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Colombia: Illegal Gold Mining Contaminated This Land. Trees and Plants Are Healing It

Feb 3, 2025 | Andrea Jaramillo, Bloomberg

Mercury left behind by wildcat miners polluted areas of northern Colombia. Restoring them to health depends on a surprisingly low-tech solution.

Call for Input – Military Activities and Toxics

Feb 3, 2025 | Special Rapporteur on Toxics and Human Rights, United Nations Human Rights

Pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 54/10, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on toxics and human rights, Marcos Orellana, will present a thematic report, including recommendations,…

Call for Papers: Special Issue on Climate Change Mitigation, Peace and Conflict

Feb 3, 2025 | Tobias Ide, Murdoch University

Tobias Ide is facilitating a special issue on climate change mitigation, peace and conflict. If you are interested in participating, please read the below brief…

Israel/Palestine: Associate Advisor – Energy

Feb 3, 2025 | UN Office for Project Services

UNOPS – an operational arm of the United Nations – supports the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by successfully implementing its partners’ peacebuilding,…

Denmark: Mitigation and Transparency Specialist

Feb 3, 2025 | UN Office for Project Services

UNOPS – an operational arm of the United Nations – supports the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by successfully implementing its partners’ peacebuilding,…

NDC Partnership – National NDC Coordinator, UNOPS, Nauru

Feb 3, 2025

UNOPS – an operational arm of the United Nations – supports the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by successfully implementing its partners’ peacebuilding,…

Social scientist for peace education empowerment, AGIAMONDO, Cameroon

Feb 3, 2025

AGIAMONDO recruits qualified development workers for church and non-state development cooperation projects. It also develops peacebuilding programmes together with partner organisations and advises support organisations on…

Cameroon: Social Scientist for Conflict Transformation

Feb 3, 2025 | AGIAMONDO

AGIAMONDO recruits qualified development workers for church and non-state development cooperation projects. It also develops peacebuilding programmes together with partner organisations and advises support organisations on…

Uganda: Advisor for GIS and Land Surveying for the Mediation of Land Conflicts

Feb 3, 2025 | AGIAMONDO

AGIAMONDO recruits qualified development workers for church and non-state development cooperation projects. It also develops peacebuilding programmes together with partner organisations and advises support organisations on…

DRC: SAFER Consortium Director

Feb 3, 2025 | Mercy Corps

Mercy Corps has been operating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since August 2007, with a staff of around 400 people working in…

Somalia: Business Development Advisor, MercyCorps, Somalia

Feb 3, 2025 | Mercy Corps

Mercy Corps is powered by the belief that a better world is possible. To do this, Mercy Corps knows teams do their best work when…

Syria: Country Administrator

Feb 3, 2025 | COOPI – Cooperazione Internazionale

COOPI is looking for a Country Administrator in Syria. COOPI has been active with its humanitarian action in Syria (Damascus) since 2016. The protracted crisis…

Myanmar: Project Evaluation Consultant – Stewards of Natural Resources

Feb 3, 2025 | World Wide Fund for Nature

WWF, an independent conservation organization active in nearly 100 countries, works to sustain the natural world for the benefit of people and wildlife. WWF-Myanmar, established…

South Sudan: Attack on South Sudan Cattle Camps Kills 35, Community Leader Says

Feb 2, 2025 | Reuters

Unidentified attackers raided cattle camps in a southeastern area of South Sudan last week, killing at least 35 people and wounding 46, a community leader…

Afghanistan: Displaced by Climate, Sheltered by Nature

Feb 2, 2025 | UNDP

In Afghanistan's conflict-ravaged Nangarhar province, where poverty, displacement, and the forces of nature converge, an unlikely hero is emerging: the jujube tree. Nestled along the…

DRC/Rwanda: Pressure Grows on EU to Freeze Minerals Deal with Rwanda over DRC Fighting

Feb 2, 2025 | Jennifer Rankin, Guardian

The EU is under mounting pressure to suspend a controversial minerals deal with Rwanda that has been blamed for fuelling the conflict in the east…

DRC: Escalation in Eastern DRC Linked to Competition for $24 Trillion in Resources

Feb 2, 2025 | Azernews

The ongoing escalation in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is driven by competition for the country's vast natural resources, estimated at $24 trillion,…

Water: How Water Shortage Is Triggering Further Conflicts in Already-Volatile West Asia

Feb 2, 2025 | Anu Sharma, The Week

Water scarcity in West Asia is an escalating crisis that threatens economic stability, food security, and geopolitical stability in an already volatile region. As one…

Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraq Parliament Approves Compensation Plan to Resolve Kurdistan Oil Dispute, Say Lawmakers

Feb 2, 2025 | Reuters

Iraq’s parliament on Sunday approved a budget amendment to subsidise production costs for international oil companies operating in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region in a move…

Myanmar: Myanmar Implements 11 Solar Power Plant Projects

Feb 2, 2025 | Global New Light of Myanmar

A total of 11 solar power plant projects are currently under construction and development across Myanmar, with an installed capacity of 1,026 megawatts, according to…

DRC: The Impact of Conflict Minerals on Technology: A Closer Look at Tantalum from DR Congo

Feb 1, 2025 | Global Herald

Currently, the DRC is experiencing ongoing conflict, with significant implications for tantalum extraction. Recent military actions by the M23 rebel group have drawn international attention,…

Afghanistan: Cash-Keen Taliban Betting on Afghanistan's Mines

Feb 1, 2025 | Claire Gounon, Barron's

Touting the return of security, the Taliban government is rushing to court local and foreign investors to exploit the country's underground wealth and secure a…

The Health-Climate-Security Triad

Jan 31, 2025 | J. Stephen Morrison and Katherine E. Bliss

Imperiled health is the human face of climate change. Indeed, the climate crisis is increasingly recognized to be a health crisis. It is a crisis…

Afghanistan: OCHA: 39% of Families in Afghanistan Facing Water Shortages

Jan 31, 2025 | Fidel Rahmati, Khaama Press

The organization stated on Friday, January 31 on its X platform that, in addition to the water scarcity in Afghanistan, 23% of households rely on…

DRC/Rwanda: The War for Congo’s Wealth: How Organized Crime Fuels the M23 Crisis in Eastern DRC

Jan 30, 2025 | Zobel Behalal, Global Initiative

Conflict in eastern DRC is by no means a recent phenomenon. For over 20 years, the national and international actors fueling the violence have been…

Afghanistan: FAO: War, Poverty, and Over-Exploitation Destroy Pistachio Forest in Afghanistan

Jan 30, 2025 | Fidel Rahmati, Khaama Press

In a statement released on Thursday, January 30, the FAO added that Afghanistan once had more than 450,000 hectares of pistachio forests. According to the…

How Can Agriculture Contribute to Peace?

Jan 30, 2025 | Pablo Molina Asensi, Peace News Network

Agricultural development and food security play a key role in strengthening peace in fragile societies. According to Ambassador George Moose, Acting President and CEO of…

Iraq/Kurdistan: KRG Says Iraqi Court Deems Its Contacts with Oil Companies Valid

Jan 30, 2025 | Rudaw

The Kurdistan Region’s natural resources ministry said on Thursday that it had won a case against the federal oil ministry over its contracts with several…

DRC/Rwanda: DR Congo Conflict: Why Is the EU under Pressure to Reconsider Its Minerals Partnership with Rwanda?

Jan 30, 2025 | Mared Gwyn Jones, euronews

The conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has prompted calls on Brussels to review an agreement with the Rwandan government intended to secure…