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The recently released National Intelligence Council’s Global Trends 2040 report, clocking in at over 140 pages, is titled “A More Contested World.” That headline should come as no surprise to development professionals. The report, reviewed by the incoming Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, before being sent to President Biden and Congress, examines key trends that will THE NIC’S GLOBAL TRENDS 2040 REPORT: A DEVELOPMENT OUTLOOK The recently released National Intelligence Council’s Global Trends 2040 report, clocking in at over 140 pages, is titled “A More Contested World.” That headline should come as no surprise to development professionals. The report, reviewed by the incoming Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, before being sent to President Biden and Congress, examines key trends that will HOW ENVIRONMENTAL GEOPOLITICS EXPANDS OUR UNDERSTANDING OFSEE MORE ONNEWSECURITYBEAT.ORG
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The recently released National Intelligence Council’s Global Trends 2040 report, clocking in at over 140 pages, is titled “A More Contested World.” That headline should come as no surprise to development professionals. The report, reviewed by the incoming Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, before being sent to President Biden and Congress, examines key trends that will THE NIC’S GLOBAL TRENDS 2040 REPORT: A DEVELOPMENT OUTLOOK The recently released National Intelligence Council’s Global Trends 2040 report, clocking in at over 140 pages, is titled “A More Contested World.” That headline should come as no surprise to development professionals. The report, reviewed by the incoming Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, before being sent to President Biden and Congress, examines key trends that will HOW ENVIRONMENTAL GEOPOLITICS EXPANDS OUR UNDERSTANDING OFSEE MORE ONNEWSECURITYBEAT.ORG
A TALE OF TWO SNAILS: BIODIVERSITY THREATS OF INVASIVE Damage to rice is a serious threat from apple snails causing annual losses in the Philippines of as much as $2 billion.With an infestation of just one snail every square meter, yield is reduced by 20 percent. Only 8 snails per square meter cause a devastating 90 percent yield reduction. Controlling apple snails is a challenge. The snails mature within 2 to 3 months and lay up to 8,700 eggs per TOWARDS BETTER PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT IN ARMED CONFLICTSEE MORE ONNEWSECURITYBEAT.ORG
GEOENGINEERING AND NOTIONS OF SOVEREIGNTY: A WILSON CENTER As climate change impacts become starker, interest in geoengineering is growing. Geoengineering is “climate manipulation technologies that we can use to alter the climate to offset the worst parts of climate change,” says Beth Chalecki, Associate Professor of International Relations at the University of Nebraska Omaha, and Research Fellow at the Wilson Center, in a recent episode of HEALTH SECURITY IS NATIONAL SECURITY Jordan Beauregard is an intelligence analyst with the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency, specializing in understanding the operational environment, and a graduate student at the National Intelligence University researching the institutional incorporation of climate change into national security discourse. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not A TALE OF TWO COASTLINES: DESALINATION IN CHINA AND CALIFORNIASEE MORE ON NEWSECURITYBEAT.ORG WASTE NOT WANT NOT: MALAYSIA MOVES TO BECOME A LEADER IN Waste Not Want Not: Malaysia Moves to Become a Leader in Tackling Plastic Waste. After China issued its plastic waste import ban in January 2018, global plastic waste shipments were quickly rerouted to Southeast Asia, with Malaysia as a top recipient. Like bamboo sprouts after the rain, illegal plastic recycling facilities quickly popped upin
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INDONESIA IS FACING A PLASTIC WASTE EMERGENCY 1 day ago · Attempts to reduce the amount of waste flowing into the ocean from Indonesia are having limited success. The UN has called marine plastic pollution “a slow-motion catastrophe,” and a recent study found Indonesia to be the second largest contributor to it after China. Overconsumption of single-use plastic and bad waste management are largely to blame. THE NIC’S GLOBAL TRENDS 2040 REPORT: A DEVELOPMENT OUTLOOK The recently released National Intelligence Council’s Global Trends 2040 report, clocking in at over 140 pages, is titled “A More Contested World.” That headline should come as no surprise to development professionals. The report, reviewed by the incoming Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, before being sent to President Biden and Congress, examines key trends that will CHINA’S COERCIVE GREENING POLICIES Judith Shapiro directs the dual Masters in Natural Resources and Sustainable Development at the School of International Service at American University. She was one of the first Americans to teach in China after US-China relations were normalized in 1979 and has been involved with China ever since. A CONFLICT PREVENTION AGENDA SHOULD INFORM CLIMATE CHANGE David Maina, PhD., is a public policy scholar with interest in Governance, Peace, and Security in Africa.. Sources: adelphi, African Union, Environmental Impact Assessment Review, Geoforum, Great Green Wall, Institute for Security Studies, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, International Journal of Health Services, Organisation for Economic Co-operation Development-Food and WILL COVID-19 ACCELERATE URBAN WATER SECURITY OR INSECURITY? “Never let a good crisis go to waste,” said Winston Churchill. Like other acute stressors, the COVID-19 pandemic acts as a multiplier of chronic or pre-existing vulnerabilities, such as the challenges of servicing rapidly growing informal populations, particularly in urban settings.This multiplier effect may accelerate water insecurity at unprecedented levels. TOWARDS BETTER PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT IN ARMED CONFLICT Richard Pearshouse is the Head of Crisis and the Environment at Amnesty International. Sources: Amnesty International, Conflict and Environment Observatory, International Institute for Sustainable Development, International Law Commission, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Reuters, United Nations Office of Legal Affairs, UNICEF, UN News, World Food Programme, THE ENVIRONMENTAL COLLATERAL DAMAGE OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA The Environmental Collateral Damage of the South China Sea Conflict. Tensions in the South China Sea increased last April when a Chinese coast guard ship sank a Vietnamese fishing boat near the Paracel Islands—a fiercely disputed territory in the South China Sea. Disputes over island territories in the region have endured fordecades, with
