The Conflict and Environment Academic Network (CEAN) is a community for academics and researchers engaged in the environmental monitoring and assessment of armed conflicts.

The network aims to catalyse and strengthen the growth of monitoring environmental change in conflict settings as a new discipline by:

  • Creating a space to share research, experiences, ideas and data;
  • Acting as a launch pad for network-building, new research directions and projects;
  • Using our collective works to advocate for the environment in conflict, pushing it up the policy and research agendas.

Monitoring of the environment encompasses diverse sub-disciplines and we are open to everything from air quality to zoology. Armed conflicts at all scales generate immediate as well as reverberating consequences for the environment, and our interests extend from near real-time monitoring, to geographically or temporally disparate outcomes and trends.

CEAN is open to all engaged in research, though primarily at those in or facing academia. We particularly welcome members from conflict-affected areas and/or under represented communities, as well as early career researchers. Membership is free and if you would like to join, please complete this form.

We hold quarterly online meetings and provide a weekly email digest. We also have a group on LinkedIn. CEAN was launched in December 2023 and is currently hosted by CEOBS, a UK research charity. For more info, read our review – CEAN: One year in. CEAN is currently unfunded and we welcome enquiries from potential funders or donors.

For all enquiries rob[at]ceobs.org

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Publications feed

Recent and open special issues in scope of the network:

‘Extralegal land uses: Impacts of illicit activities and armed conflicts on landscapes‘, Journal of Land Use Science
‘Land Cover and Land Use Change in Conflicted Societies‘, Science of Remote Sensing
‘Legacy of Warfare on the World’s Forests‘, Trees, Forests and People

We maintain a curated list of publications from the previous calendar year which are within the scope of CEAN. See the list from 2023.

Want to add your paper or spot anything missing? Get in touch with rob[at]ceobs.org

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Asi, Y. et al. (2024) ‘“Nowhere and no one is safe”: spatial analysis of damage to critical civilian infrastructure in the Gaza Strip during the first phase of the Israeli military campaign, 7 October to 22 November 2023’, Conflict and Health. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13031-024-00580-x.
Barthelme, P. et al. (2024) ‘Detecting Vietnam War bomb craters in declassified historical KH-9 satellite imagery’, Science of Remote Sensing. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.srs.2024.100143.
Eklund, L., Mohr, B. and Dinc, P. (2024) ‘Cropland abandonment in the context of drought, economic restructuring, and migration in northeast Syria’, Environmental Research Letters. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad1723.
Meaza, H. et al. (2024) ‘Managing the environmental impacts of war: What can be learned from conflict-vulnerable communities?’, Science of The Total Environment. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.171974.
Méndez-Garzón, F.A., Murillo-Sandoval, P.J. and Valánszki, I. (2024) ‘The unidirectional relationship between forest disturbance and armed conflict in the Andean Paramo’, Trees, Forests and People. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tfp.2024.100628.
Slessarev, E.W. et al. (2025) ‘Application of the DRASTIC Model to Assess the Vulnerability of Groundwater Contamination Near Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, Ukraine’, ACS ES&T Water. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsestwater.4c00891.
Weir, D. et al. (2024) ‘Conservation policies must address an overlooked issue: how war affects the environment’, Nature. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-03341-1.

