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Guide to the Ageing of Explosive Ordnance in the Environment
The GICHD Guide to Ageing of Explosive Ordnance in the Environment seeks to provide a summary of what is known to date on this subject. Building on research conducted by partners in the sector over recent decades, this guide is...

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Chapter 5 of the IED Clearance Good Practice Guide, “Basic Chemistry of Explosives and Hazards of Home-Made Explosives and Chemical Precursors"
The GICHD has developed this Chapter with the aim of improving the safety of mine action personnel as a first priority, but also ensuring that mine action programmes are dealing with this particular threat effectively to keep...

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Guidebook on Detection Technologies and Systems for Humanitarian Demining
The Guidebook on Detection Technologies and Systems for Humanitarian Demining is a compilation of known technologies that could be applied to the detection of mines and minefields. It covers a wide spectrum of technologies from...

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Throwing Out Mines: The Effects of a Flail
Recent tests and trials on the clearance capability of flail machines have shown thatif machines are adequately operated and the operating environment is favourable, flails are able to achieve clearance rates approaching 100%1....

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A Study of Manual Mine Clearance
Manual mine clearance is the fundamental tenet of mine action, yet has never been thoroughly analysed. The GICHD has managed a study into manual mine clearance analysing the history, management, methodologies and systems in use,...

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DVD: Mine Action Animals
The Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD) has published a series of three short films on animal mine detection, available as a DVD.
Animals are an important tool for deminers because, “they have a keen...

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A Study of Mechanical Application in Demining
The GICHD Study of Mechanical Application in Demining is published after two years of research. The study puts the spotlight onto the use of machines as part of worldwide efforts to clear land mines. It looks at how machines...

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Mine Detection Dogs: Training, Operations and Odour Detection
The use of dogs for mine detection has expanded dramatically in the last ten years. However, research designed to explore and understand the issues underlying mine dog detection has not kept pace with that expansion. A poor...

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