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Natural Resources Can Pay for Burma's Needs
Jun 16, 2016
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Andrew Bauer and Matthiew Salomon
This is an important year for Burma. With expectations so high, the new government is under enormous pressure to prove that it can transform the…
Conflict Minerals: EU “Political Understanding” Reached on Conflict Minerals Law
Jun 16, 2016
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ELM Sustainability Partners
The European Commission announced that a “political understanding” was reached on the European conflict minerals law. As we understand it, this means that the relevant…
Conflict Minerals: LIVE EP Press conference Trilogue Negotiations on Conflict Minerals [Video]
Jun 16, 2016
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European Commission
Press conference by Gianni PITTELLA (IT), S&D Chair, and Maria ARENA (S&D, BE)
Conflict Minerals: EP Press Conference by Cecilia Malmström, Member of the EC, on Conflict Minerals [Video]
Jun 16, 2016
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European Commission
On 16 June 2016, Cecilia Malmström, Member of the EC in charge of Trade, together with Bernd Lange, chairman of the Committee on International Trade…
Myanmar: Junior Expert in Natural Resources Management
Jun 15, 2016
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Instituto Oikos
Istituto Oikos is a non-profit organisation that operates in Europe and developing countries to safeguard biodiversity. It promotes a responsible management of natural resources and…
Colombia: Chief of Party - Climate Change
Jun 15, 2016
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Abt Associates
The Chief of Party will provide overall technical, administrative and financial management leadership; prepare, review and monitor contract reporting and deliverables; and liaise with the…
Afghanistan: Afghanistan Signs Contract for a Major Dam in Farah Province
Jun 15, 2016
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Khaama Press
The Afghan government signed another contract for the construction of a dam in western Farah province of AFghanistan. The contract for the construction of Dam,…
Ukraine: Vitally Important Resources in the ATO Zone Are Dangerous for Life and Health. Part 3: Soil
Jun 15, 2016
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Environment People Law
EPL continues to follow the latest results of the monitoring of the environment in Eastern Ukraine. Unfortunately, such monitoring is now possible only in the…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Kurds Ready for New Oil Deal with Baghdad If They Get $1 Billion a Month
Jun 15, 2016
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Maher Chmaytelli and Isabel Coles, Reuters
Iraq's Kurds said they are ready to strike an agreement with the central government in Baghdad on a deal to increase oil exports if it…
Conflcit Minerals: European Union Reaches Outline Deal to Stem Flow of Conflict Minerals
Jun 15, 2016
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Barbara Lewis, Reuters
The European Union on Wednesday agreed an outline deal on a law to clean up the commodities supply chain, so importers will have to carry…
DRC: DRC Awards US$660 Million Contract for 240-MW Busanga Hydroelectric Project in Africa
Jun 15, 2016
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Gregory B. Poindexter, HydroWorld
After more than 10 years since signing agreements with companies in China and Canada, the Democratic Republic of Congo announced on June 8 that it…
China/Japan/East China Sea: Chinese Spy Ship Enters Japan’s Territorial Waters for Second Time Since End of WWII
Jun 15, 2016
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Ayako Mie, Japan Times
A Chinese navy reconnaissance vessel entered Japanese territorial waters near Kuchinoerabu Island off Kagoshima Prefecture early Wednesday morning — the first time since 2004 that…
South Sudan: Fleeing Famine in Northern South Sudan
Jun 15, 2016
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Henry Wilkins, Al Jazeera
Kanjak is situated in Northern Bahr el Ghazal, a region of South Sudan close to the border with its neighbour Sudan. It has recently entered…
Call for Abstracts for 2017 Warfare, Environment, Social Inequality, and Peace Studies (WESIPS) Biennial Conference
Jun 14, 2016
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Center for Cross-Cultural Study
Over millennia, warfare, environmental degradation, and social inequality have brought much suffering to humankind. In an effort to facilitate interdisciplinary cross-fertilization, WESIPS brings together a…
Land Grabbing Harms the Public
Jun 14, 2016
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Eleven Myanmar
Myanmar is still reeling from the consequences of land grabbing issues. A total of 1,500 acres of land were seized under the Thein Sein administration…
