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Blood Diamonds to Blockchain Diamonds?
Sep 3, 2018
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Forbes Africa
Do you know where your diamonds come from? Ethically-sourced minerals and gems have gained a lot of traction of late. And increasingly, globally, consumers want…
Artificial Intelligence: Our Next Ally against Environmental Risks
Aug 21, 2018
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Lou del Bello
A glance at one satellite map of the Peruvian Amazon is enough to grasp the scale of devastation humans are causing to one of Earth's…
Open Mineral and ConsenSys Seek to Put the Blockchain in the Mineral Supply Chain
Jul 9, 2018
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Kyt Dotson
Open Mineral, an online metal and mineral exchange based in Switzerland, announced today the company’s upcoming launch of a distributed ledger blockchain platform to serve…
Why Blockchain Can Be an Effective Tool for Fighting Environmental Crime
May 10, 2018
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Samantha Radocchia
The effects of environmental crime and illicit trade are vast and often irreversible. For illustration, look no further than the recent death of the last…
Blockchain & the Gold Standard for a Conflict-Free Supply Chain
Apr 27, 2018
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Ariella Brown
Conflict minerals making their way into the electronic supply chain presents a challenge to companies that want to act both legally and ethically. Tracing such…
This Website Can Tell You Who Owns Land in 60 Countries
Feb 20, 2018
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CRL
Helping cultures and nations communicate with one another has traditionally been the responsibility of diplomats, but the Land Portal Foundation takes the position that strengthening…
New Data Highlight Afro-Descendant Territories without Legal Recognition, and the Threats They Face
Jan 9, 2018
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Mary Alice Jackson
New data gathered from Afro-descendant community councils and state records reveal that the Colombian government has failed to address 271 claims for collective Afro-descendant land…
The Environmental Consequences of the Use of Armed Drones
Oct 20, 2017
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Doug Weir
To date, debate over the implications of the growing use of armed drones has focused on human rights, on the expansion of the use of…
Hazardous Legacies: An Open-Source Overview of the Destruction of Deir ez-Zor’s Oil Industry
Oct 20, 2017
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Wim Zwijnenburg
Now that the so-called Islamic State (IS) is rapidly losing terrain in eastern Syria, a race is underway to capture the oil-rich Deir ez-Zor governorate.…
Jordan: Programme Associate (Geographic Information System & Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping) G6
Oct 20, 2017
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World Food Programme
The United Nations World Food Programme is the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. The mission of WFP is to help the world achieve Zero…
Big Data’s Big Role in Reducing Water Stress
Sep 6, 2017
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Nitin Donde
Water stress is not an arcane term just used by hydrologists. It is defined as the inability to meet the ‘human and ecological demand for…
High-Tech Agriculture Can Prevent Oncoming Global Water Wars
Dec 23, 2016
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Rupesh Paudyal
Forget about oil or gas – you should be worrying about the less discussed but far more concerning fact that the world is running out…
Environmental Damage as a Weapon of War? Open Source Industrial Risk Analysis of the Mosul Battle
Oct 25, 2016
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Wim Zwijnenburg
The start of the operation to retake Mosul from the Islamic State (IS) has seen unprecedented use of environmental pollution as a means to hinder…
Afghanistan: Mineral-Rich, Conflict Torn Electronics Treasure Trove
Sep 6, 2016
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Jennifer Baljko
Besides oil, gas, and minerals such as as gold, copper and tantalum, a 2010, New York Times article cited an internal Pentagon memo stating that Afghanistan was…
Online Identification of Conflict Related Environmental Damage
Dec 18, 2015
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Wim Zwinenburg and Eliot Higgins
In this blog, Wim Zwinenburg (PAX) and Eliot Higgins (Bellingcat) discuss the open source intelligence tools that they used to recover data on environmental damage…
Climate Data Can Be Critical in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States – Here’s How to Get It
Oct 5, 2015
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Schuyler Null
When war breaks out, what happens to the weather forecast? Violent conflict disrupts many essential services in developing countries and one of the most overlooked…
Judging the Civilian and Environmental Risks of Cyber Warfare
Jun 12, 2015
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Doug Weir
How much of a threat do cyber attacks on industrial infrastructure pose to civilians and the environment? More to the point, how do we judge…
Conflict, Forced Migration and Property Claims
Jun 10, 2015
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Sandra Joireman and Jon Unruh
Amidst widespread fighting in Iraq and Syria, millions of distressed civilians have fled their homes. In Yemen as well, war has led to mass displacement…
Fragile States Use Geospatial Data and Maps to Better Manage Natural Resources
May 6, 2015
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Alex Fischer
The g7+ countries (a voluntary grouping of 20 states affected by fragility) have recognized that one of the first step towards addressing the challenges identified in natural…
Remote Data Team Helped Put Haiti back on the Map
Mar 18, 2015
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Alex Fischer
A piece from the Earth Institute Haiti Dialogue Series: Now in its third year, having hosted more than 20 sessions, the Haiti Dialogue Series hosts forums that…