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The recently released National Intelligence Council’s Global Trends 2040 report, clocking in at over 140 pages, is titled “A More Contested World.” That headline should come as no surprise to development professionals. The report, reviewed by the incoming Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, before being sent to President Biden and Congress, examines key trends that will THE NIC’S GLOBAL TRENDS 2040 REPORT: A DEVELOPMENT OUTLOOK The recently released National Intelligence Council’s Global Trends 2040 report, clocking in at over 140 pages, is titled “A More Contested World.” That headline should come as no surprise to development professionals. The report, reviewed by the incoming Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, before being sent to President Biden and Congress, examines key trends that will CHINA’S COERCIVE GREENING POLICIES 19 hours ago · Judith Shapiro directs the dual Masters in Natural Resources and Sustainable Development at the School of International Service at American University. She was one of the first Americans to teach in China after US-China relations were normalized in 1979 and has been involved with China ever since. BEYOND PRIDE: ENSURING AFFIRMING, RESPECTFUL SEXUAL AND 1 day ago · In May 2021, the Biden Administration declared that the federal government will protect LGBTQ+ people against sex discrimination in health care, reversing a Trump Administration policy that narrowed protections by defining sex as gender assigned at birth.LGBTQ+ rights advocates say this reversal aligns health policy with a 2020 Supreme Court decision that protects LGBTQ+ people from HOW ENVIRONMENTAL GEOPOLITICS EXPANDS OUR UNDERSTANDING OFSEE MORE ONNEWSECURITYBEAT.ORG
A TALE OF TWO SNAILS: BIODIVERSITY THREATS OF INVASIVE Damage to rice is a serious threat from apple snails causing annual losses in the Philippines of as much as $2 billion.With an infestation of just one snail every square meter, yield is reduced by 20 percent. Only 8 snails per square meter cause a devastating 90 percent yield reduction. Controlling apple snails is a challenge. The snails mature within 2 to 3 months and lay up to 8,700 eggs per DIGITAL WATER DIPLOMACY: KEEPING WATER DIALOGUES AFLOATSEE MORE ONNEWSECURITYBEAT.ORG
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The recently released National Intelligence Council’s Global Trends 2040 report, clocking in at over 140 pages, is titled “A More Contested World.” That headline should come as no surprise to development professionals. The report, reviewed by the incoming Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, before being sent to President Biden and Congress, examines key trends that will THE NIC’S GLOBAL TRENDS 2040 REPORT: A DEVELOPMENT OUTLOOK The recently released National Intelligence Council’s Global Trends 2040 report, clocking in at over 140 pages, is titled “A More Contested World.” That headline should come as no surprise to development professionals. The report, reviewed by the incoming Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, before being sent to President Biden and Congress, examines key trends that will CHINA’S COERCIVE GREENING POLICIES 19 hours ago · Judith Shapiro directs the dual Masters in Natural Resources and Sustainable Development at the School of International Service at American University. She was one of the first Americans to teach in China after US-China relations were normalized in 1979 and has been involved with China ever since. BEYOND PRIDE: ENSURING AFFIRMING, RESPECTFUL SEXUAL AND 1 day ago · In May 2021, the Biden Administration declared that the federal government will protect LGBTQ+ people against sex discrimination in health care, reversing a Trump Administration policy that narrowed protections by defining sex as gender assigned at birth.LGBTQ+ rights advocates say this reversal aligns health policy with a 2020 Supreme Court decision that protects LGBTQ+ people from HOW ENVIRONMENTAL GEOPOLITICS EXPANDS OUR UNDERSTANDING OFSEE MORE ONNEWSECURITYBEAT.ORG
A TALE OF TWO SNAILS: BIODIVERSITY THREATS OF INVASIVE Damage to rice is a serious threat from apple snails causing annual losses in the Philippines of as much as $2 billion.With an infestation of just one snail every square meter, yield is reduced by 20 percent. Only 8 snails per square meter cause a devastating 90 percent yield reduction. Controlling apple snails is a challenge. The snails mature within 2 to 3 months and lay up to 8,700 eggs per DIGITAL WATER DIPLOMACY: KEEPING WATER DIALOGUES AFLOATSEE MORE ONNEWSECURITYBEAT.ORG
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A TALE OF TWO COASTLINES: DESALINATION IN CHINA AND CALIFORNIASEE MORE ON NEWSECURITYBEAT.ORG GEOENGINEERING AND NOTIONS OF SOVEREIGNTY: A WILSON CENTER As climate change impacts become starker, interest in geoengineering is growing. Geoengineering is “climate manipulation technologies that we can use to alter the climate to offset the worst parts of climate change,” says Beth Chalecki, Associate Professor of International Relations at the University of Nebraska Omaha, and Research Fellow at the Wilson Center, in a recent episode ofNEW SECURITY BEAT
The recently released National Intelligence Council’s Global Trends 2040 report, clocking in at over 140 pages, is titled “A More Contested World.” That headline should come as no surprise to development professionals. The report, reviewed by the incoming Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, before being sent to President Biden and Congress, examines key trends that will THE NIC’S GLOBAL TRENDS 2040 REPORT: A DEVELOPMENT OUTLOOK The recently released National Intelligence Council’s Global Trends 2040 report, clocking in at over 140 pages, is titled “A More Contested World.” That headline should come as no surprise to development professionals. The report, reviewed by the incoming Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, before being sent to President Biden and Congress, examines key trends that will CHINA’S COERCIVE GREENING POLICIES 10 hours ago · Judith Shapiro directs the dual Masters in Natural Resources and Sustainable Development at the School of International Service at American University. She was one of the first Americans to teach in China after US-China relations were normalized in 1979 and has been involved with China ever since. BEYOND PRIDE: ENSURING AFFIRMING, RESPECTFUL SEXUAL AND 1 day ago · In May 2021, the Biden Administration declared that the federal government will protect LGBTQ+ people against sex discrimination in health care, reversing a Trump Administration policy that narrowed protections by defining sex as gender assigned at birth.LGBTQ+ rights advocates say this reversal aligns health policy with a 2020 Supreme Court decision that protects LGBTQ+ people from HOW ENVIRONMENTAL GEOPOLITICS EXPANDS OUR UNDERSTANDING OFSEE MORE ONNEWSECURITYBEAT.ORG
A TALE OF TWO SNAILS: BIODIVERSITY THREATS OF INVASIVE Damage to rice is a serious threat from apple snails causing annual losses in the Philippines of as much as $2 billion.With an infestation of just one snail every square meter, yield is reduced by 20 percent. Only 8 snails per square meter cause a devastating 90 percent yield reduction. Controlling apple snails is a challenge. The snails mature within 2 to 3 months and lay up to 8,700 eggs per DIGITAL WATER DIPLOMACY: KEEPING WATER DIALOGUES AFLOATSEE MORE ONNEWSECURITYBEAT.ORG
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A TALE OF TWO SNAILS: BIODIVERSITY THREATS OF INVASIVE Damage to rice is a serious threat from apple snails causing annual losses in the Philippines of as much as $2 billion.With an infestation of just one snail every square meter, yield is reduced by 20 percent. Only 8 snails per square meter cause a devastating 90 percent yield reduction. Controlling apple snails is a challenge. The snails mature within 2 to 3 months and lay up to 8,700 eggs per DIGITAL WATER DIPLOMACY: KEEPING WATER DIALOGUES AFLOATSEE MORE ONNEWSECURITYBEAT.ORG