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 ‘Biodiversity in times of conflict’ (2024) Nature Ecology & Evolution. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-024-02583-6.
Abdelal, A., Teba, T. and Gharbi, B. (2024) ‘Pockets of survival and alleys of livelihood: tracking local practices to sustain urban vitality in cities during and post-conflict in the city of Homs/Syria’, Urban Research & Practice. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/17535069.2024.2364592.
Agerbeek, B. et al. (2024) ‘Near Real-time Flood Risk Modelling in Response to Increasing Uncertainties in Flood Predictions: Insights from the Kakhovka Dam Breach in Ukraine’, Journal of Coastal and Riverine Flood Risk. Available at: https://doi.org/10.59490/jcrfr.2024.0016.
Ahmed, A., Rotich, B. and Czimber, K. (2024) ‘Assessment of the environmental impacts of conflict-driven Internally Displaced Persons: A sentinel-2 satellite based analysis of land use/cover changes in the Kas locality, Darfur, Sudan’, PLOS ONE. Edited by B.K. Veettil. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0304034.
Akinyetun, T.S., Fatai-Abatan, A. and Ogunbodede, N. (2024) ‘Heated Environment, Armed People: Between “Climate Change Conflict” and “Fragility Conflict” in the Sahel’, Journal of Asian and African Studies. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/00219096241285108.
Alawadhi, A. (2025) ‘The Detection of Simulated Clandestine Graves in an Arid Environment Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Remote Sensing’. Available at: https://doi.org/10.24377/LJMU.T.00022211.
Al-Dawoody, A. and Thynne, K. (2024) ‘Of date palms and dialogue: Enhancing the protection of the natural environment under international humanitarian law and Islamic law’, International Review of the Red Cross. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1816383124000146.
Almashat, S. and McDiarmid, M. (2024) ‘Toxic chemical exposures among civilians in armed conflicts: the need for research equity, justice, and accountability’, Inhalation Toxicology. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/08958378.2023.2286325.
Andrews, C.A. et al. (2024) ‘Resilience, remoteness and war shape the land cover dynamics in one of the world’s largest miombo woodlands’, Trees, Forests and People. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tfp.2024.100623.
Arizapana-Almonacid, M.A. et al. (2024) ‘Land cover changes and comparison of current landscape metrics in a region of the Central Andes affected by population migration’, Annals of GIS. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/19475683.2024.2304203.
Asi, Y. et al. (2024) ‘“Nowhere and no one is safe”: spatial analysis of damage to critical civilian infrastructure in the Gaza Strip during the first phase of the Israeli military campaign, 7 October to 22 November 2023’, Conflict and Health. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13031-024-00580-x.
Barthelme, P. et al. (2024) ‘Detecting Vietnam War bomb craters in declassified historical KH-9 satellite imagery’, Science of Remote Sensing. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.srs.2024.100143.
Bogota‐Gregory, J.D. et al. (2024) ‘Fish diversity of Colombian Andes‐Amazon streams at the end of conflict is a reference for conservation before increased land use’, Ecology and Evolution. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.11046.
Borhani, F., Pourezzat, A.A. and Ehsani, A.H. (2024) ‘Spatial Distribution of Particulate Matter in Iran from Internal Factors to the Role of Western Adjacent Countries from Political Governance to Environmental Governance’, Earth Systems and Environment. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s41748-023-00365-x.
Camacho Rincón, A. and Parra Gallego, G. (2024) ‘Addressing environmental damages in contexts of armed conflict through transitional justice in Colombia’, International Review of the Red Cross. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1816383123000553.
Cappelli, F. et al. (2024) ‘Local sources of vulnerability to climate change and armed conflicts in East Africa’, Journal of Environmental Management. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.120403.
Carpentier, N. and Miconi, A. (2024) ‘Imaginings of the Future of Conflict and Communication Technologies: A Map of Four Anxiety and Two Hope Driven Scenarios’, Central European Journal of Communication. Available at: https://doi.org/10.51480/1899-5101.17.1(35).684.
Chesler, A. (2024) ‘Environmental displacement and political instability: Evidence from Africa’, Journal of Peace Research. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/00223433241274979.
Choi, J. (2024) ‘Trans-boundary water management during the peace process in Korean peninsula: Solution finding from previous precedents’, Marine Policy. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2023.105966.
