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Displacement and Environment in Africa: What is the Relationship?
Aug 29, 2016
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UNEP
Droughts combined with population growth, a lack of sustainable land and water management, natural disasters, political conflicts and tensions and other factors have resulted in…
Liberia Must Learn to Honor the Rights of Rural Residents to Manage Their Own Land
Aug 29, 2016
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Alioune Tine
Liberia, the first African country to declare itself a republic and one of three African nations to take part in the establishment and adoption of…
Myanmar: Illegal Logging Mars Magwe’s Deep Forests
Aug 29, 2016
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Nay Aung, Myanmar Times
Myanmar is the third-worst country in the world for deforestation, according to a 2015 report issued by the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization, which said that…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraq Plans to Sell Oil through Iran if Talks with Kurds Fail
Aug 29, 2016
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Stephen Kalin, Reuters
Iraq's government would consider selling crude through Iran should talks with the autonomous Kurdish region on an oil revenue-sharing agreement fail, a senior oil ministry…
Timor-Leste: Australia Says Tribunal Has No Jurisdiction in Maritime Border Row with East Timor
Aug 29, 2016
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Agence France-Presse
East Timor on Monday urged an international tribunal to help resolve a dispute with Australia over a maritime border which cuts through lucrative oil and…
Iraq: Iraq Says Fires Put out at Four Oil Wells in Town Captured from IS
Aug 29, 2016
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Reuters
Iraq has put out fires at four oil wells in the oil-producing region of Qayyara which Iraqi forces recaptured from Islamic State last week, the…
Israel/Palestine: Palestinian Water Wars Boiling over in Sa'ir
Aug 28, 2016
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Adam Rasgan, Jerusalem Post
The Palestinian Water Authority and the Sa’ir Municipality are at odds over the disappearance of large amounts of water from Sa’ir, a town of 25,000…
South Sudan: Are South Sudan’s Wetlands in Danger of Drying up?
Aug 26, 2016
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UNEP
The Sudd ecosystem and its unique cultures are threatened by a variety of development pressures including a plan to almost completely drain the wetland to…
Liberia: Sime Darby Plantation to Inaugurate its First US$18M Oil Palm Mill in Western Liberia
Aug 26, 2016
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Global News Network
The Sime Darby Plantation, a Malaysian Conglomerate Plantation Company operating in western Liberia has disclosed that it will inaugurate one of the modern palm oil…
Iraq: Iraq's Qayyara Oil Wells Still Burning Weeks after Start of Battle
Aug 26, 2016
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Rudaw
After an operation that lasted more than two months Iraqi troops managed to reach the town of Qayyara on Thursday and expel its Islamic State…
Little Talked About, This Issue Can Choke Colombia’s Peace Deal Down The Line
Aug 25, 2016
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José E. Mosquera
Decades of civil conflict and the formation of the communist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) could be attributed in part to the struggle for land in…
How Lapis Lazuli Turned One Afghan Mining District to the Taliban
Aug 25, 2016
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Adrienne Bober
In the mountains of northern Afghanistan, between Pakistan and China, a region that has historically rejected the Taliban has become the group’s second-largest source of revenue.…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraq Seeks Formal Deal With Kurds to Protect New Oil Exports
Aug 25, 2016
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Sam Wilin and Khalid Al Ansary, Bloomberg
Iraq’s resumption last week of oil shipments through a Kurdish-controlled pipeline bumped up its export capacity by five percent almost overnight. Now OPEC’s second-biggest producer…
Myanmar: Limited Capacity Hinders Myanmar’s Water Management
Aug 24, 2016
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Khine Kyaw, Myanmar Eleven
River basin organisations should be established to support the activities of the National Water Resource Committee (NWRC), to enhance the country’s water management which has…
Myanmar: Shan Groups Warn Salween Dam Could Fuel Conflict
Aug 24, 2016
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Libby Hogan, Democratic Voice of Burma
