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Bangladesh: Short Term Livelihoods Consultant for the Rohingya Crisis in South Bangladesh

Sep 25, 2018 | Solidar Suisse

Solidar Suisse is a Swiss International NGO founded in 1936 and member of the European Solidar network. Solidar Suisse supports and implements projects in the…

South Sudan: Consultant on Conducting Feasible and Innovative Agribusiness Model for European Union Funded Resilience Action Project

Sep 25, 2018 | Catholic Organization for Relief and Development Aid

Catholic Organization for Relief and Development Aid (Cordaid) was founded in 1999 in The Hague, with the aim of helping people in distress and fighting…

Program Manager- Energy Access in Emergencies

Sep 25, 2018 | Mercy Corps

Mercy Corps is a leading global organization powered by the belief that a better world is possible. In disaster, in hardship, in more than 40…

Global Food Security and Livelihoods Coordinator

Sep 25, 2018 | Islamic Relief

Islamic Relief Worldwide is an international humanitarian organisation that provides development programs and humanitarian relief around the globe, regardless of race, political affiliation, gender or…

Nigeria: WASH Project Manager

Sep 25, 2018 | Solidarites International

Solidarités International (SI) is a French humanitarian organisation operating for over 35 years who is committed to providing aid in the event of conflict and…

Somalia: External Evaluation for the Integrated Health, Nutrition, WASH, and Agricutlure and Food Security Program

Sep 25, 2018 | Mercy USA for Aid and Development

Mercy-USA for Aid and Development is dedicated to alleviating human suffering and supporting individuals and their communities in their efforts to become more self-sufficient.

Mercy-USA for…

Call for (Volunteer) Translators and Reviewers for Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Environmental Security and Sustaining Peace

Sep 25, 2018

In preparation for the second running of the Environmental Security and Sustaining Peace massive open online course (MOOC), planned for early 2019, the MOOC team is seeking…

Climate Change: Climate-Related Conflict Discussed at Auckland Workshop

Sep 25, 2018 | Radio New Zealand

Climate-related conflict and security issues in the Pacific will be examined by experts from around the world in Auckland this week. Co-hosted by Otago University's…

Afghanistan: Low Quality Foreign Saffron Passed off as Afghan Product

Sep 25, 2018 | Zabihullah Jahanmal, TOLOnews

The ACCI raised concerns this week about the smuggling of saffron into the country which is then sold on as an Afghan product. Nasir Ahmad…

Swathi Veeravalli

Lead Strategic Integration Officer
US Army Corps of Engineers
United States
Sep 25, 2018

Swathi Veeravalli is an interdisciplinary research scientist and practitioner working at the intersection of climate change, water resource management, and peacebuilding. She currently works as…

Environmental Peacebuilding Association Launches Interest Group on Monitoring and Evaluation

Sep 24, 2018

The Environmental Peacebuilding Association is excited to announce the launch of the Monitoring and Evaluation Interest Group! Effective and inclusive monitoring and evaluation systems are…

Myanmar: Mismanagement of Land Deals Has Cost Yangon Billions, Audit Finds

Sep 24, 2018 | Nan Lwin, Irrawaddy

The Yangon Region Auditor General’s Office has found that the government’s mismanagement of land leases cost it billions of kyats during the 2016-17 fiscal year,…

Afghanistan: The Afghanistan Goldrush

Sep 23, 2018 | Marco Giannangeli, Express

At least two firms have been given “preferred bidder” status for a range of gold and copper concessions in the war-torn country, said to contain…

Cambodia: After CPP Election Win, Promises to Solve Cambodia’s Land Grabs Fade Again

Sep 21, 2018 | Sun Narin, Voice of America Cambodia

More than a month after the elections - which the CPP won amid widespread international condemnation over the lack of a free and fair vote…

Liberia: Liberia Passes Landmark Law to Secure Ancestral Land Rights

Sep 21, 2018 | CGTN Africa

Liberia has passed a landmark law that will help communities fight foreign land grabs by giving them ownership of ancestral territory, officials and activists said…

