Journal of Mine Action

Call for Papers, Issue 5.2

This issue of the Journal will focus on landmines in Central and South America and organizations with activities and regional mine action efforts in those countries. Countries of particular interest are: Nicaragua, Honduras, Costa Rica, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and the Falkland Islands.

This issue will cover all aspects of humanitarian mine action including clearance, survey, mine risk reduction, victim and survivor assistance, and refugee/IDP issues. Success stories and areas of socioeconomic recovery from mines are also sought.

This issue will also look at innovative research and development (R&D) technologies seeking to make clearance safer and faster.

Deadline for submission: May 24, 2001

Submission Guidelines:

Articles must be no longer than 3,000 words and submitted in digital format (i.e. Microsoft Word .doc).
Images must be scanned at 300 dpi and submitted on CD or Zip disk.
Line art, graphics and charts should be scanned at 600 dpi or better.
Original photos and graphics are encouraged and will be returned. (Please do not embed images into documents, as the resolution becomes unusable for printing.
Author's contact info is requested and should include - phone, e-mail and mailing addresses.

Submit all materials to:

Journal of Mine Action
Editor: Margaret Busé
James Madison University
MCS 8504
Harrisonburg, VA 22807

Contact Information:

Phone: 540-568-2503
Fax: 540-0568-8176
E-mail: maic(a)jmu.edu
Web: http://maic.jmu.edu