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The recently released National Intelligence Council’s Global Trends 2040 report, clocking in at over 140 pages, is titled “A More Contested World.” That headline should come as no surprise to development professionals. The report, reviewed by the incoming Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, before being sent to President Biden and Congress, examines key trends that will THE NIC’S GLOBAL TRENDS 2040 REPORT: A DEVELOPMENT OUTLOOK The recently released National Intelligence Council’s Global Trends 2040 report, clocking in at over 140 pages, is titled “A More Contested World.” That headline should come as no surprise to development professionals. The report, reviewed by the incoming Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, before being sent to President Biden and Congress, examines key trends that will HOW ENVIRONMENTAL GEOPOLITICS EXPANDS OUR UNDERSTANDING OFSEE MORE ONNEWSECURITYBEAT.ORG
A TALE OF TWO SNAILS: BIODIVERSITY THREATS OF INVASIVE Damage to rice is a serious threat from apple snails causing annual losses in the Philippines of as much as $2 billion.With an infestation of just one snail every square meter, yield is reduced by 20 percent. Only 8 snails per square meter cause a devastating 90 percent yield reduction. Controlling apple snails is a challenge. The snails mature within 2 to 3 months and lay up to 8,700 eggs per TOWARDS BETTER PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT IN ARMED CONFLICTSEE MORE ONNEWSECURITYBEAT.ORG
GEOENGINEERING AND NOTIONS OF SOVEREIGNTY: A WILSON CENTER As climate change impacts become starker, interest in geoengineering is growing. Geoengineering is “climate manipulation technologies that we can use to alter the climate to offset the worst parts of climate change,” says Beth Chalecki, Associate Professor of International Relations at the University of Nebraska Omaha, and Research Fellow at the Wilson Center, in a recent episode of A TALE OF TWO COASTLINES: DESALINATION IN CHINA AND CALIFORNIASEE MORE ON NEWSECURITYBEAT.ORG HEALTH SECURITY IS NATIONAL SECURITY Jordan Beauregard is an intelligence analyst with the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency, specializing in understanding the operational environment, and a graduate student at the National Intelligence University researching the institutional incorporation of climate change into national security discourse. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not WHO PAYS THE BILL FOR PLASTIC WASTE? China’s 2018 National Sword Policy ended the country’s role as the recycling bin for the world’s post-consumer plastic scrap and threw global recycling markets into disarray. Reeling on the other side of the globe, American cities were forced to store, incinerate, or throw collected recyclables into landfills.Faced with a rapidly diminishing landfill capacity, China is consolidating and WASTE NOT WANT NOT: MALAYSIA MOVES TO BECOME A LEADER IN Waste Not Want Not: Malaysia Moves to Become a Leader in Tackling Plastic Waste. After China issued its plastic waste import ban in January 2018, global plastic waste shipments were quickly rerouted to Southeast Asia, with Malaysia as a top recipient. Like bamboo sprouts after the rain, illegal plastic recycling facilities quickly popped upin
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The recently released National Intelligence Council’s Global Trends 2040 report, clocking in at over 140 pages, is titled “A More Contested World.” That headline should come as no surprise to development professionals. The report, reviewed by the incoming Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, before being sent to President Biden and Congress, examines key trends that will THE NIC’S GLOBAL TRENDS 2040 REPORT: A DEVELOPMENT OUTLOOK The recently released National Intelligence Council’s Global Trends 2040 report, clocking in at over 140 pages, is titled “A More Contested World.” That headline should come as no surprise to development professionals. The report, reviewed by the incoming Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, before being sent to President Biden and Congress, examines key trends that will HOW ENVIRONMENTAL GEOPOLITICS EXPANDS OUR UNDERSTANDING OFSEE MORE ONNEWSECURITYBEAT.ORG
A TALE OF TWO SNAILS: BIODIVERSITY THREATS OF INVASIVE Damage to rice is a serious threat from apple snails causing annual losses in the Philippines of as much as $2 billion.With an infestation of just one snail every square meter, yield is reduced by 20 percent. Only 8 snails per square meter cause a devastating 90 percent yield reduction. Controlling apple snails is a challenge. The snails mature within 2 to 3 months and lay up to 8,700 eggs per TOWARDS BETTER PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT IN ARMED CONFLICTSEE MORE ONNEWSECURITYBEAT.ORG
GEOENGINEERING AND NOTIONS OF SOVEREIGNTY: A WILSON CENTER As climate change impacts become starker, interest in geoengineering is growing. Geoengineering is “climate manipulation technologies that we can use to alter the climate to offset the worst parts of climate change,” says Beth Chalecki, Associate Professor of International Relations at the University of Nebraska Omaha, and Research Fellow at the Wilson Center, in a recent episode of A TALE OF TWO COASTLINES: DESALINATION IN CHINA AND CALIFORNIASEE MORE ON NEWSECURITYBEAT.ORG HEALTH SECURITY IS NATIONAL SECURITY Jordan Beauregard is an intelligence analyst with the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency, specializing in understanding the operational environment, and a graduate student at the National Intelligence University researching the institutional incorporation of climate change into national security discourse. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not WHO PAYS THE BILL FOR PLASTIC WASTE? China’s 2018 National Sword Policy ended the country’s role as the recycling bin for the world’s post-consumer plastic scrap and threw global recycling markets into disarray. Reeling on the other side of the globe, American cities were forced to store, incinerate, or throw collected recyclables into landfills.Faced with a rapidly diminishing landfill capacity, China is consolidating and WASTE NOT WANT NOT: MALAYSIA MOVES TO BECOME A LEADER IN Waste Not Want Not: Malaysia Moves to Become a Leader in Tackling Plastic Waste. After China issued its plastic waste import ban in January 2018, global plastic waste shipments were quickly rerouted to Southeast Asia, with Malaysia as a top recipient. Like bamboo sprouts after the rain, illegal plastic recycling facilities quickly popped upin
A CONFLICT PREVENTION AGENDA SHOULD INFORM CLIMATE CHANGE David Maina, PhD., is a public policy scholar with interest in Governance, Peace, and Security in Africa.. Sources: adelphi, African Union, Environmental Impact Assessment Review, Geoforum, Great Green Wall, Institute for Security Studies, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, International Journal of Health Services, Organisation for Economic Co-operation Development-Food and WILL COVID-19 ACCELERATE URBAN WATER SECURITY OR INSECURITY? 1 day ago · “Never let a good crisis go to waste,” said Winston Churchill. Like other acute stressors, the COVID-19 pandemic acts as a multiplier of chronic or pre-existing vulnerabilities, such as the challenges of servicing rapidly growing informal populations, particularly in urban settings.This multiplier effect may accelerate water insecurity at unprecedented levels. BEYOND PRIDE: ENSURING AFFIRMING, RESPECTFUL SEXUAL AND 1 day ago · In June 1969, the Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan served as a critical tipping point for the Gay Liberation Movement in the United States. Each June, communities around the world celebrate Pride Month to honor this struggle and continue fighting for a more equalfuture.
