The Humanitarian Demining Information Center (HDIC) at James Madison University is soliciting articles for The Journal of Humanitarian Demining. The Journal focuses on the safe and efficient identification, destruction, and eradication of antipersonnel landmines around the world. 

Because of the wide range of interests addressed by HDIC and the global humanitarian demining community, submissions will vary in length, style, and structure. Supporting photos and graphics are welcome. Subject areas of interest generally fall into the following three categories:

1. Current Activities and Operations

These activities include, but are not limited to, mine clearing, mine awareness, training methods and techniques, mine dog programs, minefield identification, surveying, marking and management, host-country program management, logistics support to demining operations, landmine handling, transportation, storage and disposal methods, medical techniques for landmine injuries, trauma management, field medicine, and public information and media relations.

2. Current Issues and Challenges

The wide scope of landmine issues has created many challenges and systematic shortfalls for humanitarian demining efforts. There are regional and country-specific issues that could provide the demining community with various solutions to many demining activities. (See note)

3. Current Technologies and Research

Significant effort is being invested in developing more efficient and effective methods of humanitarian demining that improves on the basic "man-with-a-prod" approach to demining. This research and body of knowledge cross functional disciplines, providing an opportunity to leverage limited funding with other efforts to expedite the fielding and use of modern demining technologies and methods.

Also Needed...

• Six-month calendars of events and activities to share with the demining community.
• Profiles or features on demining individuals.
• Identification data to ensure currency of our global demining directory.

Submissions and questions to...

Humanitarian Demining Information Center
James Madison University
University Boulevard
Harrisonburg, Virginia 22807

• Tel: 540.568.2718
• Fax: 540.568.8176
• Email: maic(a)jmu.edu

Please note:
The issues of landmine control, production bans, stockpiling, sales, and use negotiations are crucial global concerns but beyond the scope of this publication and not within the activities of HDIC.