International
Colombia: Colombian Environmental Official Assassinated in Southern Meta Department
Dec 7, 2020
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Antonio José Paz Cardona, Mongabay
December 3, 2020 was a fateful day for the defense of the environment in Colombia. Javier Francisco Parra Cubillos, an official from regional environmental authority Cormacarena…
Afghanistan: Solar Power Provides a Lifeline to Afghanistan's Hospitals
Dec 6, 2020
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World Bank
Since it recorded its first COVID-19 case in February 2020—and incidentally, the first case in Afghanistan—the Herat province has logged the country's second-highest number of…
Afghanistan: 67 Mining Projects to be Offered for Bidding
Dec 6, 2020
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Wadsam
The High Economic Council (HEC) has approved 67 mining projects out of 108 proposed sites. The approved mining sites include construction materials, marble and garnet…
Iraq: Establishing a Sovereign Wealth Fund in Iraq
Dec 6, 2020
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Iraq Business News
Throughout history, financial crises have been met with innovative reform plans that help develop the resilience of a country's economic system, except when it comes…
Climate Change: Climate Change as a National Security and Foreign Policy Priority: Opportunities and Challenges for the Next Administration
Dec 4, 2020
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Mayesha Alam, Just Security
Addressing climate change is a central pillar of President-Elect Joe Biden’s “Build Back Better” agenda. Signaling his commitment to the issue, Biden named former Secretary…
India/Pakistan: India's Kabul River Dam Support Likely to Unnerve Pakistan
Dec 4, 2020
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Water Dipomat
India has announced plans to build the Shahtoot Dam on Afghanistan’s Kabul River, which will help residents of Kabul but is likely to unsettle downstream…
South Sudan: New Players for Juba Solar PV-Plus-Storage Project
Dec 4, 2020
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Constructions Review Online
Two new companies, precisely the United Arab Emirates-based Asunim Solar and the renewable energy solutions consultancy company I-kWh company, have joined forces towards the implementation…
Liberia: Green Advocates Breaks New Ground
Dec 3, 2020
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Observer
At a ground-breaking event in the city of Saniquellie, Blei Forest outlying communities in Nimba have self-identified as first step in supporting customary tenure recognition…
Afghanistan: UN Involved in Afghanistan Blockchain Land Registry Tool
Dec 2, 2020
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Ledger Insights
Later this month, the UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) plans to launch a land registry solution for urban cities in Afghanistan called goLandRegistry. The project is a collaboration with…
More Women in Boardrooms Mean Better Climate Change Policy, Study Says
Dec 1, 2020
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Heesu Lee, Business Standard
Companies with greater gender diversity in their boardrooms show better performance on developing policies and methods to address climate change risks, according to BloombergNEF.
Myanmar: Amid Tensions in Myanmar, an Indigenous Park of Peace Is Born
Nov 30, 2020
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Fred Pearce, Yale Environment 360
The Salween Peace Park is being lauded as a model for conservation that draws less on Western science and more on ethnic cultural traditions of…
Myanmar: In Myanmar, Paul Sein Twa Helps Establish a Peace Park
Nov 30, 2020
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Madeleine Gregory, Sierra Club
The Salween River Basin—a strip of land on the border of Myanmar and Thailand—has been a site of conflict since before Paul Sein Twa was…
Liberia: Miners and Loggers Fight over Community Forest in Gbarpolu
Nov 30, 2020
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Mark N. Mengonfia, New Republic
In March last year, Korninga B Community Forest signed an agreement with Indo Africa Plantation Liberia to allow logging in its forest, which stretches across…
Iraq/Islamic State: Islamic State Says It Launched Rocket Attack on Northern Iraq Oil Refinery
Nov 29, 2020
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Ghazwan Hassan and Ahmed Rasheed, Reuters
A rocket hit a small oil refinery in northern Iraq on Sunday, causing a fire at a fuel storage tank and forcing a complete shutdown…
Afghanistan/Iran: Afghan Dam Constructions Threaten Iran Water Share
Nov 29, 2020
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Financial Tribune
Construction of the Kamal Khan Dam on Helmand River now near completion will profoundly affect water supply to Iranian wetlands and aggravate environmental problems in…
