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Colombia: Displaced by a Dam, Women Defenders Fight for Their Land Rights in Colombia

Jul 13, 2022 | Jane Feeney

In La Playa, a fishing village of around 500 people in Santander, Colombia, well-kept houses and vibrant murals live in the shadow of el monstruo — the…

Philippines: Environmental Peacebuilding: DENR Initiative to Revive Marawi

Jul 12, 2022 | Republic of the Philippines: Department of Environment and Natural Resources

Other than human lives, there’s another victim of the 2017 Marawi siege—the environment. Thus, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), while leading the…

Australia: Writing, Gender and Natural World – Six-Part Speaker Series Featuring Nine of Australia’s Top Writers

Jul 12, 2022 | Mirage News

South Sudan: South Sudan Suspends Dredging of Nile Tributaries

Jul 12, 2022 | David Mayen, East African

South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir Mayardiit has suspended all dredging activities on Nile tributaries following opposition within his government, environmentalists and activists over the deal…

Nigeria: Prolonged Farmer-Herder Conflict and Food Security in Nigeria

Jul 11, 2022 | Hammed Olaoluwa Jimoh, Daily Trust

Nigeria has been faced with the challenge of farmer-herder conflict, which has snowballed into a large-scale security challenge for the country. At present, many citizens…

The International Criminal Court Turns 20 in Turbulent Times. Should ‘Ecocide’ Be Added to Its List of Crimes?

Jul 10, 2022 | Katie Surma, Inside Climate News

A law professor from Queen Mary University in London has called a proposal to make “ecocide” the fifth international crime the “most credible and advanced”…

War Scars the Earth. To Heal, We Must Cultivate Hope, Not Harm

Jul 9, 2022 | Kathy Kelly and Matt Gannon, LAP Progressive

No War 2022, July 8 – 10, hosted by World BEYOND War, will consider major and growing threats faced in today’s world. Emphasizing “Resistance and…

Myanmar: Junta Calls for Hydropower Investors

Jul 8, 2022 | Myanmar Now

The junta simultaneously opened bidding on six hydropower projects throughout the country on Tuesday in an attempt to expand the sector, which has been long…

Afghanistan: FAO Intensifies Support to Most Vulnerable Smallholder Farmers Affected by Drought and Earthquake

Jul 8, 2022 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is further stepping up efforts to boost food security and support for agriculture-based livelihoods of…

Colombia: Colombian Government Issues Guidelines for Blockchain Projects

Jul 8, 2022 | Abdulkarim Abdulwahab, CoinQuora

More governments are introducing blockchain technology into projects where transparency and decentralization matter. The Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications (MINTC) of Colombia has issued…

Climate Change: Geoff Dabelko Sees Opportunity and Collaboration in Complex Nature of Climate Crises

Jul 8, 2022 | Tosha Jupiter, Ohio University

Ohio University Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Service professor Geoff Dabelko has spent most of his summer on the road collaborating with international and…

Afghanistan: How Isolating the Afghan Taliban Could Mean More Young Landmine Victims

Jul 7, 2022 | Charlotte Greenfield and Mohammad Yunus Yawar, Reuters

The Taliban's return to power last summer, ending their 20-year insurgency, should have helped de-mining efforts, with swathes of territory that were off-limits during the…

DRC: End Violations Associated with Conflict in Mineral-Rich Eastern DRC

Jul 7, 2022 | Demas Kiprono, The Standard

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) recently joined the East African Community (EAC). Soon after, the EAC member states met in Kenya to address conflict…

Ukraine/Russia: Switzerland Resists Ukrainian Plan to Seize Frozen Russian Assets

Jul 5, 2022 | Patrick Wintour, Guardian

Ukrainian plans to seize as much as $500bn (£418bn) in frozen Russian assets to fund the country’s recovery have met firm resistance from Switzerland, the…

Ukraine: UN Warns of Toxic Environmental Legacy for Ukraine, Region

Jul 4, 2022 | UN Environment Programme

Preliminary monitoring of the conflict in Ukraine points to significant impacts on urban and rural environments that could leave the country and region with a…

Liberia: ActionAid Liberia, Partners Launch Project for over 3000 Women

Jul 4, 2022 | Lincoln G. Peters and Winston W. Parley, New Dawn

Ahead of the 2023 presidential and legislative elections, ActionAid Liberia with funding from the United Nations Peacebuilding Fund (UNBPF) a project named 'Strengthening the Agency…

Kenya: 'The Conflict Takes Two Forms': How Worsening Droughts Are Fuelling Tensions in Kenya

Jul 4, 2022 | Orla Dwyer, TheJournal.ie

The Executive Vice-President of the EU Commission has often warned that “our children will be waging wars over water and food if we do not…

Ukraine: On the Front Lines, Ukrainian Women Are Often the First Responders

Jul 3, 2022 | Steve Hendrix and Serhii Korolchuk

Egypt/Ethiopia/Sudan: Nile Dispute Absent from First Peace Conference Led by China to Settle Conflicts in Horn of Africa

Jul 2, 2022 | Mohamed Saied, Al-Monitor

China’s first special envoy to the Horn of Africa Xue Bing has recently offered to mediate in the turbulent region’s conflicts, as Beijing seeks to…

Colombia: Government of Colombia Set to Utilize XRPL Blockchain for Land Registry

Jul 1, 2022 | Crypto News BTC

After a yr of labor, Ripple companion Peersyst Know-how, a Barcelona-based software program improvement agency, has introduced the launch of Colombia’s first Nationwide Land Registry…

Ukraine: Plans to Rebuild Ukraine Should Address Environment, EU Commissioner Says

Jul 1, 2022 | Agence France-Presse

Plans to rebuild Ukraine will need to address restoring the country's war-torn ecosystems, the EU Commissioner for the Environment has said. Virginijus Sinkevicius warned the…

Ukraine/Russia: Shredded Trees, Dead Dolphins and Wildfires — How Russia's Invasion Is Hurting Nature

Jul 1, 2022 | Nathan Rott, Claire Harbage, and Hanna Palamarenko, NPR

The State Environmental Inspectorate of Ukraine, a government agency, has documented more than 300 cases of what it calls "environmental crimes," carried out by Russia…

Libya: US Libya Envoy Warns: Don't Use Oil as a Weapon

Jun 29, 2022 | New Arab

The United States' ambassador to Libya warned rival actors Wednesday against using the country's oil wealth as a political "weapon," amid an internal blockade that…

The Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security and The Rockefeller Foundation Convene Global Women Leaders on Climate, Democracy, and Gender Equity Issues

Jun 28, 2022 | The Rockefeller Foundation

The Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security (GIWPS) and The Rockefeller Foundation co-convened global women leaders on June 20-23, 2022 at the Foundation’s Bellagio…