by CLMF | Jul 11, 2017 | Landmine Clearance, Landmine News, Mine Action News, Public Awareness, Rehabilitation
The information below is from an official press release of Global Affairs Canada. July 6, 2017 – London, United Kingdom – Global Affairs Canada Canada is unequivocal in its support for the people of Ukraine. We continue to call for the protection of their...
by CLMF | Apr 6, 2017 | Education, Landmine News, Mine Action News, Public Awareness
The amount of land controlled by the so-called Islamic State (IS) is shrinking quickly in both Iraq and Syria, but the group is leaving behind landmines and dangerous unexploded ordinances that can kill and maim victims. According to the NGO Syrian Institute for...
by CLMF | Mar 13, 2017 | Landmine Clearance, Public Awareness
Massoud Hassani won a 2012 Design Of The Year Award with ‘Mine Kafon’, a $40.00 wind powered landmine clearing concoction that has the potential to revolutionize the prohibitive cost of de-mining. The unique device is made of sustainable bamboo sticks exploding out of...
by CLMF | Feb 7, 2017 | Landmine Clearance, Mine Action News, Public Awareness
The United Nation’s body on action against landmines recently estimated that the cost for removing landmines and explosives from the city of Mosul will be $50 million USD. In an interview with Reuters, the chief of planning and management section of U.N. Mine Action...
by CLMF | Jan 10, 2017 | Landmine News, Mine Action News, Public Awareness
The News Roundup of the Canadian Landmine Foundation (CLMF) brings together articles from government and media agencies to raise awareness about the ongoing threat of landmines throughout various regions around the world. The information listed here is strictly for...
by CLMF | Jan 4, 2017 | Landmine Clearance, Mine Action News, Public Awareness, Rehabilitation
Wilpattu is Sri Lanka’s oldest and largest national park, but the region previously was a war zone. During the 1980s, the wild lands of Wilpattu witnessed fighting between the Sri Lankan state and a militant separatist group known as Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam...
