Extractive Resources

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Circular, Equitable, and Renewable: Scrutinizing Mineral Requirements to Build a Just Energy Transition

2026 | Women's Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN) International
Livia Charles, Allison Fabrizio, Osprey Orielle Lake, and Jillianne Lyon

The scope of this policy brief examines the implications of decarbonization, specifically focusing on mining related to renewable energy development; it also identifies some of the critical…

Two Narratives of Securitization and Norm Development in Transnational Governance of Critical Mineral Resources: Toward Realpolitik or Sustainability?

2026 | Environment & Security
Hyeyoon Park

Amid the rapidly increasing global demand for critical mineral resources driven by the energy transition and the AI revolution, critical mineral governance has become an…

Conflict Economies and Peace Operations

2026 | United Nations University Centre for Policy Research
Erica Gaston, Catharina Nickel, Nicole Goldin, and Rebecca Hinkhouse

Competition over mineral wealth has long been intertwined with conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The resurgence of the March 23 Movement (M23),…

Diamond Mining, Land Grabbing, and Displacement in Marange (Bocha) Communal Area, Zimbabwe, 2009–2015

2026 | South African Historical Journal
Mathew Ruguwa

This article examines the socio-economic and environmental conditions under which alluvial diamonds were extracted, consumed, and traded in Marange (Bocha) communal area, Zimbabwe, along with…

Conflict Minerals in DR Congo: Why the Rules Aren't Working [Video]

2026 | United Nations

Minerals mined in conflict zones enter the global supply chain quietly - mixed in with legal shipments, sold by traders who may never know their…

The Gendered Impacts of the Fuel Crisis in Myanmar

2026 | United Nations

This brief examines the gendered impacts of the fuel crisis that began in Myanmar in March 2026, driven by global shortages stemming from the conflict…

Blood Minerals and Memory: The Great Lakes in Focus [Audio]

2026 | RFI

This month, a new report from the NGO Global Witness has revealed how coltan is being smuggled out of the Democratic Republic of Congo and…

Who Buys Rwanda’s Smuggled Coltan? The Global Journey of Conflict Coltan from DRC to the World's Electronics

2026 | Global Witness

Conflict coltan smuggled from the war-torn Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is finding its way into global markets and popular consumer products, despite due…

Mining, Conflict, and Environmental Action in Myanmar’s Borderlands

2026 | Stimson Center
Surachanee Sriyai, Brian Eyler, and Regan Kwan

Mining in Myanmar’s eastern borderlands is no longer only a local governance challenge; it is a transboundary environmental and security issue with growing regional consequences.…

Unregulated Artisanal Mining and Threats to Environmental Peacebuilding in Mazowe District, Mashonaland Central Province, Zimbabwe

2026 | Journal of Peacebuilding & Development
David Makwerere, Vigai Maunganidze, and Kudakwashe Ignatius Mhuri

This study assessed the effects of unregulated artisanal gold mining on environmental security and environmental peacebuilding in the Mazowe District of Mashonaland Central Province, Zimbabwe.…

The Renewable Energy Transition, Critical Minerals, and Conflict Risks

2026 | Environmental Research Letters
Tobias Ide

The transition towards renewable energies is well under way, and it holds significant promises for societies around the world. This Perspective provides a concise overview…

From Conflict to Community: Liberia's Blood Diamond Recovery and the Palm Farm Proof of Concept

2026 | Tinsel News

The previous four articles have documented a crisis so comprehensive, so devastating in scale, that hope feels irresponsible. Mineral-funded wars. Humanitarian catastrophe. A generation of…

Sustainable Asset Valuation of Mining Closures in Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mines in Marmato, Colombia

2026 | International Institute for Sustainable Development
Nathalia Niño and Andrea Bassi

This Sustainable Asset Valuation (SAVi) examines how nature-based infrastructure (NBI) interventions like reforestation, slope stabilization, and hydrological restoration can strengthen mine closure plans in Marmato,…

How the War in Iran Is Reshaping the Energy Landscape

2026 | Nature
Aisha Al-Sarihi

The Strait of Hormuz in the Middle East closed for the first time on 2 March, a few days after the US–Israel strikes on Iran,…

The US-Israel War on Iran and How War and Conflict Are Destroying the Environment

2026 | GreenPeace
Mehdi Leman

From Ukraine to Sudan, Gaza, Lebanon, Iran and Venezuela, people are living through war, bombardment, occupation, militarisation or political violence, while the damage reaches far…

