Center for International Stabilization and Recovery
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Harrisonburg, Virginia 22807
Harrisonburg, Virginia 22807
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Volume 27, Issue 2 (Summer 2023)
October 18, 2023: SEE OUR SUMMER 2023 ISSUE
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Mine Action and Food Security: The Complexities of Clearing Ukraine’s Agricultural Lands
June 22, 2023: Over the past decade, peace has eluded Ukraine and organizations such as Fondation suisse de déminage are working in Ukraine to clear these hazardous remnants of war and mitigate their impact on Ukraine's people.
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Mine Mark Digital EORE: Being Innovative as a Small NGO in the Mine Action Sector
June 22, 2023: Children account for approximately one-third of all civilian casualties caused by unexploded ordnance, the Mine Mark Foundation outlines the promising potential for digital EORE.
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Computer Vision Detection of Explosive Ordnance: A High-Performance 9N235/9N210 Cluster Submunition Detector
June 22, 2023: Computer vision—a type of artificial intelligence that enables computers and systems to derive meaningful information from digital images, videos, and other visual inputs, and take actions or make recommendations
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Environmental Mainstreaming in Mine Action: A Case Study of Moving Beyond “Do No Harm”
June 22, 2023: The "do no harm approach" is well suited to mitigation of direct impacts of mine action activities and should continue to be applied, but it's necessary to understand it as a single component within a broader framework.
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Land-Grabbing, Tribal Conflict, and Settler-Nomad Disputes: Land Rights in Mine Action
June 22, 2023: Mine action creates multi-dimensional positive humanitarian and development impacts, clearance of explosive ordnance (EO) and land release can lead to competition, contestation, and potential conflict over that land.
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Mine Action and South-South Cooperation: Case of JICA and CMAC
June 22, 2023: Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and Cambodia Mine Action Centre (CMAC) have been at the forefront of expanding South-South and global cooperation by leveraging CMAC's extensive experience and expertise.
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How UAV Lidar Imaging Can Locate and Map Minefield Features: Cuito Cuanavale, Angola
June 22, 2023: Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) mounted light detection and ranging (Lidar) mapping systems used for the detection and mapping of minefields in vegetated areas around Cuito Cuanavale, Angola.
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IMAS: An Overview of New and Amended Standards
June 22, 2023: A summary of the most recent IMAS publications to enable mine action organizations and authorities to stay up to date with the latest IMAS developments.
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A message from the director
June 22, 2023: We greatly appreciate the information shared by our most recent contributors in this issue of The Journal.
