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AFGHANISTAN Landslides and avalanches threaten Badakhshan locals (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative) 11 Nov 2007 15:14:05 GMTSource: IRIN http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/95c8505079fda6c647d40d1805ec7 042.htm BADAKHSHAN, 11 November 2007 (IRIN) Over 1,000 poor people living on the steep slopes of a mountain in Badakhshan province in northeast Afghanistan ... Other labels: unitednations, afghanistan, naturaldisasters, population

AFGHANISTAN Wheat for locusts plan turns sour (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative) http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=79229 QALAINAW, 14 July 2008 (IRIN) Hundreds of people in northwestern Afghanistan are annoyed with the authorities for allegedly failing to give them promised wheat aid in return for dead locusts. After locusts swarmed into Badghis ... Other labels: blog, afghanistan, security, food, environment

Biotechnology 'no cure-all' for food insecurity (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative) Ochieng' Ogodo 26 September 2008 EN Africans, like this Tanzanian paprika farmer, require more access to land and fertilisers to take advantage of the products of biotechnology USAID NAIROBI Biotechnology is no panacea to the food insecurity and poverty problems in Africa and other ... Other labels: blog, security, food, africa, health

Board may oversee water disputes (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative) 02/12/2008 Utah Utah State Engineer Jerry Olds and his staff handle about 6000 cases involving water rights every year, which has prompted State Senator Dennis Stowell of Parowan to introduce SB85, a bill to create ... Other labels: blog, management, dispute, resolution, water, cooperation, us

Botswana's Ex-President Wins Leadership Prize (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative) CELIA W. DUGGER Published: October 20, 2008 New York Times JOHANNESBURG A foundation dedicated to celebrating and encouraging good government in Africa awarded its annual prize on Monday toBotswana's former president, Festus G. Mogae. He ... Other labels: blog, diamonds, africa, botswana, leadership

Brazil's Supreme Court OKs Irrigation Project (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative) http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/46164/story.htm BRAZIL: December 21, 2007 BRASILIA Brazil's Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that the government could restart construction of an irrigation project that has a Catholic bishop on a threeweek hunger strike. The opposition to the project ... Other labels: blog, brazil, irrigation, water

Bribes Corrode Afghans' Trust in Government (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative) http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/02/world/asia/02kabul.html?hp By DEXTER FILKINS Published: January 1, 2009 KABUL, Afghanistan — When it comes to governing this violent, fractious land, everything, it seems, has its price. Want to be a provincial police chief? It will cost you ... Other labels: blog, afghanistan, trade, corruption, opium

Building Local Democracy through Natural Resource Interventions, An Environmentalist's Responsibility (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative) http://www.wri.org/publication/buildinglocaldemocracy by Payson Schwin In practice, everything but democratic decentralization has taken place in the name of 'democratic decentralization' reforms: privatization, administrative deconcentration, NGOization, selective civil society inclusion, participatory processes, comanagement, and committeebased project ... Other labels: blog, naturalresourcemanagement, security, environment, reports

Climate-Change Program to Aid Poor Nations Is Shut (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative) http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/07/science/earth/07climate.html?ref=us\\ By ANDREW C. REVKIN Published: August 6, 2008 The National Center for Atmospheric Research, an important hub for work on the causes and consequences of climate change, has shut down a program focused ... Other labels: blog, climate, science, aid, earlywarning

Congo launches review of logging contracts (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative) From: Reuters Published July 31, 2008 08:43 AM http://www.enn.com/topstories/article/37819  KINSHASA (Reuters) Congo, home to the world's second largest tropical forest, launched a review of all timber contracts on Wednesday in an ... Other labels: timber, blog, conflict, forest, congo, csr, security, naturalresources