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Issue #277 – Aug 20, 2024 |
AnnouncementsCall for Contributions to the Glossary of Environmental Peacebuilding Terms July 24, 2024 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association The Environmental Peacebuilding Association is excited to announce the launch of a process to develop a Glossary of Environmental Peacebuilding Terms and to invite contributions to this collaborative effort.Pakistan: Action Against Hunger Is Helping Women in Pakistan Grow Saline Tolerant Crops Gabby Lozano, Food Tank Action Against Hunger (ACF), an international humanitarian organization, is helping women in Sindh, Pakistan become self-sufficient by teaching them how to grow saline tolerant crops. |
LibraryIn the last two weeks, 19 new publications were added to our online library of materials on environmental peacebuilding. Here is a sampling of the new additions: January 1, 2024 | Kaixian Li, Dongyu Wang, Tong Xu, and Yuqi Zhang “Resource curse hypothesis” has been extensively pondered in extant literature. However, less attention has been given to political risks and financial development (FD) in the Middle East and North African countries (MENA). |
JobsPlease visit our jobs page to view these positions and other job opportunities. On International Day, Ban calls for protection of natural resources in war-torn countries November 6, 2013 | United Nations No Need to Dig: Many of Africa’s Fastest-growing Economies Have Not Relied on Oil or Mining November 2, 2013 | The Economist AFRICA is a continent rich in minerals and oil. China has an economy that requires them in abundance. |
Blogs & OpinionIn the last two weeks, 5 blogs & opinion pieces on environmental peacebuilding were posted on our website. Abyei opts to join South Sudan in unofficial referendum October 31, 2013 | BBC News Residents of the disputed region of Abyei have voted overwhelmingly to join South Sudan in an unofficial referendum. But the Arabic-speaking Misseriya nomadic community favouring union with Sudan boycotted the vote.Burma’s Old Guard Clings to $8B Jade Empire September 30, 2013 | The Irrawaddy HPAKANT, Kachin State — Tin Tun picked all night through teetering heaps of rubble to find the palm-sized lump of jade he now holds in his hand.Syria: Drought Helped Cause Syria’s War. Will Climate Change Bring More Like It? September 10, 2013 | Brad Plumer, Washington Post Francesco Femia and Caitlin Werrell are co-founders of the D. C. -based Center for Climate and Security, a think tank focused on the interactions between climate change and security issues.Q&A: Aynak and Mining in Afghanistan April 2, 2013 | The World Bank Aynak is a large undeveloped copper resource, located about 40 km southeast of Kabul in Afghanistan’s Logar province.Afghanistan: Afghanistan's Forests a Casualty of Timber Smuggling March 18, 2013 | Sean Carberry, WBFO Despite Afghanistan's fierce winter, it's rare to find a house with insulation or a modern heating system. |
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Compiled by Buket Altınçelep, Jennah Colborn, Bryan Fok, Carrie Hanks, Liz Hessami, Aianna Siembab, Avery Thau, Cecilia Thomsak, Milen Yishak, and Julie Yoon |
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