A TALE OF TWO SNAILS: BIODIVERSITY THREATS OF INVASIVE Damage to rice is a serious threat from apple snails causing annual losses in the Philippines of as much as $2 billion.With an infestation of just one snail every square meter, yield is reduced by 20 percent. Only 8 snails per square meter cause a devastating 90 percent yield reduction. Controlling apple snails is a challenge. The snails mature within 2 to 3 months and lay up to 8,700 eggs per THE ENVIRONMENTAL COLLATERAL DAMAGE OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA Tensions in the South China Sea increased last April when a Chinese coast guard ship sank a Vietnamese fishing boat near the Paracel Islands—a fiercely disputed territory in the South China Sea. Disputes over island territories in the region have endured for decades, with China, Vietnam, the Philippines, Taiwan, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei all making overlapping territorial claims. A LAND LIKE NO OTHER: AFGHANISTAN’S POST-CONFLICT A Land Like No Other: Afghanistan’s Post-Conflict Ecotourism Potential. Stunning cobalt-blue lakes with natural travertine dams in Band-e-Amir, the pristine, soaring Pamir Mountains, through which some of the world’s last snow leopards prowl—far from the simplistic, violent, and drab images preferred by the media, Afghanistan is a THE CLIMATE CRISIS AND SOUTHEAST ASIAN GEOPOLITICS The Climate Crisis and Southeast Asian Geopolitics. This article originally appeared on Asia Dispatches . Southeast Asia is at the center of the two major geopolitical challenges of the 21 st century: climate change and the rise of China. As decision-makers across the region grow increasingly concerned about climate change andenvironmental
TO UNDERSTAND HOW DISASTERS RELATE TO CONFLICT AND PEACE Laura E. R. Peters is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at University College London, cross-appointed to the Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction and the Institute for Global Health, and a research consultant with Stema.She is courtesy faculty of Geography at Oregon State University in the College of Earth, Ocean, and AtmosphericSciences.
USAID’S NEW CENTER FOR WATER SECURITY SIGNALS PROGRESS Stephanie Cappa is the deputy director of policy and government affairs at the World Wildlife Fund, focusing on healthy forests, food, and freshwater systems for people and the planet.. Sarah Davidson is the director for water policy at the World Wildlife Fund, leading the design and implementation of policy initiatives and strategic partnerships to advance WWF’s vision of a world WHY FEMINISM IS GOOD FOR YOUR HEALTH Alison Brysk is Distinguished Mellichamp Professor of Global Governance at the University of California Santa Barbara, a former Wilson Fellow, a co-PI of WomanStats, and the author or editor of 15 books on international human rights.. Miguel Fuentes Carreño is a Ph.D. student at UCSB who has interned at the United Nations Population Fund in Egypt and is currently based in Mexico City, whereNEW SECURITY BEAT
The recently released National Intelligence Council’s Global Trends 2040 report, clocking in at over 140 pages, is titled “A More Contested World.” That headline should come as no surprise to development professionals. The report, reviewed by the incoming Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, before being sent to President Biden and Congress, examines key trends that will THE NIC’S GLOBAL TRENDS 2040 REPORT: A DEVELOPMENT OUTLOOK The recently released National Intelligence Council’s Global Trends 2040 report, clocking in at over 140 pages, is titled “A More Contested World.” That headline should come as no surprise to development professionals. The report, reviewed by the incoming Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, before being sent to President Biden and Congress, examines key trends that will HOW ENVIRONMENTAL GEOPOLITICS EXPANDS OUR UNDERSTANDING OFSEE MORE ONNEWSECURITYBEAT.ORG
A TALE OF TWO SNAILS: BIODIVERSITY THREATS OF INVASIVE Damage to rice is a serious threat from apple snails causing annual losses in the Philippines of as much as $2 billion.With an infestation of just one snail every square meter, yield is reduced by 20 percent. Only 8 snails per square meter cause a devastating 90 percent yield reduction. Controlling apple snails is a challenge. The snails mature within 2 to 3 months and lay up to 8,700 eggs per TOWARDS BETTER PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT IN ARMED CONFLICTSEE MORE ONNEWSECURITYBEAT.ORG
GEOENGINEERING AND NOTIONS OF SOVEREIGNTY: A WILSON CENTER As climate change impacts become starker, interest in geoengineering is growing. Geoengineering is “climate manipulation technologies that we can use to alter the climate to offset the worst parts of climate change,” says Beth Chalecki, Associate Professor of International Relations at the University of Nebraska Omaha, and Research Fellow at the Wilson Center, in a recent episode of A TALE OF TWO COASTLINES: DESALINATION IN CHINA AND CALIFORNIASEE MORE ON NEWSECURITYBEAT.ORG HEALTH SECURITY IS NATIONAL SECURITY Jordan Beauregard is an intelligence analyst with the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency, specializing in understanding the operational environment, and a graduate student at the National Intelligence University researching the institutional incorporation of climate change into national security discourse. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not WHO PAYS THE BILL FOR PLASTIC WASTE? China’s 2018 National Sword Policy ended the country’s role as the recycling bin for the world’s post-consumer plastic scrap and threw global recycling markets into disarray. Reeling on the other side of the globe, American cities were forced to store, incinerate, or throw collected recyclables into landfills.Faced with a rapidly diminishing landfill capacity, China is consolidating and WASTE NOT WANT NOT: MALAYSIA MOVES TO BECOME A LEADER IN Waste Not Want Not: Malaysia Moves to Become a Leader in Tackling Plastic Waste. After China issued its plastic waste import ban in January 2018, global plastic waste shipments were quickly rerouted to Southeast Asia, with Malaysia as a top recipient. Like bamboo sprouts after the rain, illegal plastic recycling facilities quickly popped upin
