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2008

PUBLICATIONS

November 2008 - A Guide to Land Release : non technical methods (No. 64) Latest edition

November 2008 - Linking Mine Action and Development | Mine Action Centres (No. 63) PDF 2.5MB

November 2008 - Linking Mine Action and Development | Humanitarian and Development NGOs (No. 62) PDF 2.5MB

November 2008 - Mine and ERW Risk Education - A Project Management Guide (No. 61)

November 2008 - A Guide to Ammunition Storage (No. 60) Latest edition

November 2008 - A Guide to Marking and Fencing in Mine Action Programmes  (No. 59)

July 2008 - A Guide to Road Clearance (No. 58)

July 2008 - Mine Action and the Implementation of CCW Protocol V on Explosive Remnants of War (No. 57)

January 2008 - Mechanical Demining Equipment Catalogue 2008 (No. 55) Latest edition

2008 - CD: International Mine Action Standards (IMAS) - Issue 4 (No. 56) Latest edition

REPORTS

October 2008 - CD: Séminaire des acteurs africains francophones de l'action contre les mines et REG | Rapport et documentation finale (No. 65)

August 2008 - Assessment of the Mine Action Centre for Afghanistan (MACA) by Paterson, Paktian, Fryer  PDF 573KB

May 2008 - External Assessment of DDG's HMA Programme in Somaliland by Lardner  PDF 442KB

ARTICLES

May 2008 - Construction of demining machines in the Kurdistan region Article by Pehr Lodhammar published in the UNMAS/GICHD Mine Action Technology Newsletter PDF 580KB

 


2007

PUBLICATIONS

November 2007 - A Guide to Cluster Munitions (No. 54)

November 2007 - Land Release: A Guide for Mine and ERW Affected Countries (No. 53)

April 2007 - A Guide to Mine Action and Explosive Remnants of War (No. 50) Latest edition

February 2007 - Evaluation of NPA's Humanitarian Mine Action Project and Review of Ethiopia's Mine Action Programme (No. 51) PDF 1.8MB

February 2007 - Lao PDR Risk Management and Mitigation Model (No. 49) PDF 473KB

February 2007 - Metal Detectors and PPE Catalogue 2007 (No. 48) Latest edition

REPORTS

August 2007 - Evaluation of the Albanian Mine Action Programme by Kendellen, Naidoo, Paktian  PDF 721KB


2006

PUBLICATIONS 

November 2006 - Departure of the Devil: Landmines and Livelihoods in Yemen (No. 52) PDF 5.4MB

October 2006 - Identifying Synergies between Mine Action and Small Arms and Light Weapons (No. 47)

April 2006 - A Guide to the International Mine Action Standards (No. 43) Latest edition

March 2006 - Guidebook on Detection Technologies and Systems for Humanitarian Demining (No. 46)

March 2006 - Mechanical Demining Equipment Catalogue 2006 (No. 45) Latest edition

March 2006 - Developing Mine Action Legislation - A Guide (No. 44) Latest edition 

March 2006 - A Study of the Role of Survey in Mine Action (No. 42)

ARTICLES

2006 - The Accuracy of Measuring Perimeter Points: Use of GPS vs. Bearing and Distance Article by Berger, Dunbar PDF 420KB

August 2006 - Understanding the Ottawa Convention's obligations to landmine victims Article by Kerry Brinkert published in the Journal of Mine Action PDF 106KB

February 2006 - The Road to Mine Action and Development: The Life-Cycle Perspective of Mine Action Article by Ted Paterson and Eric Filippino published in the Journal of Mine Action PDF 56KB

February 2006 - Environmental Applications in Demining Article by Ian McLean published in the Journal of Mine Action PDF 59KB


2005

PUBLICATIONS

November 2005 - Time and Motion Studies for Demining: Snapshots of Operations (No. 41)

November 2005 - International Mine Action Standards for Mine Risk Education - Best practice guidebooks (No. 39)

November 2005 - Regional Cooperation in Mine Action: The Case of South-Eastern Europe (No. 38)

November 2005 - Mine Action: Lessons and Challenges (No. 37)

September 2005 - Mine Detection Dogs: Operations - Case studies of operational systems (No. 40) PDF 2MB

September 2005 - A Study of Scrap Metal Collection in Lao PDR (No. 36) PDF 451KB

August 2005A Study of Manual Mine Clearance (No. 35)

July 2005 - DVD: Mine Action Animals (No. 34)

February 2005 - Metal Detectors and PPE Catalogue 2005 (No. 33) Old edition

2005 - CD: International Mine Action Standards (IMAS) - Issue 3 (No. 32) Old edition

