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Category Archives: External Content

Feb92018

Mongabay | Scorched earth: Colombia’s ‘refugee farmers’ returning to land

Colombia, Country, External ContentBy ConEnvObsFebruary 9, 2018

After five decades of civil war, Colombia is holding more than seven million displaced people, second only to Syria worldwide, now they are returning home.

Feb72018

Georgetown Public Policy Review | Motivations unearthed: re-contextualizing the war in Afghanistan

Afghanistan, Country, External ContentBy ConEnvObsFebruary 7, 2018

While much has been written about the United States’ security and geopolitical motivations for the War in Afghanistan, relatively little literature exists on the conflict’s mineral factor, this analysis identified how the past three administrations shaped their policy directives around Afghanistan’s mineral deposits.

Feb42018

Washington Post | The Islamic State’s toxic farewell: Environmental sabotage and chronic disease

Country, External Content, IraqBy ConEnvObsFebruary 4, 2018

The Islamic State footprint on Iraq’s environment may be unprecedented and permanent, with a toxic legacy that includes wide-scale cattle deaths, fields that no longer yield edible crops and chronic breathing complications in children and the elderly, doctors and experts said.

Jan302018

UNEA-3 | Resolution: Pollution mitigation and control in areas affected by armed conflict or terrorism

External Content, Law and policy, TopicBy ConEnvObsJanuary 30, 2018

This resolution was triggered by the widespread pollution caused by Islamic State in Iraq, it sought to draw attention to wide range of factors that cause pollution in conflict and strengthen the response by states and UN Environment to the health and environmental risks posed by the toxic remnants of war.

Jan202018

DfID | Understanding Market Drivers in Syria

Country, External Content, SyriaBy ConEnvObsJanuary 20, 2018

The overall objective of this research was to provide evidenced recommendations on programmes and policy that could sustain markets inside Syria, as a means to increase food-insecure communities’ resilience to the conflict.

Jan72018

Foreign Policy Concepts | A Look At Iraq’s Water Crisis And Geopolitics Of Irrigation

Country, External Content, IraqBy ConEnvObsJanuary 7, 2018

Interview with Dr. Hassan Janabi, Iraq’s Minister of Water Resources on the developing water crisis in the country.

Dec292017

Pulitzer Center | ‘It’s a Perverse System’: How Colombia’s Farmers Are Reforesting Their Logged Land

Colombia, Country, External ContentBy ConEnvObsDecember 29, 2017

Land grabs, government policies and a lack of governance in the regions are all placing Colombia’s environment at risk.

Dec202017

Mongabay | Armed conflict was not always ‘good’ for preventing deforestation in Colombia

Colombia, Country, External ContentBy ConEnvObsDecember 20, 2017

Insights into the factors affecting deforestation in areas of Colombia under the control of armed groups and the government.

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