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Call for Nominations/Expressions of Interest for Chair(s) of the Theme on Environmental Peacebuilding, Security and Conflict Resolution
Mar 22, 2017
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IUCN Commission on Environment, Economics, and Social Policy
The Chair of CEESP seeks nominations/expressions of interest for the position of Chair(s) on the Theme on Environmental Peacebuilding, Security and Conflict Resolution, if two…
Hydropower Threatens Peace in Myanmar -- But It Doesn't Have To
Mar 22, 2017
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Noah Kittner and Kensuke Yamaguchi
Myanmar faces a critical moment for investment decision-making. The Barack Obama administration's move to lift sanctions on the Southeast Asian country has opened up new…
Advancing U.S. Prosperity and Security in a Thirsty World
Mar 22, 2017
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Jane Harman and Carter Roberts
The waters of Lake Chad sustain 70 million people in four countries. Beginning in the 1970s, the 25,000-square-kilometer lake began shrinking due to excessive drawdown…
European Conflict Minerals Regulation — Details on What EU Importers Must Do
Mar 22, 2017
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Dynda A. Thomas and Christina Economides
The proposed European Union conflict minerals regulation has almost reached the last step before becoming an official EU regulation. On March 16, 2017, the European…
Afghanistan: Dam Project Promises Water – but Also Conflict – for Dusty Afghan Border Lands
Mar 22, 2017
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Sune Engel Rasmussen, Guardian
The Afghan government plans to construct a dam to boost agriculture and livelihoods in a region where one of the main paths to profit is…
Could Conservation Provide Ground for Peace in Conflict Zones?
Mar 22, 2017
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Eva Botkin-Kowacki, Christian Science Monitor
"Ecological problems know no boundaries," says Alexandre Roulin, a biologist at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland and first author on a paper published Wednesday…
South Sudan: South Sudan Threatens to Terminate Oil Exploration Contracts
Mar 22, 2017
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Sudan Tribune
South Sudan has threatened to terminate contacts awarded to oil exploration companies should they fail to start surveys by the end of April. Ezekiel Lol…
Iraq/Syria: ISIS is Going Scorched Earth as it Loses Ground in Iraq and Syria
Mar 22, 2017
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Ali Abdelaty, Reuters
As Islamic State loses ground in Iraq and Syria, the Sunni militant group which once held territory amounting to a third of those countries is…
Colombia: Colombia to Implement Almeria's Agricultural Model in ex-FARC Territory
Mar 22, 2017
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Fresh Plaza
The peace agreement signed by the Colombian Government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) has liberated 18 million hectares previously under guerrilla control. …
Industry Divided Over Future of US Conflict Minerals Rule
Mar 21, 2017
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Kelly Franklin
Companies and industries affected by the US conflict minerals rule have different views on whether the conflict minerals reporting rule should be maintained, modified or…
Water Wars: Water Wars? Experts Urge Rethinking Our Relationship with Water
Mar 21, 2017
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teleSUR
As the world marks the World Water Day, one cannot help but recall that the United Nations has already warned that water shortages will hit…
South Sudan: South Sudan and Equatorial Guinea Partner on Oil and Gas
Mar 21, 2017
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Sudan Tribune
South Sudan and Equatorial Guinea announced an historic partnership today in Juba, setting out the terms for a strong bilateral relationship between the African oil…
Myanmar: China-backed Dam Project May Threaten Myanmar Wildlife Sanctuary
Mar 21, 2017
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Voice of America
Environmental activists say plans for a large dam threaten wildlife sanctuaries in Myanmar’s northern Karen state. China would finance the proposed Hatgyi dam on Southeast…
Colombia: Colombian Coffee Inspires Banana Growers to Reclaim Land Lost to Violence
Mar 21, 2017
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AL DÍA News
Growing along with the bunches of bananas in the plantations of Uraba in northwestern Colombia are the hopes of a region that is working to…
Afghanistan’s Water Plans Complicated by Worried Neighbors
Mar 20, 2017
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Elizabeth B. Hessami
More than 40 years ago, the Soviet Union attempted to harness hydropower to modernize Afghanistan. Between 1960 and 1968, they poured money and technical knowledge…
