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Myanmar: Jade Companies Threaten to Sue Trespassing Prospectors
Sep 9, 2016
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Kyaw Hsu Mon, Irrawaddy
Jade mining companies in upper Burma have threatened to sue jade prospectors taking small stones from dumping areas, in an announcement made by Sagaing Division…
Iraq: Trump’s Illegal, Impossible, and ‘Beyond Goofy’ Idea of Seizing Iraq’s Oil
Sep 9, 2016
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Steven Mufson, Washington Post
The United States can’t just walk off with Iraq’s oil when it decides to get out. In 2015, Iraq produced about 4 million barrels a…
Nature Protection Mulled as Path for Peace
Sep 9, 2016
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SciDev.Net
The United Nations and other peacekeeping bodies should include an element of environmental protection and research in their efforts to pacify warring nations, a conference…
Myanmar: Thanlwin Dams Only Benefit China: Activists
Sep 8, 2016
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Eleven Myanmar
Chinese-sponsored dam projects on the Thanlwin River are unacceptable because of their environmental impact while the benefits will go to China and Thailand, activists from…
Colombia: Owner of Land Where FARC is Set to Demobilize Assassinated
Sep 8, 2016
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Adriaan Alsema, Colombia Reports
The owner of a plot of land in southwest Colombia that was designated to host a concentration camp for demobilizing and disarming FARC guerrillas has been assassinated, her…
Liberia: Low Income, Adaptive Capacity Makes Liberia Vulnerable to Climate Change
Sep 8, 2016
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Henry Karmo, FrontPageAfrica
Recently, Liberia has experienced pest infestation in Bong County and rainstorms in several parts of the country as well as flood in Monrovia and its…
Myanmar: The Lost Forests of Myanmar [Photos]
Sep 7, 2016
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Ledger Independent
These hills were once so thick with trees that condemned criminals were sent here to die. Today, illegal logging has left only a handful of…
Liberia: Liberian Speaker's Resignation Enhances Land Bill Approval, Reducing Land Rights Protests but 2017 Electoral Unrest Risk Remains
Sep 7, 2016
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Corinne Archer, IHS Jane's Intelligence Weekly
Liberia's speaker of the house, Alex Tyler, formerly of the ruling Unity Party, stepped down on 1 September over his alleged role in a corruption…
Myanmar: More Timber Found on Military Research Compound
Sep 7, 2016
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Si Thu Lwin, Myanmar Times
Another 11 tonnes of illegal timber was confiscated from a former wood factory within a forest area cordoned off for military research on September 1,…
Myanmar: Collapsed Dam Destroys Homes in Mon State
Sep 7, 2016
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Eleven Myanmar
A dam collapsed in Aung Thukha Ward, Kyaikkhami, Thanbyuzayat Township, Mon State, on September 2, causing several homes to flood.
Tomorrow’s Peacebuilders Awards 2016: Call for Applications
Sep 6, 2016
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Peace Direct & Alliance for Peacebuilding
Do you know any environmental peacebuildrrs who warrant recognition? Would international recognition and a $10,000 prize help your organisation make a bigger impact? Apply today for…
Afghanistan: Communication Specialist for AEITI Secretariat
Sep 6, 2016
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Ministry of Mines and Petroleum, Afghanistan
The Communication Specialist would manage the communications team; and would remain responsible in developing, managing, co-coordinating, networking, implementing, monitoring, reporting and advocating the AEITI communication…
DRC: WASH Advisor
Sep 6, 2016
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International Rescue Committee
The WASH Advisor will coordinate, provide guidance and technical support for the implementation of facility-level and community-level WASH interventions as part of a comprehensive health…
Afghanistan: Mineral-Rich, Conflict Torn Electronics Treasure Trove
Sep 6, 2016
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Jennifer Baljko
Besides oil, gas, and minerals such as as gold, copper and tantalum, a 2010, New York Times article cited an internal Pentagon memo stating that Afghanistan was…
Iraq: Iraq Puts out More Oil Fires at Northern Field, Some Still Burning
Sep 6, 2016
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Reuters
Iraq has put out fires at six more oil wells in the Qayyara region, which Iraqi forces recaptured from Islamic State late last month, but…
This Precious Resource Leads to Most Wars and Armed Conflicts and Things Are Only Getting Worse
Sep 5, 2016
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Benedict Brook
Armed conflicts are usually seen as falling into one of very few categories; capturing territory, a political ideology attempting to dominate another or, simply, for…
Climate Change, Arctic Security, and Methane Risks
Sep 5, 2016
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Chad Briggs
Over the past year, the climate risks of methane (CH4) released from natural sources have attracted increasing media attention in scientific and media forums as…
Report Highlights Health and Environmental Impact of Makeshift Oil Refineries in Syria
Sep 5, 2016
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Doug Weir
Many Syrian civilians have begun refining oil due to the drastic decline in production by professional oil refineries in Syria. The conditions in these makeshift…
Liberia: New US$4M Slaughter House Revamps Meat Value Chain
Sep 5, 2016
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Omari Jackson, Liberian Observer
The proprietors of the newly established Careysburg Slaughter House envision a revamped meat industry marked by the highest safety quality standards and an enhanced value…
Colombia: Colombia’s War Has Displaced 7 Million. With Peace, Will They Go Home?
