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Climate Change: Munich Security Conference Puts Climate Change and the Sahel on the Security Agenda ahead of PSC 2019
Feb 14, 2019
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Planetary Security Initiative
The most influential global figures in international security policy gathering this week (February 15-17) at MSC 2019 will consider climate change alongside issues of trade, arms…
Post-Doctoral Fellowship, One Earth Future/Secure Fisheries and Sié Center
Feb 13, 2019
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University of Denver
The Sié Chéou-Kang Center for International Security and Diplomacy at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies is dedicated to building knowledge on the evolving…
Post-Doctoral Fellowship, One Earth Future and Sié Center - Josef Korbel School of International Studies
Feb 13, 2019
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University of Denver
The Sié Chéou-Kang Center for International Security and Diplomacy at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies is dedicated to building knowledge on the evolving…
Myanmar: ‘Our Land Is Collapsing around Us’: Ayeyarwady at Risk from Rampant Sand Mining
Feb 13, 2019
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Hein Ko Soe and Clare Hammond, Frontier
Since 2010, a construction boom in Myanmar has fuelled sharp growth in the extraction of sand from the Ayeyarwady that is then used in cement…
Climate Change: Climate Change Seen as Top Threat in 13 Countries
Feb 13, 2019
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Ines Kagubare, E&E News
Climate change beats out terrorism and cyberattacks as the top security worry in more than a dozen countries, according to a survey published Sunday by…
Afghanistan: Afghan Women Are ‘Not Willing to Give up Their Rights’
Feb 13, 2019
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Elias Groll and Lara Seligman, Foreign Policy
American diplomats have been racing to seal a peace deal with the Taliban that would end the longest war in U.S. history—and decades of civil…
Myanmar: 23 Aceh Fishermen Detained in Myanmar for Alleged Poaching
Feb 13, 2019
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Antara
The Myanmar authorities again detained 23 Aceh fishermen on February 6, 2019, for alleged poaching in Myanmar waters, according to Miftachhuddin Cut Adek, deputy secretary…
Iraq: Can Iraq Beat the Drought and Become the Breadbasket of the Middle East Again?
Feb 13, 2019
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Kieran Cooke, Middle East Eye
The area of land in the south of Iraq between the mighty Tigris and Euphrates rivers is drying up. Yet amid this environmental meltdown, Azzam…
Iraq: Iran-Backed Groups Corner Iraq's Postwar Scrap Metal Market - Sources
Feb 13, 2019
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John Davison, Reuters
The wrecks of vehicles used by Islamic State militants as car bombs and other metal debris left by the war in Iraq are now helping…
Congress Poised to Help Veterans Exposed to ‘Burn Pits’ over Decades of War
Feb 13, 2019
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Jennifer Steinhauer, New York Times
Tens of thousands of those who served in Iraq and Afghanistan were exposed to burn pits, which were regularly used to dispose of all manner…
Climate Change: How Devastating Is Climate Change for World Peace & Security?
Feb 13, 2019
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Thalif Deen, Inter Press Service
When the Security Council, the most powerful body at the United Nations, met last month to discuss the growing new threats to world peace and…
Starting This Week! MOOC on Environmental Security and Sustaining Peace
Feb 12, 2019
Join a global community of more than 5000 environmental peacebuilding practitioners, researchers, and decision-makers in the eight-week massive open online course on Environmental Security and…
Warzone Conversation in Afghanistan: Build a National Park, Build Democracy
Feb 12, 2019
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Kyla Peterson
When picturing Afghanistan, many people envision desolate landscapes ravaged by war, but the country contains “this incredible diversity of habitats, of forest, of mountains, of…
Maxine Burkett
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
United States
Feb 12, 2019
Maxine Burkett is Professor of Law at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, and the co-founder of the Institute for Climate and Peace. Her work…
Jordan: Regional Economic Recovery Coordinator
Feb 11, 2019
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Danish Refugee Council
The Danish Refugee Council assists refugees and internally displaced persons across the globe: we provide emergency aid, fight for their rights, and strengthen their opportunity…
Yemen: Emergency Response Project Coordinator - Sanaa
Feb 11, 2019
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ACTED
Since 1993, as an international non-governmental organization, ACTED has been committed to immediate humanitarian relief to support those in urgent need and protect people’s dignity,…
Sudan: Health and Nutrition Programme Manager
Feb 11, 2019
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Muslim Aid
Muslim Aid’s Sudan field office was set up in 1991 in response to the strategic need and to enable the continuation of effective aid work…
Iraq: Shelter-WASH Project Manager
Feb 11, 2019
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Medair
Medair is an international non-governmental organization NGO of humanitarian aid with a stated mission, "to relieve suffering in some of the world’s most remote and…
Iraq: MEL Manager for WASH and Cash Portfolio
Feb 11, 2019
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Mercy Corps
Mercy Corps is a leading global organization powered by the belief that a better world is possible.
