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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…
Online Identification of Conflict Related Environmental Damage
Briefs & Development
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…
Use of Upgraded Evidence in Cadaster Approaches for Syrian Refugee Return
Briefs & Development
The enormity of the Syrian refugee crisis in Turkey, Jordan and Lebanon, together with the difficulties of their livelihoods and the burden placed on host…
2015 Global Hunger Index: Armed Conflict and the Challenge of Hunger
Briefs & Development
The developing world has made progress in reducing hunger since 2000. The 2015 Global Hunger Index (GHI) shows that the level of hunger in developing…
Using Water Insecurity to Predict Domestic Water Demand in the Palestinian West Bank
Briefs & Development
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]
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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…
Use of Upgraded Evidence in Cadaster Approaches for Syrian Refugee Return
Briefs & Development
The enormity of the Syrian refugee crisis in Turkey, Jordan and Lebanon, together with the difficulties of their livelihoods and the burden placed on host…
Geographies of Conflict
Briefs & Development
Ghana and Peru have experienced dramatic growth in their mining and hydrocarbons sectors in recent years, and both countries have also experienced conflict between local…
How Conflict Minerals Funded a War That Killed Millions, and Why Tech Giants are Finally Cleaning Up Their Act
Briefs & Development
The minerals from the DRC's mines have changed hands innumerable times on their journey to our PCs and phones. After being dug up in central…
The Role of Land Records in Support of Post-Conflict Land Administration: A Case Study of Rwanda in Gasabo District
Briefs & Development
Land records in post-conflict land administration are considered as proof of ownership right in land and boundaries. Therefore, this research has classified land records into…
Early Warning Early Action in East Africa: Mechanisms for Rapid Decision Making
Briefs & Development
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…
An Exploratory Spatial Analysis of Illegal Coca Cultivation in Colombia Using Local Indicators of Spatial Association and Socioecological Variables
Briefs & Development
The cultivation of coca (Erythroxylon coca) by smallholders represents the first step in the world’s largest illegal agribusiness: cocaine. The literature on illicit crops generally…
Evidencing the Restitution Landscape: Pre-emptive and Advance Techniques for War-torn Land and Property Rights Reacquisition
Briefs & Development
The enormity of civilian population dislocation during armed conflicts, and the importance – yet difficulty – of reattaching people to lands and properties subsequent to…
The Earth Security Index 2014
Toolkits & Guidance
Our world is in the midst of a major geopolitical shift. New emerging powers are becoming important actors in a multi-polar international system, many of which are facing resource…
Human Dimensions of Land Use and Land Cover Change Related to Civil Unrest in the Imatong Mountains of South Sudan
Briefs & Development
Civil unrest disrupts not only the lives of people in the impacted area, but also the environment in ways not well understood. While armed conflict…
Geostatistical Assessment of the Impact of World War I on the Spatial Occurrence of Soil Heavy Metals
Briefs & Development
Previous research showed a regional Cu enrichment of 6 mg kg(-1) in the top soil of the Ypres war zone (Belgium), caused by corrosion of…
Registering the Human Terrian: A Valuation of Cadastre
Toolkits & Guidance
By tying a name to a place, a cadastre can answer the difficult “who” question: who is behind a given problem? A cadastre can also…
Drawing a Line under the Crisis: Reconciling Returnee Land Access and Security in Post-Conflict Rwanda
Briefs & Development
This report is part of a broader comparative effort by the Overseas Development Institute’s Humanitarian Policy Group on Land Tenure in Conflict and Post-Conflict Situations,…
Returnee Land Access: Lessons from Rwanda
Briefs & Development
This background briefing reports on a study of land access for returnees in Rwanda, and the impacts of land access policies in the post-conflict period.…
Modernizing Insecurity: The Land Titling Project in Honduras
Briefs & Development
The Honduran land titling project (the Proyecto de Titulación de Tierra para los Pequeños Productores), initiated in 1982, was intended to enhance security in land rights,…
Environmental Justice Atlas [Interactive Map]
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The EJ Atlas is a teaching, networking and advocacy resource. Strategists, activist organizers, scholars, and teachers will find many uses for the database, as well…