The link between #FoodSecurity and #MineAction is clear, mines/UXO must first be found & cleared before farmers can go home and grow food.

Psychological well-being can take different forms.

Whether it's for mine/UXO survivors or Mine Action personnel, identifying and addressing #MentalHealth needs for people in the communities and organizations we work requires awareness, commitment, and support from the sector.

Removing explosive hazards from farmland & communities saves lives, restores land to productive use & enables economic recovery. In Colombia, Political-Military Affairs, US Dept of State partner Humanity & Inclusion U.S. is clearing explosive hazards, making way for coffee cultivation. #InternationalCoffeeDay 🇺🇸🇨🇴

With the next issue just around the corner, now is a great time to subscribe to #TheJournal .

In every issue, experts move the conversation forward as we seek to limit the effects of landmines and other conventional weapons on communities around the world.
bit.ly/jcwd-subscribe

'Rather than using statistics and landscape images of destruction to tell the story, Mestel wanted to focus on the human perspective.'

In order to help communities recover, we must first understand how war impacts people on an individual level. 👏👏👇
yourobserver.com/news/2023/sep/…

The International Mine Action Standards (IMAS) are constantly revised and updated to ensure they're relevant. They are *the* standards to know. Getting Ukrainian deminers certified will always be great news! #MoreSafeGround

Researchers create a cluster munition detector using photography, #photogrammetry , 3D rendering/printing & #AI .

Their peer-reviewed article appeared in issue 27.2 of “The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction” bit.ly/jcwd272-a9

#ComputerVision
Adam Harvey Tech 4 Tracing

The Cluster Munitions Coalition delivers an intervention during the #MSP11CCM in Geneva.

Clearance changes land value.

Good practices can help mine action orgs navigate land dispute risks when releasing land for communities to use. Nicholas Ross The Social Policy Group explains the social dynamics involved and strategies that could help.

➡️ bit.ly/jcwd272-08

Last week U.S. Secretary of State visited Ukraine, pledging another $90M in demining assistance.

This funding will help reduce the long-term effects of landmines on #FoodSecurity in Ukraine and around the world.
wsj.com/world/europe/b…

The 'Clearing Cluster Munition Remnants 2023' report is now online at mineactionreview.org, together with our guide to and 2023 Monitoring of the #LausanneActionPlan . Read up on global progress in #ClusterMunition #clearance ahead of next month's Convention on Cluster Munitions #CCM11MSP ! #MineAction

Teaching children to recognize and avoid explosive hazards is a key component of #MineAction .

Risk education programs like this work because they connect with kids through something fun while also helping them learn safe behaviors.

For those in the U.S.🇺🇸, writing Congress about the legacy of UXO💣 in Southeast Asia has never been easier.

Thanks to the folks at The HALO Trust USA, PTVN, Legacies of War, and MAG (Mines Advisory Group) for raising awareness about this issue.

➡️ bit.ly/3qDW0M4