ARTICLES

November 2005 - Throwing out mines: effects of a flail Article by Ian McLean, Rebecca Sargisson, Johannes Dirscherl, Havard Bach PDF 106KB

August 2005 - Mine Action Lessons and Challenges: Is Mine Action Making a Difference ... or Avoiding the Question? Article by Eric Filippino and Ted Paterson, published in the Journal of Mine Action PDF 221KB


2004

PUBLICATIONS

December 2004 - Training of Mine Detection Dogs in Bosnia and Herzegovina (NPA Global Training Centre) (No. 31)

November 2004 - A Study of the Development of National Mine Action Legislation (No. 30)

November 2004 - A Guide to Socio-Economic Approaches to Mine Action Planning and Management (No. 29) (Revised edition of the Operational Handbook published in May 2002)

November 2004 - A Study of Local Organisations in Mine Action (No. 28)

October 2004 - Humanitarian Impact from Mines other than Anti-Personnel Mines (No. 27)

September 2004 - Study Cartographic Recommendations for Humanitarian Demining Map Symbols in the Information Management System for Mine Action (IMSMA) PDF 5.6MB | Symbology Font Files for IMSMA V4  ZIP file package 318KB

May 2004 - A Guide to Insurance for Mine Action Operators (No. 26)

May 2004 - A Study of Mechanical Application in Demining (No. 25)

March 2004 - A Guide to Improving Communication in Mine Risk Education Programmes (No. 24) (Revised edition of the 2002 handbook)

January 2004 - A Guide to the International Mine Action Standards (No. 23) Old edition

January 2004 - Mechanical Demining Equipment Catalogue 2004 (No. 22) Old edition

January 2004 - A Guide to Mine Action (No. 21) Old edition

 

ARTICLES

November 2004 - The GICHD Regional Support Centre: An Approach to Regional Information Management Article by Simon Berger and Alan Arnold published in Journal of Mine Action  PDF 55KB

November 2004 - Colombia: Mine Action and Armed Conflict Article by Eric Filippino published in Journal of Mine Action PDF 93KB

November 2004 - International Mine Action Standards: Some Frequently Asked Questions and Answers Article by Phil Bean published in Journal of Mine Action PDF 49KB

November 2004 - Optimising the Use of REST for Mine Detection Article by Ian McLean and Rebecca Sargisson published in Journal of Mine Action PDF 155KB  

November 2004 - Machines Can Get the Job Done Faster Article by Alexander Griffiths published in Journal of Mine Action PDF 53KB

August 2004 - Explosive Signature Flux from Field Recoverd Landmines Article PDF 564KB

July 2004 - CEN Workshop Agreement - CWA 15044 - Test and Evaluation of Demining Machines PDF 4MBMore information

June 2004 - The Role of the Military in Mine Action Article by Ian Mansfield and Eric Filippino published in Journal of Mine Action PDF 59KB  

June 2004 - ERW: States Conclude a Protocol Article by Paul Ellis published in Journal of Mine Action PDF 61KB 


2003

PUBLICATIONS 

August 2003 - Developing Mine Action Legislation - A Guide (No. 20) Old edition

June 2003 - The Role of the Military in Mine Action (No. 19) 

June 2003 - Mine Detection Dogs: Training, Operations and Odour Detection (No. 18) 

May 2003 - Explosive Remnants of War (ERW) - Information Requirements (No. 17) 

May 2003 - Explosive Remnants of War (ERW) - Warnings and Risk Education (No. 16) 

March 2003 - CD: International Mine Action Standards (IMAS) - Issue 2 (No. 15) Old edition

February 2003 - Metal Detectors Catalogue 2003 (No. 14) Old edition

ARICLES

December 2003 - Scientific contributions to demining technology: beliefs, perceptions and realities Article by Ian McLean published in Journal of Mine Action PDF 83KB

December 2003 - REST in Bosnia: a pilot test of detection capability Article by Rune Fjellanger, Ian McLean and Havard Bach published in Journal of Mine Action PDF 82KB

December 2003 - Mechanical Application in Demining: Modernising Clearance Methods Article by Alexander Griffiths and Leonard Kaminski published in Journal of Mine Action PDF 97KB

December 2003 - Systematic Test & Evaluation of Metal Detectors Article by Noel Mulliner, Phil Bean and Francois Littmann published in Journal of Mine Action PDF 71KB

September 2003 - Improving mine detection dogs: an overview of the GICHD dog program Article by Bach, McLean, Aakerblom, Sargisson published in the Proceedings of EUDEM2-SCOT - 2003, volume 1, 149 - 155 PDF 1.3MB