In disaster, in hardship, in more than 40 countries…
Nigeria: Project Manager - Early Recovery and Resilience Building
Feb 11, 2019
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Cooperazione Interazionale
COOPI started its operations in North-East Nigeria in July 2014 to carry out a rapid evaluation of the most relevant constraints suffered by the Internally…
Can Improving Women's Representation in Environmental Governance Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions?
Feb 11, 2019
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Charlotte Collins
The Paris Agreement’s clause to include more women in the environmental decision-making process set a historical precedent. The preamble urges parties to acknowledge that climate…
Iraq: Iraq's PM Says Solving Water Pollution Prioritized for Iraq
Feb 11, 2019
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Xinhua
Prime Minister of Iraq Adel Abdul Mahdi on Sunday said that solving river water pollution issue is a priority for the new government, calling on…
Myanmar: Illegal Teak Timbers Seized in Myanmar's Yangon Region
Feb 11, 2019
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Xinhua
Myanmar authorities have seized six tons of illegally harvested teak timbers in Taikkyi, Yangon region, the official Global New Light of Myanmar reported Monday. According…
Afghanistan/Pakistan: With Kabul River Flows Controversy
Feb 10, 2019
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Zofeen T. Ebrahim, The News on Sunday
With tremendous hydropower potential in the upper reaches of the Kabul River Basin and agricultural potential further down, Asadullah Meelad, a lawyer at Afghanistan’s ministry…
New Developments in the Field of Environmental Peacebuilding
Feb 8, 2019
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Carl Bruch and Sierra Killian
For those working at the intersection of environment, conflict, and peace, 2018 was a notable year. A new conceptual and operational framework for environmental peacebuilding…
APWLD Member Zoom-in: Alma Sinumlag
Feb 8, 2019
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Adndita Listyarini
The cold bites in New York. That’s what Alma Sinumlag felt when she visited the Big Apple for the first time ever in 2018. Having…
Liberia: The Potentials of Wonegizi as a Protected Area
Feb 8, 2019
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John T. Woods, Daily Observer
The Potentials of Wonegizi as a Protected Area (PA) in the development of the communities, districts and Lofa County is in the process of gazettement.…
DRC: DRC’s New President an ‘Unknown Factor’ as Far as Mining Is Concerned
Feb 8, 2019
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Rebecca Campbell, Mining Weekly
Félix Tshisekedi’s inauguration on January 24 marked the first peaceful transition of power in the DRC for 60 years. As far as the mining industry…
Colomba: In Colombia, Where Gold Mining and Coca Farming Are a Toxic Mix
Feb 8, 2019
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Alfredo Molano Jimeno, WorldCrunch
The district of Timbiquí in western Colombia is practically under siege. Located in the Valle del Cauca department, it has become a magnet for gold…
Myanmar: Parliament Passes Gemstone Bill amid Criticism
Feb 8, 2019
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Thompson Chau, Myanmar Times
Myanmar’s parliament has passed a controversial bill governing the gemstone sector, paving the way to restart the licensing of mining companies after a two-year moratorium.…