Chowdhury, K., Aziz, N. and Mamun, S.A. (2024) ‘Counterinsurgency, forest governance, and the dynamics of change in the forests of South Asia: Transition in Bangladesh’s forests’, Trees, Forests and People. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tfp.2024.100691.
Cil, D. et al. (2024) ‘Detecting Damage to Cultural Heritage during Armed Conflict Using the Case of Ukraine’, Nationalism and Ethnic Politics. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/13537113.2024.2411794.
Daiyoub, A., Saura-Mas, S. and Maarouf, Y. (2024) ‘The impact of war on forest logging: Changes in logging practices in Syrian rural communities’, Trees, Forests and People. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tfp.2024.100668.
Day, C. and Garside, A. (2024) ‘Wildlife Management in South Sudan, 1901–2021: Conservation amidst Conflict’, African Studies Review. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1017/asr.2024.144.
Departamento de Toxicología, Facultad de Medicina Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia et al. (2024) ‘Plomo y mercurio en personas víctimas del conflicto armado en Bojayá, Chocó: estudio descriptivo’, Revista Criminalidad. Available at: https://doi.org/10.47741/17943108.556.
Depledge, D. and Santos, T. (2024) ‘The UK Ministry of Defence and the transition to “low-carbon warfare”: A multilevel perspective on military change’, European Journal of International Security. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1017/eis.2024.52.
Eklund, L. and Dinc, P. (2024) ‘Fires as collateral or means of war: challenges of environmental peacebuilding in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq’, Ecology and Society. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-15316-290325.
Eklund, L., Mohr, B. and Dinc, P. (2024) ‘Cropland abandonment in the context of drought, economic restructuring, and migration in northeast Syria’, Environmental Research Letters. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad1723.
El Eid, R. et al. (2024) ‘Invasive fungal infections in wars, following explosives and natural disasters: A narrative review’, Mycoses. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1111/myc.13762.
Estrada Múnera, J.P., Salazar Castaño, A. and Villegas Restrepo, J.E. (2024) ‘Agua corriente: hacia una praxis ambiental alternativa en torno al agua en algunos relatos de no ficción de excombatientes de las FARC-EP’, Perífrasis. Revista de Literatura, Teoría y Crítica. Available at: https://doi.org/10.25025/perifrasis202415.31.01.
Fernandes-Tavares, T., Yagüe Blanco, J.L. and Pascual, C. (2024) ‘Dispossessed lands and land-use change in the Colombian armed conflict: Exploring a link through a regional case study’, Journal of Rural Studies. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2024.103303.
Ghoddousi, A. et al. (2024) ‘Effectiveness of protected areas in the Caucasus Mountains in preventing rangeland degradation’, Conservation Biology. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.14415.
Goswami, U., Choudhury, S. and Biswas, D. (2024) ‘Women, environment and armed conflicts in Assam: literature as witness’, Asian Ethnicity. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/14631369.2024.2321988.
Guo, Z. et al. (2024) ‘Monitoring Indicators of Economic Activities in Sudan Amidst Ongoing Conflict Using Satellite Data’, Defence and Peace Economics. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/10242694.2023.2290474.
György, D. et al. (2024) ‘Assessing the Transboundary Water Pollution Possibly Produced By an Armed Conflict’, E3S Web of Conferences. Edited by N.M. Noor and S.Y. Yusuf. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202458906007.
Hagemann, J. et al. (2024) ‘Four-toed sengi ( Petrodromus tetradactylus , Afrotheria, Mammalia) museomics reveals a crucial role of East African forests in macroscelidean diversification’, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae081.
Hamama-Raz, Y. and Shinan-Altman, S. (2024) ‘Does Climate Change Worry Decrease during Armed Conflicts?’, Climate. Available at: https://doi.org/10.3390/cli12100162.
Hänze, N. (2024) ‘When conflict becomes calamity: Understanding the role of armed conflict dynamics in natural disasters’, Journal of Peace Research. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/00223433241265028.
Hilario-Husain, B.A. et al. (2024) ‘Caught in the crossfire: biodiversity conservation paradox of sociopolitical conflict’, npj Biodiversity. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1038/s44185-024-00044-8.
Hishe, S. et al. (2024) ‘The impacts of armed conflict on vegetation cover degradation in Tigray, northern Ethiopia’, International Soil and Water Conservation Research. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iswcr.2023.11.003.
