Studies, report and country/region reports specific to landmines, UXO, IEDs – anything explosive and leftover.
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Submissions from 2008
Performance Evaluation Test of the Orbit Screen Model 68A and the Komplet Model 48-25 Rock Crusher, IDA, U.S. Humanitarian Demining Research and Development, and Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict
Performance Evaluation Test of the Peco Tracked Brush Blazer, IDA, U.S. Humanitarian Demining Research and Development, and Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict
DEMICHAIN: A New Concept of Mechanical Demining, Rene Joeckle
NPA’s All-female Demining Team in Sudan, CISR JOURNAL
Outcome Evaluation for Mine Action Programme, Robert Keeley
As Mines Grow Old, Colin King
External Assessment of DDG's Humanitarian Mine Action Programme in Somaliland, Tim Lardner
The GICHD Land Release Project, Tim Lardner
Construction of Demining Machines in the Kurdistan Region, Pehr Lodhammar
Mechanical Demining: From 1942 to the Present, Pehr Lodhammar
MineSweeper: Not Just a Game Anymore, Andres Mack
Report on MineBurner System Used and Trialled by Handicap International in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2008, P. McCullough
An African Perspective on the Cluster Munitions Convention, Sheila Mweemba
Humanitarian Impact Evaluation: Battlefield Area Clearance in South Lebanon, Aneeza Pasha
Evaluation of the Mine Action Programme in Sudan, Ted Paterson and Vera Bohle
EC-Funded Mine Action in Africa: Volume 2 - Country Reports, Ted Paterson, Vera Bohle, Léonie Barnes, Mohamed Ahmed, and Pamela Rebelo
Toward a New Mine Action Strategy for Cambodia, Ted Paterson, Mao Vanna, and Chan Rotha
ERW and Survivor Assistance in Central Vietnam, Ari Perlstein and Imbert Matthee
Mine Detonation Trailers: Stresses Induced by Wheels Below the Surface of a Soil Road, Peter Renwick
Cluster Munitions Monitoring and Information Campaign in Azerbaijan, Hafiz Safikhanov
Iraq Facing the Legacy of Landmines and Explosive Remnants of War, Salomon Schreuder
Testing the Effectiveness and Survivability of the Mini MineWolf, Thomas Sponfeldner
Sudan Mine Action Programme Capacity Development Study, Cranfield University
To Walk the Earth in Safety 7th Edition (FY2006-FY2007), US DOS PM/WRA
Gender in Community Consultations, Hilde Vandeskog Wallacher
Evaluation of Mine Risk Education in the Kingdom of Cambodia, Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority
Mixing It Up: The Rotary Mine Comb, Chris Wanner
GIS Technology Helps Rid Southeast Asia of Landmines and UXO, Carla Wheeler
Submissions from 2007
Low-level Ordnance Neutralization Using the ASLD System™, Floyd Artrip
CEN Workshop Agreements for Test and Evaluation of Humanitarian Demining Equipment, Franciska Borry
Handheld Standoff Mine Detection System (HSTAMIDS) Operational Field Evaluation in Cambodia, Sean Burke, Roger Cresci, R C. Doheny, Peter Ngan, and Chris Walk
AIMAD Land Titling Pilot Project: Research on Post Clearance Land Titling, Srin Davy and Mao Vanna
Angola LIS: Guidelines for Using LIS Results in Mine Action Annual Planning, Charles Downs
Humanitarian Mine Clearance in the Balkans, Christoph Frehsee
Report on the Follow-Up Assessment into Operational Mine/UXO Activities in Kosovo, GICHD
Safe and Efficient Use of Mine Dogs in the Republic of Croatia, Mirko Ivanušić, Davor Laura, and Željko Šarić
Using the MineBurner System on Cluster Submunitions, Robert Keeley
Evaluation of the Albanian Mine Action Programme, Mike Kendellan, Sharmala Naidoo, and Faiz Paktian
National Mine Action Plan for Completion - Mauritania, Government of Mauritania
Evaluation of NPA's Humanitarian Mine Action Project and Review of Ethiopia's Mine Action Programme, Ted Paterson
Harvesting the Devil's Garden, Andrew Schurgott
Integrated Mine Action: Lessons and Recommendations from Austcare's Program in Cambodia, Sally Campbell Thorpe
Catalogue of Tools of the Liaison and Planning Team, Patricia Toelen and Megan Latimer
Japan Supports the Extension of Regional Initiative for Sustainable Economy (RISE) Programme, UNDP
Submissions from 2006
LRC System Allows Remote Disposal, Frederick L. Barthold
Assessment into Operational Mine/UXO Clearance Activities in Kosovo, Vera Bohle and Phil Bean
ITEP Test and Evaluation of Humanitarian Demining Equipment, 2006, Franciska Borry
Building Local Mine Action Capacity in Guinea-Bissau, Tracy Brown
Departure of the Devil: Landmines and Livelihoods in Yemen, Yemen Executive Mine Action Centre and
Power Tillers and Snails for Demining in Sri Lanka, Emanuela Cepolina
Risk Management in Mine Action Planning, Lisica Darwin
