Studies, report and country/region reports specific to landmines, UXO, IEDs – anything explosive and leftover.
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Submissions from 2013
Cluster Munition Remnant Survey in Laos, Michael Creighton, Atle Karlsen, and Mohammed Qasim
Miniature Aerial Photography Planes in Mine Action, Inna Cruz and Daniel Eriksson
Abandoned Ordnance in Libya: Threats to Civilians and Recommended Responses, Bonnie Docherty and Anna Crowe
Handover of Released Land | Common Procedures and Good Practices, GICHD and Gender in Mine Action
A Review of External Post-clearance Inspection: How Cost-effective is it?, Åsa Gilbert and Aron Larsson
Demining Programme Office in the Falkland Islands - Technical Support 2013, Fenix -. Insight Ldt.
Analyzing Functionality of Landmines and Clearance Depth as a Tool to Define Clearance Methodology, Martin Jebens
The Journal of ERW and Mine Action Issue 17.1 (2013), CISR JOURNAL
Minesweepers: Towards a Landmine-Free Egypt, an Outdoor Humanitarian Demining Robotic Competition, Alaa Khamis
Demining Programme Office in the Falkland Islands - Technical Support 2013, Colin King
Building Capacity to Clear ERW in Georgia, Gvantsa Kvinikadze
Going Mobile: Information Sharing and the Changing Face of Digital Data Collection, Edward Lajoie
Legal Aspects of the Land Release Process, Pehr Lodhammar
Reinforcement for Operational Mine Detection Rats, Amanda Mahoney, Christophe Cox, Bart Weetjens, Tess Tewelde, Tekimiti Gilbert, Amy Durgin, and Alan Poling
Mine Action and Land Rights in South Sudan: Key Findings and Recommendations, Sharmala Naidoo, Francesca Marzatico, and Lisa Monaghan
Mine Action and Land Issues in Columbia, Sharmala Naidoo, Camilo Pardo, and Christina Theim Jensen
Demining Quality Management: Case Studies from Jordan, Jamal Odibat
Influence of Soil Properties on the Performance of Metal Detectors and GPR, Kazunori Takahashi, Holger Preetz, and Jan Igel
Addressing Underwater Ordnance Stockpiles in Cambodia, Allen D. Tan
Clearance of M16 Anti-personnel Mines in Chile, Erik Tollefsen
To Walk the Earth in Safety 12th Edition (FY2012), US DOS PM/WRA
Submissions from 2012
South Sudan National Mine Action Strategic Plan 2012-2016, South Sudan Mine Action Authority
Mine Action and Development: Challenges of Inter-Organizational Relationships, Brian da Cal
Land Rights and Mine Action in Afghanistan: Frequently Asked Questions, GICHD
Mines Other than Anti-Personnel Mines, GICHD
Transitioning Mine Action Programmes to National Ownership | Mozambique, GICHD
Transitioning Mine Action Programmes to National Ownership | Sudan, GICHD
Livelihoods Analysis of Landmine/ERW Affected Communities in Herat Province Afghanistan, GICHD, Mine Action Coordination Centre for Afghanistan, and Gender in Mine Action
The Lethality Ratio of Anti-vehicle Mines, Armen Harutyunyan
Community Reporting Increases Safety in Quang Tri Province, Ngo Xuan Hien and Dinh Ngoc Vu
The Need for Collaboration Between Ordnance Manufacturers and UXO Clean-up Personnel, Jack Imber
Jordan Declared Minefield Free, CISR JOURNAL
Urban Land Release in Libya: BAC and Land Release in Built-up Areas, Robert Keeley
5D: A GIS-based Approach for Determining and Displaying the Degree of Operational Difficulty of Demining, Pierre Lacroix and Rocío Escobar
2012 Humanitarian Demining Research and Development Workshop, Edward Lajoie
Environmental Simulations for EOD Shaped Charges, Reto Liechti
Mine Detection Rats: Effects of Repeated Extinction on Detection Accuracy, Amanda Mahoney, Amy Durgin, Alan Poling, Bart Weetjens, Christophe Cox, Tess Tewelde, and Tekimiti Gilbert
Priority-setting in Mine Action: Getting More Value for the Investment, Albert Souza Mülli and Ted Paterson
Humanitarian Demining Symposium in Šibenik, Croatia, Nicole Neitzey
Evaluation of The UN Mine Action Programme in Nepal, Ted Paterson, Prabin Chitraker, and Abigail Hartley
Evaluation of United Nations Development Programme Support to the Tajikistan Mine Action Programme, Rebecca Roberts
Environmental Determinants of Landmine Detection by Dogs: Findings From a Large-scale Study in Afghanistan, Rebecca Sargisson, Ian McLean, Jennifer Brown, and Håvard Bach
Transitioning Mine Action Programmes to National Ownership | Ethiopia, Pascal Simon
Transitioning Mine Action Programmes to National Ownership, Pascal Simon and
