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Myanmar: Pearl Farm Plan Could Spell Doom for Myanmar’s Nomadic ‘Sea Gypsies’

Nov 12, 2019 | Radio Free Asia

The seafaring livelihoods of Myanmar’s “sea gypsies,” a nomadic ethnic group also known as Moken or Salone in Burmese, are being threatened by a plan…

Timor-Leste: Potential US$1 B Revenues from New Timor Sea Gas Field

Nov 12, 2019 | Macau Business

The Timorese oil regulator said yesterday that a new gas field to be developed in the Timor Sea, in a partnership between East Timor and…

Why Should We Care About the Gender Dimension of Climate Change?

Nov 11, 2019 | Renz Louie Celeridad

Women farmers encounter a great deal of challenges that constrain their agricultural activities. Differing societal roles, unequal access to and control of resources, and women’s…

New Challenges for Women's Land Rights in Africa

Nov 11, 2019 | Hosaena Ghebru

A new wave of gender-related land reforms has swept across Africa south of the Sahara in recent years. These reforms have incorporated innovative approaches to…

Debate Urges Broader Thinking on Diversity

Nov 11, 2019 | Kristie Batten

Despite its name, the debate focused on broader themes of diversity, based around the topic ‘a diversity debate that begins and ends with gender is…

How Feminist Research Can Help Confront the Climate Crisis

Nov 11, 2019 | Maria Tanyag

Humanity is now at a point where we can no longer afford to examine climate-related risks and their impacts on humans independent of other ecosystems,…

Myanmar: Panel to Consider Changing Laws to Aid Kachin Farmers

Nov 11, 2019 | Khin Su Wai, Myanmar Times

A committee will be set up comprising farmers and civil society organisations to resolve farmland problems in Kachin State, U M Kawn La of the Kachin…

Food Security: Adverse Effects of Humanitarian Food Aid Disputed in New KU Study

Nov 10, 2019 | Hays Post

A renowned 1992 sketch on “Saturday Night Live” follows newly elected President Bill Clinton as he and Secret Service agents jog into McDonald’s. When a…

The Purple Poppy Signifies the Contributions of Animals in Wars

Nov 10, 2019 | Chrissy Da Silva, Cochraine Today

For many years, Carol Tracey has been a strong advocate of the purple poppy and has exhausted many outlets trying to bring awareness to the…

A Lifelong Fight for Gender Equality: In Conversation with Carmen Barroso

Nov 8, 2019

On a recent rainy morning in Portland, USA, Carmen Barroso, aged 75, stood amongst thousands of demonstrators who took to the streets to advocate for…

Liberia: Uncontrolled Logging Poses Risk to Rain Forest

Nov 8, 2019 | Marcus Malayea, Observer

Kokoyah Statutory District Superintendent Conde Yallah says the uncontrolled extraction of logs from the rainforest is depriving locals of their direct economic benefits.

Sudan/South Sudan/Abyei: Organized Crime becomes Global Challenge Faced by UN Peacekeepers

Nov 8, 2019 | UN

Organized crime, breakdowns in law and order, and attacks by extremists are examples of the challenges faced by UN peacekeepers, the Security Council was told…

Syria: Pentagon Promises to Give Syrian Oil Revenue to Kurds

Nov 8, 2019 | Sydney Morning Herald

The Pentagon has said revenue from oilfields protected by US forces in northeastern Syria will go to its Kurdish allies. During a news conference announcing…

Science as a Catalyst for Peace and Development

Nov 8, 2019 | UN Environment

Despite the benefits of indigenous knowledge, today the relationship between what some call “Western” science and traditional knowledge is difficult at best. Today, Western science…

China/Myanmar: Myanmar, China Sign MoU on Cooperation in Water Resource Management

Nov 7, 2019 | Eleven

Myanmar and China signed a memorandum of understanding on water resource management in the water resource sectors of both countries, according to the Ministry of…

The Environment Has Become a Hostage of Armed Conflict

Nov 6, 2019 | Wim Zwijnenburg

This year, 2019, marked a new nadir for the environment that may reflect an ominous trend in warfare: Environmentally sensitive targets are being weaponized and…

Iraq: Protests Force First Oil Field Shut-in

Nov 6, 2019 | Iraq Oil Report

Iraq's massive protest movement is having its first direct effects on the country's oil output, as production is now curtailed at the Qayarah field. Two officials in…

Can Women Make the World More Peaceful?

Nov 6, 2019 | Paulino Akon Yel Dut

A genuine comprehensive analysis shows that involving women in peacebuilding increases the probability that violence will end in an easy manner. Hence we should thank…

Exploitation of the Environment in Conflict-Affected Areas on the Increase

Nov 6, 2019 | Cheryl Kahla, South African

The International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict came into effect on 5 November 2001, when the United…

Global Trailblazer in Environmental Peacebuilding to Deliver Coca-Cola World Fund Lecture

Nov 6, 2019 | Yale MacMillan Center

Gidon Bromberg, the co-founder and Israeli co-director of EcoPeace Middle East, a unique organization that brings together Jordanians, Palestinians, and Israelis to promote environmental sustainability and advance peace efforts in…

Conflict Minerals: Volvo to Trace Battery Cobalt Supply Chain Using Blockchain

Nov 6, 2019 | Coinfomania, Ibiam Wayas

Gothenburg-based car manufacturing company, Volvo, has revealed plans to use blockchain technology in tracking the global supply chain of the Cobalt used in its electric…

Rooting for the Environment in Times of Conflict and War

Nov 6, 2019 | UN Environment

Eighteen years ago, on 5 November 2001, the United Nations General Assembly declared 6 November the International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in…

Call for Submissions: Understanding the ‘Local’ Aspect of Participation and Citizen Engagement in Natural Resources Governance

Nov 6, 2019 | Päivi Lujala

The people living in resource extraction areas are increasingly at the heart of transnational natural resource governance (NRG) policy discourse. Accordingly, locally sustainable – i.e.…