Studies, report and country/region reports specific to landmines, UXO, IEDs – anything explosive and leftover.
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Submissions from 2024
Advancements In Mine Action: Enhancing Remote Reporting And Analysis Through Innovative Technologies, Rory Collins, Lionel Fragniere, and Mateo Dulce Rubio
Surveying Eighty-Year-Old Battlefields in Solomon Islands, Simon Conway
Phase II Testing Of UAV/Sensor Systems For Humanitarian Mine Action In Ukraine, Edward Crowther and Natalia Shepel
The Detection Problem: An Eight-Decade Challenge: The Difficulty of Practically Detecting and Discriminating Mines, Booby Traps, and Victim Operated Improvised Explosive Devices, Roly Evans, Tracey Temple PhD, and Liz Nelson
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction, CISR JMU
To Walk the Earth in Safety 23rd Edition (FY2023), CISR JMU
An Interview With Harry “Murf” McCloy, Harry (Murf) McCloy
Studying the Effects of Aging on Ammunition Under Water, Nicole Neitzey and Colin King
Dealing with Hidden Danger: Capacity Development of Lao PDR’s Unexploded Ordnance Sector, Kiengkay Ounmany
Basic Identification of Ammunition in Ukraine Guide: Version 6.0, Senior Lieutenant Perederii, Tony Salvo, and Drew Prater
The Prioritization of Survey Through Open-Source Research in Ukraine, Anda Riza and Andro Mathewson
An Interview With John Stevens, John Stevens
Angola: Hidden Danger, Sean Sutton
Emergency Explosive Ordnance Risk Education: Lessons Learned from Ukraine, Nick Vovk
Submissions from 2023
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction Issue 27.1 (2023)
Reviving Old Mosul: 3D Modeling Aids Safe Clearance in Iraq, Erin Atkinson, Marc Dennehy, and Craig Locke
Empowering Host Nation Counter-IED and Counter-Insurgency Efforts: Innovative Application of Ordnance Recycling, Lynna Banach, Commodore Roy Vincent T. Trinidad, and Captain Julien B. Dolor
An Accessible Seeded Field for Humanitarian Mine Action Research, Jasper Baur, Gabriel Steinberg, John Frucci, and Anthony Brinkley
Guide to the Ageing of Explosive Ordnance in the Environment, Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction Issue 27.2 (2023), The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
Computer Vision Detection of Explosive Ordnance: A High-Performance 9N235/9N210 Cluster Submunition Detector, Adam Harvey and Emile LeBrun
Department of State's Quick Reaction Force: Twenty-Three Years of Service, Charlie Holloway
How UAV LIDAR Imaging Can Locate and Map Minefield Features: Cuito Cuanavale, Angola, Katherine James, Gert Riemersma, and Pedro Pacheco
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction Issue 27.3 (2023), CISR JMU
Integrated Cooperation in Implementing Firearm Deactivation Capabilities: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Colonel Geir P. Novik
When a Safety Measure Becomes a Risk Accelerant: Removing the Option to Blast-in-Place When Clearing Explosive Remnants of War, Lieutenant Colonel Geir P. Novik
Ammunition Identification Guide for Ukraine: A Collaborative Project Amidst War (Ukrainian Edition), Lieutenant Perederii, Tony Salvo, and Drew Prater
IMAS Levels of EOD & IEDD Qualifications, Drew Prater
Mine Action in Support of Yemen's Peace Process, Josh Ridley
Mine Action and Food Security: The Complexities of Clearing Ukraine's Agricultural Lands, Markus Schindler and Anthony Connell
The Road Ahead: Clearance Toward Sustainability in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sean Sutton
MAG Emergency Response: Digital Explosive Ordnance Risk Education in Somalia, Robin Toal
To Walk the Earth in Safety 22nd edition (FY2022), US DOS PM/WRA