Ecocide: Criminalising Serious Harm against the Environment

2026 | T.M.C. Asser Press
Laura Burgers, Merle Kooijman, Stavros Evdokimos Pantazopoulos, and Christophe Paulussen

This book explores the concept of ecocide and critically assesses how the criminalisation of serious harm against the environment fits within international criminal law broadly…

A Rapid Assessment of Liberia’s Mining Sector, with a Focus on the Local Impacts on Forests and People

2026 | Forest Trends

The mining sector has long driven Liberia’s economy. But while the economy has grown, Liberia has not developed at the same rate. This assessment examines…

Briefing on Energy, Critical Minerals, and Security

2026 | Security Council Report

This briefing aims to explore the link between energy dominance and competition for natural resources, such as critical minerals, and its implications for the maintenance…

Nature Crimes: The Convergence of Criminal Ecomonomies in the Mekong Region

2026 | Forest Trends
Kevin M. Woods

The Mekong Region—particularly the tri-border “Golden Triangle” of Myanmar, Laos and Thailand—has become a hub where environmental exploitation and criminal activity converge, collectively generating billions…

China, Afghanistan, and Critical Minerals: Options for US Strategic Competition Below the Threshold of War

2026 | Small Wars Journal
Sean Ryan and Adib Farhadi

Afghanistan remains relevant to the United States in the context of Great Power Competition. While China assumed a major role in Afghanistan after the US…

Environmental Entry Points to Mediation

2026 | Center for Security Studies and ETH Zürich
Simon Mason, Sebastian Kratzer, and Edward Jackson

The environmental peacebuilding field often advances the assumption that environmental issues present good entry points for dialogue, mediation, and peace. It is, however, often that…

Critical Minerals and Contested Sovereignty: Inside the US–DRC Agreement

2026 | Public Citizen, Friends of the Congo, United Methodist Church General Board of Church and Society, and Earthworks

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has endured escalating violence and upheaval since the 2022 revival of a historic regional conflict. Rwanda-backed M23 and…

Oil Field Impacts on Venezuela’s Rivers and Water Stress with Environmental Challenges

2026 | Journal of South American Earth Sciences
Aleksandar Valjarević

This study examines the ecological impact of oil extraction on Venezuela's river systems, focusing on pollution, hydrological changes, and water resource stress. A spatial and…

The Take: What Does RSF Capture of Heglig Oilfield Mean for Sudan's War? [Audio]

2025 | Al Jazeera
Hiba Morgan

Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have seized the Heglig oilfield, a critical site located on the border of Sudan and South Sudan. The capture…

Thousands in DRC Could Face Eviction from Lobito Corridor Railway

2025 | Global Witness

The EU and US-backed Lobito Corridor railway for critical mineral transport risks driving evictions in a mining region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo…

Strengthening Field Environmental Management: Assessing the Green Field Tool Roll-out in NPA

2025 | Conflict and Environment Observatory and Norwegian People's Aid
Anna McKean, Jonathan Walsh, and Doug Weir

Mine action takes place in some of the world’s most fragile environments that are impacted by conflict, pollution and degraded ecosystems. As the climate crisis…

Shafted: The Scramble for Critical Minerals in the DRC

2025 | Oakland Institute

This report’s analysis of previously overlooked coltan trade data shows that the US has been a central actor in laundering illegally smuggled Congolese minerals. Rwanda’s…

Advantages and Disadvantages of the Environmental Peacebuilding: A Literature Review

2025 | International Journal of Research Publication and Reviews
Marina Chichua

The process of peacebuilding is a crucial strategy for emerging economic, social and political approaches during and after conflicts. These strategies also address environmental concerns,…

Energy Production Potential of Afghanistan: Balancing Renewable and Non-Renewable Energy for National Electrification and Energy Independence

2025 | Journal of Natural Science Review
Lutfullah Safi, Kawoon Sahak, and Hayatullah Mushwani

The world is transitioning towards renewable energy sources to decarbonize the energy supply and meet the growing global energy demand. In 2023, the global investment…

The Critical Minerals Conundrum: What You Should Know

2025 | World Resources Institute
Serena Li and Ke Wang

The world is racing to increase supplies of lithium, cobalt, copper and other "critical minerals" that are building blocks of modern technology. Not only are…