Studies, report and country/region reports specific to landmines, UXO, IEDs – anything explosive and leftover.
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Submissions from 2019
Demining in Urban Centres is a Race Against Time, Pascal Rapillard and Jeremy Repond
Clearing the Mines 2019: A Report by Mine Action Review for the Fourth Annual Review Conference of the 1997 Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention, Mine Action Review
Collaborative Demining Training in Cambodia, Jorge Rivero and Tom Gersbeck
The Challenges of Humanitarian Mine Clearance in Ukraine, Toby Robinson and Rosanna O'Keeffe
Iraq Programme Report 2018, United Nations Mine Action Service
Iraq Programme Report 2019, United Nations Mine Action Service
To Walk the Earth in Safety 18th Edition (CY 2018), U.S. Department of State
Practical Notes on the Application of Thermite Systems in Mine Action, Robert Syfret and Chris Cooper
Achievements and New Challenges in Mine Action, Stefano Toscano
IEDs and Urban Clearance Variables in Mosul: Defining Complex Environments, Mark Wilkinson Ph.D.
IED Threat Consistency and Predictability in Fallujah: A 'Simple' Model for Clearance, Mark Wilkinson Ph.D.
Submissions from 2018
Determining the Value of UAVs in Iraq, Brad Alford, Edward Curran, and Shawn Cole
Sepon Supports UXO Clearance in Laos, Saman Aneka and Micheal Valent
Advanced Geophysical Classification of WWII-era Unexploded Bombs Using Borehole Electromagnetics, Laurens Beran and Stephen Billings
Landmine Monitor 2018, International Campaign to Ban Landmines -. Cluster Munition Coalition
Enhancing Humanitarian Mine Action in Angola with High-Resolution UAS IM, Inna Cruz, Luan Jaupi, Shadrack Kassanga Njamba Sequesseque, and Olivier Cottray
The Effects of ERW Contamination in Sri Lanka, Jennifer Dathan
Drones and "Butterflies": A Low-Cost UAV System for Rapid Detection and Identification of Unconventional Minefields, Timothy deSmet, Alex Nikulin, William Frazer, Jasper Baur, Jacob Abramowitz, Daniel Finan, Sean Denara, Nicholas Aglietti, and Gabriel Campos
Lessons from the Past: The Rapid Clearance of Denmark’s Minefields in 1945, Roly Evans
The Added Value of Integrating UAVS Into the HMA Toolkit, Shathel Fahs and Greg Crowther
Shattered Lives and Bodies: Recovery of Survivors of Improvised Explosive Devices and Explosive Remnants of War in Northeast Syria, Médecins Sans Frontières
Demining the Tajik-Uzbek Border: What Have We Learned from the Tajik Experience?, Henrique Garbino and Erkin Huseinov
Drones Supporting Mine Clearance in Northern Sri Lanka, Oliver Gerard-Pearse
Minefield Sketch Maps in Humanitarian Mine Action, Jesse Hamlin and Luan Jaupi
Management of Residual Explosive Remnants of War in Cambodia Report, Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining
Global Mapping and Analysis of Anti-Vehicle Mine Incidents in 2017, Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining and
The Reduction of Weapons-Related Violence: A Global Approach to Saving Lives, Humanity and Inclusion
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction Issue 22.1 (2017), CISR JMU
Clearing Safe Spaces for Drought Affected Communities in Somaliland, Edward Lajoie and Megan Dwyer
The Hybrid Thermal Lance: A Promising New Technique for the Destruction of Landmines and UXO by Deflagration, Donald Pratt and Nick Torbet
Why is Water so Efficient at Suppressing the Effects of Explosions?, Stephen Salter and John Parkes
United Nations Improvised Explosive Device Disposal Standards, United Nations Mine Action Service
PPE Development and Needs in HMA, Andy Smith
To Walk the Earth in Safety 17th Edition (CY2017), U.S. Department of State
Submissions from 2017
Recovering The Past: A Photographic Documentary Exploring Post-Conflict Reconciliation, Ian Alderman
Developing a Hyperspectral Non-Technical Survey for Minefields via UAV and Helicopter, Milan Bajic, Tamara Ivelja, and Anna Brook
Bridging a Critical Mine Action Information Management Gap: Complex Conflict Environments, Isam Ghareeb Barzangy
Refining Explosive Safety Outreach, Geoff Carton and Laura Grindstaff
Landmine Monitor 2017, International Campaign to Ban Landmines -. Cluster Munition Coalition
Mine Action in Burma: Building Trust and Incremental Gains, Greg Crowther, Josephine Dresner, and Michael Aaron
Interpreting Submunition Fragmentation Marks on Hard Surfaces for the Survey of Cluster Munition Strikes, Roly Evans
The Collaborative ORDnance Data Repository (CORD): 2018 Upgrades, Roly Evans
World War II Coastal Minefields in the United Kingdom, Roly Evans
Mine Detecting Rats Make an Impact in Cambodia, Cynthia Fast, Håvard Bach, Paul McCarthy, and Christophe Cox
Clearing Landmines and Building Peace in Colombia, Vanessa Finson and Giovanni Diffidenti
An Initial Study Into Mine Action and Improvised Explosive Devices, Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining
National Capacities and Residual Contamination I Albania, Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining
Prioritisation Policy, Procedures and Practices Relating to UXO Clearance in Lao PDR, Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining
Leaving no one Behind: Mine Action and the Sustainable Development Goals, Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining and United Nations Development Programme
Demining Programme Office in the Falkland Islands - Exploitation 2017, Fenix -. Insight Ldt.