Shan community groups are calling for the suspension of a Chinese-backed dam on the Salween River that they say risks exacerbating conflict and environmental problems…
Calming the Waters: Why We Need to Better Integrate Climate and Water Policy
Aug 23, 2016
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Sabine Blumstein
The Nile River is shared by 11 countries, for which it is vital for food and energy production, freshwater, and as a means of transportation.…
Myanmar: Shan Farmers Protest Nao Pha Dam Project
Aug 23, 2016
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Thu Thu Aung, Myanmar Times
With the future of the controversial Myitsone dam project apparently still in doubt following Foreign Minister Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s visit to China, local…
DRC: Katanga Youth Project Hopes to Cut Minerals Dependence
Aug 23, 2016
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Victor Muisyo, Africa News
The Democratic Republic of Congo is Africa’s largest copper producer, and heavily relies on the mining sector, which, alongside its small oil industries accounts for…
Food Security: Food Security Issues Plague Middle East
Aug 23, 2016
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Chris Lyddon, World Grain
The Middle East is a diverse region, but many believe it needs to work together to achieve greater food security. The region faces the challenge…
Sudan/South Sudan: Sudan, South Sudan Agree to Extend Oil Deal
Aug 23, 2016
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Agence France-Presse
Sudan and South Sudan agreed Tuesday to extend an oil deal between the two countries, officials said, but they failed to settle the exact terms.…
Sudan/South Sudan: South Sudan Asks for Khartoum Technical Assistance to Resume Oil Production
Aug 23, 2016
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Sudan Tribune
South Sudan First Vice President, Taban Deng Gai said that his country has asked Khartoum to provide technical assistance to restart oil production from oil…
Iraq: Iraq Has Not Yet Reached its Full Oil Market Share, Says PM
Aug 23, 2016
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Stephen Kalin, Reuters
Iraq's prime minister said the country has not yet reached its full oil market share, suggesting his government would not restrain crude output as part…
Myanmar: Myanmar Coffee to Hit Whole Foods as Economic Opening Continues
Aug 23, 2016
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Luc Cohen, Reuters
Two shipments of coffee beans from Myanmar arrived in the United States this month, the first commercial-scale imports in over 15 years and the fruits…
Colombia: Colombian Agribusiness in the Wake of War
Aug 23, 2016
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Mike Wilson, Farm Future
The Marxist guerilla group FARC (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia) is the oldest and largest group among Colombia's left-wing rebels. They claim to be fighting…
Hope for Resolving the Water Conflict in the Middle East
Aug 22, 2016
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Marwa Osman
The severity of the water issue in the Middle East is a key strategic issue in understanding future security decisions within the region. Nations in…
China: Chinese Fishermen Caught up in Asian Geopolitical Conflict
Aug 22, 2016
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Lucy Hornby, Financial Times
The territorial tensions that are inflaming relations between China and its neighbours are due in part to a collapse in local fish stocks, which is…
Iraq: Iraq's New Oil Minister Sticks by Demand to Review Foreign Contracts
Aug 22, 2016
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Reuters
Iraq wants to review contracts with oil companies to cut the fees that the firms receive when crude prices are low, the OPEC nation's new…
Colombia: How Cocoa is Part of Preserving Newly-Won Peace in Colombia
Aug 22, 2016
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John Rivera, Sojourners
If an agreement is reached between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the current generation of Colombian youth will have…
Iraq: Iraqi Children Pay High Health Cost of War-Induced Air Pollution, Study Finds
Aug 22, 2016
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John Vidal, Guadian
Air pollution caused by war may be a major factor in the numbers of birth defects and cancers being reported in Iraq and other war…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraq Will Boost Oil Exports after Agreement on Kirkuk Fields
Aug 21, 2016
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Bloomberg, Khalid Al Ansary and Sam Wilkin
Iraq, OPEC’s second-biggest producer, will increase crude exports by about 5 percent in the next few days after an agreement to resume shipments from three…