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  • REDD+ Progress: Forests and Solving the Climate Change Challenge

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    On the Beat  //  October 11, 2017  //  By Namita Rao
    REDD+

    From 1870 to 2015, the CO2 concentration in the atmosphere  increased significantly, said Professor Maria Sanz, scientific director at the Basque Center for Climate Change in a recent webinar organized by WWF Forest and Climate. Forests have been responsible for global greenhouse gas emissions through forestry and other land use activities. However, she noted that forests also absorb nearly one-third of the emissions generated from fossil fuels.

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  • Fresh Water, Safe Water: Integrating Freshwater Conservation and WASH in Sub-Saharan Africa

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    On the Beat  //  August 23, 2017  //  By Namita Rao
    Africa-WASH

    Despite sharing a common element—water—the freshwater community and the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) community have traditionally worked independently of each other, said Jimmiel Mandima, director of U.S. government relations at the African Wildlife Foundation during a recent webinar organized by USAID-supported Africa Biodiversity Collaborative Group (ABCG). However, that is starting to change: “Integration will bring value addition and synergy,” he said.

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  • Fishing for Criminals: Mapping the Security Threats of Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing

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    Eye On  //  August 9, 2017  //  By Namita Rao
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    Organized crime, arms and drugs smuggling, and conflict often overlap with environmental crimes like illegal fishing. A new interactive database from the Stimson Center’s Environment Security program maps incidents of illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing with the aim to “illuminate and educate on the geostrategic security implications of environmental crime; foster the creation of a new and expanding community of natural security stakeholders; and change the terms of the conversation on environment crime, leading to innovation policy solutions.”

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  • Meeting the Maternal and Newborn Needs of Displaced Persons in Urban Settings

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    Dot-Mom  //  From the Wilson Center  //  June 30, 2017  //  By Namita Rao
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    More than 60 percent of the world’s refugees and 80 percent of internally displaced persons (IDPs) now live in urban areas. In contrast to traditional refugee camps, which have mainly been in rural areas, cities and other urban settings can offer refugees greater economic opportunities, a degree of anonymity, and better access to services—at least in theory, said Mary Nell Wegner, executive director of the Maternal Health Task Force, at the Wilson Center on May 31. However, in practice, the urban advantage may be a myth, as local systems, already strained by growing populations, are not well equipped to handle a large influx of people with complex needs.

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  • Urban Africa: Opening Doors, Greening Cities

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    Reading Radar  //  June 22, 2017  //  By Namita Rao

    Cities in sub-Saharan Africa are growing rapidly. But will thisAfrica's Cities Opening Doors to the world lead to economic growth? According to a recent World Bank report, Africa’s Cities: Opening Doors to the World, the low level of regional and international trade is one of the main reasons why African cities are relatively poor.

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  • Water Security and U.S. Foreign Policy in India, Pakistan, and the Philippines

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    From the Wilson Center  //  June 16, 2017  //  By Namita Rao
    Pakistan-floods

    In 2012, the U.S. National Intelligence Council judged that within the next 10 years, water problems would be a major contributor to instability in “many” countries that are of interest to the United States. South and Southeast Asia, with its many transboundary river basins, large populations, and geopolitical flashpoints, is one among a number of hotspots where such instability could occur.

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