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Jun202014

PAX | Laid to Waste: depleted uranium contaminated military scrap in Iraq

Country, External Content, IraqBy ConEnvObsJune 20, 2014

The lack of a clear strategy to deal with the legacy of the use of depleted uranium (DU) munitions in Iraq, from either the Coalition Forces, the Coalition Provisional Authority or the Iraqi government, has resulted in the continued exposure of civilians to DU.

Jun52014

Holding private military contractors to account for toxic remnants of war

Blog, Military and the environment, TopicBy ConEnvObsJune 5, 2014

This blog investigates the worrying lack of regulation for the Private Military and Security Contractors who have played an increasingly significant role in recent conflicts. Lack of regulation and oversight has lead to serious incidences of environmental harm and with it harm to the health of military personnel, contractors and communities.

May302014

ILC | Preliminary report on the protection of the environment in relation to armed conflicts

External Content, Law and policy, TopicBy ConEnvObsMay 30, 2014

Report covers the initial phase of the work of the International Law Commission on the Protection of the environment in relation to armed conflicts, between 2011-2014.

Mar182014

Screening of new military materials for toxicity and environmental harm

Blog, Military and the environment, TopicBy ConEnvObsMarch 18, 2014

This blog considers the use and importance of screening systems for chemicals to identify potential health and environmental risks, in doing so it reviews examples from the civilian and military sphere but finds that standards don’t fully consider the protection of civilians.

Mar62014

Meron Tesfamichael | South Sudan and the complications of state building through peacebuilding

Country, External Content, South SudanBy ConEnvObsMarch 6, 2014

An analysis of the internal struggle to build the state of the new South Sudan and the international community’s assistance, which became a violent civil war of state formation.

Jun242013

UNEP | Natural Resource Management and Peacebuilding in Afghanistan

Afghanistan, Country, External ContentBy ConEnvObsJune 24, 2013

This report looked at the ways in which natural resource management—the institutions, policies and practices that govern land, water, forests, minerals, hydrocarbons—interact with violent conflict in Afghanistan.

Jun12013

Environment General Authority | Libya: The urgent transition to environmental sustainability

Country, External Content, LibyaBy ConEnvObsJune 1, 2013

This book offered signposts towards achieving Libyan environmental sustainability, finding that Libya was poised to become a world leader in sustainability should it have chosen to.

May222013

US, Finland, Sweden | Environmental Toolbox for Deploying Forces

External Content, Military and the environment, TopicBy ConEnvObsMay 22, 2013

Part of a long-term project between the US, Sweden and Finland to develop and promote common environmental standards for deployed militaries.

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