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The recently released National Intelligence Council’s Global Trends 2040 report, clocking in at over 140 pages, is titled “A More Contested World.” That headline should come as no surprise to development professionals. The report, reviewed by the incoming Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, before being sent to President Biden and Congress, examines key trends that will THE NIC’S GLOBAL TRENDS 2040 REPORT: A DEVELOPMENT OUTLOOK The recently released National Intelligence Council’s Global Trends 2040 report, clocking in at over 140 pages, is titled “A More Contested World.” That headline should come as no surprise to development professionals. The report, reviewed by the incoming Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, before being sent to President Biden and Congress, examines key trends that will HOW ENVIRONMENTAL GEOPOLITICS EXPANDS OUR UNDERSTANDING OFSEE MORE ONNEWSECURITYBEAT.ORG
A TALE OF TWO SNAILS: BIODIVERSITY THREATS OF INVASIVE Damage to rice is a serious threat from apple snails causing annual losses in the Philippines of as much as $2 billion.With an infestation of just one snail every square meter, yield is reduced by 20 percent. Only 8 snails per square meter cause a devastating 90 percent yield reduction. Controlling apple snails is a challenge. The snails mature within 2 to 3 months and lay up to 8,700 eggs per TOWARDS BETTER PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT IN ARMED CONFLICTSEE MORE ONNEWSECURITYBEAT.ORG
GEOENGINEERING AND NOTIONS OF SOVEREIGNTY: A WILSON CENTER As climate change impacts become starker, interest in geoengineering is growing. Geoengineering is “climate manipulation technologies that we can use to alter the climate to offset the worst parts of climate change,” says Beth Chalecki, Associate Professor of International Relations at the University of Nebraska Omaha, and Research Fellow at the Wilson Center, in a recent episode of A TALE OF TWO COASTLINES: DESALINATION IN CHINA AND CALIFORNIASEE MORE ON NEWSECURITYBEAT.ORG HEALTH SECURITY IS NATIONAL SECURITY Jordan Beauregard is an intelligence analyst with the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency, specializing in understanding the operational environment, and a graduate student at the National Intelligence University researching the institutional incorporation of climate change into national security discourse. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not WHO PAYS THE BILL FOR PLASTIC WASTE? China’s 2018 National Sword Policy ended the country’s role as the recycling bin for the world’s post-consumer plastic scrap and threw global recycling markets into disarray. Reeling on the other side of the globe, American cities were forced to store, incinerate, or throw collected recyclables into landfills.Faced with a rapidly diminishing landfill capacity, China is consolidating and WASTE NOT WANT NOT: MALAYSIA MOVES TO BECOME A LEADER IN Waste Not Want Not: Malaysia Moves to Become a Leader in Tackling Plastic Waste. After China issued its plastic waste import ban in January 2018, global plastic waste shipments were quickly rerouted to Southeast Asia, with Malaysia as a top recipient. Like bamboo sprouts after the rain, illegal plastic recycling facilities quickly popped upin
A CONFLICT PREVENTION AGENDA SHOULD INFORM CLIMATE CHANGE David Maina, PhD., is a public policy scholar with interest in Governance, Peace, and Security in Africa.. Sources: adelphi, African Union, Environmental Impact Assessment Review, Geoforum, Great Green Wall, Institute for Security Studies, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, International Journal of Health Services, Organisation for Economic Co-operation Development-Food and WILL COVID-19 ACCELERATE URBAN WATER SECURITY OR INSECURITY? 1 day ago · “Never let a good crisis go to waste,” said Winston Churchill. Like other acute stressors, the COVID-19 pandemic acts as a multiplier of chronic or pre-existing vulnerabilities, such as the challenges of servicing rapidly growing informal populations, particularly in urban settings.This multiplier effect may accelerate water insecurity at unprecedented levels. BEYOND PRIDE: ENSURING AFFIRMING, RESPECTFUL SEXUAL AND 19 hours ago · In June 1969, the Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan served as a critical tipping point for the Gay Liberation Movement in the United States. Each June, communities around the world celebrate Pride Month to honor this struggle and continue fighting for a moreequal future.
A TALE OF TWO SNAILS: BIODIVERSITY THREATS OF INVASIVE Damage to rice is a serious threat from apple snails causing annual losses in the Philippines of as much as $2 billion.With an infestation of just one snail every square meter, yield is reduced by 20 percent. Only 8 snails per square meter cause a devastating 90 percent yield reduction. Controlling apple snails is a challenge. The snails mature within 2 to 3 months and lay up to 8,700 eggs per THE ENVIRONMENTAL COLLATERAL DAMAGE OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA Tensions in the South China Sea increased last April when a Chinese coast guard ship sank a Vietnamese fishing boat near the Paracel Islands—a fiercely disputed territory in the South China Sea. Disputes over island territories in the region have endured for decades, with China, Vietnam, the Philippines, Taiwan, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei all making overlapping territorial claims. A LAND LIKE NO OTHER: AFGHANISTAN’S POST-CONFLICT A Land Like No Other: Afghanistan’s Post-Conflict Ecotourism Potential. Stunning cobalt-blue lakes with natural travertine dams in Band-e-Amir, the pristine, soaring Pamir Mountains, through which some of the world’s last snow leopards prowl—far from the simplistic, violent, and drab images preferred by the media, Afghanistan is a THE CLIMATE CRISIS AND SOUTHEAST ASIAN GEOPOLITICS The Climate Crisis and Southeast Asian Geopolitics. This article originally appeared on Asia Dispatches . Southeast Asia is at the center of the two major geopolitical challenges of the 21 st century: climate change and the rise of China. As decision-makers across the region grow increasingly concerned about climate change andenvironmental
TO UNDERSTAND HOW DISASTERS RELATE TO CONFLICT AND PEACE Laura E. R. Peters is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at University College London, cross-appointed to the Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction and the Institute for Global Health, and a research consultant with Stema.She is courtesy faculty of Geography at Oregon State University in the College of Earth, Ocean, and AtmosphericSciences.
