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Colombia: Tilapia Farming Offers Hope for Remote Communities in Post-Conflict Colombia
Jun 23, 2021
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Carlos Eduardo Guevara-Fletcher, The Fish Site
A pilot project that aims to use tilapia farming as a way to bring peace and economic prosperity to a violent part of rural Colombia…
South Sudan: South Sudan Looks to Lure Major Players with First Oil Licensing Round
Jun 23, 2021
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Eoin O'Cinneide, Upstream
South Sudan has launched its first ever licensing round as the landlocked African nation seeks to get its staple oil sector back on track after…
Applications to Host a Road to Geneva Event Close on June 30, 2021
Jun 22, 2021
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Environmental Peacebuilding Association
Applications to host a Road to Geneva event will close at 11:59 EDT on June 30, 2021. If you would like to apply before then, please…
Africa Climate Change Fund Launches Third Call for Gender Equality and Climate Resilience Projects
Jun 22, 2021
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African Development Bank Group
The African Development Bank-hosted Africa Climate Change Fund (ACCF) on Wednesday issued a third call for project proposals addressing gender inequality and climate resilience in Africa.
The call…
South Sudan: South Sudan Oil Block Resumes Production after Seven Years
Jun 22, 2021
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Benjamin Takpiny, Anadolu Agency
South Sudan has officially resumed production of crude oil after a 7-year hiatus, the country's oil minister said Monday. The production has begun in Block…
DRC: Ford Fund Launch Responsible Mining Program for Women in Congo
Jun 22, 2021
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Brett Foote
As governments from around the world and automakers like Ford continue to transition toward all-electric vehicles, demand for batteries and the minerals used to make them will continue to…
Iraq: Islamic State Group Targets Iraq's Electricity Supplies as Summer Temperatures Soar
Jun 22, 2021
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New Arab
Islamic State group (IS) militants have conducted a series of attacks on transformation towers in Iraq in recent weeks, compromising the country's already weak electricity…
South Sudan: South Sudan Oil Block Resumes Production after Seven Years
Jun 22, 2021
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Anadolu Agency
South Sudan has officially resumed production of crude oil after a 7-year hiatus, the country's oil minister said Monday. The production has begun in Block…
Climate Change: World Climate and Security Report Reveals Strain on Military and Security Services
Jun 21, 2021
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Lindsey Wilkinson, Homeland Security Today
A new report from the International Military Council on Climate and Security (IMCCS) reveals that the increasing pace and intensity of climate hazards will strain…
Opinion: Perilous Future for Myanmar’s Pristine Forests after Coup
Jun 21, 2021
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Faith Doherty
On 1 February 2021, Myanmar’s armed forces launched a coup d’état. The country’s civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi was arrested, along with senior members…
Climate Change: NATO Agrees to Study How Climate Change Impacts Global Security Threats
Jun 21, 2021
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Anna Kusmer, The World
At the NATO leaders summit in Brussels last week, the defense alliance said it would begin formally studying how climate change impacts security threats, calling climate…
Climate Change: Security and Climate Risks in the Arctic as Temperatures and Tensions Rise
Jun 21, 2021
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Kylie Bielby, Homeland Security Today
The Council on Strategic Risks’ Converging Risks Lab and the Woodwell Climate Research Center released a new report on June 21. Temperatures and Tensions Rise:…
Liberia: MAP Liberia Land Platform Holds Dialogue on Implementation of Land Rights Law
Jun 21, 2021
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Willie N. Tokpah, FrontPage Africa
The Multi-Action Platform on land governance and responsible agriculture investment, an advocacy group championing land rights in Liberia, has emphasized the need for the implementation…
DRC: Congo Ends Oil Production-Sharing Agreements with Israeli Investor Gertler
Jun 20, 2021
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Reuters
Democratic Republic of Congo has ended production-sharing agreements for two oil concessions with companies controlled by Israeli investor Dan Gertler, the hydrocarbons ministry said in…
Sierra Leone: Massive Illegal Chinese Goldmining Uncovered in Eastern Sierra Leone
Jun 20, 2021
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James Fallah-Williams, Sierra Leone Telegraph