Evaluation of the Task Assessment and Planning (TAP) Project in Five Provinces of Cambodia, Canadian International Development Agency
Increasing the Impact of Mine-action Surveys, Charles Downs
Picking the Right Tool for the Right Task: Mine Clearance with the MineWolf Machine in Sudan, Christoph Frehsee
Afghanistan Landmine Impact Survey, Patrick Fruchet and Mike Kendellen
A Study of the Role of Survey in Mine Action, GICHD
Guidebook on Detection Technologies and Systems for Humanitarian Demining, GICHD
Mine Action in Afghanistan: The Way Ahead, GICHD
Strategy For Mine Action - Sri Lanka 2006, GICHD
Systematic Test & Evaluation of Metal Detectors: Interim Report Field Trials Mozambique, Dieter Guelle and Adam Lewis
Visor Scratch Repair and Prevention, Andrew Heafitz, Benjamin Linder, Marta Luczynska, and Mark Scott
Explosive Harvesting Program, Roger Hess
Protection of Soft Vehicles Against ERW, Thomas Hvidtfeldt
Report on the Mine Clearing Rake Test, IDA, U.S. Humanitarian Demining Research and Development, and Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict
Mine Action in Angola: 2006-2011 Strategic Plan, Comissaco Nacional Intersectorial de Desminag
Mid-term Review of the Angola Programme of Norwegian People's Aid, Jan Isaksen, Ingrid Samset, and Fernando Pacheco
Test and Evaluation of Japanese GPR-based AP Mine Detection Systems Mounted on Robotic Vehicles, Jun Ishikawa, Mitsuru Kiyota, and Katsuhisa Furuta
How Deminer Position Contributes to Injury, François-Xavier Jetté, Jean-Philippe Dionne, Ismail El Maach, Aris Makris, Matt Ceh, and Denis Bergeron
Information Management System for Mine Action in Sudan, Mohammad Kabir
Opening Roads to Angola’s Future, Daniela Kempf
Mines and ERW, Bob Kudyba
Afghanistan: Final Assessment Report, Erik K. Lauritzen, Robert J. Scott, and Max Wennb
Developing Alternatives: The Locality Demining Model in Cambodia, Rupert Leighton
National Explosive Remnants of War Response Study, Cambodia, Dave McCracken, Bruce Powell, and Leng Sochea
Throwing Out Mines: The Effects of a Flail, Ian McLean, Rebecca Sargisson, Johannes Dirscherl, and Håvard Bach
Blast Protection for UXO Operations Including Demining, Glenn Miles
Evaluation Report of Technical Survey Operations Within the Cambodian Mine Action Centre, Hemi Morete and Tim Lardner
Success of Multi-tools in Mine Action: The Survivable Demining Tractor and Tools and the Mine-Clearing Survivable Vehicle, Tinh Nguyen and Charles Chichester
MineWolf Flail and Tiller Machines: Testing the Differences between two Demining Technologies, Heinz Rath and Dieter Schröder
Quality Assurance for Mined and Survey Areas, Heinz Rath and Dieter Schröder
IMSMA® Version 4: A Collaborative Approach, Daniele Ressler
Cluster Munitions and ERW in Lebanon, Daniele Ressler and Elizabeth Wise
Multi-Year Plan (2006-2011) - Sudan, Sudan Mine Action Sector
Observations on Recent Changes in the Northwest Cambodia’s Mine/UXO Situation, Michael Simmons, Mao Vanna, Soun Chea, and Noum Chay Roum
Explosive Remnants of War in the Republic of Croatia, Drazen Simunovic
Finally, Safe Demining, Vinicius Souza and Maria Eugênia Sá
Minefield as a School Ground: The Tzur Baher Minefield Clearance Project, Bentzi Telefus
QR Hits a Homerun: Landmine-Detection Systems Based on Quadrupole Resonance Technology Show Progress, Peter Turner and Caroleen L. Williams
To Walk the Earth in Safety 6th Edition (FY2004 and 2005), US DOS PM/WRA
Master Thesis: Evaluation of Embeddedness of Humanitarian Mine Action Programs Funded by the Netherlands, for the Period 1996–2004, Michiel van Bokhorst
Steel Wheels in Mozambique, Johan van Zyl
Rats to the Rescue: Results of the First Tests on a Real Minefield, Ron Verhagen, Frank Weetjens, Christophe Cox, Bart Weetjens, and Mic Billet
Submissions from 2005
Mine Detection Dogs: Operations
Operational Evaluation Test of Mine Clearing Cultivator and Mine Clearing Sifter, Institute for Defense Analysis, U.S. Humanitarian Demining Research and Development, and Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict
Operational Evaluation Test Report on Beaver Micro-Vegetation Cutter, Institute for Defense Analysis, U.S. Humanitarian Demining Research and Development, and Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict
HD R&D Field Evaluation: MANTIS, U.S. Humanitarian Demining Research and Development
HD R&D Field Evaluation: Rotary Mine Comb, U.S. Humanitarian Demining Research and Development and Christopher Wanner
Evaluation of the UNMEE Mine Action Coordination Centre, Frans Anema, Johanes Dirscherl, Ted Paterson, and Phil Bean
Community Participation in Mine Action: Study in Kwanza Sul Province, Angola, Ruth Bottomley
Optimizing Mine Action Policies and Practice, Alan Bryden