USAID’S NEW CENTER FOR WATER SECURITY SIGNALS PROGRESS Stephanie Cappa is the deputy director of policy and government affairs at the World Wildlife Fund, focusing on healthy forests, food, and freshwater systems for people and the planet.. Sarah Davidson is the director for water policy at the World Wildlife Fund, leading the design and implementation of policy initiatives and strategic partnerships to advance WWF’s vision of a world WHY FEMINISM IS GOOD FOR YOUR HEALTH Alison Brysk is Distinguished Mellichamp Professor of Global Governance at the University of California Santa Barbara, a former Wilson Fellow, a co-PI of WomanStats, and the author or editor of 15 books on international human rights.. Miguel Fuentes Carreño is a Ph.D. student at UCSB who has interned at the United Nations Population Fund in Egypt and is currently based in Mexico City, whereNEW SECURITY BEAT
The recently released National Intelligence Council’s Global Trends 2040 report, clocking in at over 140 pages, is titled “A More Contested World.” That headline should come as no surprise to development professionals. The report, reviewed by the incoming Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, before being sent to President Biden and Congress, examines key trends that will THE NIC’S GLOBAL TRENDS 2040 REPORT: A DEVELOPMENT OUTLOOK The recently released National Intelligence Council’s Global Trends 2040 report, clocking in at over 140 pages, is titled “A More Contested World.” That headline should come as no surprise to development professionals. The report, reviewed by the incoming Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, before being sent to President Biden and Congress, examines key trends that will HOW ENVIRONMENTAL GEOPOLITICS EXPANDS OUR UNDERSTANDING OFSEE MORE ONNEWSECURITYBEAT.ORG
POPULATION, CLIMATE, AND POLITICS—A NEW PHASE IS EMERGING For some time, it has been clear that a global population imbalance is emerging. High income countries, including nearly all of the Americas, Europe, and most of East and parts of South and Southeast Asia, have seen a dramatic, sustained fall in fertility. A TALE OF TWO COASTLINES: DESALINATION IN CHINA AND CALIFORNIASEE MORE ON NEWSECURITYBEAT.ORG HOW BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION PROMOTES ECONOMIC GROWTH IN Decoupling Economic Growth and Environmental Degradation. The World Economic Forum now ranks climate threats and accelerated biodiversity loss among the major long-term risks to the global economy. In order to ensure an environmentally and economically sustainable future, the world must recognize that conservation efforts and economic development are not mutually exclusive. CLIMATE WAR IN THE SAHEL? PASTORAL INSECURITY IN WESTSEE MORE ON NEWSECURITYBEAT.ORGTHE SAHEL REGION IN AFRICASAHEL IN AFRICASAHEL IN AFRICATHE SAHEL FACTSTHE SAHEL MAPTHE SAHEL MAP CLIMATE CHANGE, CONFLICT, AND PEACEBUILDING IN SOLOMON Kate Higgins is the Pacific Projects Manager at Conciliation Resources and has been working in the Pacific region in the areas of governance, peacebuilding, and community development.. Josiah Dora Maesua is the National Coordinator for UNDP Solomon Islands and is currently the National Coordinator of the Global Environment Facility’s Small Grants Programmes, managed by the UN Office PERMAFROST MELT, RISING SEAS, AND COASTAL EROSION THREATEN The impacts of climate change are becoming apparent right now in the Arctic faster than anywhere else. A report from the Alaska Climate Research Center shows an average temperature rise of 4.0° Fahrenheit over the past six decades in Alaska. Over that time, the average global temperature on Earth has increased by about .8° Celsius, according to an ongoing temperature analysis conducted by UNEP HIGHLIGHTS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ON HEALTH IN AFRICA While it can be convenient to think of human health and the environment as unrelated silos, they are in fact closely related. The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) recently released a report underscoring this point especially for Africa, where large numbers of people are directly reliant on natural resources for theirlivelihoods.
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The recently released National Intelligence Council’s Global Trends 2040 report, clocking in at over 140 pages, is titled “A More Contested World.” That headline should come as no surprise to development professionals. The report, reviewed by the incoming Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, before being sent to President Biden and Congress, examines key trends that will THE NIC’S GLOBAL TRENDS 2040 REPORT: A DEVELOPMENT OUTLOOK The recently released National Intelligence Council’s Global Trends 2040 report, clocking in at over 140 pages, is titled “A More Contested World.” That headline should come as no surprise to development professionals. The report, reviewed by the incoming Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, before being sent to President Biden and Congress, examines key trends that will HOW ENVIRONMENTAL GEOPOLITICS EXPANDS OUR UNDERSTANDING OFSEE MORE ONNEWSECURITYBEAT.ORG
POPULATION, CLIMATE, AND POLITICS—A NEW PHASE IS EMERGING For some time, it has been clear that a global population imbalance is emerging. High income countries, including nearly all of the Americas, Europe, and most of East and parts of South and Southeast Asia, have seen a dramatic, sustained fall in fertility. A TALE OF TWO COASTLINES: DESALINATION IN CHINA AND CALIFORNIASEE MORE ON NEWSECURITYBEAT.ORG HOW BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION PROMOTES ECONOMIC GROWTH IN Decoupling Economic Growth and Environmental Degradation. The World Economic Forum now ranks climate threats and accelerated biodiversity loss among the major long-term risks to the global economy. In order to ensure an environmentally and economically sustainable future, the world must recognize that conservation efforts and economic development are not mutually exclusive. CLIMATE WAR IN THE SAHEL? PASTORAL INSECURITY IN WESTSEE MORE ON NEWSECURITYBEAT.ORGTHE SAHEL REGION IN AFRICASAHEL IN AFRICASAHEL IN AFRICATHE SAHEL FACTSTHE SAHEL MAPTHE SAHEL MAP CLIMATE CHANGE, CONFLICT, AND PEACEBUILDING IN SOLOMON Kate Higgins is the Pacific Projects Manager at Conciliation Resources and has been working in the Pacific region in the areas of governance, peacebuilding, and community development.. Josiah Dora Maesua is the National Coordinator for UNDP Solomon Islands and is currently the National Coordinator of the Global Environment Facility’s Small Grants Programmes, managed by the UN Office PERMAFROST MELT, RISING SEAS, AND COASTAL EROSION THREATEN The impacts of climate change are becoming apparent right now in the Arctic faster than anywhere else. A report from the Alaska Climate Research Center shows an average temperature rise of 4.0° Fahrenheit over the past six decades in Alaska. Over that time, the average global temperature on Earth has increased by about .8° Celsius, according to an ongoing temperature analysis conducted by UNEP HIGHLIGHTS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ON HEALTH IN AFRICA While it can be convenient to think of human health and the environment as unrelated silos, they are in fact closely related. The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) recently released a report underscoring this point especially for Africa, where large numbers of people are directly reliant on natural resources for theirlivelihoods.
