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BOTSWANA Less development revenue as diamonds lose their shine (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative )
http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=83784 JOHANNESBURG, 3 April 2009 (IRIN) Diamondrich Botswana has so far managed to avoid Africa's "resource curse" a term for conflicts sparked or maintained by commodities but is unlikely to escape the global recession unscathed ...
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In Congo, a new twist on 'blood diamonds' (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative )
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0827/p12s01woaf.html By Alex Halperin and Jina Moore\ Correspondents of The Christian Science Monitorfrom the August 27, 2008 edition Warring militias are stealing cows to perpetuate a conflict sparked by spillover from the 1994 Rwandan genocide.By Alex Halperin and Jina ...
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In Cambodia, Land Seizures Push Thousands of the Poor Into Homelessness (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative )
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/27/world/asia/27cambodia.html?ref=world By SETH MYDANS Published: July 27, 2008ANDONG, Cambodia When the monsoon rain pours through Mao Sein's torn thatch roof, she pulls a straw sleeping mat over herself ...
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Faculty Position in Environmental Change and Political Economy, Feinstein International Center, Tufts University, Medford, Mass., USA (Newsroom)
Feinstein International Center, within the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, at Tufts University, is looking for a new faculty member who will develop a coherent longterm action research program exploring the twoway relationship between emerging risks and vulnerabilities related ...
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Global trends in emerging infectious diseases (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative )
Kate E. Jones1, Nikkita G. Patel2, Marc A. Levy3, Adam Storeygard3{, Deborah Balk3{, John L. Gittleman4 & Peter Daszak2 \ For Full Article\ nature06536.pdf\ Emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) are a significant burden on global economies and public health13 ...
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SWAZILAND, Too much bread to buy a loaf (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative )
http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=75757  MBABANE, 7 December 2007 (IRIN) The escalating price of bread is the latest blow to Swazi households, already struggling with a parallel rise in the cost of maizemeal caused by the worst drought in a generation. On 10 December ...
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Forest Loss in Sumatra Becomes a Global Issue (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative )
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/06/world/asia/06indo.html?r=1&ref=environmen t&oref=slogin By PETER GELLING Published: December 6, 2007 KUALA CENAKU, Indonesia, Dec. 1 — Here on the island of Sumatra, about 1,200 miles from the global climate talks ...
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New study finds biodiversity conservation secures ecosystem services for people (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative )
From: Conservation International Published December 6, 2007 08:48 AM http://www.enn.com/topstories/article/26680 Arlington, Virginia (Dec. 5, 2007) Healthy ecosystems that provide people with essential natural goods and services often overlap with regions ...
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Silver Lining to Climate Change, Green Jobs (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative )
From: UNEP Published December 6, 2007 09:09 AM http://www.enn.com/topstories/article/26685 Bali/Nairobi, 6 December 2007 As representatives from over 180 countries gather in Bali to map a post 2012 agreement, new ...
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Six die in fights with Bengali Communists (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative )
Randeep Ramesh in New Delhi Tuesday November 13, 2007 The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/india/story/0,,2210017,00.html A bloody standoff between Communists committed to emulating China's economic success and farmers opposed to the establishment of a vast industrial zone in eastern ...
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