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Apr 1, 2025 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association

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“Environment and Security” is the leading global outlet for peer-reviewed…

Egypt/Ethiopia/Sudan: How Science Could Resolve Africa’s Largest Water Dispute

Mar 27, 2025 | University of Southern California

A new study proposes a science-based policy for operating the Nile River’s mega-dams during prolonged droughts, aiming to balance Ethiopia’s need for hydropower with Egypt’s…

Conflict Minerals: In Data: Mining Disputes Rising amid Rush for Critical Minerals

Mar 21, 2025 | Diana Baptista, Context

There is growing opposition to the exploitation of critical minerals like cobalt and lithium, according to research by the Institute of Development Studies, a research…

Gender, AI, and Disaster Response: Navigating the Risks of Technological Innovation Amidst Climate Breakdown

Mar 18, 2025 | Maryruth Belsey Priebe

The frequency and severity of climate-related disasters has risen alongside a growing deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) to improve disaster response and recovery operations. Disaster…

Cyber and Climate Threats: Shared Risks, Resilience, and Response Strategies

Mar 5, 2025 | Carolyn Gruber and Allison Pytlak

Cybersecurity and climate security may seem unrelated, but both pose escalating risks that demand innovative, cross-sector solutions. The Stimson Center’s Cyber and Environmental Security Programs…

Global Biodiversity at a Crossroads: The Need for Data in Conservation and Peacebuilding

Mar 3, 2025 | VisionRI

The World Bank’s study highlights the urgent need for reliable biodiversity data to drive conservation efforts, especially in conflict zones and transboundary ecosystems. It argues…

Liberia: EPA, Partners Launch Geospatial Training to Boost Forest Monitoring

Feb 18, 2025 | Blamo N. Toe, Liberian Investigator

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of Liberia, in collaboration with Novasphere, has launched a one-week geospatial training program aimed at enhancing forest monitoring capabilities. Hosted…

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Feb 4, 2025 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association

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DRC: The Impact of Conflict Minerals on Technology: A Closer Look at Tantalum from DR Congo

Feb 1, 2025 | Global Herald

Currently, the DRC is experiencing ongoing conflict, with significant implications for tantalum extraction. Recent military actions by the M23 rebel group have drawn international attention,…

Liberia: FDA Okays Export of over 250 Illegal Logs

Jan 29, 2025 | Esau J. Farr, The Daylight

The Forestry Development Authority (FDA) permitted a company to export round logs mid-last year. However, the regulator ignored its computerized system—known as LiberTrace—red-flagged over 60 percent…

Towards a Climate Security Observatory 2.0: Lessons from a Year of Implementation

Jan 7, 2025 | CGIAR

In 2023, the Climate Security Observatory (CSO) launched its first public version, aiming to bridge the gap between climate science and resilient peace. After a…

Seeking Translation Assistance for Environmental Peacebuilding Glossary of Terms and Concepts

Jan 6, 2025 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association

The Environmental Peacebuilding Association (EnPAx) is leading the development of an Environmental Peacebuilding Glossary of Terms and Concepts.  The Glossary will be published by Routledge,…

Call for Nominations: Al Moumin Award for Thought Leadership in Environmental Peacebuilding

Dec 12, 2024 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association

The Environmental Peacebuilding Association (EnPAx) is seeking nominations for the 2025 Al-Moumin Award and Distinguished Lecture on Environmental Peacebuilding. The award and lecture are named…

Afghanistan: How Data Analysis, Community Engagement, and GIS Delivered a Reliable Water Source to an Afghan Community

Nov 25, 2024 | Alice Brindley and Bella Brittan, DAI

In early 2024, the Afghanistan Value Chains Program (AVCP), funded by the US Agency for International Development (USAID), launched an initiative in northern Afghanistan aimed…

Seeking Translation Assistance for Environmental Peacebuilding Glossary of Terms and Concepts

Nov 19, 2024 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association

The Environmental Peacebuilding Association (EnPAx) is leading the development of an Environmental Peacebuilding Glossary of Terms and Concepts.  The Glossary will be published by Routledge,…