A CONFLICT PREVENTION AGENDA SHOULD INFORM CLIMATE CHANGE 15 hours ago · David Maina, PhD., is a public policy scholar with interest in Governance, Peace, and Security in Africa.. Sources: adelphi, African Union, Environmental Impact Assessment Review, Geoforum, Great Green Wall, Institute for Security Studies, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, International Journal of Health Services, Organisation for Economic Co-operation Development-Food and WHO WE ARE | NEW SECURITY BEAT New Security Beat is the blog of the Wilson Center’s Environmental Change and Security Program, with contributions from the Maternal Health Initiative, China Environment Forum, Urban Sustainability Laboratory, Polar Institute, and Global Risk and Resilience Program. Since 1994, the Environmental Change and Security Program (ECSP) has actively pursued the connections between the environment THE ENVIRONMENTAL COLLATERAL DAMAGE OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA Tensions in the South China Sea increased last April when a Chinese coast guard ship sank a Vietnamese fishing boat near the Paracel Islands—a fiercely disputed territory in the South China Sea. Disputes over island territories in the region have endured for decades, with China, Vietnam, the Philippines, Taiwan, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei all making overlapping territorial claims. A LAND LIKE NO OTHER: AFGHANISTAN’S POST-CONFLICT Stunning cobalt-blue lakes with natural travertine dams in Band-e-Amir, the pristine, soaring Pamir Mountains, through which some of the world’s last snow leopards prowl—far from the simplistic, violent, and drab images preferred by the media, Afghanistan is a beautiful and multifaceted nation. HOW BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION PROMOTES ECONOMIC GROWTH IN Decoupling Economic Growth and Environmental Degradation. The World Economic Forum now ranks climate threats and accelerated biodiversity loss among the major long-term risks to the global economy. In order to ensure an environmentally and economically sustainable future, the world must recognize that conservation efforts and economic development are not mutually exclusive. CLIMATE WAR IN THE SAHEL? PASTORAL INSECURITY IN WEST Leif Brottem is an Associate Professor of Global Studies at Grinnell College.He conducts research on pastoral mobility, governance, and conflict in West and Central Africa. Twitter: @LeifBrottem. Sources: Acotonou, Africa: Journal of the International African Institute, Africa Spectrum, Agence Bénin Presse, Amnesty International, Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project, BBC, Centre for HEALTH SECURITY IS NATIONAL SECURITY Jordan Beauregard is an intelligence analyst with the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency, specializing in understanding the operational environment, and a graduate student at the National Intelligence University researching the institutional incorporation of climate change into national security discourse. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not A PARADIGM FOR PEACE: CELEBRATING “ENVIRONMENTAL PEACEMAKING” Environmental Peacemaking Launches a New Field. When Conca and Dabelko first began to study this field nearly three decades ago, the study of the connections between the environment and security was in its infancy, and mostly focused on the ways in REDEFINING GEOPOLITICS IN THE AGE OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES Oil has played a pivotal role in shaping geopolitics for more than a century. But the rise of electric vehicles and shift toward cleaner fuels means that the world’s dependence on oil could begin to shrink, with both expected and unexpected consequences. GLOBAL WATER AND NATIONAL SECURITY: WHY THE TIME IS NOW During the 2016 campaign President Trump stated that clean water would be a top priority of his administration, telling ScienceDebate.org “it may be the most important issue we face as a nation for the next generation.” Now is the time to make good on that commitment.NEW SECURITY BEAT
Coordinating international financing for climate adaptation and mitigation remains a persistent challenge. In its 2020 Adaptation Gap Report, the United Nations Environment Programme observes that the annual cost of climate adaptation in developing countries could rise from $70 billion today to $280-500 billion by 2050—and current funding levels are growing at too modest a pace to THE NIC’S GLOBAL TRENDS 2040 REPORT: A DEVELOPMENT OUTLOOK The recently released National Intelligence Council’s Global Trends 2040 report, clocking in at over 140 pages, is titled “A More Contested World.” That headline should come as no surprise to development professionals. The report, reviewed by the incoming Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, before being sent to President Biden and Congress, examines key trends that will HOW ENVIRONMENTAL GEOPOLITICS EXPANDS OUR UNDERSTANDING OFSEE MORE ONNEWSECURITYBEAT.ORG
HOW BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION PROMOTES ECONOMIC GROWTH IN Decoupling Economic Growth and Environmental Degradation. The World Economic Forum now ranks climate threats and accelerated biodiversity loss among the major long-term risks to the global economy. In order to ensure an environmentally and economically sustainable future, the world must recognize that conservation efforts and economic development are not mutually exclusive. POPULATION, CLIMATE, AND POLITICS—A NEW PHASE IS EMERGING For some time, it has been clear that a global population imbalance is emerging. High income countries, including nearly all of the Americas, Europe, and most of East and parts of South and Southeast Asia, have seen a dramatic, sustained fall in fertility. A LAND LIKE NO OTHER: AFGHANISTAN’S POST-CONFLICTSEE MORE ONNEWSECURITYBEAT.ORG
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Coordinating international financing for climate adaptation and mitigation remains a persistent challenge. In its 2020 Adaptation Gap Report, the United Nations Environment Programme observes that the annual cost of climate adaptation in developing countries could rise from $70 billion today to $280-500 billion by 2050—and current funding levels are growing at too modest a pace to THE NIC’S GLOBAL TRENDS 2040 REPORT: A DEVELOPMENT OUTLOOK The recently released National Intelligence Council’s Global Trends 2040 report, clocking in at over 140 pages, is titled “A More Contested World.” That headline should come as no surprise to development professionals. The report, reviewed by the incoming Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, before being sent to President Biden and Congress, examines key trends that will HOW ENVIRONMENTAL GEOPOLITICS EXPANDS OUR UNDERSTANDING OFSEE MORE ONNEWSECURITYBEAT.ORG
HOW BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION PROMOTES ECONOMIC GROWTH IN Decoupling Economic Growth and Environmental Degradation. The World Economic Forum now ranks climate threats and accelerated biodiversity loss among the major long-term risks to the global economy. In order to ensure an environmentally and economically sustainable future, the world must recognize that conservation efforts and economic development are not mutually exclusive. POPULATION, CLIMATE, AND POLITICS—A NEW PHASE IS EMERGING For some time, it has been clear that a global population imbalance is emerging. High income countries, including nearly all of the Americas, Europe, and most of East and parts of South and Southeast Asia, have seen a dramatic, sustained fall in fertility. A LAND LIKE NO OTHER: AFGHANISTAN’S POST-CONFLICTSEE MORE ONNEWSECURITYBEAT.ORG
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USAID’S NEW CENTER FOR WATER SECURITY SIGNALS PROGRESS Stephanie Cappa is the deputy director of policy and government affairs at the World Wildlife Fund, focusing on healthy forests, food, and freshwater systems for people and the planet.. Sarah Davidson is the director for water policy at the World Wildlife Fund, leading the design and implementation of policy initiatives and strategic partnerships to advance WWF’s vision of a world A PARADIGM FOR PEACE: CELEBRATING “ENVIRONMENTAL PEACEMAKING” Environmental Peacemaking Launches a New Field. When Conca and Dabelko first began to study this field nearly three decades ago, the study of the connections between the environment and security was in its infancy, and mostly focused on the ways in REDEFINING GEOPOLITICS IN THE AGE OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES Oil has played a pivotal role in shaping geopolitics for more than a century. But the rise of electric vehicles and shift toward cleaner fuels means that the world’s dependence on oil could begin to shrink, with both expected and unexpected consequences. THE FUTURE OF THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS Tools like WWF’s basin report cards take into account water basin conditions, interactions, and goals, with the intention of spurring leaders and the public to think about to environmental conservation and development as a whole. “There is a growing need, that will only grow stronger as we move further in this, to synthesize really complex information to help decision-makers decide what to GLOBAL WATER AND NATIONAL SECURITY: WHY THE TIME IS NOW During the 2016 campaign President Trump stated that clean water would be a top priority of his administration, telling ScienceDebate.org “it may be the most important issue we face as a nation for the next generation.” Now is the time to make good on that commitment. IS WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING A NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT? Wildlife crime has quickly become a source of funding for rebel groups, militias, and potential terrorist groups, that much is clear. But as Acting Assistant Secretary of State Judith Garber noted in a recent hearing on poaching and terrorism, the volume of funds is hard to pin down (precisely because the trade is illegal).. The Lord’s Resistance Army, a rebel group originally from Uganda*
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“You might know what to do,” said Rachel Kleinfeld, a Senior Fellow for Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. “But if you don’t think about how to do it, your reform isn’t going to move forward.” She spoke at a recent Wilson Center virtual event on how to think and work politically while supporting biodiversity conservation goals. It may sound counterintuitive, she said, but undertaking what’s considered the best intervention may not be thebest approach.