Myanmar: Probe into Gems Fund Leads to Calls for Chair’s Removal
Jun 14, 2016
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Chan Mya Htwe and Hlaing Kyaw Soe, Myanmar Times
The probe into an alleged US$100 million gems fund heist has only become more convoluted with the addition of counter-investigations and infighting within the association…
Myanmar: Kawlin Residents Brace for More Disastrous, Record-High Floods
Jun 14, 2016
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Khin Wine Phyu Phyu, Myanmar Times
Ordinary flooding is inevitable. But what Kawlin expects is record floods. Last July and August, when 12 of the country’s 14 states and regions were…
Myanmar: Tree Planting Changes Life in Ancient Buddhist city of Myanmar
Jun 14, 2016
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Koh Byung-joon, Yonhap News Agency
A South Korean aid group came in with a long-term "tree planting" project whose main objective is to make the land green and enhance the…
Climate Change: Land Grabs Soar, Worsen Land Conflicts and Climate Change: Report
Jun 14, 2016
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teleSUR
Industrial agriculture and financial sectors are hand-in-hand worsening climate change and then profiting from it, with an unprecedented number of land grabs over the last…
DRC: China Firms to Fund Congo Hydro Power Plant to Lift Mining Output
Jun 14, 2016
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Reuters
China's Sinohydro and China Railway Group will finance a $660 million hydroelectric plant in southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo which is being built to reduce…
Colombia: Two Hundred Indigenous U'wa Occupy Gas Plant in Colombia
Jun 14, 2016
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Charlie Satow, Intercontinental Cry
Two hundred Indigenous U'wa men, women, and children have occupied Colombian state oil company Ecopetrol's Gibraltar I gas plant south of the Colombia-Venezuela border in…
Afghanistan: International Environmental Safeguards Specialist
Jun 13, 2016
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Adam Smith International
Adam Smith International is an award-winning international development consultancy that delivers projects supporting economic growth and government reform internationally. Our reputation as a global leader…
That Chinese Frigate in the Senkakus Was a Bad Move for China
Jun 13, 2016
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Steven Stashwick
Early last Thursday morning, a Chinese Jiangkai I frigate entered waters near the disputed Japanese Senkaku islands, called the Diaoyu by China. The move sparked…
Iraq: Iraq Says IMF Deal "on Track" as Cabinet Approves Reform Package
Jun 13, 2016
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Maher Chmaytelli and Ahmed Rasheed, Reuters
Iraq has approved measures requested by the International Monetary Fund to unlock loans that should help the country overcome a cash crunch caused by declining…
Myanmar: Over-Extraction, Chinese Slowdown Blamed for Jade Price Slump
Jun 13, 2016
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Kyaw Hsu Mon, The Irrawaddy
With the government’s biannual gem emporium looming at the end of this month, prices for Burmese jade have continued to slide against weakening demand. Industry…
Conflict Minerals: Over 125 Civil Society Actors Call the EU to Tackle Conflict Minerals
Jun 13, 2016
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Amnesty International, Global Witness, and others
"Open letter to the Dutch Presidency of the Council of the European Union and the Member States of the European Union": Minerals are key components…
Côte d’Ivoire: Arbitrary Evictions in Protected Forests
Jun 13, 2016
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Human Rights Watch
Residents of Côte d’Ivoire’s protected forests live in fear of arbitrary evictions and have suffered extortion and physical abuse by forest conservation authorities, Human Rights…
Colombia: The Evolution of Coffee Culture in Colombia’s Coffee Region
Jun 12, 2016
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Erin Donaldson, Colombia Reports
While growing coffee has been a major part of the economy of Pereira and the surrounding coffee region, drinking one of Colombia’s most iconic export…
Global Witness Must Come Forward and Testify in Court
Jun 10, 2016
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T. Johnson
The UK-based environmental and transparency watchdog, Global Witness (GW), has caused quite a stir (commotion, uproar) in Liberia with its sweeping allegations of corruption and…
Parsing Myanmar’s First EITI Report
Jun 10, 2016
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Paul Shortell
Myanmar’s recently released first EITI report, covering the 2013-14 fiscal year, includes previously undisclosed data on resource production, revenue flows, licences and company ownership.
The information…