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United States: She Grew Up Under Water Boil Advisories in Jackson. Now She’s Bringing Environmental Justice to the EPA

International
In her community outreach role for the EPA, Rosemary Enobakhare is working to prioritize communities in need while “shining a light” on issues affecting them…


West Africa: Meet the People Safeguarding the Sacred Forests and Lagoons of West Africa

International
In areas throughout West African countries such as Liberia, Senegal and Guinea-Bissau, communities have designated biodiversity hotspots, including forests and lagoons, as sacred. They believe…


Sustainable Peace Cannot Be Built Where Rights of Women Are Ignored, Says Deputy Secretary-General at Security Council Open Debate

International
Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks at the Security Council open debate on peacebuilding and sustaining peace, in New York today:

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Liberia: At a Rubber Plantation in Liberia, History Repeats in a Fight over Land

International
Sexual harassment of its workers isn’t the only charge that’s been leveled against Socfin here in Liberia: in 2019, 22 communities filed a complaint against…


Liberia: Gov’t Clears Export of US$4M ‘Illegal Logs’

International
The government of Liberia will finally give Renaissance Group Incorporated, a controversial logging company, the green light on January 28, to go ahead with the…


Sudan: Largest Unit of Indian Women Peacekeepers in Sudan Conflict Zone

International
The contingent has 25 women soldiers from the Corps of Military Police (CMP) and the Assam Rifles, senior Defence officials familiar with the matter said.


Liberia: Communities Affected by Commercial Logging in Liberia Demand Payment of Their Land Rental Fees

International
Representatives of Communities affected by commercial logging in Liberia are calling on the Government of Liberia through the National Legislators to ensure that the communities’…


The Climate-Conflict-Urban Migration Nexus: Honduras, Jordan, and Pakistan

Briefs & Development
In Honduras, chronic droughts and severe natural disasters, including hurricanes and landslides, increasingly drive rural migrants to cities, where chronic gang violence and a lack of…


Gendered Violence Martying Filipina Environmental Defenders

Briefs & Development
This article contributes to discussions of extractive violence by exploring how gender influences violent circumstances under which women were assassinated during environmental conflicts. Partnership with…


Impact of Environmental Crime on Indigenous Women: Evidence from Ecuador, Mexico, Cameroon and Indonesia

Library
Organized crime is driving environmental degradation and biodiversity loss in forest eco- systems around the world. The impact of environmental degradation on indigenous forest-dependent communities…


Community Voices on Climate, Peace and Security: Kenya

Briefs & Development
This study conducted a participatory appraisal of climate vulnerabilities and conflict risks three communities across Kenya: 1) members of the Yiaku Indigenous Peoples in the…


Food Sovereignty for Health, Agriculture, Nutrition, and Gender Equity: Radical Implications for Haiti

Briefs & Development
Governments usually see food security in terms of the availability of and access to sufficient, nutritious, and culturally appropriate food. Food justice scholars, however, see…


Gender, Agriculture Policies, and Climate-Smart Agriculture in India

Briefs & Development
Women farmers have limited land ownership, access to credit, access to information and formal extension, and time, constraining adoption of climate smart practices.


Gender and Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene: Three Opportunities to Build From Recent Reporting on Global Progress, 2000–2022

Briefs & Development
Climate migration is an emerging policymaking area not yet regulated by European Law. 


Gender Exclusion in Indonesia’s Community-Based Forest Management Extension Program

Briefs & Development
This study investigates the gender dimensions of Indonesia’s Community-based Forest Management (CBFM) extension program. It employs a mixed-method approach to examine women’s participation and benefits,…


Women Farmers Leading and Co-Learning in an Agroecology Movement at the Intersections of Gender and Climate

Briefs & Development
This study, carried out in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, was particularly interested in women farmers’ access to social learning spaces for expanding…


Hydro-Heritage for Healing? Examining the Gendered Experience of Water in Post-Conflict Swat, Pakistan

Briefs & Development
Water has been formulated as a resource or a hazard within water resources geography. The authors propose that reframing of water as hydro-heritage opens up…


The Impact of Conflict on Food Security: Evidence from Household Data in Ethiopia and Malawi

Briefs & Development
Violent conflicts threaten food security and household welfare in sub-Saharan Africa. While a more robust understanding of the causal relationship between food security and conflict…


Race, Ethnicity, and the Case for Intersectional Water Security 

Briefs & Development
This Forum article reports on a meta-review of more than 19,000 published works on water security, of which less than 1 percent explicitly focus on…


Standing Firm: The Land and Environmental Defenders on the Frontlines of the Climate Crisis

Briefs & Development
For the past 11 years, Global Witness has documented and denounced waves of threats, violence and killings of land and environmental defenders across the world,…


The Role of Fair and Equitable Benefit-Sharing in Environmental Peacebuilding (chapter in "Research Handbook on International Law and Environmental Peacebuilding")

Briefs & Development
This chapter explores the role of international legal obligations on fair and equitable benefit-sharing to the integration of natural resource management and environmental protection in…


Integrating Gender, Peace and Environment: The Gender Dimension of Environmental Peacebuilding

Briefs & Development
The interlinked nature of environmental protection and natural resource management on the one hand, and peacebuilding on the other, has been clearly established in the foregoing chapters.…


Gender, Agriculture Policies and Climate Smart Agriculture in India

Briefs & Development
India’s agricultural systems are increasingly affected by the adverse effects of climate change. While the Government of India has put together an impressive set of…


An Examination of Race/Ethnicity, Gender, and Employer Affiliations on University Natural Resource Program Advisory Boards

Briefs & Development
Many university natural resource (NR) programs in the U.S. have external partners and stakeholders who serve on advisory boards. These boards can influence programs in…


Challenging Shea As a Woman’s Crop – Masculinities and Resource Control in Burkina Faso

Briefs & Development
This article pays attention to the gendered resource struggles and changing division of labor of the feminized shea fruit in Burkina Faso. The aim of…


Occupational Sex Segregation in Agriculture: Evidence on Gender Norms and Socio-Emotional Skills in Nigeria

Briefs & Development
Occupational sex segregation is a key driver of the gender gap in earnings. Using data from 11,691 aspiring agribusiness entrepreneurs in Nigeria, this article explores…


Indigenous Women's Employment in Natural Resource Industries in Canada: Patterns, Barriers and Opportunities

Briefs & Development
This paper identifies barriers and opportunities that Indigenous women in Canada face in energy, mining, and forest sector employment through a review of scholarly and…


Green Innovation and Political Embeddedness in China’s Heavily Polluted Industry: Role of Environmental Disclosure, Gender Diversity, and Enterprise Growth

Briefs & Development
Innovation in green technology is an efficient approach to reducing carbon emissions and achieving energy conservation, which is essential for fostering sustainable and green economic…


Gender, Women and Agriculture in Agriculture and Human Values

Briefs & Development
This article reflects on how Agriculture and Human Values has approached women, gender, and agriculture over the years based on a content analysis of the…


Gender Stereotypes in Ecological Research Themes: An Analysis of the Last 20 Years of the Argentinian Ecology Conferences

Briefs & Development
Although Argentina harbours a notable increase in the academic community, achieving the highest number of researchers per capita in Latin America, the gender gap is…