Studies, report and country/region reports specific to landmines, UXO, IEDs – anything explosive and leftover.
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Submissions from 2015
The Advanced Intelligence Decision Support System for the Assessment of Mine-suspected Areas, Milan Bajic
Impact of Flooding on Mine Action in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, and Serbia, Milan Bajic, Tamara Ivelja, Emina Hadzic, Haris Balta, Goran Skelac, and Zoran Grujic
Forces Generated by the Free Fall of DEMICHAIN, Christian Baras, Bernard Gautier, Robert Goepfert, Jean-Pierre Hancy, and Rene Joeckle
A Stand-off Seismo-acoustic Method for Humanitarian Demining, Marian Bechtel
Making Land Release in Mozambique Operational, Antonio Belchior and Charles Downs
Detecting and Classifying UXO, Laurens Beran, Barry Zelt, and Stephen Billings
Land-release Policies and Human-security Complexities, Kjell Bjork
The HALO Trust and HSTAMIDS, Chris Boshoff and Roger Cresci
Post-conflict Impact Assessment in Cambodia, Ruth Bottomley and Phuong Ponha
Space Assets for Demining Assistance, Thomas Bouvet
New UXO Detector with Metal-discrimination Option, Jürgen Braunstein, Armin Merz, Markus Sautter, and Gerhard Vallon
Intelligent Robotic Behaviors for Landmine Detection and Marking, David Bremmer, David Few, Curtis Nielsen, and Miles Walton
Balkan Flooding Exacerbates Landmine Crisis, News Brief
Ernest Konschel: Inventor of Early Mine Clearance Vehicles, News Brief
Half of Nepali Minefields Cleared, News Brief
Landmines in Croatia Pose Threat to Incoming Refugees, News Brief
Nepal Declared Mine-Free, News Brief
Republic of the Congo Is Mine-free, News Brief
Tracense Develops New Explosive Detector, News Brief
Using Plants to Detect Landmines, News Brief
WWII Cleanup: Munitions Contaminate German Seas, News Brief
Humanitarian Demining Requirements Workshop, Sean Burke
Mine Action Development Funding in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Michael Carrier and John Powell
Comprehensive Action Against Anti-personnel Mines: A Regional Initiative to Address Landmine Issues, Carl Case
Preparing for Humanitarian Demining in Post-conflict Colombia, Carl Case
Land Release in Action, Emanuela Cepolina and Andy Smith
Could Local Agricultural Machines Make a Country ‘Impact Free’ by 2010?, Emanuela Cepolina and Matteo Zoppi
Toward LOCOSTRA: Blast-resistant Wheels Test, Emanuela Cepolina, Matteo Zoppi, and Vittoria Belotti
From Church Mission to Invention, Gary Christ
Landmine Monitor 2015, International Campaign to Ban Landmines -. Cluster Munition Coalition
The PECO Wolverine: Evolution of a Demining Area-preparation Tool, Ronald Collins and Thomas Henderson
Trial of Ground-penetrating Radar, Neutron and Magnetometry Methods in Arid Soil in Egypt, John Crawford
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
Using MINEHOUND in Cambodia and Afghanistan, David Daniels, Jurgen Braunstein, and Michael Nevard
Lessons Learned from Field Tests in Croatia and Cambodia, Paulo Debenest, Marc Freese, Edwardo Fukushima, Toshiaki Matsuzawa, and Shigeo Hirose
SCAMP Anti-personnel Mine Roller Performance Testing, Erik de Brun and Scott Poff
Harnessing Geospatial Data to Enhance ERW Clearance in Pacific Islands, Jessica Dell
Building National EOD Capacity in Mali, Jin-Hee Dieu
Abandoned Ordnance in Libya: Threats to Civilians and Recommended Responses, Bonnie Docherty and Anna Crowe
International Support to Mine Action in Colombia: Mitigating Impact and Protecting Rights, Charles Downs
Linking Mine Action and Economic Development, Charles Downs
Strategic Planning and Information Management in Angola, Charles Downs
Survey and Land Release: Lessons from Recent Country Experience, Charles Downs
MAG's Questionnaire to Assess the Impact of Clearance in Lao PDR, Jo Durham, Xaya Xayavong, and Boulphan Inthaxay
Total Quality Management in Mine Action, Daniel Eriksson
The Bridge from Hold to Build, Yori Escalante
Observations on Cluster Strike Patterns in Laos, Roly Evans