Sep 5, 2016
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Nick Miroff, Washington Post
In the nation with more internal refugees than any other, you won’t find the uprooted and the dispossessed huddled in tent camps or fleeing in…
RGS Annual Conference 2016
Sep 4, 2016
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Becca Farnum
The RGS Annual Conference 2016 took place this week at the Royal Geographical Society and included a session on "Environmental Peacebuilding: The Peace-Environment-Conflict Nexus (2): Nature…
In Myanmar, Nature Can Help Communities Face Climate Challenges
Sep 3, 2016
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Ryan Barlett
The impacts of climate change are becoming an ever starker reality around the world, with 2016 on pace to be the hottest year in human history -…
Timor-Leste: Timor-Leste Backing Oil Development before Hague Ruling
Sep 3, 2016
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Hamish McDonald, Saturday Paper
Timor-Leste’s government has insisted that gas and oil from the discovery called Greater Sunrise be brought for processing to Timor’s coast. Timor-Leste has stepped up…
Iraq: Oil Fires in Iraq Seen from above [Photos]
Sep 3, 2016
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Nathan Yau, Flowing Data
On August 17, 2016, the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8 acquired an image of dense smoke plumes roughly 50 kilometers (30 miles) south…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Zebari: Erbil-Baghdad Will Equally Share Oil Export Revenues
Sep 3, 2016
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Rudaw
Iraqi Finance Minister Hosyar Zebari said Saturday that revenues from a recent oil accord between Baghdad and Erbil are to be shared equally, adding that “a very…
Myanmar: Myanmar Forest-Cutting Continues Despite Government Efforts
Sep 2, 2016
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Esther Htusane, Associated Press
The hills of northern Myanmar's Sagaing region were so legendarily thick with forests that in the days of kings, condemned criminals were ordered into the…
Conflict Minerals: Can Blockchain Help Curb the Flow of Blood Diamonds?
Sep 2, 2016
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Prableen Bajpai, Nasdaq
The more precious the asset, the higher the probability of people committing crime to gain a share in it. Diamonds are no exception. The $80…
Iraq: This Oil Fire in Iraq Has Been Burning for 3 Months
Sep 2, 2016
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Marisa Gertz, Time
NASA’s Landsat 8 satellite first captured images of the black smoke plumes south of Mosul in early June. Since then, the fire has steadily continued…
In Kosovo, Post-War Water Faults Show Challenge of Balancing Political with Technical
Sep 1, 2016
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Florian Krampe
Rivers have shaped the Western Balkan Peninsula’s characteristic landscape and played an important role in its history. Following the violence of the Yugoslav secession wars…
In Kosovo, Post-War Water Faults Show Challenge of Balancing Political with Technical
Sep 1, 2016
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Florian Krampe
Rivers have shaped the Western Balkan Peninsula’s characteristic landscape and played an important role in its history. Following the violence of the Yugoslav secession wars…