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Pakistan: Villagers 'Living between Life and Death' as Pakistan's Glaciers Melt
Aug 6, 2018
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Peer Muhammad, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Pakistan has more glaciers than any other country outside the polar region – more than 7,200 in the Karakoram, Himalayan and Hindu Kush ranges, according…
Bangladesh: Malaysian-Made Water Treatment System Brings Relief to Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh
Aug 6, 2018
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Syed Azwan Syed Ali, Bernama
At least 30,000 Rohingyas currently staying at the refugee camp in Ukhia near here have been receiving treated water supply to keep them away from diseases, thanks…
Conflict Minerals: The “Blood” Diamonds
Aug 6, 2018
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Mariela Naydenova, LeapRate
After being applied in more than 20 different industries around the globe, it is no surprise that blockchain is now being used in the diamond…
South Sudan: A Mother's Impossible Choice: Risk Rape to Feed Your Family, or Starve
Aug 6, 2018
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Denise Hruby, CNN
Based on interviews, the UN estimates that 70% of women living in camps have been raped. Since the beginning of the conflict in 2013, South…
Tanzania: Tanzania's Indigenous Communities Racing to Secure Land Eyed by Investors
Aug 5, 2018
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Kizito Makoye, In Depth News
Tanzania has attracted huge interest as a destination for large-scale agricultural investment due to sufficient land and cheap labour. While farmers use swathes of land…
Is the World Ready for Eco-Refugee Waves?
Aug 4, 2018
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Shehab Al-Makahleh
The upshots of ecological changes may cause the movement of more than 25-30 million people in the coming decade. How can this be handled? It is…
Myanmar: Danish Company Seeks Long-Term Role in Myanmar’s Water Security
Aug 4, 2018
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Evan Erickson, Mizzima
While issues like aquifer depletion, groundwater contamination, overpopulation, extreme flooding and droughts grab headlines in coverage of a global water crisis that has been long…
Europe: Could Removing Europe's Dams Revive Its Rivers?
Aug 4, 2018
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Leonard Proske, Deutsche Welle
Sixty percent of Europe's surface waters are in poor environmental condition, according to the latest water quality report for the continent from the European Environment Agency. The…
Myanmar/Bangladesh: Stuck In-between a “Corridor and a Camp”: How Myanmar's Persecution of Rohingya Refugees Has Also Put Elephants and Other Wildlife in Peril
Aug 3, 2018
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Abida Rahman Chowdhury, The Daily Star
The Asian Elephants which entered Bangladesh for the forests of Teknaf and Ukhiya, did not plan on staying here for long. Because they remember their…
Iraq: Iraq's Farmers Hit Hard by Water Shortages
Aug 3, 2018
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Arwa Ibrahim, Al Jazeera
The canals branching out of the Tigris river and into the adjoining farmlands are empty and dry. Devoid of water, the rice, wheat and barley fields…
Nepal: Nepal Moves to Ensure 'Untouchables' among Those to Get Forest Protection Cash
Aug 3, 2018
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Purple Romero, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Krishna Maya Sunar's situation is unusual - and not only because she was one of the earliest Nepali recipients of money from a REDD+ project,…
Myanmar: Justice for Myanmar’s Farmers
Aug 2, 2018
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Eijas Ariffin, The Asean Post
When the National League of Defence won the general elections in 2015, paving the way for Myanmar’s first non-military president in over half a century,…
Colombia: For Afro-Colombians, a Slow March Toward Peace
Aug 2, 2018
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Kati Hinman, NACLA
On Colombia’s Pacific coast, paramilitary violence has engulfed Afro-communities and their leaders in the wake of the peace accords. But resistance at the grassroots level…
DRC: AVZ Establishes Manono as World’s Largest Hard Rock Spodumene Deposit
Aug 2, 2018
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Ewen Hosle, Australian Mining
AVZ Minerals has released a maiden mineral resource for the Manono project in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), establishing the site as a major…
Handover of the Tabqa Dam a Sign of Hope for Syrian Food and Water Security
Aug 1, 2018
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Phoebe Sleet
During July, the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) ceded control of Tabqa Dam to the Syrian Government in Damascus. The SDF have acted, while forces loyal to…
Timor-Leste/Australia: Have Timor-Leste and Australia Turned the Page on Fractious Relations?