September 2003 - Bringing the minefield to the detector: updating the REST concept Article by McLean, Bach, Fjellanger, Aakerblom published in the Proceedings of EUDEM2-SCOT - 2003, volume 1, 156 - 161 PDF 291KB

September 2003 - The GICHD Mechanical Application in Mine Clearance Study Article by Kaminski, Griffiths, Buswell, Dirscherl, Bach, van Dyk, Gibson published in the Proceedings of EUDEM2-SCOT - 2003, volume 1, 335 - 341 PDF 196 KB

August 2003 - Explosive Remnants of War: The Negotiations Continue Article by Paul Ellis published in Journal of Mine Action PDF 78KB

August 2003 - Opportunities for Regional Cooperation in Mine Action in Southeastern Europe Article by Ian Mansfield published in Journal of Mine Action PDF 43KB

June 2003 - CEN Workshop Agreement - CWA 14747 - Test and Evaluation for Metal Detection PDF 1MB, More information

June 2003 - The provision of Warnings and Risk Education for Explosive Remnants of War Article PDF 102KB

June 2003 - Information Requirements for Explosive Remnants of War, the Views of the Clearance Community Article PDF 100KB

Spring 2003 - Remote Explosive Scent Tracing (REST), Genuine or a paper tiger Article by Havard Bach and Ian McLean published in the Journal of Mine Action 7.1 PDF 390KB

Spring 2003 - Explosive Remnants of War - the impact of current negotiations Article published in the Journal of Mine Action 7.1 PDF 117KB

Spring 2003 - Use of Mechanical Equipment in Mine Clearance Article by Johannes Dirscherl published in the Journal of Mine Action 7.1 PDF 68KB

Spring 2003 - International Mine Action Standards - Future developments of personal protective equipment (PPE) standards  Article by Adrian Wilkinson published in the Journal of Mine Action 7.1 PDF 162KB

2003 - An investigation into the Drevers' potential as a breed of mine detection dog. A field study to compare the behaviour of two breeds of dog during training for landmine detection MSc Thesis, University of Edinburgh PDF 732KB

2003 - The role of the military in mine action Article by Ian Mansfield published in Disarmament Forum - Disarmament, Development and Mine Action, 2003 no. 3, pp. 35-42 PDF 71KB


2002 

PUBLICATIONS

December 2002 - CD: Mine Detection Dog Bibliography V1.0 (No. 13)

December 2002 - Mechanical Demining Equipment Catalogue 2003 (No. 12) Old edition

July 2002 - The Role of Mine Action in Victim Assistance (No. 10)

June 2002 - Communication in Mine Awareness Programmes (The Study) (No. 9)

June 2002 - Mine Action Equipment: Study of Global Operational Needs (No. 8)

June 2002 - Explosive Remnants of War (ERW) - A Threat Analysis (No. 7)

May 2002 - Improving Communication in Mine Awareness Programmes - An Operational Handbook  (No. 9.1) Old edition

May 2002 - CD: Database of Demining Accidents (No. 6)

May 2002 - Socio-Economic Approaches to Mine Action - An Operational Handbook (No. 5) Old edition

ARTICLES

June 2002 - Mine Action Technology Now and In The Future: Is it realistic to expect great leaps forward in technology? Article by Havard Bach published in the Journal of Mine Action 6.1 PDF 175KB

May 2002 - Anti-Vehicle (Anti-tank) Mines Presentation PDF 751KB

2002 - A training program for filter-search mine detection dogs Article by Fjellanger, Andersen, McLean published in the International Jounal of Comparative Psychology, 2002, 15, 277-286 PDF 143KB

 


2001

PUBLICATIONS 

December 2001 - Designer Dogs: Improving the Quality of Mine Detection Dogs (No. 4)

October 2001 - CD: International Mine Action Standards (IMAS) - Issue 1 (No. 3) Old edition

March 2001 - A Study of Socio-Economic Approaches to Mine Action (No. 2)

2001 - Mechanical Demining Equipment Catalogue 2002 (No. 1) Old edition

ARTICLES

December 2001 - Explosive Remnants of War (ERW) - A "Quick Look" Threat Analysis Article PDF 117KB

November 2001 - Explosive Remnants of War (ERW) - Definitions Article PDF 107KB

Fall 2001 - The dog's nose knows Article by Ian McLean published in the Journal of Mine Action PDF 161KB


2000

ARTICLES 

Fall 2000 - Implementing Land Mine Awareness Programs - Constraints and Strategies Article by Eric Filippino published in the Journal of Mine Action PDF 238KB