Hot on the heels of the corrupt $55m Chinese fishmeal factory deal at Black Johnson in Freetown, Western Sierra Leone, as well as the attempted…
Climate Change: NATO Cracks Down on ‘Threat Multiplier’ Climate Change
Jun 19, 2021
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Kylie Bielby, Homeland Security Today
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has said its members have pledged to “significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions from military activities” adding that “the security…
Peace Agreements with a Gender Perspective Are Still an Exception, Not the Rule
Jun 18, 2021
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Laura Wise
At the Political Settlements Research Programme, we track the frequency and detail of how peace agreements include references to women, girls and gender, and our…
Climate Security and the US-Russia Summit
Jun 18, 2021
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Steve Brock and Roger Ullman
When Presidents Biden and Putin meet today on the shores of Lake Geneva they won’t be short of contentious topics to discuss. With the bilateral…
Climate Change: Newly Formed Australian Security Leaders Group Calls for Climate Security Risk Assessment
Jun 18, 2021
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Homeland Security Today
The recently established Australian Security Leaders Climate Group (ASLCG) says a whole-of-nation and security risk assessment is required. A security risk assessment would, the group…
Afghanistan: Afghan Gov't Builds Water Canal in Restive District
Jun 17, 2021
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Xinhua
The Ministry of Rehabilitation and Rural Development has completed the work for building a water canal in the troubled Arghandab district of the southern Kandahar…
Guterres - Bring Crimes of Sexual Violence in Conflict Out of ‘the Shadows’, Punish Perpetrators
Jun 17, 2021
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UN News
Sexual violence in conflict “reverberates down generations” and threatens both human and international security, the UN chief said on Thursday in his message for the…
Myanmar: Myanmar's Renewed War Scatters Tens of Thousands to Forests
Jun 17, 2021
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Reuters
The United Nations estimates nearly 110,000 people have been displaced in Myanmar's Kayah State by the recent violence. With new fighting in northern and western…
Guterres - Bring Crimes of Sexual Violence in Conflict Out of ‘the Shadows’, Punish Perpetrators
Jun 17, 2021
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UN News
Sexual violence in conflict “reverberates down generations” and threatens both human and international security, the UN chief said on Thursday in his message for the…
Conflict Minerals: US Plays Catch-up with EU on Conflict Minerals to Turn Page on Trump Era
Jun 16, 2021
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Africa Intelligence
Joe Biden and his advisors are busy making up for lost time after Donald Trump's lack of action relegated Washington to following Brussels' initiatives on mining…
Afghanistan: Plant-Based Meth from Afghanistan Is Turning up All over the World
Jun 16, 2021
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Niko Vorobyov, Vice
Better-known for its vast poppy fields supplying up to 90 percent of the world’s heroin, Afghanistan’s new plant-based meth – which is cheaper and easier…
Iraq: Rise in Iraqi Cancer Cases May Be Linked to Wars, Environment
Jun 16, 2021
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Adnan Abu Zeed, Al-Monitor
Director of the Environmental Department in southern Iraq Walid Hamid said May 21 that “Ministry of Health statistics indicate that 2,000 cases of cancer are…
UK: Research Associate, Environmental Footprint of the US Military
Jun 15, 2021
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Lancaster University
Lancaster University is a collegiate public research university in Lancaster, Lancashire, England.
The University is accepting applications for a Research Associate to join this new initiative…
Myanmar Junta Sells Resources to Neighbors in Exchange for ‘Legitimacy’
Jun 15, 2021
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Lin Htet Myat
The Myanmar military (also known as the Tatmadaw), since staging a coup on Feb. 1 against the elected National League for Democracy (NLD) government, has…
Monitoring and Evaluation of Environmental Peacebuilding
Jun 15, 2021
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ELI, UNEP, and Environmental Peacebuilding Association
The Environmental Peacebuilding Association, the Environmental Law Institute, and the United Nations Environment Programme are collaborating on a project with the United States Institute…
Yemen: New UN Aid Chief Rethinks Stranded Yemen Tanker Mission
Jun 15, 2021
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James Reinl, National
The UN’s incoming aid chief, Martin Griffiths, on Tuesday said he was considering new ideas for a long-delayed mission to repair an oil tanker stranded…