Management Tools
Catalogue of Nature-Based Solutions for Peace
2024
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PAX and UNEP
As the connections between environmental degradation and conflict become increasingly clear, the potential of nature in peacebuilding is more significant than ever. This catalog of Nature-based…
Assessing Damage to Agricultural Fields from Military Actions in Ukraine: An Integrated Approach Using Statistical Indicators and Machine Learning
2023
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International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation
Nataliia Kussul, Sofiia Drozd, Hanna Yailymova, Andril Shelestov, Guido Lemoine, and Klaus Deininger
The ongoing full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine has led to widespread damage of agricultural lands, jeopardizing global food security. Timely detection of impacted fields enables…
Using Machine Learning and Remote Sensing to Track Land Use/Land Cover Changes Due to Armed Conflict
2023
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Science of The Total Environment
Saeed Mhanna, Landon J.S. Halloran, François Zwahlen, Ahmed Haj Asaad, and Philip Brunner
Armed conflicts have detrimental impacts on the environment, including land systems. The prevailing understanding of the relation between Land Use/Land Cover (LULC) and armed conflict…
Land Use and Land Cover Change Detection and Prediction in the Kathmandu District of Nepal Using Remote Sensing and GIS
2020
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Sustainability Journal
Sonam W. Wang, Belay M. Gebru, Munkhnasan Lamchin, Rijan B. Kayastha, and Woo-Kyun Lee
Understanding land use and land cover changes has become a necessity in managing and monitoring natural resources and development especially urban planning. Remote sensing and…
Indexing Climatic and Environmental Exposure of Refugee Camps with a Case Study in East Africa
2023
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Nature Scientific Reports
Michael Owen, Andrew Kruczkiewicz, and Jamon Van Den Hoek
This study presents a novel approach to systematically measure climatic and environmental exposure in refugee camps using remote sensing and geospatial data. Using a case…
Needs Before Tools: Using Technology in Environmental Conflict Resolution
2014
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Conflict Resolution Quarterly
Amanda E. Cravens
Environmental conflict resolution practitioners have become increasingly interested in using information technology to work collaboratively across sectors. Discussions to date, however, have focused on specific…
Solving the Jigsaw of Conflict-Related Environmental Damage: Utilizing Open-Source Analysis to Improve Research into Environmental Health Risks
2020
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Journal of Public Health
Wim Zwijnenburg, David Hochhauser, Omar Dewachi, Richard Sullivan, and Vinh-Kim Nguyen
Investigation of the environmental impacts of armed conflict has been made easier in recent years with the development of new and improved methods for documenting…
Revisiting the Contested Role of Natural Resources in Violent Conflict Risk through Machine Learning
2020
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Sustainability
Marie K. Schellens and Salim Belyazid
The integrated character of the sustainable development goals in Agenda 2030, as well as research in environmental security, flag that sustainable peace requires sustainable and…
Satellite Imagery in Conflict-Affected Areas: How Technology Can Support WFP Emergency Response
2020
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World Food Programme
Laure Boudinand and Amadou Ibrahim
The past decade has witnessed a boom in the availability of satellite data whether from established space agencies or from the private sector. Unique in…
Eyes in the Sky (Chapter in "Talking Tactics: Environmental Protection and Armed Conflicts")
2020
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environmental SCIENTIST
Eoghan Darbyshire
Regions of active conflict are typically data poor, access for environmental measurements is limited and many contemporary conflicts show no sign of conclusion. Earth observation…
Closing the Environmental Monitoring Gap in Conflicts (Chapter in "Talking Tactics: Environmental Protection and Armed Conflicts")
2020
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environmental SCIENTIST
Doug Weir
Armed conflicts can create acute environmental risks and lead to degradation that impacts ecosystems, human health and livelihoods. However, poor security conditions in conflict-impacted areas…
Fair and Equitable Approach Using GIS for Solving the Krishna River Conflict, India
2019
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University of Moratuwa
Siddharth Chaudhary, Durga Prasad Panday, and Duraprasad Panday
Conflict occurs between people in all kinds of human relationships and in all social settings. Because of the wide range of potential differences among people,…
Strengthening Hydromet and Early Warning Services in Afghanistan: A Road Map
2018
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World Bank
Hydrological and meteorological (hydromet) data collection and analysis in Afghanistan started in the late 1940s and mid-1950s, respectively. The hydrometric network expanded rapidly in the…
Beyond Richardson: Modeling Conflict in a World of Complexity and Climate Change
2018
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International Studies Association Annual Convention
Jürgen Scheffran
Richardson's pioneering work on modelling conflict and arms races has demonstrated that mathematics can contribute to peace and conflict research. Limitations of Richardson's model have…
Composite Water Management Index
2018
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National Institute for Transforming India Aayog
India is suffering from the worst water crisis in its history and millions of lives and livelihoods are under threat. Currently, 600 million Indians face…
Online Identification of Conflict Related Environmental Damage
2015
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Bellingcat
Wim Zwijnenburg
With the conflict in Syria soon to enter its fifth year, large parts of the country have been laid to waste by intense fighting, bombardment…
Using Water Insecurity to Predict Domestic Water Demand in the Palestinian West Bank
2015
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Water International
S. E. Galaitsi, Annette Huber-Lee, Richard M. Vogel, and Elena M. Naumova
Household interviews were conducted in the Palestinian West Bank to examine the relationship between price elasticity, water insecurity and domestic water demand. Water insecurity weights…
Can You Use Big Data to Track an Elephant Poacher? [Interactive Map]
2015
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Foreign Policy
Kalev Leetaru
Using the Global Database of Events, Language, and Tone (GDELT) Project, which monitors local media around the world (and live-translates it from 65 languages, along…
Early Warning Early Action in East Africa: Mechanisms for Rapid Decision Making
2014
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International Committee of the Red Cross, World Food Programme, Oxfam, Food and Agriculture Organization, Save the Children
International Committee of the Red Cross, World Food Programme, Oxfam, Food and Agriculture Organization, Save the Children
The crisis in the Horn of Africa and the declaration of famine conditions in parts of Somalia in 2011 provided renewed impetus to break, once…