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Minefield Sketch Maps In Humanitarian Mine Action, Jesse Hamlin, Luan Jaupi
Minefield Sketch Maps In Humanitarian Mine Action, Jesse Hamlin, Luan Jaupi
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
Digital technology has the ability to bring minefield artifacts from the field to life. The HALO Trust (HALO) has been using Colortrac large format scanners in several programs around the world, to scan minefield sketch maps from the field, allowing these historical records to be viewed on desktop and laptop computers. Once the maps are scanned, they are geo-referenced in geographic information systems (GIS) to display alongside other layers, and used to allow HALO to build its database of activities through digitization of paper records alongside data that is recorded directly onto tablets.
Humanitarian Mine Action And Ieds, Craig Mcinally, Hans Risser
Humanitarian Mine Action And Ieds, Craig Mcinally, Hans Risser
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA) has been operational in improvised explosive device (IED) clearance in Hamdaniya, Iraq, since January 2017. Additionally, MAG (Mines Advisory Group) has operated in the same area clearing IEDs since September 2015 and has had operations in many parts of both Iraq and Syria. Other nongovernmental organizations (NGO) clearing IEDs include Handicap International and the Swiss Foundation for Mine Action (FSD). Without question, IED clearance is now an established part of humanitarian mine action (HMA). Yet this does not mean HMA should adopt the full spectrum of IED disposal (IEDD) operations. Rather, NGOs can provide invaluable capacity …
Improvised Explosive Devices (Ied): A Humanitarian Mine Action Perspective, Robert Keeley
Improvised Explosive Devices (Ied): A Humanitarian Mine Action Perspective, Robert Keeley
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
Readers of this Journal need no schooling in the acceleration of the use of improvised explosive devices (IED) over the last 20 years. However, what has become obvious in the last few years is the degree to which the spheres of counter-IED (C-IED) and humanitarian mine action (HMA) now overlap. Danish Demining Group (DDG), for example, recently calculated that an estimated 67 percent of the countries where DDG is present also have an IED problem. In countries such as Afghanistan, IEDs are now the major cause of explosive-related casualties among the general population, the very constituents nongovernment organizations (NGO) and …
Humanitarian Mine Action In Afghanistan: A History, Ian Mansfield
Humanitarian Mine Action In Afghanistan: A History, Ian Mansfield
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
After a decade of Soviet occupation in Afghanistan and the resulting internal conflict, the removal of explosive remnants of war (ERW) became a complicated issue. Systematic clearance of ERW was difficult to establish due to the volatile security situation and an inability to regulate clearance work. However, due to collaboration between the United Nations and Afghan nongovernmental organizations, mine clearance operations were successfully established in Afghanistan in the 1990s.
Amatc: Sustainable Solutions For Humanitarian Mine Action, Karen Reed-Matthee
Amatc: Sustainable Solutions For Humanitarian Mine Action, Karen Reed-Matthee
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
Kabul’s Afghan Mine Action Technology Center employs disabled deminers to create demining products. AMATC donates part of its revenue to local physical rehabilitation and treatment facilities, and now employs 11 disabled employees full time.
Humanitarian Mine Action Training Mission To Sri Lanka, Amy Crockett
Humanitarian Mine Action Training Mission To Sri Lanka, Amy Crockett
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
Starting in August 2009, Sri Lanka received much-needed aid from the United States to address its vast mine/explosive remnants of war contamination. With the provision of training and equipment to the Sri Lanka School of Military Engineering, the citizens of Sri Lanka’s Northern province are slowly returning to their communities.
Decision Tools Manual Humanitarian Mine Action Projects, Cisr
Decision Tools Manual Humanitarian Mine Action Projects, Cisr
CISR Studies and Reports
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The Cost Capture Issue In Humanitarian Mine Action, Robert Keeley
The Cost Capture Issue In Humanitarian Mine Action, Robert Keeley
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
The necessity of cost capture is often overlooked in the mine action community. A truly successful cost assessment must include clear and effective cost-capture mechanisms and even a standard structure used throughout different mine action programs.
Use Of Multi-Criteria Analysis In Allocating Eod Teams In Humanitarian Mine Action, Robert Keeley
Use Of Multi-Criteria Analysis In Allocating Eod Teams In Humanitarian Mine Action, Robert Keeley
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
In this article, the author aims to set out how a standard economic planning tool, multi-criteria analysis (MCA), can be used to help plan allocation of mobile explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) teams between regions in a humanitarian mine action program and solicit comments on how the model could be developed.
Humanitarian Mine Action In Mozambique, Hildegard Scheu
Humanitarian Mine Action In Mozambique, Hildegard Scheu
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
Mozambique is a geographically vast country populated by diverse ethnic and linguistic groups. While most areas are not heavily mined, landmines and UXO still affect a large part of its population. The author discusses the past, present and future of mine action in this country.
A Pioneer In The Field Of Humanitarian Mine Action: Mine Clearance Planning Agency (Mcpa), Qadeem K. Tariq
A Pioneer In The Field Of Humanitarian Mine Action: Mine Clearance Planning Agency (Mcpa), Qadeem K. Tariq
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
The Mine Clearance Planning Agency (MCPA) aims to effectively contribute to humanitarian mine action and advocacy activities in Afghanistan and other landmine-infested countries in order to make the hometowns of refugees and displaced people land-mine free and to implement essential rehabilitation and development activities in mine-affected communities.