Hryhorczuk, D. et al. (2024) ‘The environmental health impacts of Russia’s war on Ukraine’, Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12995-023-00398-y.
Hutsul, T. et al. (2024) ‘Review of approaches to the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, remote sensing and geographic information systems in humanitarian demining: Ukrainian case’, Heliyon. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e29142.
ICRC opinion paper (2024) ‘How is the term “armed conflict” defined in international humanitarian law?: ICRC opinion paper’, International Review of the Red Cross. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1816383124000122.
Jaime, C. et al. (2024) ‘Beyond the forecast: knowledge gaps to anticipate disasters in armed conflict areas with high forced displacement’, Environmental Research Letters. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad2023.
Jarose, J. (2024) ‘A Sleeping Giant? The ENMOD Convention as a Limit on Intentional Environmental Harm in Armed Conflict and Beyond’, American Journal of International Law. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1017/ajil.2024.15.
Johnson, S. and Bongers, F. (2024) ‘Armed conflict as an underappreciated driver of conservation outcomes in frankincense (Boswellia spp.)’, Trees, Forests and People. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tfp.2023.100490.
Kafando, W.A. and Sakurai, T. (2024a) ‘Effects and mechanisms of armed conflict on agricultural production: Spatial evidence from terrorist violence in Burkina Faso’, Journal of Agricultural Economics. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1111/1477-9552.12613.
Kafando, W.A. and Sakurai, T. (2024b) ‘Armed conflicts and household food insecurity: Effects and mechanisms’, Agricultural Economics. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1111/agec.12814.
Kerner, H.R. et al. (2024) ‘Satellite data shows resilience of Tigrayan farmers in crop cultivation during civil war’, Science of Remote Sensing. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.srs.2024.100140.
Kikuta, K. and Kamahara, Y. (2024) ‘Environmental protection after civil war: A difference-in-geographic-discontinuity approach’, Journal of Peace Research. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/00223433241249329.
Killean, R. and Newton, E. (2024) ‘From ecocide to ecocentrism: Conceptualising environmental victimhood at the International Criminal Court’, International Review of Victimology. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/02697580241269426.
Krasnova, J. et al. (2023) ‘Impacto social de la regulación jurídica internacional de la seguridad medioambiental durante los conflictos armados’. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.10436585.
Kyrpychova, I. et al. (2024) ‘Identifying the risks of armed conflict impact on the ecosystem’, Eastern-European Journal of Enterprise Technologies. Available at: https://doi.org/10.15587/1729-4061.2024.298430.
La Manna, M. (2024) ‘Environmental Protection in Armed Conflict: Will the “Silent Victim” Have a Voice at Last?’, The Italian Yearbook of International Law Online. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1163/22116133-03301006.
Lakitsch, M. (2024) ‘A materialist reconsideration of international peace practice and its human and non-human constituents’, International Affairs. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiae081.
Leštáková, M. et al. (2024) ‘Do resilience metrics of water distribution systems really assess resilience? A critical review’, Water Research. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2023.120820.
Lévy, B. (2025) ‘Cultivating conflict: plantations and violence in the history of northern Colombia’, The Journal of Peasant Studies. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/03066150.2024.2421869.
Malamud, M. (2024) ‘Paz ambiental y gestión local en sociedades posconflicto’, methaodos revista de ciencias sociales. Available at: https://doi.org/10.17502/mrcs.v12i2.799.
Malytska, L. et al. (2024) ‘Assessment of environmental consequences of hostilities: Tropospheric NO2 vertical column amounts in the atmosphere over Ukraine in 2019–2022’, Atmospheric Environment. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2023.120281.
Marrouch, W. and Sayour, N. (2024) ‘Are wars detrimental to the environment? Evidence from air pollution and land use’, Oxford Development Studies. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/13600818.2024.2382996.
Martin, A.J.F. (2024) ‘The impacts and legacies of warfare on forest ecosystems’, Trees, Forests and People. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tfp.2024.100696.
Meaza, H. et al. (2024) ‘Managing the environmental impacts of war: What can be learned from conflict-vulnerable communities?’, Science of The Total Environment. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.171974.
