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How can better management of forests impact other global challenges?: ( The Rights and Resources Initiative , 2008); The report discusses how tensions over forests in coming decades will influence the severity of climate change, the course of wars and civil conflicts, and the health of the world. It is asserted that...
Understanding participatory approaches to aid targeting: ( D. Maxwell;J. Burns / Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University , 2008); With a focus on Southern Sudan, this paper examines community participation through the food aid program cycle, both retrospectively (during the war) and currently. It aims to investigate the particip...
Is climate change a threat to security in West Africa?: local experts give their views: ( O. Brown;A. Crawford / International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg , 2008); Traditionally seen as an environmental and an energy issue, climate change is now also being cast as a threat to international peace and security. Africa, though the least responsible for greenhous...
Community risk assessment: a bottom-up approach to climate change adaptation: ( M. Van Aalst;T. Cannon;I. Burton / Red Cross/ Red Crescent Centre on Climate Change and Disaster Preparedness , 2008); Community Risk Assessment (CRA) refers to participatory methods to assess hazards, vulnerabilities and capacities in support of community-based disaster risk reduction, used by many NGOs, community-ba...
Humanitarian missions: under threat?: ( A. Donini;L. Fast;G. Hansen / Feinstein International Center, USA , 2008); Is ‘humanitarianism’ at risk? The humanitarian community is operating in a ‘changing’ environment which is forcing it to question its own notions of inclusivity and gra...
The humanitarian challenge in Iraq: more action needed: ( Humanitarian Policy Group, ODI , 2008); This paper presents an assessment of humanitarian action in Iraq to date. It looks at the shortcomings of past humanitarian activity in the country since the invasion by coalition forces, with a vi...
Does migration enhance development prospects?: ( A, Naik;E, Stigter;F, Laczko / International Organization for Migration , 2007); This paper explores how natural disasters impact migration and development development by reviewing the impact of the Indian Ocean Tsunami on migration issues in three affected countries: Indonesia, S...
Is support for the Taliban growing in Afghanistan?: ( The Senlis Council , 2007); In recent months, as the situation in Afghanistan has worsened, the attitudes of ordinary Afghans towards the international community have shifted markedly and support for the Taliban has...
Action is needed now to stop children being killed, tortured and raped in Sudan: ( Watchlist/Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict , 2007); This report presents information on violations against children in Sudan in each of the major categories identified by the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1612 on Children and Armed Conf...
How do Colombian armed groups use mass displacement as a strategy in civil war?: ( A. Steele / Households in Conflict Network , 2007); Displacement of civilians is a common outcome of civil war, but is usually seen as a by-product of the activities of armed groups, rather than a strategy. This paper discusses how armed groups use dis...