the new Taliban government uses property to compensate its fighters for years of military service, amid…
Afghanistan/Iran: Taliban, Iranian Border Guards Clash on Nimroz Border over Misunderstanding
Dec 2, 2021
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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Iran's border guards and the Taliban ended clashes along a segment of the border in what Iranian state media reported was a "misunderstanding" from the…
A Darker Shade of “Code Red”: Arms and Climate Change
Dec 2, 2021
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Sarah Grand-Clément
Does the conventional arms community have the necessary tools to address climate change, including the risk of future climate shocks and environmental degradation, in its…
Cambodia: More Than 40 Suspects Sent to Court in Deforestation and Land Encroachment Crackdown
Dec 1, 2021
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Khmer Times
Provincial authorities in Siem Reap sent 47 suspects to the Provincial Court as part of the national crackdown on land grabbing and deforestation crimes in…
China/Indonesia/South China Sea: Beijing Demanded Indonesia Stop Oil and Natural Gas Drilling during Stand-off
Dec 1, 2021
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Reuters
China told Indonesia to stop drilling for oil and natural gas in maritime territory that both countries regard as their own during a months-long stand-off…
Myanmar: Climate Danger Grows in ‘Vulnerable’ Myanmar after Military Coup
Dec 1, 2021
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John Liu and Rory Wallace, Al Jazeera
There is increasing concern that Myanmar is at risk of a serious environmental crisis, as the generals who seized power in a coup on February…
USA: Research Scholar and Project Manager, Climate and Geopolitics Project
Dec 1, 2021
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Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a unique global network of policy research centers in Russia, China, Europe, the Middle East, India, and the United…
Belgium/EU: Programme Assistant for Environmental Peacemaking Programme
Dec 1, 2021
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European Institute of Peace
The European Institute of Peace (EIP) is looking for exceptional individuals who share our vision for a world where people live in safety and peace because conflicts…
Afghanistan: Herat Saffron Yield Cut in Half by Drought
Nov 30, 2021
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TOLOnews
Officials from Herat’s agriculture department say that saffron production in the province has decreased this year compared to last year. Pir Mohammad Halimi, head of…
Climate Change: These 11 Countries Could Face Extreme Instability from Climate Change, Says US Intelligence
Nov 30, 2021
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Amanda Macias, CNBC
The nation’s collective intelligence community identified 11 countries vulnerable to geopolitical instability due to climate change in its first-ever National Intelligence Estimate on Climate Change report.…
Colombia: Indigenous Community Saves Colombia’s Poison Dart Frog from Coca and Logging
Nov 30, 2021
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Maxwell Radwin, Mongabay
The golden dart frog (Phyllobates terribilis) is found only in southwest Colombia, where mountains and rainforest meet the mangroves of the Pacific coast. For centuries,…
Liberia: LLA to Issue Title Deeds to Several Communities for Customary Land
Nov 30, 2021
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New Dawn
The Liberia Land Authority(LLA), with support from the joint United Nations Peace Building Support Programme, will on 2 December 2021, commence a historic land survey…
DRC: Backed by AFRICOM, Corporations Plunder DR Congo for “Climate-Friendly” Materials and Blame China
Nov 30, 2021
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TJ Coles, The Gray Zone
Cobalt, a key metallic element used in lithium batteries and other “green” technology, is sourced from slave labor in the Democratic Republic of Congo. As…
Colombia: Auxico to Build $116m Rare-Earth Refinery in Colombia
Nov 30, 2021
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Mariaan Webb, Mining Weekly
CSE-listed Auxico Resources has announced plans to build a 10 000 km2 rare earth refining facility in the free-trade zone in Santa Marta, Colombia, capable of…
Colombia: What Makes Colombia the Next Ecotourism Hotspot
Nov 30, 2021
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Gilberto Salcedo Ribero, Trade Arabia
Tourism is one of the growing economic sectors of Colombia; it managed to attract millions of visitors to the country, thanks to its welcoming people,…
Israel/Jordan: Angry Protests in Amman against Jordan-Israel Solar Power for Water Deal
Nov 29, 2021
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John Solomou, ANI
Thousands of Jordanians took part in a huge protest at the heart of the Jordanian capital Amman on Thursday against the declaration of intent signed…
Egypt/Ethiopia: New Egyptian-Ethiopian Escalation over Nile Dam
Nov 29, 2021
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Mohamed Saied, Al-Monitor
Ethiopia has announced that it will soon finish construction work on the GERD, while Egypt has warned of the consequences of not reaching an agreement…
Indonesia: Lack of Resolution Mechanisms Allow Palm Oil Conflicts to Fester in Indonesia
Nov 29, 2021
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Hans Nicholas Jong, Mongabay
Indonesia has no effective mechanism for resolving its epidemic of land conflicts between rural communities and palm oil companies, according to a new study. Indonesia…
Kyrgyzstan: Mining Kyrgyzstan: Chinese Companies Encounter Increasing Conflict
Nov 29, 2021
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Khiradmand Sheraliev, Diplomat
Kyrgyzstan’s mining industry has long been considered one of the country’s leading economic sectors. During the Soviet era, Kyrgyzstan’s rich and diverse mineral resources had…
Second International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding and the Omicron Variant
Nov 29, 2021
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Environmental Peacebuilding Association® and the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
Preparations for the Second International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding continue apace, with the start of the Conference two months away.
The agenda is filling up and…