The National Strategy for Mine Action in Sri Lanka 2010, The Ministry of Economic Development- Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: A Photographic Essay, Sean Sutton
To Walk the Earth in Safety 11th Edition (FY2011), US DOS PM/WRA
Darfur: Baseline KAPB Survey, Beatrice Winkler and Shaza Ragab
Submissions from 2011
Lateral-approach Methodology and HSTAMIDS, Clifford Allen and Shathel Fahs
Building Mine-action Capacity through Management Training, Ben Anderson
Understanding Mine Clearance in the Context of the AP Mine Ban Convention, APMBC
Thailand and Compliance with the APMBC: Mission Impossible... Or a Feasible Task?, Håvard Bach
Evaluation of Dutch Support to Danish Demining Group in Afghanistan, Somaliland, and Sudan, Vera Bohle, Mohamed Ayan Handulle, Charles Lor, Ted Paterson, Mohammad Hamid Wardak, and Anna Wood
Nepal Declared Mine-Free, News Brief
Down to Earth: A Practical Guide for Mine Action and Development Interventions, M Carrier
Toward LOCOSTRA: Blast-resistant Wheels Test, Emanuela Cepolina, Matteo Zoppi, and Vittoria Belotti
The PECO Wolverine: Evolution of a Demining Area-preparation Tool, Ronald Collins and Thomas Henderson
SCAMP Anti-personnel Mine Roller Performance Testing, Erik de Brun and Scott Poff
Strategic Planning and Information Management in Angola, Charles Downs
The Surprisingly Constant Cost of Landmine Impact Surveys, Russell Gasser
Mine Risk Management by Mapping, Russell Gasser, Goran Knežević, and Michael Carrier
Landmine and Land Rights in Conflict Affected Contexts, GICHD
Livelihoods Analysis of Landmine Affected Communities in Afghanistan, GICHD
Remote Explosive Scent Tracing REST, GICHD
Survey and Clearance of Unexploded Submunitions Versus Landmines and Other ERW, Åsa Gilbert and Michael Creighton
Information Quality Management in Mine Action, Armen Harutyunyan
Mine-action Challenges and Responses in Georgia, Emil M. Hasanov and Petri Nevalainen
Mine Action and Development: Why Should We Become MAD About It?, Humanity and Inclusion
Community Safety in Somalia, Rasmus Stuhr Jakobsen
Remote Explosive Scent Tracing of Explosive Remnants of War: A Perspective from the 2010 Morogoro Workshop, Brent (Max) Jones, Rune Fjellanger, Christophe Cox, and Alan Poling
New Database Provides Resource for Mine-action Community, CISR JOURNAL
Secession Leads to Demining Challenges in Sudan, CISR JOURNAL
Security Threats to Afghan Deminers, CISR JOURNAL
ERW in the Republic of Serbia, Dragan Jovanović
NPA’s Survey and Clearance of Cluster Munitions Along the Thailand-Cambodia Border, Atle Karlsen
Study of ERW Accidents in Quang Tri Province, Vietnam, Phung Tran Kim and Nam Hoang
Conflict in Libya and the Future Risk to the Demining Community, Adrian King
Landmines in Libya, Colin King
Mapping Populations at Risk of ERW, Pierre Lacroix, Jonas Herzog, and Daniel Eriksson
Land-release Information Management: Advocating for a Collaborative Approach, Aurora Martinez and Daniel Eriksson
Congolese Soldiers Learn to Combat UXO and Mines, Amanda McCarty
Somalia: Working in High-risk Environments and Fragile States, Ann Mary Olsen
Clearing Minefields in Israel and the West Bank, Dyhan Or and Heidi Kuhn
Kabul City Clearance Project, Mohammad Akbar Oriakhil
Clutter Reduction in Manual-demining Operations with the Help of a Handheld Magnet Tool, Arnold Schoolderman and Yolanda Rieter-Barrell
The Database of Demining Accidents: A Driving Force in HMA, Andy Smith
Using Encapsulated Fluorescent Bioprobes to Detect Explosive Materials in Soil, Clint Smith and Joel Tabb
Tucker’s Story: DCA’s Trustworthy Man in the Field, Tamar Szeps-Znaider
Metal Detector Pinpointing Accuracy Under Field Conditions, Kazunori Takahashi
Integration of Clearance Assets, Mark Thompson
Land Rights in Mine-affected Countries, Jon Unruh, Gabrielle Chaizy, and Sharmala Naidoo
To Walk the Earth in Safety 10th Edition (FY2010), US DOS PM/WRA
Submissions from 2010
South Sudan: The Role of Bangladeshi Military Deminers, Md Tarek Abdullah
Integrating ERW Programs: The Case for Consolidating CWD Activities, Mark Adams
Jordan's National Mine Action Plan (2010-2015), National Committee for Demining and Rehabilitation
Falkland Islands Malvinas Exploitation Report 2010, C. King Associates Ltd.
The Advanced Intelligence Decision Support System for the Assessment of Mine-suspected Areas, Milan Bajic
Irish Aid - Mines Advisory Group (MAG) Iraqi Kurdistan Evaluation, Vera Bohle and Gabrielle Chaizy
Post-conflict Impact Assessment in Cambodia, Ruth Bottomley and Phuong Ponha