Aug 1, 2018
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Sophie Raynor, Southeast Asia Globe
When Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop arrived in Timor-Leste on her first official visit to the country in nearly five years, it marked a milestone…
Kenya: NLC Raises Alarm on Grabbing of 1,000 Acres of Kerio Valley Land
Aug 1, 2018
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Mathews Ndanyi, The Star
The National Land Commission (NLC) has raised the alarm about the grabbing of more than 1,000 acres of communal land in Kerio Valley. British firm Tullow…
South Sudan: Oil Firms Wary despite South Sudan's Peace Deal
Aug 1, 2018
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Ian Lewis, Petroleum Economist
A tentative peace agreement in South Sudan amid plans to repair infrastructure and beef-up security will go some way towards helping the country reach ambitious oil production…
Conflict Minerals: Companies Continue to Search Supply Chains for Conflict Minerals
Aug 1, 2018
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Eric Miller, Transport Topics
For the past five years, public firms across the United States have been searching out their supply chains for “conflict minerals” used to fund armed…
Senegal: 'Superfood' Craze Makes Big Business of Africa's Baobab
Aug 1, 2018
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Edward McAllister, Reuters
Taerou Dieuhiou has been shinning barefoot up baobab trees in Senegal’s southern Casamance region to collect the oblong fruit since he was 15. Business has…
Colombia: Criminal Mafias Take over Colombian Forests
Aug 1, 2018
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Maria Fernanda Lizcano, Mongabay
The region in southern Colombia is now facing an acceleration of what many have long feared: deforestation, land grabbing, expansion of the agricultural frontier, and…
Philippe Le Billon
Professor, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs
University of British Columbia
Canada
Jul 31, 2018
Philippe Le Billon is a professor at the University of British Columbia in the Department of Geography and the Liu Institute for Global Issues. He…
South Korea: LG Chem Vows to Refrain from Using ‘Conflict Minerals’
Jul 30, 2018
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Kim Da-sol, The Korea Herald
South Korea’s leading chemicals company LG Chem said Monday it would refrain from using four “conflict materials” as part of the company’s strengthened corporate social…
Afghanistan: Less Rain and Snowfall in Afghanistan: High Level of Food Assistance Needed until Early 2019
Jul 30, 2018
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Jelena Bjelica, Afghanistan Analysts Network
The Famine Early Warning System (FEWS) has reported that in 22 of Afghanistan’s provinces, cumulative rain and snowfall during the ‘wet season’ – October 2017…
Laos: Laos Dam Failure Exposes Cracks in a Secretive Government’s Agenda
Jul 29, 2018
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Mike Ives, The New York Times
As heavy rains lashed southern Laos over the weekend, volunteers from many countries were continuing to help victims of earlier flooding caused by the failure of…
Nigerian: Oyo State Will Enforce Legislation on Land Grabbing ― AG
Jul 29, 2018
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Yejide Gbenga-Ogundare, Nigerian Tribune
The Oyo State Government has stated that it will enforce all legislation in its bid to curb the menace of land grabbing in the state,…
Syria: Livelihood and Resilience Program Manager
Jul 28, 2018
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People in Need
People in Need (PIN) is an international, non-profit organization providing humanitarian and development assistance in over 20 countries worldwide. Formed in 1992 in the Czech…
CAR: Emergency WASH Program Manager
Jul 28, 2018
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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…
DRC: Emergency WASH Program Manager
Jul 28, 2018
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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…
DRC: Consultant - Urban WASH Programme - Review of Gender Status Index
Jul 28, 2018
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Mercy Corps
Goma and Bukavu have seen rapid urban growth over the past fifteen years as a consequence of conflict in rural areas driving people towards perceived…