Mine Action in Myanmar, Roger Fasth and Pascal Simon
Blast Testing of Visors Used for Humanitarian Demining, Charlene Fawcett
Capacity Building: Lessons Learned, Vanessa Finson
Improved Landmine Discrimination With an Off-the-Shelf Metal Detector, Marc Freese, Edwardo Fukushima, and Shigeo Hirose
The CROMAC QA/QC System, Nikola Gambiroza
2008, A Year of Advances and Accomplishments, Johanna Garcia Garcia and Erika Estrada Chau
Post-clearance Inspection: How Much is Enough?, Russell Gasser
Quality Management in Vietnam: Building a National ISO 9001 System, Russell Gasser
The Surprisingly Constant Cost of Landmine Impact Surveys, Russell Gasser
Mine Risk Management by Mapping, Russell Gasser, Goran Knežević, and Michael Carrier
The Saloglu Project, Perviz Gidayev
Survey and Clearance of Unexploded Submunitions Versus Landmines and Other ERW, Åsa Gilbert and Michael Creighton
A Review of External Post-clearance Inspection: How Cost-effective is it?, Åsa Gilbert and Aron Larsson
Performance of Flail Hammers, Frédéric Guerne
The Quang Tri Integrated Survey and Clearance Project, Jonathon Guthrie and Portia Stratton
Mine Action in North Sudan, Khalid Ibrahim Hamed
Information Quality Management in Mine Action, Armen Harutyunyan
The Lethality Ratio of Anti-vehicle Mines, Armen Harutyunyan
Demining in Remote Areas of Northern Afghanistan, Artyom Harutyunyan
Mine-action Challenges and Responses in Georgia, Emil M. Hasanov and Petri Nevalainen
Effectiveness of GIS in Mine Action, Hansie Heymans and Arie Claassens
Community Reporting Increases Safety in Quang Tri Province, Ngo Xuan Hien and Dinh Ngoc Vu
Do No Harm in Mine Action: Why the Environment Matters, Ursin Hoffman and Pascal Rapillard
Management of Residual Explosive Remnants of War (MORE) Issue Briefs, Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining
National Capacities and Residual Contamination | Mali, Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining
National Capacities and Residual Contamination | Nepal, Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining
UXO Lao Detection Trial Test Report, Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining
Global Mapping and Analysis of Anti-Vehicle Mine Incidents in 2015, Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining and
Technology Demonstration Report for Underwater Survey Equipment, Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining and Orca Maritime
Predicting Soil Influence on the Performance of Metal Detectors: Magnetic Properties of Tropical Soils, Jan Igel, Holger Preetz, and Sven Altfelder
The Need for Collaboration Between Ordnance Manufacturers and UXO Clean-up Personnel, Jack Imber
Demining Programme Office in the Falkland Islands - Technical Support 2015, Fenix -. Insight Ldt.
Community Safety in Somalia, Rasmus Stuhr Jakobsen
Analyzing Functionality of Landmines and Clearance Depth as a Tool to Define Clearance Methodology, Martin Jebens
Environmental Impact on the Functionality of Landmines: Does Aging Matter?, Martin Jebens
Protecting the Environment: Mine Clearance in Skallingen, Denmark, Martin Jebens
DEMICHAIN: A New Concept of Mechanical Demining, Rene Joeckle
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
Jordan Declared Minefield Free, CISR JOURNAL
New Database Provides Resource for Mine-action Community, CISR JOURNAL
NPA’s All-female Demining Team in Sudan, CISR JOURNAL
Secession Leads to Demining Challenges in Sudan, CISR JOURNAL
Security Threats to Afghan Deminers, CISR JOURNAL
The Journal of ERW and Mine Action Issue 17.1 (2013), CISR JOURNAL
The Journal of ERW and Mine Action Issue 18.1 (2014), CISR JOURNAL
The Journal of ERW and Mine Action Issue 18.2 (2014), CISR JOURNAL
The Journal of ERW and Mine Action Issue 18.3 (2014), CISR JOURNAL
The Journal of ERW and Mine Action Issue 19.1 (2015), CISR JOURNAL
The Journal of ERW and Mine Action Issue 19.2 (2015), 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
Clearing the Falkland-Malvinas Islands, Robert Keeley