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Green Technology's Dark Side
Blog
The hype these days is to stop using those dirty fossil fuel driven cars and trucks and convert everyone to those clean electric vehicles. But…
Serving Refugee Communities with Tech, Energy Access, Entrepreneurship: Mastercard and USAID’s Collective Approach
Blog
As we mark World Refugee Day 2019 (June 20) and reflect on the fate of displaced communities all around the world, we are convinced, now…
Blockchain Is Great, but It Can't Solve Everything. Take Conflict Minerals.
Blog
Blockchain technology can help trace a product as it moves through a supply chain, but it cannot create trust where it’s often most needed.
Who's Interested in Afghanistan's Lithium?
Blog
What connects mobile phones, the Taliban, India and China? A metal called lithium.
Complexity Analysis of Sustainable Peace: Mathematical Models and Data Science Measurements
Briefs & Development
Peace is not merely the absence of war and violence, rather 'positive peace' is the political, economic, and social systems that generate and sustain peaceful…
A Transdisciplinary-Based Coupled Approach for Vulnerability Assessment in the Context of Natural Resource-Based Conflicts Using Remote Sensing, Spatial Statistics and Fuzzy Logic Adapted Model
Briefs & Development
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) stated that across the globe, at least 40% of all conflicts in the last 60 years are linked to…
Spatial and Political Factors in Forest Resource Conflicts: The Eastern Mau Forest Case 1992–2014
Briefs & Development
This paper examines conflicts and forest resource politics in Eastern Mau, which is part of the Mau forest complex in Kenya. Conflict hotspots are mapped…
The Middle East: Blue Strike List
Briefs & Development
The Global High-Level Panel on Water and Peace has observed that the increasing tendency to use water resources and infrastructure as targets or as weapons…
Water and Violence: Cyber Attacks and Cyber Warfare
Briefs & Development
The Global High Level Panel on Water and Peace called for protection of water resources and infrastructure from violent conflicts and terrorist acts. In this…
Fires in Protected Areas Reveal Unforeseen Costs of Colombian Peace
Briefs & Development
Armed conflict, and its end, can have powerful effects on natural resources, but the influence of war and peace on highly biodiverse tropical forests remains…
Conflict Between Indigenous Land Claims and Registered Title: Case Studies from Canada and Kenya
Briefs & Development
Two case narratives illustrate the difficulties in resolving historical land restitution in different contexts. Cases from Canada and Kenya illustrate how different land conflicts between…
The Blue Peace Index 2019
Databases
The Blue Peace Index assesses management of shared water resources across five pillars: Policy & legal frameworks, Institutional arrangements & participation, Water management instruments, Infrastructure…
Temperature Extremes, Global Warming, and Armed Conflict: New Insights From High Resolution Data
Briefs & Development
This paper contributes to the debate whether climate change and global warming cause conflicts by providing novel evidence about the role of extreme temperature events…
Fair and Equitable Approach Using GIS for Solving the Krishna River Conflict, India
Briefs & Development
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,…
Mapping Artisanal Mining Areas and Mineral Supply Chains in Eastern DR Congo
Briefs & Development
For ten years IPIS has researched, and gathered extensive data on, the linkage between conflict and mineral resources in the eastern Democratic Republic of the…
Exploring Community Resilience and Early Warning Solution for Flash Floods, Debris Flow and Landslides in Conflict Prone Villages of Badakhshan, Afghanistan
Briefs & Development
There is a visible paradigm shift in disaster research from hazard and vulnerability assessment to developing framework for community resilience. Further, there is growing recognization…
MapX: An Open Geospatial Platform to Manage, Analyze and Visualize Data on Natural Resources and the Environment
Briefs & Development
This paper describes MapX, a spatial data infrastructure that aims to support the sustainable use of natural resources and the environment by increasing access to…
Blood Diamonds to Blockchain Diamonds?
Blog
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
Blog
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
Blog
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
Blog
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…
This Website Can Tell You Who Owns Land in 60 Countries
Blog
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
Blog
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…
Strengthening Hydromet and Early Warning Services in Afghanistan: A Road Map
Briefs & Development
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…
Fires in Protected Areas Reveal Unforeseen Costs of Colombian Peace
Briefs & Development
Armed conflict, and its end, can have powerful effects on natural resources, but the influence of war and peace on highly biodiverse tropical forests remains…
Natural Resource Wars in the Shadow of the Future: Explaining Spatial Dynamics of Violence during Civil War
Briefs & Development
Previous studies on natural resources and civil wars find that the presence of natural resources increases both civil conflict risk and duration. At the same…
Terrorism, Geopolitics, and Oil Security: Using Remote Sensing to Estimate Oil Production of the Islamic State
Briefs & Development
As the world’s most traded commodity, oil production is typically well monitored and analyzed. It also has established links to geopolitics, international relations, and security. Despite this attention,…
Beyond Richardson: Modeling Conflict in a World of Complexity and Climate Change
Briefs & Development
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…
Global Water Monitor & Forecast Watch List
Briefs & Development
The ISciences Water Security Indicator Model (WSIM) monitors and forecasts water anomalies on a global basis. Each month ISciences produces data and a report that…
Rohingya Refugee Crisis and Forest Cover Change in Teknaf, Bangladesh
Briefs & Development
Following a targeted campaign of violence by Myanmar military, police, and local militias, more than half a million Rohingya refugees have fled to neighboring Bangladesh…