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Register Now for the Second International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding!
Nov 16, 2021
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Environmental Peacebuilding Association® and the Graduate Institute for International and Development Studies
The Environmental Peacebuilding Association® (EnPAx™), the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, and our partners invite people to register for the 2nd International Conference…
Preliminary Agenda Posted for Second International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding
Nov 2, 2021
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Environmental Peacebuilding Association and the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
The Environmental Peacebuilding Association® (EnPAx™) and the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies are delighted to share the preliminary agenda for the 2nd International…
Harnessing Drones, Geophysics and Artificial Intelligence to Root out Land Mines
Sep 21, 2021
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Kevin Krajick, Columbia Climate School
Armed with a newly minted undergraduate degree in geology, Jasper Baur is in the mining business. Not those mines where we extract metals or minerals;…
Climate Change: Climate Change Related Conflicts Gradually Gripping Communities
Sep 20, 2021
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Peter Makwanya, Newsday
The destructive nature of climate change impacts on ecological diversity are being witnessed around the globe. The climate-induced floods, hailstorms, droughts, heatwaves, hunger and famine,…
Energy: Commodity Giants Race to Clean up Mineral Supply Chains amid Green Energy Boom
Sep 15, 2021
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Jessica Davis Plüss, SWI
To meet global climate change targets, demand for minerals and metals like cobalt, copper, and nickel used in green technologies like rechargeable batteries is expected…
Climate Change: How Australia’s Stance on Climate Change Has Impacted on National Security
Sep 14, 2021
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Nastasha Tupas, Defence Connect
A new report by the Climate Council has found that Australia’s geopolitical influence has been impacted following data showing its analysis of climate and security…
How Drones Are Impacting Land Mine Reduction Globally
Aug 1, 2021
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sUAS News
In late November 2019, the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining organized the “Mine Action Technology Workshop,” where Humanity & Inclusion and Mobility Robotics presented data to…
DRC: Hard to Breathe: Gold Mining Damages Miners, Forests
Jul 31, 2021
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Noella Nyirabihogo, Global Press Journal
Mining has ravaged the soil that locals had used to farm. So instead, they join the hunt for gold. And the consequences continue to mount…
Russia Diamond Miner Alrosa Offers New Tracking Technology
Jul 5, 2021
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Yuliya Fedorinova, Bloomberg
Russia’s Alrosa PJSC is offering diamond buyers a new laser-marking technology that will allow customers to trace rough stones and polished gems from the mine…
Ethiopia/Sudan: Sudan and Ethiopia’s Dispute in Fertile Border Area Threatens Regional Stability
Jul 2, 2021
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Mohammed Amin, Middle East Eye
A more than a century-old dispute between Sudan and Ethiopia over the Sudanese border region of al-Fashaga had been lying relatively dormant for more than…
Wildlife: British Aircraft Carrier Base Threatens Endangered Whales
Jun 3, 2021
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Phil Miller, Daily Maverick
A new port for British warships in the Gulf state of Oman is being built on a key migration path for a rare breed of…
Climate Change: NGA Crunching Climate Change Data for National Security Decision-Making
Jun 3, 2021
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Lisbeth Perez, MeriTalk
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is looking at unclassified data sources to broaden its understanding of climate change – an issue that one NGA official…
DRC: Blockchain-based Traceability Firm by an African NBA Legend to Help Track Ethical Cobalt Mining Projects in The Congo
May 30, 2021
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Insight
Bluetech, an investment firm owned by NBA legend, Dikembe Mutombo, says it has invested about $1 billion in ethical cobalt mining projects, a part of…
Cameroon: Sexual Violence Pervasive in Cameroon’s Anglophone Regions
May 29, 2021
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Jess Craig, Al Jazeera
Every day, Gladys, a 33-year-old vendor in Buea, the capital of Cameroon’s Southwest region, heads to Muea market to sell vegetables, sweets and other food…