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// __May 27, 2020 // By Anya Prusa , Beatriz García Nice& Olivia Soledad
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This article originally appeared on the Weekly Asado,
a blog of the Wilson Center’s Latin American Program and ArgentinaProject.
COVID-19 is having a profound impact on Latin American women. Gender-based violence increased drastically after governments imposed lockdowns, leaving policymakers and law enforcement scrambling to prevent attacks. _Latin America was already one of the most dangerous regions for women_, with the highest rate of sexual violence and some of the highest femicide numbers in the world. The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean registered 3,529 femicides in 2018, or one woman killed every two hours due to her gender. For many women living through the coronavirus pandemic in Latin America, the greater health risk might be staying home.MORE
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POPULATION AGE STRUCTURE: THE HIDDEN FACTOR IN COVID-19 MORTALITY›
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// __May 26, 2020 // By Richard Cincotta_
Until several months ago, demographers regarded a youthful age structure as an unequivocally detrimental demographic characteristic. Where more than half of the population is younger than age 25, countries are unable to attain high levels of economic and humancapital development
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face an increased risk of some forms of civil conflict.
Yet, so far, during the ongoing pre-vaccine stage of the COVID-19 pandemic, the most age-structurally mature countries have been hardest hit by the disease. These countries are generally urbanized, wealthy, well-educated, and include a large proportion of seniors. And, somewhat surprisingly—despite being equipped with advanced medical technologies—these countries are experiencing the highest rates of mortality from complications related to COVID-19.MORE
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ROHINGYA REFUGEES SMUGGLE DRUGS FOR INSURGENTS IN MYANMAR›
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// __May 25, 2020 // By Michael Van Ginkel_
Rohingya refugees fleeing anti-Muslim persecution in Myanmar are exploited by the Arakan Army to smuggle synthetic drugs into Bangladesh. The army, which demands greater autonomy for Myanmar’s Rakhine State, uses the drug sales to purchase arms and ammunition. It moves the drugs from production centers in Myanmar’s interior to Rakhine State, where Rohingya make the arduous trek along refugee migration routes into neighboring Bangladesh. Lacking other sources of income, the Rohingya are vulnerable to recruitment by the army’sdrug smugglers.
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IMPROVE BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION, ENHANCE PUBLIC HEALTH AND FOODSECURITY
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// __May 21, 2020 // By Eliana Guterman_
Our collective development objectives will not be achieved if they come at the expense of biodiversity and natural resource management,said Jeff Haeni
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Deputy Assistant Administrator in the Bureau for Economic Growth, Education, and Environment at USAID. He spoke at a recent Wilson Center virtual event,
co-hosted with USAID, that explored the links between conservation and public health with examples from USAID’s BRIDGE project, which aims to build the evidence base for integrating biodiversity conservation considerations into policy discussions and decision-making across sectors. “The ability of societies around the world to develop and thrive is dependent on the health of the forests, fisheries, and natural systems around them,” he said.MORE
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URBANIZATION IN THE AGE OF PANDEMIC›
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// __May 20, 2020 // By Dr. Gad Perry& Dr. Gretchen De
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Late last year, what is thought to be a bat-associated coronavirus infected humans in Wuhan, a city of 11 million in China, possibly after a stopover in illegally traded pangolins—setting off a global pandemic. This kind of thing has happened before—with
AIDS, SARS, and MERS, for example. Much remains unknown about the biology of COVID-19, which is alarmingly communicable by people withfew or no symptoms
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But an epidemic is only part biology. It is also driven by cultural factors, and urbanization is a crucial aspect. As sites of large gatherings and dense living conditions, cities offer the perfect settings for the spread of infection, yet their role seems to have often gone unremarked in discussions of the pandemic.MORE
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HUMANITARIAN CHALLENGE: AMPING UP URBAN RESPONSE TO COVID-19 INCENTRAL AMERICA
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// __May 19, 2020 // By James Blake_
On May 6, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) announced it had started to treat COVID-19 patients in Tijuana, in northwestern Mexico. Tijuana, which is on the border with San Diego, has the greatest number of cases in Mexico and one of the highest death rates. “We will be providing support to health institutions relieving the hospital burden in Tijuana,” said Maria Rodríguez Rado,
MSF’s COVID-19 Emergency Response Coordinator in Mexico, according to the group’s website. “Through this support, we want to relieve the enormous workload of health workers who are responding to this pandemic and help alleviate the suffering of patients.” The move is welcome. Across Central America, megacities such as Guatemala City, Tegucigalpa in Honduras, and Managua in Nicaragua are vulnerable to the rapid spread of COVID-19.MORE
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