Bolivia’s rich biodiversity makes it a prime target for traffickers. It stands as one of the world’s most biodiverse countries, hosting nearly half of South...
Mercury, employed by miners to extract gold from soil and sediment, is smuggled daily in bottles across Bolivia’s borders with Peru and Brazil, reaching...
Bolivia is in the midst of a gold rush caused by record gold prices and growing international demand. This gold rush has been facilitated by permissive mining...
Bolivia is the world’s third-largest producer of coca, after Colombia and Peru, and a key crossroads for cocaine and other drugs. Coca crops are grown legally...
For years in Bolivia, high-value woods like cedar and the mara variety of mahogany have been felled to feed domestic and international construction and...
Deforestation has reached alarming levels in Bolivia. One of the main drivers of tree cover loss – loss of the canopy – is the rise in slash-and-burn land...
The Horn of Africa, West Africa and the Sahel, and
Central Africa are among those regions of the world
most affected by the confluence of climate change and...
In Bolivia, prospectors are digging craters and poisoning rivers in Madidi National Park. This natural treasure stretches from the Andes to the Amazon...
A new video series by the EU-funded HABITABLE project examines how changes in the climate and environment are influencing how people perceive the “habitability”...
It has been more than one year since the gavel came down at the last UN biodiversity summit, where almost every country in the world agreed on a plan to protect...
This report assembles an impressive set of data from 24 low- and middle-income countries in five world regions to measure the effects of climate change on rural...
The Weathering Risk Peace Pillar translates climate-security foresight and analysis into peacebuilding action where it is needed most. Partners work across the...
This paper lists existing guidance notes on Nature-based Solutions (NbS) in conflict contexts, as well as outlines key lessons to successfully implement NbS in...
The hard-fought resolution, which was proposed by Ukraine, is the assembly’s third and potentially most impactful text on the environmental dimensions of armed...
Climate change effects are felt in every corner of the world and can affect conflicts in different ways. They can be a source of conflict, a multiplier of...
Join this self-paced online course that unpacks the interlinkages between climate change, peace and security and explores opportunities for promoting inclusive...
Iraq has begun to feel the brunt of climate change and an increase in climate-related security risks. This study examines nine districts, exploring the ways in...