Meaza, H., Hishe, S. and Gebrehiwot, M. (2024) ‘Effects of War and Siege on Farmers’ Livelihoods in Tigray, Ethiopia: Lessons for Conflict-Vulnerable Areas’, Human Ecology. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-024-00534-0.
Medellin, R.A. and Soberón, J. (2024) ‘Don’t bury Mexico’s biodiversity capacity’, Science. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adp5399.
Meisels, T. (2024) ‘Environmental Just Wars: Jus ad Bellum and the Natural Environment’, Journal of Applied Philosophy. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1111/japp.12770.
Mejía López, A.A. and Ochoa Gutiérrez, L.H. (2024) ‘Potencial de Sensores Remotos en la Detección de Fosas Clandestinas’, Revista Logos, Ciencia & Tecnología. Available at: https://doi.org/10.22335/rlct.v16i3.1973.
Méndez-Garzón, F.A., Murillo-Sandoval, P.J. and Valánszki, I. (2024) ‘The unidirectional relationship between forest disturbance and armed conflict in the Andean Paramo’, Trees, Forests and People. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tfp.2024.100628.
Mingashang, I. and Tshiamala Banungana, C. (2024) ‘The international responsibility of a belligerent State in the event of transboundary environmental damage’, International Review of the Red Cross. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1816383124000432.
Minguez Garcia, B. et al. (2024) ‘Sudan’s climate-culture story: a project with HEART – Heritage Empowered Action for Risk in Tuti’, Journal of Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable Development. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1108/JCHMSD-03-2024-0053.
Mitchell, D.P. (2024) ‘Indigenous autonomy and decentralization in Colombia’s quest for peace’, Global Policy. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-5899.13329.
Mlambo, C., Mvuyana, B. and Sithole, V.L. (2024) ‘Factors Influencing Women’s Health in Conflict Zones in Africa’, Women. Available at: https://doi.org/10.3390/women4020016.
Mohamed, J. et al. (2024) ‘Predicting the short and long term effects of food price inflation, armed conflicts, and climate variability on global acute malnutrition in Somalia’, Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1186/s41043-024-00557-9.
Mousseau, D.Y. and Mousseau, M. (2024) ‘Allocation of public health services across urban and rural regions and armed conflicts in Sub-Saharan Africa’, Journal of Public Health Policy. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1057/s41271-024-00472-7.
Munteanu, C. et al. (2024) ‘The potential of historical spy-satellite imagery to support research in ecology and conservation’, BioScience. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biae002.
Mußhoff, O., Ölkers, T. and Kirchner, E. (2024) ‘A note on the discussion regarding terrorism and land use in agriculture’, Land Use Policy. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107236.
Naghizadeh, M.H. (2024) ‘The uses for fire data and satellite images in monitoring, detecting, and documenting collective political violence’, Research & Politics. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/20531680241261769.
Naghizadeh, M.H. (2025) ‘What we Don’t see: Uncovering intercommunal violence through remote sensing’, Political Geography. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2024.103259.
Nardi, M.A. and Runnström, M. (2024) ‘Environmental Change in Conflict and Post-conflict Northern Uganda: A Geographical Analysis to Understand Prospects for Sustainable Peace and Development in the Region’, The Journal of Environment & Development. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/10704965241258082.
Naufal, G., Malcolm, M. and Diwakar, V. (2024) ‘Armed conflict and household water sources’, Agricultural and Resource Economics Review. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1017/age.2023.35.
Novik, G.P., Abrahamsen, E.B. and Sommer, M. (2024) ‘On the importance of systems thinking in ERW (explosive remnants of war) risk management’, Progress in Disaster Science. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pdisas.2023.100309.
Nwankwo, C.F. (2024) ‘From ejecting the herds to hidden dangers: farmer-herder conflict and criminality in ungoverned forests along the Benue-Nasarawa-Taraba border’, Trees, Forests and People. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tfp.2024.100626.
Okoyeuzu, C.R. et al. (2024) ‘Interactive effects of armed conflict and climate change on gender vulnerability in Sub-Saharan Africa’, International Journal of Social Economics. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSE-09-2022-0595.
Pantazopoulos, S.-E. (2024) ‘Navigating legal frontiers: Climate change, environmental protection and armed conflict’, International Review of the Red Cross. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1816383124000134.
