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International Women’s Day, 2021 Gender Equality is Our Captain for Sailing to a Green & Just Recovery
Mar 1, 2021
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Jennifer Morgan
The climate crisis doesn’t stop for anyone or anything, not even the pandemic that has forced billions of us to radically overhaul our lives. And…
Sudan: Sudan Imposes New Controls over Gold Trade
Mar 1, 2021
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Middle East Monitor
Sudanese yesterday announced the adoption of a new plan to reform its economy based on imposing controls over smuggling gold, the New Khaleej reported. The…
Liberia: Government, Development Partners Petitioned to Support Customary Land Formalization Process
Mar 1, 2021
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Gerald C. Koinyeneh, FrontPage Africa
The Impact of Climate Change on Peace and Security in Somalia: Implications for AMISOM
Feb 28, 2021
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Kheira Tarif and Anab Ovidie Grand
The February 2021 mandate renewal for the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) is an opportunity to review what we know about climate change and…
Climate-Conflict Research: A Decade of Scientific Progress
Feb 28, 2021
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Halvard Buhaug and Nina von Uexkull
The last decade was the warmest on record, with 2020 tied with 2016 for the all-time high average annual global temperature. This 10-year period also saw…
Climate Change, Conflict: What Is Fuelling the Lake Chad Crisis
Feb 28, 2021
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Abhijit Mohanty, Kieran Robson, Samuel Ngueping, and Swayam Sampurna Nanda
One of Africa’s largest freshwater bodies, the Lake Chad, has shrunk by 90 per cent. Over 10 million people across the region are in need…
Afghanistan: MEAL Advisor – Consultancy
Feb 28, 2021
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Medair
Medair implements emergency nutrition, health, WASH and food security projects targeting displaced, conflict- and drought-affected vulnerable populations in central and southern Afghanistan. Resilience and early…
How Much Oil and Gas Is Contained in the South China Sea?
Feb 28, 2021
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Ethen Kim Lieser
Stretching from Singapore and the Strait of Malacca in the southwest to the Strait of Taiwan, the South China Sea long has been considered one of the…
Is It Time for “Ecocide” to become an International Crime?
Feb 28, 2021
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Economist
In November last year a group of international lawyers set about formally defining ecocide. The panel—which is co-chaired by Philippe Sands, a lawyer who has…
Liberia: Weah Frowns at Border Disputes in South-Eastern Counties
Feb 28, 2021
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Alvin Worzi, Observer
President George M. Weah has announced the setting-up of special a committee compromising elders, chiefs and members of the legislative caucuses of Maryland, River Gee…
Iraq: In Oil-Rich Iraq, a Few Women Buck Norms, Take Rig Site Jobs
Feb 28, 2021
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Samya Kullab, Associated Press
Zainab Amjad and Ayat Rawthan, both 24, are among just a handful who have eschewed the dreary office jobs typically handed to female petroleum engineers…
Bangladesh: Climate Change in Bangladesh to ‘Impact Int’l Security’: Muniruzzaman
Feb 28, 2021
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United News of Bangladesh
President of Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security (BIPSS) Maj Gen (retd) ANM Muniruzzaman on Sunday talked about the risks Bangladesh faces as a frontline…
Ghana: Nomads-Farmers’ Conflict: Security Analyst Urges Ghana to Enact Ranching Law
Feb 27, 2021
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GhanaWeb
Dr Festus Kofi Aubyn, a Security Analyst, has urged the Government to enact a Cattle Ranching Law, as part of measures to address the perennial…
Liberia: LLA Launches ‘Land Conflict’ Awareness In Maryland County
Feb 27, 2021
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E. Varney Kamah, Global News Network
As land conflict has become a serious problem in Maryland County, Liberia at the official lunching of the Awareness Campaign on the dissemination of information…
India: Human Lives Lost to Wildlife-Human Conflict Should Be Compensated Better: Scientists
Feb 26, 2021
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Press Trust of India
The lives of people lost due to wildlife-human conflicts are not adequately compensated in India, according to a new study which says changing the approach…
South Sudan: Influential South Sudan Chiefs Warn of Conflict over Land Grabs
