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    Climate change to conflict?: lessons from Southern Ethiopia and Northern Kenya

    Institute for Applied International Studies, Norway, 2010
    The contextual environment African pastoralists live in is characterised by population growth, environmental degradation, and cultural and political factors that pave the way for frequent outbreaks of conflict. This paper attempts to understand the relationship between environmental/climatic factors and the conflict dynamics in the Horn of Africa.
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    Fundacion Futuro Latinoamericano (FFLA)

    FFLA´s institutional objectives are:
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    Natural resources conflict: management processes and strategies in Africa

    Institute for Security Studies, 2010
    This brief paper argues that environmental degradation in forms such as desertification, resource depletion and demographic pressure exacerbates tensions and instability. The paper particularly focuses on the role of natural resources in motivating and fueling armed conflicts in Africa.
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    Southern Sudan 2010: mitigating a humanitarian disaster

    Norwegian Refugee Council, 2010
    The aim of this report is to direct efforts to the activities that have the greatest potential for meeting humanitarian needs and preventing a further deterioration in Southern Sudan’s humanitarian situation through increased violence.
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    Whose land is this: land disputes and forced displacement in the western forest area of Côte d’Ivoire

    Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, 2009
    Armed conflict broke out in Côte d’Ivoire in 2002, which caused the country to be divided in two: the north under the control of the Forces Nouvelles rebels and the south in the hands of the government.
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    Protecting the environment during armed conflict

    United Nations [UN] Environment Programme, 2009
    This report seeks to identify gaps and weaknesses in the current international legal framework for protecting the environment during armed conflict.
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    Troubled waters: Palestinians denied fair access to water

    Amnesty International, 2009
    Lack of access to adequate, safe and clean water has been a longstanding problem for the Palestinian population of the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT). Though exacerbated in recent years by the impact of drought-induced water scarcity, this report argues that the problem arises principally as a result of Israel’s discriminatory water policies and practices against this population.
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    Securitizing the ground, grounding security

    Convention to Combat Desertification, 2009
    The world is currently facing economic, population growth, climate change, water security and food crises. This paper states that the world may have reached a turning point which requires extraordinary policy measures to cope with the crises otherwise, they may result in extreme societal outcomes that may result in severe consequences for humanity.
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    Wireless technology for social change: trends in NGO mobile use

    United Nations Foundation, 2008
    This report, published by the UN Foundation, examines real life examples of and trends in wireless technology solutions being used to drive change in the areas of health, humanitarian assistance, and environmental conservation. Largely using case studies, the authors find that NGOs’ use of mobile technology is very widespread and indispensable.
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    Arab Human Development Report 2009: challenges to human security in Arab countries

    Human Development Report Office, UNDP, 2009
    This report examines human development in the Arab world through a human security lens, calling on policymakers and other stakeholders to move away from a state-centric conception of security to one which also concentrates on the security of individuals, their protection and their empowerment.

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