Myanmar: Kachin Farmers Occupy Land Seized by Myanmar Military-Linked Company
May 20, 2021
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Irrawaddy
Kachin State farmers are recapturing their land, confiscated under the previous military regime by the Yuzana Company in 2006, after the Kachin Independence Army (KIA)…
Conflict Minerals: Glencore, Umicore to Trace Battery Cobalt with Blockchain Technology
May 20, 2021
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Reuters
Mining and trading company Glencore and other miners are joining forces with battery material supplier Umicore to make the cobalt used in electric cars traceable…
DRC: NBA Hall of Famer and Global Philanthropist, Dikembe Mutombo and Partners, to Invest US$1 Billion in Ethical Mining Projects in Democratic Republic of the Congo to Support Electric Vehicles and Other Technologies
Apr 27, 2021
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PR Newswire
Dikembe Mutombo, Chairman of Bluetech Investments, and international groups of investors from the United States, Hong Kong, and Germany, have announced over a US$1 Billion…
Mozambique: Gas Fields and Jihad: Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado Becomes a Resource-Rich War Zone
Apr 26, 2021
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Ashoka Mukpo, Mongabay
On Monday, French energy giant Total declared force majeure on its multibillion-dollar light natural gas (LNG) project in northern Mozambique, formally withdrawing all of its…
Myanmar: US Hits State-Owned Myanmar Gem Firm with Coup Sanctions
Apr 8, 2021
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Matthew Lee, Associated Press
The Biden administration on Thursday hit Myanmar’s junta with new sanctions in response to February’s coup in the Southeast Asian nation. The State and Treasury…
DRC: Gécamines Takes over the Artisanal Cobalt Mining Sector
Apr 8, 2021
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Christophe Le Bec, Africa Report
Officially launched on 31 March, EGC - a new subsidiary of Gécamines - is intended to formalise and clean up a previously opaque artisanal mining…
New NASA Maps Will Help Liberia Chart Course for a Sustainable Future
Mar 22, 2021
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Kiley Price
Within Liberia’s borders lies one of the last strongholds of intact forests in West Africa. But as Liberia’s economy recovers following years of civil war, experts fear that these…
Call for Proposals: Digital Technologies for Environmental Peacebuilding: Sustaining Peace in the Digital Age
Mar 19, 2021
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Environmental Peacebuilding Association and UN Environment Programme
In the span of only a few decades, new big data ecosystems and a combination of frontier technologies, including social media, artificial intelligence, blockchain, earth…
Sudan: Sudan to Develop Gold Mines Once Linked to Warlord’s Family
Mar 15, 2021
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Mohammed Alamin, Bloomberg
Sudan dispatched a research team to revitalize a network of gold mines in Darfur previously linked to the family of the country’s most powerful militia…
Liberia: Economics of Nature: Mapping Liberia's Ecosystems to Understand Their Value
Mar 15, 2021
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Sofie Bates, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Conservation scientist Trond Larsen and his team trekked through a remote forest in Liberia, recording the plants, animals, and insects that they saw. They noted…
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…
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…
Leverage COVID-19 Data Collection Networks for Environmental Peacebuilding
Feb 7, 2021
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Carsten Pran
Environmental peacebuilding could benefit from COVID-era data innovation. A well-documented obstacle environmental peacebuilders face is a lack of shared, empirical datasets among parties engaged in, recovering from,…
Sudan/South Sudan: Sudan and South Sudan Sign Oil Production Agreement
Jan 18, 2021
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Construction Review Online
East African countries Sudan and South Sudan have signed a number of agreements that involve oil production in the two countries. The countries have agreed…
Liberia: Government of Liberia Launches Processes Leading to Digitization and Systematic Land Titling
Jan 18, 2021
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Obediah Johnson, FrontPage Africa
In a bid to help curtail the growing wave of land disputes and boost revenue generation in the country, the Government of Liberia (GOL), through…
South Sudan: South Sudan Resumes Environmental Audit in Oil-Field Areas
Jan 14, 2021
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Xinhua
South Sudan on Thursday resumed its plan to boost environmental audit in oil-producing regions following public uproar over poor waste management. Puot Kang Chol, Petroleum…