River Sand and Gravel Mining: Global Drivers, Impacts, and Pathways for Sustainable Management

Global sand and gravel mining research is fragmented, with impacts widely reported but extraction extent and drivers poorly constrained Hydrogeomorphic processes control mining impacts across spa...

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Opinion | Welcome to the Golden Age of the Crone (Gift Article)

A new generation is not willing to settle for being invisible.

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Writing Retreats

For this episode of the podcast, we tackle writing, writing retreats, and why writing can be, and probably should be, a community-based practice. Last m...

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Rare earth mining is poisoning Mekong River tributaries, threatening 'the world's kitchen'

Toxic runoff from rare earth mines in Myanmar is contaminating rivers that flow into Thailand, threatening the Mekong River and its basin's fisheries and farmland.

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Asia’s longest free-flowing river contaminated by arsenic linked to Myanmar mines

MAE HONG SON, Thailand — Saw Si Paw Rak Salween guns the wooden fishing boat’s engine and steers along the river that inspired his family name. He is ethnic Karen — his parents migrated from Myanmar’s...

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‘We need solidarity’: Reflections on Building and Troubling Solidarity in Research Ethics in Myanmar

Calls for solidarity by civil society are taking place alongside changes in how researchers navigate shifting research landscapes. Yet what solidarity-based research entails in practice and how this ...

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LSE Fellow in Urban Geography and Planning

LSE Fellow in Urban Geography and Planning, , <p style="text-align: center;"><em><span>LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university</span></em></p> <p style="text-a...

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Brokers, Collaborators and Knowledge Translators: Expanding the Role of Research Assistants in Geographic Research

While ‘local’ research assistants (RA) often play a key role in knowledge production in fieldwork-based disciplines like geography, their role and agency often remain silenced. This paper brings toge...

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Navigating Ethical Review Processes in Conflict‐Affected, Authoritarian Contexts: A Case Study of Myanmar's Interim Ethics Review Board (IERB)

This article examines the formation and operation of Myanmar's Interim Ethics Review Board (IERB), which was established in November 2023 by displaced academics involved in the Civil Disobedience Mov...

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Rethinking the ‘Defeminization of Agriculture’: Land Consolidation and Crop Diversification in Vietnam's Red River Delta

Over the past two decades, agricultural restructuring in Vietnam — driven by land consolidation, crop diversification and modernization — has shifted farming from labour-intensive to capital-intensiv...

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Reimagining Research Ethics Through Local Knowledge and Leadership: The Community Ethics Advisory Board on the Thailand–Burma Border

This article examines the Community Ethics Advisory Board (CEAB) on the Thailand–Burma border as a locally led ethics advisory mechanism that complements formal and institutionalised ethics systems w...

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CIVICUS global campaign urges the release of Mother Nature Cambodia activists

CIVICUS global campaign urges the release of Mother Nature Cambodia activists CIVICUS, a global civil society alliance, calls for the immediate release of five Mother Nature Cambodia environmental rights defenders, who are now featured in its ‘Stand As My Witness’ campaign. The global campaign by CIVICUS urges the release of imprisoned human rights defenders.   Long Kunthea, Ly Chandaravuth, Phuon Keoraksmey, Thun Ratha and Yim Leanghy have been in jail for over 600 days. They were handed prison sentences between six to eight years and are currently held in various prisons in Cambodia.  The activists were among ten members of the environmental group Mother Nature Cambodia convicted on 2 July 2024. The Phnom Penh Capital Court charged them of “plotting against the state” and “insulting the King” due to their peaceful environmental advocacy.   “The conviction and imprisonment of Mother Nature Cambodia activists was clearly aimed at silencing their voices and to stifle activism.  The global Stand As My Witness campaign calls on Cambodian authorities to overturn their unjust convictions. The environmental defenders must be released immediately and unconditionally,” said Rajavelu Karunanithi, Advocacy and Campaigns Officer for Asia at CIVICUS.   Mother Nature Cambodia has a long track record of environmental advocacy in Cambodia. Their work includes raising awareness about destructive infrastructure projects and campaigning against illegal sand mining. The group received the Right Livelihood Award in 2023. However, the members facing charges were prevented by the court from travelling to Stockholm to receive the award.  "Jailing Mother Nature activists highlights the repression of activists in Cambodia under Prime Minister Hun Manet. In recent years, dozens of activists and journalists have been criminalised. Media outlets have been shut down, and civil society’s work is heavily restricted. “Cambodia must stop attacks on activists. The government must respect international human rights obligations and protect fundamental freedoms s',” said Rajavelu Karunanithi. The five activists join 17 other jailed individuals featured in Stand As My Witness. The campaign includes leading global activists like Iran’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning women’s rights activist Narges Mohammadi, Hong Kong activist Chow Hang-Tung, Kashmiri human rights defender Khurram Parvez and the Tajikistani 2024 Martin Ennals Award winner, Manuchehr Kholiqnazarov.   The campaign has so far supported the release of over 30 human rights defenders from around the world.   Civic space in Cambodia is rated as ‘repressed’ by the CIVICUS Monitor.   eng editor 1 Wed, 2026-02-25 - 11:14 * Pick to Post * Mother Nature * CIVICUS * Cambodia * Human right defender * Environmental activist (Feed generated with FetchRSS)

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Pursuing accountability under authoritarian rule: Thailand's National Human Rights Commission and community struggles for justice

Rising authoritarianism in Southeast Asia and globally underscores the need for geographers to critically interrogate this concept, its uneven effects…

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SI Mining Transitions.pdf

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Canada must support Cuba

"You cannot ‘live within the lie’ of mutual benefit through integration when integration becomes the source of your subordination.”

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“The Nation” Nominates Minneapolis for the Nobel Peace Prize

With their resistance to violent authoritarianism, the people of Minneapolis have renewed the spirit of Dr. King’s call for “the positive affirmation of peace.”

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Canadian-built machines of war

“As we move from fighting the war to fighting the peace, I think we really have to see this as an opportunity for an economic renaissance" - Chrystia Freeland

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Stand With Minnesota Donation Directory

Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.

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