Petrova, K. and Rosvold, E.L. (2024) ‘Mitigating the legacy of violence: Can flood relief improve people’s trust in government in conflict-affected areas? Evidence from Pakistan’, World Development. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2023.106372.
Petutschnig, L. et al. (2024) ‘Evaluating Geospatial Data Adequacy for Integrated Risk Assessments: A Malaria Risk Use Case’, ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information. Available at: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi13020033.
Pipia, S. (2024) ‘The Effect of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine on Non-Human Animals: International Humanitarian Law Perspectives’, Israel Law Review. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021223724000086.
Qadir, A. et al. (2024) ‘Estimation of sunflower planted areas in Ukraine during full-scale Russian invasion: Insights from Sentinel-1 SAR data’, Science of Remote Sensing. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.srs.2024.100139.
Qandeel, M. (2024) ‘The protection of the natural environment in armed conflicts and agent-based modelling’, International Review of the Red Cross. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1816383123000528.
Racek, D. et al. (2024) ‘Conflict forecasting using remote sensing data: An application to the Syrian civil war’, International Journal of Forecasting. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijforecast.2023.04.001.
Richetta, C. and Wegenast, T. (2024) ‘Access denied: Land alienation and pastoral conflicts’, Journal of Peace Research. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/00223433241252554.
Rodriguez-Jimenez, F., Novo, A. and V. Hall, J. (2024) ‘Influence of wildfires on the conflict (2006–2022) in eastern Ukraine using remote sensing techniques (MODIS and Sentinel-2 images)’, Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsase.2024.101240.
Rotherham, I.D. (2024) ‘An historical review of forests and warfare from the Romans to the twenty-first century’, Trees, Forests and People. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tfp.2024.100495.
Russell, C.J.G. et al. (2024) ‘Active European warzone impacts raptor migration’, Current Biology. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.04.047.
Sändig, J. et al. (2024) ‘From climate conflicts to environmental peacebuilding: Exploring local dimensions’, Environment and Security. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/27538796241231090.
Schillinger, J. and Özerol, G. (2024) ‘For better or worse: the influence of conflict-driven decentralization on the resilience of urban water supply infrastructure in the Middle East’, Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/23789689.2024.2355768.
Scholz, C. et al. (2024) ‘Off the grid: utilizing OpenStreetMap for early warning and early action in conflict settings in Sudan’, Frontiers in Climate. Available at: https://doi.org/10.3389/fclim.2024.1439940.
Schulte To Bühne, H. et al. (2024) ‘Conflict-related environmental degradation threatens the success of landscape recovery in some areas in Tigray (Ethiopia)’, Ecology and Society. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-15138-290320.
Sharma, A. and Gohain, S. (2024) ‘Black-necked crane as border object: interspecies politics in Himalayan borderlands’, Territory, Politics, Governance. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/21622671.2024.2401447.
Slessarev, E.W. et al. (2025) ‘Application of the DRASTIC Model to Assess the Vulnerability of Groundwater Contamination Near Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, Ukraine’, ACS ES&T Water. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsestwater.4c00891.
Snizhko, S., Didovets, I. and Bronstert, A. (2024) ‘Ukraine’s water security under pressure: Climate change and wartime’, Water Security. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasec.2024.100182.
Snizhko, S. et al. (2024) ‘Southern Bug River: water security and climate changes perspectives for post-war city of Mykolaiv, Ukraine’, Frontiers in Water. Available at: https://doi.org/10.3389/frwa.2024.1447378.
Song, C., Petsakos, A. and Gotor, E. (2024) ‘Linguistic diversity, climate shock, and farmers-herder conflicts: Implications for inclusive innovations for agro-pastoralism systems’, Agricultural Systems. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2024.103883.
Sukkar, A. et al. (2024) ‘Investigating the impacts of climate variations and armed conflict on drought and vegetation cover in Northeast Syria (2000–2023)’, Journal of Arid Environments. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2024.105278.
Timbs, N. and McLaughlin Mitchell, S. (2024) ‘How climate volatility influences human rights’, Journal of Human Rights. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/14754835.2024.2416110.