Mine Action in Lebanon: Innovation, Learning, and Finishing the Job, Mark Wilkinson PhD
Submissions from 2022
Explosive Weapons Use and the Environmental Consequences: Mapping Environmental Incidents in Ukraine, Linsey Cottrell; Eoghan Darbyshire, PhD; and Kristin Holme Obrestad
Clear then Grow: Integrating Mine Action with Food Security in Northeast Syria, Katarina Cvikl Balić
A Brief History of Mine Detection Dogs, Roly Evans
How Can Mine Action Improve the Management of Free from Explosive (FFE) Items?, Roly Evans
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction, Issue 25.3 (2023), CISR JMU
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction Issue 26.1 & 26.2 (2022), CISR JOURNAL
Open-Source Research and Mapping of Explosive Ordnance Contamination in Ukraine, Andro Mathewson
To Walk the Earth in Safety 21st Edition (CY2021), US DOS PM/WRA
The Deadly Legacy of World War II in Alaska, Kenneth Rutherford
Mapping Unexploded Ordnance in Syria: Harnessing the Power of Open-Source, Hampton Stall, Jennifer Hudson, Evan Leendertse, Hari Prasad, Chris McNaboe, Rana Shabb, and Jonathan Robinson
Ukraine: Through the Eyes of the People, Sean Sutton
Submissions from 2021
Impact Caused by the COVID-19 Pandemic on Humanitarian Demining in Colombia, Salomé Valencia Aguirre, Angela De Santis Ph.D., and Sebastián Tovar Jaramillo
A Virtual Reality Application for the Training of Deminers, Lynn Al Khansa, Elias Bou Saada, Rachid Maalouf, Mohammed Al-Husseini Ph.D., Ali El-Hajj Ph.D., Mohammed Baydoun Ph.D., and Hassan Ghaziri Ph.D.
How to Implement Drones and Machine Learning to Reduce Time, Costs, and Dangers Associated with Landmine Detection, Jasper Baur, Gabriel Steinberg, Alex Nikulin Ph.D., Kenneth Chiu Ph.D., and Timothy de Smet Ph.D.
Mental Health: Taking a Proactive Approach to Support Staff in Mine Action, Laura Biscaglia, Abigail Jones, and Robert White
Data-Driven Decision-Making in Southeast Asia, Mikael Bold and David Avenell
Letter from the Editor: The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction Celebrates 25 Years!, Steven Costner
Climate Change and Extreme Weather: How Can Mine Action Programs Adapt to Our Changing Environment?, Linsey Cottrell and Carlie Stowe
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for Land Release and Stockpile Destruction Operations—Notes on a New Technical Note for Mine Action, Roly Evans and David Hewitson
An Innovative Approach to the Mental Health Needs of Humanitarian Mine Action Personnel, Ken Falke; Bret A. Moore Psy.D., ABPP; and Richard Tedeschi, Ph.D.
A Note from the Interim Director, Suzanne Fiederlein Ph.D.
Landmine Clearance and Socioeconomic Development: A Study in Colombia, Oliver Ford, Amazia Zargarian, and Eric Keefer
The Sustainable Development Outcomes of Mine Action in Jordan, GICHD, Angela Hoyos Iborra, and Olaf Juergensen
Applying "All Reasonable Effort" in the Falkland Islands Mine Clearance Programme: Encouraging Efficient, Confident, and Timely Evidence-Based Land Release Decision Making, David Hewitson and Guy Marot
Developing National Landmine Clearance Capacity in Ukraine, Tobias Hewitt and Ronan Shenhav
Exploratory Study on the Current Limitations of Personal Protective Equipment and the Potential for Innovation, Kyaw Lin Htut
Remote Sensing and Artificial Intelligence in the Mine Action Sector, Martin Jebens and Rob White
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction, Issue 25.1, CISR JMU
The Exploitation of Landmines in the Falkland Islands, Colin King
Mechanical Equipment in IED Clearance: Observations from Iraq, Pehr Lodhammar and Mark Wilkinson Ph.D.