DRC: Congo Sees Trump Roll-Back of Dodd-Frank Stoking Insecurity
Mar 20, 2017
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Thomas Wilson, Bloomberg
The Democratic Republic of Congo warned that proposals by the Trump administration to rollback laws on so-called conflict minerals from central Africa risks stoking violence…
Colombia: Land Solutions for Climate Displacement Works in Colombia: Government-Supported Gramalote Relocation Moves Ahead
Mar 20, 2017
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Displacement Solutions
On 11 March 2017, a group of 54 families moved in the newly built town of Gramalote, Colombia some seven years after the decimation of the town…
Colombia: Into the Green Land: Emerald Mining in Colombia
Mar 20, 2017
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Javier Corso, Al Jazeera
The struggle over land is Colombia's oldest conflict. Although Colombian environmental laws now prohibit the dumping of leftover grit and rocks from mining excavation, some…
India/Pakistan: Water War to Water Talks
Mar 20, 2017
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Zeeshan Haider, The News
It is quite interesting to see the Indian water officials and experts sit across the table with their Pakistani counterparts to discuss the Indus Water…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Conflict over Kirkuk Oil Returns
Mar 19, 2017
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Omar Sattar, Al-Monitor
On March 2, a military force affiliated with the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) led by former President Jalal Talabani seized the North Oil Company in Kirkuk…
Timor-Leste: East Timor to Elect New President as Oil Revenues Rapidly Run Dry
Mar 19, 2017
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Alexandre Assis, Reuters
East Timorese flocked to political rallies on the final day of campaigning ahead of Monday's presidential election, as Asia's youngest democracy grapples with persistent poverty…
Myanmar: 104 Ayeyawady Villages Set to Face Water Shortages
Mar 19, 2017
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Min Thu Win Htut, Eleven
Around 104 villages in 14 Ayeyawady Region townships may face water shortages in early April, according to the region's Rural Development Department. More than 80,000…
South Sudan: Fighting Famine in War-Torn South Sudan [Video]
Mar 19, 2017
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Scott Pelley
A rare famine emergency has been declared in the youngest nation on Earth. South Sudan, in East Africa, was brought into the world, in 2011,…
Iraq: Iraq’s Oil Ministry Fails to Counter Reputation Damage
Mar 19, 2017
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Saadallah Al Fathi, Gulf News
Theft of Iraq’s oil has been in the news since the occupation in 2003. The government failed to quell the allegations and continued to insist…
Afghanistan: Report Claims Land Grabbing Rampant In Helmand
Mar 18, 2017
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Tamim Hamid, TOLOnews
Documents received by TOLOnews show that thousands of acres of land have been usurped in southern Helmand province and that Lashkargah municipal officials have been…
Conflict Minerals: Trump Order on Conflict Minerals Would Send Warlords Carte Blanche Signal, Say Critics
Mar 18, 2017
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Joan Leishman, CBC news
A battle involving some of America's most powerful men and some of Africa's most powerful warlords is being waged in Donald Trump's White House. At…
Mattis Latest in Succession of Senior Military Leaders to Warn About Climate Change
Mar 17, 2017
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Schuyler Null
This week, newly minted Secretary of Defense James Mattis joined a long list of senior U.S. military leaders who have warned about the national security threats of…
How Minerals Fuel Conflicts in Africa
Mar 17, 2017
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Nicolas Berman, Mathieu Couttenier, Dominic Rohner, and Mathias Thoenig
Fighting groups have long understood how important it is to secure a stable stream of financial resources in order to sustain the fighting effort over…
Julia McQuaid on the Complex Link Between Water and Conflict in the Middle East and North Africa
Mar 17, 2017
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Benjamin Dills
Does global water stress matter for U.S. national security, and if so, how? That’s a major focus of the next CNA Military Advisory Board report, says Julia…
Myanmar: Banana Plantation Breaches Protected Forests
Mar 17, 2017
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Eleven
Kachin State residents are reportedly seizing land from protected forests and selling it to Chinese entrepreneurs who want to grow tissue-culture bananas. An acre is…