Traoré, S.B. and Cirimwami, E.A. (2024) ‘Environmental obligations of business entities during armed conflicts’, International Review of the Red Cross. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1816383123000590.
Triana Ángel, N., Burkart, S. and Pazos Cárdenas, M. (2024) ‘Land, cows, and bullets: an untold history of cattle ranching during the armed conflict in Colombia, 1980–2010’, Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. Available at: https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2024.1374861.
Tröndle, T. et al. (2024) ‘Rebuilding Ukraine’s energy supply in a secure, economic, and decarbonised way’, Environmental Research: Infrastructure and Sustainability. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1088/2634-4505/ad6738.
Vadas, A. and Baráth, Z. (2024) ‘Impact of pre-modern war on forests: The case of the Hungarian-Ottoman Military Frontier (ca. 1521–1690)’, Trees, Forests and People. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tfp.2024.100500.
Valdeolmillos, N.A.A., Boussaa, D. and Madandola, M. (2024) ‘The historic city of Benghazi in Libya: Towards a holistic post-conflict reconstruction’, Journal of Urban Affairs. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/07352166.2024.2419059.
Van Der Vet, F. (2024) ‘A polluting war: Risk, experts, and the politics of monitoring wartime environmental harm in Eastern Ukraine’, Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/23996544241229553.
Vlček, T. et al. (2024) ‘Strained Relations in the High North: Steps-to-War Analysis of Conflict Potential in the Arctic’, Europe-Asia Studies. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/09668136.2023.2292471.
Wang, L., Lei, H. and Xu, H. (2024) ‘Analysis of Nighttime Light Changes and Trends in the 1-Year Anniversary of the Russia–Ukraine Conflict’, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTARS.2024.3357727.
Weidemann, M.P. (2024) ‘Conflictos armados, medio ambiente y turismo: relaciones entre posacuerdo y aviturismo en Colombia’, Mundo Amazónico. Available at: https://doi.org/10.15446/ma.v15n1.101582.
Weir, D. et al. (2024) ‘Conservation policies must address an overlooked issue: how war affects the environment’, Nature. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-03341-1.
Weldegebriel, L. et al. (2024) ‘Eyes in the sky on Tigray, Ethiopia – Monitoring the impact of armed conflict on cultivated highlands using satellite imagery’, Science of Remote Sensing. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.srs.2024.100133.
Wennström, P. (2024) ‘Cattle, conflict, and climate variability: explaining pastoralist conflict intensity in the Karamoja region of Uganda’, Regional Environmental Change. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-024-02210-x.
Xu, H., Barbot, S. and Wang, T. (2024) ‘Remote sensing through the fog of war: Infrastructure damage and environmental change during the Russian-Ukrainian conflict revealed by open-access data’, Natural Hazards Research. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nhres.2024.01.006.
Yeromaw, S.E. (2024) ‘The Amhara people in Ethiopia face an overlooked public health crisis amid another armed conflict in the region’, Discover Public Health. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12982-024-00256-0.
Zapata-Herrera, J.F. et al. (2024) ‘The Territory as a Victim: Geological Assessment to Analyzing the Impact of Colombia’s Armed Conflict on Geo-Bio Megadiversity at the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta’, Earth Science, Systems and Society. Available at: https://doi.org/10.3389/esss.2024.10112.
Zhao, Q. et al. (2024) ‘Satellite and AI monitoring humanitarian crises in the Gaza Strip during the early stage of Israeli–Palestinian conflict’, International Journal of Digital Earth. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/17538947.2024.2430678.
Zhao, Z., Liu, K. and Wang, M. (2024) ‘A novel spatial-aware deep learning approach for exploring the environmental context of terrorist attacks and armed conflicts’, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2024.104921.

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Word cloud based on the papers collated by CEOBS for its 2024 research bibliography, after armed conflict, the largest words are: conflict, remote sensing, war, colombia, climate change, environment and drought.

The Conflict and Environment Academic Network, one year in

The Conflict and Environment Academic Network (CEAN) has celebrated its first anniversary with a full day of talks and posters at the 2024 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. In this post, Rob Watson charts CEAN’s progress over the last 12 months and outlines the network’s aims for the following year.

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