Nigeria: Kano Govt Moves Towards Finding Lasting Solution to Herdsmen, Farmers’ Conflict
Nov 28, 2020
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Kola Oyelere, Nigerian Tribune
Kano State government has expressed deep concern over the encroachment and blockage of cattle stock routes across the state, saying this has often led to…
Sierra Leone: MRU, CSOs Plan for Kimberly Process
Nov 28, 2020
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Mabinty M. Kamara, Politico SL
In an effort to ensure Civil Society’s effective participation in the Kimberly Process-Artisanal and Small Scale Mining (KP-ASM), the German international development agency, GIZ, has…
Liberia: Understanding People's Dependence on Forests
Nov 27, 2020
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New Dawn
Women working in the forest in Liberia. Here, forestry is the fourth largest contributor to the economy after services, agriculture, and fisheries, mining, and panning.…
Afghanistan: Water Authority, AKDN Sign MoU on Water Management
Nov 27, 2020
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Daily Outlook Afghanistan
The Agha Khan Development Network (AKDN) and National Water Management Authority (NWMA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on matters related to water management…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Low Oil Prices Could Finally Bring Iraq and Kurdistan Together
Nov 27, 2020
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Viktor Katona, OilPrice.com
The relationship between Baghdad and Erbil has been strained ever since Iraq managed to eliminate the threat of the Islamic State. Both sides perceive the…
South Sudan: Asunim, I-kWh Join Elsewedy Electric on PV-Plus-Storage Project in South Sudan
Nov 27, 2020
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Edgar Meza, PV Magazine
United Arab Emirates-based PV system integrator Asunim Solar and renewable energy solutions consultancy I-kWh have formed a consortium to support Egyptian energy services company Elsewedy…
Liberia: 30 GoL Employees Train on Gender Sensitive, Land, Concession Reporting
Nov 26, 2020
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David A. Yates, Daily Observer
Over 30 employees from three autonomous agencies of Government have acquired an intensive three-days training in gender-sensitive, land and concession reporting organized by UN Women…
Climate Change: Looking at Security through the Climate Lens
Nov 26, 2020
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Michelle Langrand, Geneva Solutions
As global warming gains ground, the security implications of the climate threat can no longer be ignored. But as the Covid-19 pandemic enters its tenth…
Myanmar: Success Despite Covid: Hope from a Water Users Association in Central Myanmar
Nov 26, 2020
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Marie-Charlotte Buisson, Petra Schmitter, and Nyan Thiha, International Water Management Institute
The impact Covid-19 has had on farmers has been devastating. Harvest delays due to mobility restrictions, reduced availability of labor and variability in output and…
Myanmar: Farmers Refuse to Move for Dam Project
Nov 26, 2020
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Khonumthung News
Farmers are angry with the government because of plans to build a dam to divert water to Chin State’s capital, Hakha because it will inundate…
Colombia: Land Defenders Keep Getting Killed in Colombia
Nov 25, 2020
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Thomas Power, Vice
Hundreds of environmental defenders in Colombia feel fear in what is the most dangerous region in the world for their work, according to a recent…
Worsening Land Inequality Widens Gender, Climate Change Gaps
Nov 24, 2020
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Rina Chandran, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Land inequality is growing worldwide, threatening the livelihoods of 2.5 billion people who directly rely on farming and widening disparities in gender, health and climate-change…
Liberia: Two Shot, Village Burnt in River Cess Riot over Mineral-rich Forestland
Nov 24, 2020
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James Harding Giahyue, FrontPage Africa
Two men have been injured and a village destroyed in a riot over potentially mineral-rich forestland over the weekend in River Cess County, local authorities…
South Sudan: Food Insecurity in South Sudan: The Impact of Flooding and Conflict
Nov 24, 2020
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Borgen Magazine
South Sudan is a country with a long and difficult history. Its people have dealt with prolonged food insecurity, extended periods of conflict and recurring…
Yemen: Solar Energy Micro-Businesses in Yemen are Saving Lives
Nov 24, 2020
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Borgen Magazine
Conflict and food insecurity continue to be prevalent in Yemen. Since 2015, Yemen has been experiencing a civil war that has taken a seemingly irreversible…