US Spends $81 Billion a Year to Protect Global Oil Supplies, Report Estimates

Sep 21, 2018 | Tom DiChristopher, CNBC

The United States military spends about $81 billion a year to protect oil supplies around the world and keep fossil fuels flowing into American gas…

Food Security: Recognising the Debilitating Nature Conflict Has on Food Security

Sep 21, 2018 | Busani Bafana, Inter Press Service

Hunger has been on the rise for three years in a row, the U.N. found in a new report published this September. The global body says…

Liberia: Land Reforms in Liberia Allow Foreigners to Own Property

Sep 21, 2018 | Africa News

Liberia’s President George Weah, who took office in January, has signed a land reform law that gives local communities greater rights over “customary land” and…

Liberia: AfDB to Provide Technical Assistance to Liberia's Wood Industry

Sep 21, 2018 | Devdiscourse

The African Development Bank's Fund for African Private Sector Assistance (FAPA), has approved a grant of US $1 million to Liberia, to provide technical assistance…

South Sudan: Why the Oil Pollution in South Sudan Isn’t Getting Enough Media Coverage, According to the Victims

Sep 21, 2018 | Francis Michael, ViaNews

Oil pollution now affects millions of people in South Sudan. Many villages have been completely destroyed by it. This has been going on for at…

Colombia: Using Space Tech to Improve Palm Oil Transparency in Colombia

Sep 21, 2018 | Andrew J. Wright, Mongabay

Keeping an eye on what is going on out in the vast countryside of Colombia’s palm oil plantations is a challenge. But that may be…

South Sudan: Increased Oil Output Could Ease Implementation of South Sudan’s Peace Deal: Experts

Sep 20, 2018 | Hellenic Shipping News

South Sudan’s increased oil output, if used effectively, could spur economic recovery and ease implementation of the recently signed peace deal, experts said on Thursday.…

Myanmar: President Tells State, Regional Officials to Wrap up Land-Grab Probes

Sep 20, 2018 | Salai Thant Zin, Irrawaddy

President U Win Myint has instructed state and regional chief ministers to complete their investigations into land confiscation cases by the end of the year.

Myanmar: Most of Seized Lands Aren’t Paid Compensation under Development Projects, KHRG says

Sep 20, 2018 | Saw Thein Myint, Burma News International

No compensation has been given to most of the villagers whose lands have been seized for development projects in southeastern Myanmar, the Karen Human Rights…

Iraq: Iraq's Southern Oil Exports Approach Record High in Sept-Sources

Sep 20, 2018 | Alex Lawler, Reuters

Oil exports from southern Iraq are heading for a record high this month, two industry sources said, adding to signs that OPEC’s second-largest producer is…

Conflict Minerals: Blockchain and Diamonds: The Future of the Diamond Industry

Sep 20, 2018 | Andrej Kovacevic, Baltimore Post-Examiner

With conflict gemstones and minerals in the limelight as of recent, De Beers is one among a handful of companies trying to increase consumer confidence…

Colombia: Colombia’s Coca Acreage for Cocaine Production at All-Time High

Sep 20, 2018 | Nicholas Casey, New York Times

Colombia has more land producing the plant used to make cocaine than ever in its history, according to new figures from the United Nations’ crime…

Colombia: Drug Crops Booming in Colombia as FARC Depart

Sep 20, 2018 | Laura Dixon and Veronica Zaragovia, The Times

Coca production is soaring in Colombia as the government struggles to control the spread of crops in areas abandoned by the Farc, the UN has…

Myanmar: Kayah’s Timber Deal Undermines Govt’s Forestry Reform: EIA

Sep 20, 2018 | Myanmar Times

A UK-based non-profit has warned that a timber trade deal in Kayah State represents “a significant step backwards” for the government’s commitment to forestry reform…

Liberia: New Liberian Law Gives Land to Generations-Old Occupants

Sep 20, 2018 | Business Day

Liberia has passed a landmark law that will help communities fight foreign land grabs by giving them ownership of ancestral territory, officials and activists said…