Feb 26, 2021
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Winnie Cirino, Voice of America
Ten traditional chiefs from South Sudan’s Central Equatoria state have demanded the state government stop a campaign of illegal land grabs and are threatening the…
Iraq: Decades after the Gulf War, Iraq’s Youth View Oil as a Curse
Feb 26, 2021
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Sofia Barbarani, Al Jazeera
Like most of the young people who joined Iraq’s countrywide demonstrations in 2019, musician Sally Mars took to the streets to demand that the government…
2021: A New Year Marked by New Rules against Conflict Minerals in the EU
Feb 25, 2021
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Agathe Smyth
While the news did not make the headlines, 1 January 2021 marked the culmination of a long civil society campaign as new European legislation on…
Yemen: Houthis Again Delay UN Examination of Loaded Oil Tanker
Feb 25, 2021
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Environment & Energy News
The United Nations said yesterday that new requests by Yemen's Houthi rebels will further delay U.N. experts from examining an oil tanker moored off the…
Liberia: Wildlife and Conservation Reporters Network Aided in the Confiscation of Protected Animal
Feb 25, 2021
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FrontPage Africa
The Confiscation Unit of the Forestry Development Authority (FDA) with the aid of the Wildlife and Conservation Reporters Network have arrested a man for selling…
DRC: First Minerals Exported from DRC with Blockchain
Feb 24, 2021
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MINING.com
Minexx has exported minerals with full financial transparency from the Democratic Republic of Congo, by processing $250k of blockchain certified payments – a first for…
South Sudan: South Sudan Integrates Environmental Protection with Hydrocarbon Exploration
Feb 24, 2021
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Charné Hundermark, Africa Oil & Power
Despite holding the third-largest oil reserves in sub-Saharan Africa – estimated at 3.5 billion barrels – only 30% of South Sudan has been explored to…
Ousseyni Kalilou
Co-chair of Forest Interest Group
Environmental Peacebuilding Association
United States
Feb 23, 2021
Ousseyni Kalilou is an environmental peacebuilding practitioner based in North Carolina. His work focuses on the opportunities for environmental peacebuilding in forested regions, specifically looking…
The EU Military Sector’s Carbon Footprint
Feb 23, 2021
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Stuart Parkinson and Linsey Cottrell
Militaries are frequently exempt from publicly reporting their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and there is currently no consolidated public reporting of GHG emissions for the…
Climate Change: France's Macron Proposes Appointment of UN Climate Security Envoy
Feb 23, 2021
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Reuters
The United Nations Security Council should consider appointing a special envoy for climate security to coordinate the council’s efforts in this area, French President Emmanuel…
Registration Open for Forests & Peace Social Hour
Feb 22, 2021
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Environmental Peacebuilding Association
On Tuesday, March 2, from 9:30 - 11:00 EST, the Forest Interest Group, Africa Interest Group, and the Young Professionals Interest Group of the Environmental…
Afghanistan: 4 Died during Unlawful Mining for Gold
Feb 22, 2021
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Middle East North Africa Financial Network
Officials saw on Monday, February 22, that land sliding alleged the lives of as a minimum four Afghan gold miners who were working on removing…
Why United Nations Peace Operations Cannot Ignore Climate Change
Feb 22, 2021
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Florian Krampe
On 23 February the United Nations (UN) Security Council will hold an open session on the topic of climate change and security. The security implications…
As Biden Seeks Answers on Climate’s Impact on Migration, Sydney Declaration Provides Legal Ground Rules for Action
Feb 22, 2021
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Jane McAdam
In an executive order earlier this month, President Joe Biden ordered a report into “climate change and its impact on migration, including forced migration, internal displacement, and…
Myanmar: Military Coup, Economic Sanctions Hike Threats to Myanmar's Forests
Feb 22, 2021
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Michael Taylor, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Myanmar’s military coup and a potential ramp up in trade boycotts by foreign governments and business could fuel the risk of deforestation in the Asian…