Mine Action: The Early Years, Ian Mansfield
Moving the Story Forward Utilizing Deminer Narratives to Increase Women’s Empowerment in Mine Action and Beyond, Brenna Matlock
Explosive Ordnance Risk Education in Ukraine During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Anonymous n/a
Unexplored Opportunities: Multi-Sector Strategies for Collaboration in Underwater Unexploded Ordnance Remediation, Chris Price
Clearing the Mines 2021, Mine Action Review
Mitigating the Environmental Impacts of Explosive Ordnance and Land Release, Mine Action Review
Measuring Explosive Munitions Use with Open-Source Data: A New Tool for Enhancing Humanitarian Mine Action, Jonathan Robinson and Christoph Baade
Past, Present, Future: Mine Action in Motion, Ambassador Stefano Toscano Ph.D.
To Walk the Earth in Safety 20th Edition (CY2020), US DOS PM/WRA
First Steps to Limiting Conflict Pollution in Central Vietnam, Allan R. Vosburgh
The Elusive “Just Enough”: Re-inventing Explosive Hazard Clearance Management in Iraq, Mark Wilkinson Ph.D.
Submissions from 2020
Improving the Prioritization Process of UXO Lao, Hayashi Ontoku Akihito
A Real-Time Video-Streaming System for Monitoring Demining, Mohammed al-Husseini Ph.D., Masoud Alipour Ph.D., Hassan Ghaziri Ph.D., and Ali El-Hajj Ph.D.
HD R&D Field Evaluation: Badger, U.S. Humanitarian Demining Research and Development
HD R&D Field Evaluation: Bearcat, U.S. Humanitarian Demining Research and Development
HD R&D Field Evaluation: HSTAMIDS, U.S. Humanitarian Demining Research and Development
HD R&D Field Evaluation: Improved Backhoe, U.S. Humanitarian Demining Research and Development
HD R&D Field Evaluation: Light Soil Sifter, U.S. Humanitarian Demining Research and Development
HD R&D Field Evaluation: Long Handle Tools, U.S. Humanitarian Demining Research and Development
HD R&D Field Evaluation: Medium Minewolf, U.S. Humanitarian Demining Research and Development
HD R&D Field Evaluation: Mine Clearing Loader, U.S. Humanitarian Demining Research and Development
HD R&D Field Evaluation: Minehound, U.S. Humanitarian Demining Research and Development
HD R&D Field Evaluation: Mini Minewolf, U.S. Humanitarian Demining Research and Development
HD R&D Field Evaluation: Multi-Tool Attachments, U.S. Humanitarian Demining Research and Development
HD R&D Field Evaluation: Multi-Tool Excavator, U.S. Humanitarian Demining Research and Development
HD R&D Field Evaluation: Orbit Screen, U.S. Humanitarian Demining Research and Development
HD R&D Field Evaluation: Rebel Crusher, U.S. Humanitarian Demining Research and Development
HD R&D Field Evaluation: REX, U.S. Humanitarian Demining Research and Development
HD R&D Field Evaluation: Scorpion, U.S. Humanitarian Demining Research and Development
HD R&D Field Evaluation: Target Reaquisition and Positioning System (TRPS), U.S. Humanitarian Demining Research and Development
HD R&D Field Evaluation: Terrapin, U.S. Humanitarian Demining Research and Development
HD R&D Field Evaluation: The Severe Terrain Off-Road Menzi Muck (STORM), U.S. Humanitarian Demining Research and Development
HD R&D Field Evaluation: Traxx, U.S. Humanitarian Demining Research and Development
A Twenty-Minute Walk Through Fallujah: Using Virtual Reality to Raise Awareness about IEDs in Iraq, Sandra Bialystok
Developing a Sustainable National Training Capacity: Non-Technical Survey Training in Colombia, Marc Bonnet, Helen Gray, and Giulia Matassa
