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Myanmar: Naga Women in Myanmar Dream of Inheriting Land

Mar 5, 2019 | Morung Express

In November 2014, the Conference of Naga Nationals adopted a resolution that committed the indigenous Naga people in Myanmar to the Convention on the Elimination…

South Sudan: UN Accuses Oil Firms of Fuelling Armed Conflict in South Sudan

Mar 5, 2019 | Kevin J. Kelley, East African

Transnational oil-production companies controlled by Asian interests have been complicit in South Sudan government military offensives that involved killings of civilians. "There has been a…

Iraq: CPECC Agrees to Build Natural Gas Liquids Plant in Iraq

Mar 5, 2019 | Michael Marray, Asset

China Petroleum Engineering and Construction Corporation (CPECC) and Basra Gas Company (BGC) have signed a contract to build a natural gas liquids (NGL) plant in…

Climate Change: The Urgency of Tackling Climate-Related Security Risk in Africa

Mar 4, 2019 | KAD Africana

The African Union Peace and Security Council has been commended for dedicating its 828th session to climate change. During an open session on the theme:…

Myanmar: Myanmar ups Efforts to Save Marine, Wildlife

Mar 4, 2019 | Myanmar Times

“Life below water: for people and planet” was the theme of World Wildlife Day 2019, which was celebrated on Sunday to raise awareness about the world’s…

DRC: DRC President, Felix Tshisekedi, Ambiguous on Application of New Mining Code

Mar 4, 2019 | Miningmx

Felix Tshisekedi, the newly elected president of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), gave mixed messages on how he would implement a recently promulgated mining…

Why Do People in Resource-Rich Iraq Protest?

Mar 3, 2019 | Nazli Tarzi

There appears to be little agreement among spectators over the motives and demands driving Iraq’s protest movement, which has grown in since late 2011. What…

Afghanistan: Heavy Rains, Floods Kill 20 Afghans

Mar 3, 2019 | DTN Progressive Farmer

A UN humanitarian agency says at least 20 people died as heavy rains and flooding over the past few days swept away their homes and…

Iraq: Iraq State Company Denies Shiite Militia Smuggling Mosul Oil

Mar 2, 2019 | Rudaw

Iraq’s North Oil Company (NOC) denied on Sunday that Shiite militia groups were smuggling oil from Nineveh to Syria and Iran, saying that the company…

Guatemala: Women Land Defenders Face 'Extreme Criminalisation', Added Risks

Mar 2, 2019 | Anna-Cat Brigida

El Estor, Guatemala - Since her teen years, Maria Magdalena Cuc Choc, now 39, has defended the natural resources of El Estor, a predominantly Mayan…

New Study on Infrastructure Damage in Gaza and the West Bank

Mar 1, 2019 | Leonie Nimmo

The targeting of water, energy, and agricultural infrastructure has created vulnerability and undermined livelihoods in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, according to a study…

In Search of Environmental Security at UNEA-4

Mar 1, 2019 | Doug Weir

The UN Environment Assembly (UNEA), which aims to be the leading body for the environment in the UN system, was established in 2012 by converting…

Myanmar: Myanmar Land Ownership Law Could Displace Millions of Farmers

Mar 1, 2019 | Peter Yeung and Carlotta Dotto, Deutsche Welle

Under a land reformation act, millions of farmers across Myanmar could be forced from land they have tilled for generations. Many are unaware of the…

Myanmar: Understand Customary System before Implementing Laws

Mar 1, 2019 | Morung Express

In 2014, the residents of Somra, a Naga village in Myanmar, found a new signboard posted on the side of the road inside the community…

Disputes over Water Will Be an Increasing Source of International Tension

Feb 28, 2019 | Economist

It has become a cliché of doom-mongering: future wars will be over water. The forecast is old enough to face a sceptical backlash. Whatever happened,…

Myanmar: Land Legacies, Segregation Could Deter Rakhine Investment Push

Feb 28, 2019 | Thompson Chau, Myanmar Times

The State Counsellor called for investments “implemented with responsibility” as a crucial force in “putting Rakhine’s development trajectory on track” at a Japan-sponsored investment forum…

Somalia: Set of Milestones to Meet Somalia’s Obligations under Environmental Conventions Agreed at a High-Level Meeting in Mogadishu

Feb 28, 2019 | UNDP

A set of milestones to meet three Rio Conventions on climate change, biodiversity and desertification were agreed at a high-level environment meeting this month, which was…

Myanmar: Mandalay to Debate Effort to Resolve Land-Ownership Issues

Feb 27, 2019 | Phyo Wai Kyaw, Myanmar Times

The Mandalay Region hluttaw (parliament) will debate a proposal to give title deeds to people who have lived for a long time on land that does…

Myanmar: Recognize Our Customary Tenure and Rights: Nagas to Myanmar Govt

Feb 27, 2019 | Morung Express

Indigenous Naga communities in Myanmar have called upon the Government of Myanmar to recognize “the customary tenure system and respect their rights to own, use…

Colombia: Colombia to Examine Selling Coffee at Its Own Price, Ignoring New York Market

Feb 27, 2019 | Reuters

Colombia, the world’s top producer of washed arabica, will look into selling its harvest at a price which covers production costs, without being tied to…

Liberia: US$372.67M in Loans, Concession Agreements under House Review

Feb 27, 2019 | Leroy M. Sonpon, III, Observer

The House of Representatives is reviewing US$372.67 million Concession and Loan Agreements submitted by President George Weah, as well as an Incentive Agreement with the…

South Sudan: Conflict to Blame for Extreme Hunger in South Sudan

Feb 27, 2019 | Norwegian Refugee Council

Around 6.4 million people are currently at risk of hunger according to a recent Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report into the escalating food…

Jon Barnett

University of Melbourne
Australia

Feb 26, 2019

Jon Barnett is a professor of political geography at the University of Melbourne and Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow. His research focuses on the ways…