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Toward the Remote Monitoring of Armed Conflicts

Briefs & Development
The war in Ukraine has pushed the role of satellite imagery in armed conflicts into the spotlight. For a long time, satellite images were primarily…


Knowledge Gaps in the Nexus of Climate, Peace and Security

Briefs & Development
There is a growing body of research on the relationship between climate change and peace and security. Research shows that the effects of climate change…


Blockchain for Environmental Peacebuilding: Application in Water Management

Briefs & Development
The purpose of this paper is to spur further exploration of blockchain technologies for environmental peacebuilding, specifically through water management. Although the environmental peacebuilding field…


Climate Change and Fragility: Improving Early Warning and Climate-Proofing Development and Conflict Interventions (chapter in "Handbook of Fragile States")

Briefs & Development
Climate change knows no political boundaries, yet political boundaries shape much of the response (or lack of response) to that change. In recent years, rapid…


Liberia: Mapping Nature for People and Planet in Liberia - A Project to Create 'Maps of Hope'

International
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Liberia's Environment Protection Agency (EPA) bring together decision makers to map the country's essential regions for biodiversity, climate…


Sierra Leone: Whose Land Is It, Anyway? Sierra Leone Gives Locals a Voice.

International
Many parts of Sierra Leone have been ravaged by foreign mining firms seeking gold, diamonds, and bauxite, among other minerals, and by palm oil plantations.…


Call for Abstracts on Climate Migration, Conflict, and Peace (for a Special Issue of "Environment and Security")

Announcement
The forthcoming journal Environment and Security is seeking abstracts for proposed papers on climate migration, conflict, and peace.  The selected papers will be included in…


Ghana: First Fully Traceable Mineral Extracted in Ghana

International
For the first time in Ghana’s mining history, Minexx, in collaboration with Solidaridad, a civil society organisation, has successfully exported 11.62 grams of gold fully…


Colombia: Colombians Are Occupying Land to Protest Inequality. Here’s the History.

International
In Colombia, Indigenous, peasant and Afro-descendant groups have escalated land occupations in recent months, seeking to ensure the government carries out long-standing land redistribution promises.…


Liberia: Govt Commits US$ 50,000 for Environmental Knowledge Management System Sustainability

International
The Government of Liberia through the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning has committed US$ 50,000 for the management and sustainability of the Environmental Knowledge…


DRC: Can the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Mineral Resources Provide a Pathway to Peace?

International
Minerals like lithium and cobalt are key components in the batteries that could support the world’s transition away from fossil fuels. The Democratic Republic of…


Call for Nominations: Al-Moumin Award and Distinguished Lecture on Environmental Peacebuilding [Deadline: October 15, 2022]

Announcement
The Environmental Peacebuilding Association is seeking nominations for the Al-Moumin Award and Distinguished Lecture on Environmental Peacebuilding. The award and lecture are named after Dr.…


Gambia: ‘Mainstreaming Gender in Climate Change Mitigation is Our Priority’

International


“Environment and Security” Now Accepting Journal Submissions!

Announcement
Be a part of the historic launch of the new journal, Environment and Security!  Environment and Security will be the leading global outlet for peer-reviewed research…


Colombia: Colombia Enlists Ripple Labs to Put Land Deeds on Blockchain

International
Colombia’s authorities has launched a partnership with Ripple Labs, the corporate behind the cryptocurrency XRP, to place land titles on the blockchain, a part of…


Ukraine/Russia/Sudan: Russia Is Plundering Gold in Sudan to Boost Putin's War Effort in Ukraine

International
Days after Moscow launched its bloody war on Ukraine, a Russian cargo plane stood on a Khartoum runway, a strip of tarmac surrounded by red-orange…


Colombia: Colombian Government Issues Guidelines for Blockchain Projects

International
More governments are introducing blockchain technology into projects where transparency and decentralization matter. The Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications (MINTC) of Colombia has issued…


Climate Change: Geoff Dabelko Sees Opportunity and Collaboration in Complex Nature of Climate Crises

International
Ohio University Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Service professor Geoff Dabelko has spent most of his summer on the road collaborating with international and…


Colombia: Government of Colombia Set to Utilize XRPL Blockchain for Land Registry

International
After a yr of labor, Ripple companion Peersyst Know-how, a Barcelona-based software program improvement agency, has introduced the launch of Colombia’s first Nationwide Land Registry…


Ukraine: Plans to Rebuild Ukraine Should Address Environment, EU Commissioner Says

International
Plans to rebuild Ukraine will need to address restoring the country's war-torn ecosystems, the EU Commissioner for the Environment has said. Virginijus Sinkevicius warned the…


Veterans Exposed to Agent Orange, Radiation, Toxic Water Included in Landmark Burn Pit Bill

International
In addition to improving access to benefits for post-9/11 veterans exposed to burn pits, the sweeping toxic exposure legislation approved 84-14 by the Senate on…


Climate Change: New Accessible Mapping Tool Helps Identify Hotspots of Climate, Conflict Stresses

International


Environmental Peacebuilding Association and SAGE Publishing Announce New Journal "Environment and Security"

Announcement
The Environmental Peacebuilding Association (EnPAx) and SAGE Publishing are partnering to launch a new peer-reviewed journal, Environment and Security – the first peer-reviewed journal dedicated…


Second International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding

Event
The Environmental Peacebuilding Association® (EnPAx™) and the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) are delighted to announce that the Second International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding will…


Request for Proposals to Host the Third and Fourth International Conferences on Environmental Peacebuilding

Announcement
The Board of Directors of the Environmental Peacebuilding Association® (EnPAx™) hereby requests proposals to host the next two International Conferences on Environmental Peacebuilding. The Third…


Projecting Long-Term Armed Conflict Risk: An Underappreciated Field of Inquiry?

Briefs & Development
Little research has been done on projecting long-term conflict risks. Such projections are currently neither included in the development of socioeconomic scenarios or climate change…


Housing, Land and Property as War-Financing Commodities: A Typology with Lessons from Darfur, Colombia, and Syria

Briefs & Development
The ongoing use of landscape-based conflict commodities -- diamonds and other minerals, timber, wildlife, etc. -- to finance wars continues to evolve. The success with…


Liberia: CADASTA Foundation, Partners Launch Community Land Intervention Monitoring and Management Tools for Liberia Land Authority

International
The Liberia Land Authority (LLA) has benefited from Community Land Intervention Monitoring and Management Tools (CLIMT) launched through its partners, CADASTA, Lantmateriet and the Swedish…


Afghanistan: Afghanistan Opium Trade Booms Since Taliban Takeover

International
More Afghans facing extreme poverty are turning to opium production as a means of survival. Despite promises to the contrary, the Taliban are unlikely to…


Liberia: Important Step towards Land Ownership for Rural Population in Liberia

International
A web-based geodata solution has been launched in Liberia to support people’s land ownership rights by improving cooperation between the Liberia Land Authority (LLA) and…