Do No Harm: The Challenge of Protecting Civilians from the IED Threat in South-central Somalia, Abigail Jones
Military-NGO Partnerships: Lessons Learned for the 8th Theater Sustainment Command's HMA Mission in Vietnam, Shawn Kadleck and Richard Calvin
Improvised Explosive Devices (IED): A Humanitarian Mine Action Perspective, Robert Keeley
MEDIAWIKI: SUPPORTING IMSMA DOCUMENTATION, Dionysia Kontotasiou and Olivier Cottray
MAG: Clearing Improvised Landmines in Iraq, Chris Loughran and Sean Sutton
Effects of Weather on Detection of Landmines by Giant African Pouched Rats, Ian McLean and Rebecca Sargisson
To Walk the Earth in Safety 17th edition (CY2017), U.S. Department of State
Using Mobile Geographic Information Systems to Improve Operational Efficiency, Data Reliability, and Access in Mine Action, Paul Rittenhouse and Lindsay Aldrich
Making Ordnance Identification Available to Everyone, Howard Rudat
Improvised Explosive Device Lexicon, United Nations Mine Action Service
An APT Demining Machine, Andy Smith
Using Small Unmanned Aircraft (SUA) in HMA, Andy Smith
Black Adder Disruptors, Andy Smith and William Bagley
21st Century Survey in Eastern Ukraine and the Use of Technology in Insecure Environments, Nick Torbet and Patrick Thompson
Submissions from 2016
Mine Action Technologies: Problems and Recommendations, M. Acheroy
Background on the Mine/UXO Problem, Mohamed Ahmen
Mobile Technologies: UXO Lao's Easy Sketch Map, Hayashi Ontoku Akihito
Adapting the ERW Community to Combat IED Threats, Brad Alford and Michael Kennedy
FIXOR: A New Approach to Neutralizing Landmines and UXO, C.J. (John) Anderson and A.W. (Bill) Bauer
Low-level Ordnance Neutralization Using the ASLD System™, Floyd Artrip
Mine Action Technology Now and In The Future: Is it realistic to expect great leaps forward in technology?, Håvard Bach
Remote Explosive Scent Training: Genuine or a Paper Tiger?, Håvard Bach and Ian McLean
Fusing Aerial Multispectral Imagery and High-Resolution Photography, Milan Bajic
Survey of Suspected Mined Areas From a Helicopter, Milan Bajic
In the Name of Humanity, Eddie Banks
Spoiled Soil, Eddie Banks
The Whole Is Greater Than The Sum Of Its Parts, Dennis Barlow
Low-Profile Disposal of U.S. Ordnance, Frederick L. Barthold
LRC System Allows Remote Disposal, Frederick L. Barthold
Humanitarian Demining and Robotics, Y. Baudoin, M. Acheroy, M. Piette, and J.P. Salmon
GIS Helps Harvest the Dragon Seed, Jim Baumann
Operation Enduring Freedom: The Role of Polish Engineers in Afghanistan, Boguslaw Bebenek, Hanna Madziar, and Wojciech Chyla
Data Fusion for Mine Action Decision Support: An Example From Lebanon, Aldo Benini and Charles Conley
The Sdok Kok Thom Integrated Demining Project, Paddy Blagden
Standardized Testing of Metal Detectors, T.J. Bloodworth and A.J. Sieber
CEN Workshop Agreements for Test and Evaluation of Humanitarian Demining Equipment, Franciska Borry
ITEP Test and Evaluation of Humanitarian Demining Equipment, 2006, Franciska Borry
Can Honey Bees Assist in Area Reduction and Landmine Detection?, Jerry Bromenshenk, Colin Henderson, Robert Seccomb, Steven Rice, Robert Etter, Susan Bender, Phillip Rodacy, Joseph Shaw, Nathan Seldomridge, Lee Spangler, and James Wilson
Grab A Cup Of Coffee, Pull Up A Seat, And Have Your Credit Card Ready, Margaret S. Busé
The $64,000 question: How are we going to remove all landmines in ten years?, Margaret S. Busé
THE COMPACT 230 MINECAT, J. Barry Middlesmass Lockwood Beck LTD., Margaret S. Busé
Mechanically Assisted Mine Clearance Operations, Greg Caison
Power Tillers and Snails for Demining in Sri Lanka, Emanuela Cepolina
Mine Resistant Boots, Jiri Chladek
The Argument for Thermal Treatment: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Chad Clifton
Landmine Monitor 2016, International Campaign to Ban Landmines -. Cluster Munition Coalition
Technology and its Use in the Mine Field, Geoff Coley
Mine Detection Dogs: An Integral Tool in RONCO Mine Clearance Operations, RONCO Consulting Corporation
International Conference Sheds Light on Mine Action Trends and Concerns, Jan Cornelis and Hichem Sahli