Afghanistan: Geospatial Analysis Conveys Current Conditions under the Taliban

Nov 13, 2024 | Olivier Cottray

When the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in August 2021, one of its first policies was to ban poppy cultivation. The halt in a trade…

Advancing an Internet Research Agenda for CGIAR FOCUS Climate Security

Oct 31, 2024 | Ibukun Taiwo

As digital platforms increasingly influence social interactions, social scientists have had to evolve their methodologies to capture this transformation. At CGIAR FOCUS Climate Security, the…

Liberia: Foresters Trained to Identify Timber Using Technology amid Smuggling Rise

Oct 16, 2024 | FrontPage Africa

The United States Forest Service (USFS) has sponsored the training of seven Liberian foresters in identifying timber species using science-based technology through smartphones as part of the…

Laos: New Data on Agent Orange Use during the US’s Secret War in Laos

Oct 7, 2024 | Philipp Barthelme

During the Vietnam War, the US military sprayed more than 74 million litres of Agent Orange and other herbicides, causing detrimental and ongoing environmental and…

Detecting Yemen’s Informal Dumpsites from Space

Oct 1, 2024 | Hanna Schulten

The war in Yemen has profoundly affected solid waste management, increasing open dumping and with it risks to the environment and public health. In this…

Ukraine/Russia: Planet’s Astounding Satellite Images Map Russian War Crimes in Ukraine

Sep 30, 2024 | Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes

Right after Planet Labs sealed an agreement to supply NATO with its remarkable satellite imagery, which tracks rockets and cosmodromes, ships and submarines across the…

NOW LIVE: EnPAx MOOC on Environmental Security and Sustaining Peace

Sep 17, 2024 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association (EnPAx) and SDGAcademyX

EnPAx and SDGAcademyX are pleased to announce that our historic, popular course on Environmental Security and Sustaining Peace is now live.  This fifth iteration of…

War and Climate Change Intensify Global Water-Related Conflicts

Sep 16, 2024 | Neeraja Kulkarni

The Pacific Institute recently updated its Water Conflict Chronology—a database of water-conflict events that began to take form in the 1980s. The recent updates include…

SAVE THE DATE: EnPAx Announces Dates for the Fourth International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding

Sep 2, 2024 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association and the University of Ottawa

Plan to connect and be inspired!  Plan your travel budgets.  Plan your research.  Plan to attend the Fourth International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding! 

The Environmental Peacebuilding Association…

Colombia: Renewable Energy in Colombia Boosted with a Line of Financing

Aug 5, 2024 | Prensa Latina

Any local government authority in Colombia will be able to access, from today on, a new line of financing for the development of generation projects…

Will Critical Minerals Be Another Poisoned Chalice for Africa?

Jul 28, 2024 | James Boafo and Rochelle Spencer

The world's journey to a decarbonised energy future requires a shift towards the development of low-carbon technologies. The development of these low-carbon technologies in the…

Call for Contributions to the Glossary of Environmental Peacebuilding Terms

Jul 24, 2024 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association

The Environmental Peacebuilding Association is excited to announce the launch of a process to develop a Glossary of Environmental Peacebuilding Terms and to invite contributions…

Low-Income Countries Host 75% of EJAtlas' Environmental Conflicts

Jun 12, 2024 | Mirage

The Environmental Justice Atlas (EJAtlas), created by researchers at the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB), has documented…

DRC: Blockchain Ensures Conflict-Free Gold from DRC: Society Artisanal and Minespider Partnership

Jun 8, 2024 | Kelly Cromley, CoinTrust

Society Artisanal, an organization dedicated to exporting conflict-free artisanal gold from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has announced a collaboration with Minespider, a technology…

Women and Indigenous Peoples in Bolivia Resist Dispossession of Resource-Rich Lands

Jun 8, 2024 | Franz Chávez

There is a natural relationship between women and their attachment to the land, the natural environment, clean water, and uncontaminated food, agreed the women interviewed…