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DRC: Deforestation in DRC Threatens Climate, Wildlife
Nov 29, 2017
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Godfrey Olukya, Anadolu Agency
Deforestation in the Democratic Republic of Congo has become a pressing domestic and transnational issue with potentially high environmental costs. According to the UN Environment…
EcoPeace Middle East Wins GCSP 2017 Prize for Innovation in Global Security
Nov 28, 2017
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Geneva Center for Security Policy
The Geneva Center for Security Policy awarded EcoPeace Middle East's Program on Water Security with this year's Prize for Innovation in Global Security. The prize…
European Solar Prize 2017 Awarded to Ten Laureates in Vienna
Nov 28, 2017
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EcoPeace Middle East
The European Solar Prize Award is handed out every year to towns and municipalities, community businesses, associations or organizations, architects, journalists and individuals for their…
Colombia: Colombia Reaps ‘Peace Dividend’ with More Buying by Nespresso
Nov 28, 2017
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Isis Almeida, Bloomberg
Nespresso is extending its coffee buying in Colombia by going deep into previously conflict-hit regions after the Andean nation signed a peace accord last year that…
Afghanistan: Smugglers Exploit Afghan Marble Mine
Nov 28, 2017
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Gul Ahmad Ehsan, Institute for War & Peace Reporting
Officials have warned that smugglers are continuing to pillage Afghanistan’s largest marble mine, with their proceeds helping fund local Taleban groups. Both the Taleban and…
South Sudan: 40 Killed, Dozens Kidnapped in South Sudan Cattle Raid
Nov 28, 2017
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Parach Mach , Anadolu Agency
Forty people were killed and dozens others kidnapped when an armed group attacked a tribal community in Duk Padiet in northeastern Jonglei state during an…
Iraq: Drought and Neglect Have Decimated Iraq’s Breadbasket
Nov 28, 2017
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Alex Dziadosz, Bloomberg
In Iraqi Kurdistan, farmers face a dizzying array of problems, from drought and polluted water supplies, to ruthless urban expansion and an influx of cheap…
Afghanistan: WFP Monitoring & Evaluation Consultant
Nov 27, 2017
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World Food Programme
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is the world's largest humanitarian Agency, fighting hunger worldwide. WFP has been working in Afghanistan since 1963. WFP…
Kenya: Consortium Coordinator
Nov 27, 2017
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Vétérinaires Sans Frontières Germany
VSF Germany is an international Non-Governmental Organization, providing humanitarian aid and development assistance to pastoralists and vulnerable communities in areas where livestock is of importance.…
Iraq: Capacity Enhancement Manager
Nov 27, 2017
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UN Office for Project Services
UNOPS supports the successful implementation of its partners’ peacebuilding, humanitarian and development projects around the world. Our mission is to serve people in need by…
Myanmar: Disaster Risk Reduction Program Manager
Nov 27, 2017
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Action Contre la Faim
Action Against Hunger is a global humanitarian organization which originated in France and is committed to ending world hunger. The organization helps malnourished children whilst providing communities…
Syria: WASH Technical Advisor
Nov 27, 2017
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Oxfam GB
Oxfam is an international confederation of 20 NGOs working with partners in over 90 countries to end the injustices that cause poverty. Oxfam has been…
Lebanon: Food Security and Livelihood Coordinator
Nov 27, 2017
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Première Urgence Internationale
Première Urgence Internationale (PUI) is a non-governmental, non-profit, non-political and non-religious international aid organization. Our teams are committed to supporting civilians’ victims of marginalization and…
Afghanistan: Programme Management Officer
Nov 27, 2017
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UN Environment
The United Nations Environment is the United Nations systems designated entity for addressing environmental issues at the global and regional level. Its mandate is to…
GIS Analyst
Nov 27, 2017
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UN Office for Project Services
The Haiti Sustainable Energy Programme aims to improve access to sustainable energy in the Haiti Grand Sud Region through enhanced governance and education, renewable and…
From Conflict to Climate Change, Are Policy Responses to Food Insecurity Getting Smarter?
Nov 27, 2017
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Ellen Laipson
This week, many Americans savor the seasonal culinary delights of Thanksgiving, while around the world, food insecurity is on the rise, particularly in places suffering…
Absence of Water Diplomacy Leads to Ecological Disasters
Nov 27, 2017
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Financial Tribune
Many environmental challenges such as drought and dust storms are the outcomes of ineffective past water diplomacy, an expert on geopolitics said. Mohammad Hossein Papoli Yazdi,…
War Has Made Afghanistan's $1 Trillion in Minerals Worthless
Nov 27, 2017
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Eric Schewe
Middle East observers surfaced last month to remind the American public that the United States’ war in Afghanistan had entered its seventeenth year. This makes…
Liberia: LEITI Enhances Submission of Payment and Revenue Data
Nov 27, 2017
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FrontPageAfrica
The Liberia Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (LEITI) over the weekend conducted a one-day technical workshop on the submission of payment and revenue data for the…
Nigeria/South Sudan: Mini-Refineries as Model for Meeting Nigeria, South Sudan Oil Demands
Nov 27, 2017
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Victor Gbonegun, Guardian
The importance of petroleum refinery especially for a country like Nigeria, which is heavily endowed with crude oil, cannot be over-emphasized. In fact, its significance…
Afghanistan: Afghan Farmers Revive Olive Gardens to Replace Opium Poppies
Nov 27, 2017
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Abdul Haleem, Xinhua
In Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province where many farmers are still growing opium poppies and producing drugs, some have dared to revive the war-damaged olive gardens…
Afghanistan: Ghani Assigns Team to Find New Markets for Afghan Pine Nuts
Nov 27, 2017
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Syed Zabiullah Langari, TOLOnews
Presiding over a meeting of High Economic Council on Sunday, President Ashraf Ghani assigned a team to work on ways that could help to enhance…
Seeking Panelists: The Political Ecology of Environmental Peacebuilding – Exploring its Values and Critiques in the Context of the Green Economy | POLLEN Biennial Conference 2018
Nov 26, 2017
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Political Ecology Network
The POLLEN Biennial Conference 2018, is looking for paper proposals and panelists for the "CfP POLLEN18: The Political Ecology of Environmental Peacebuilding – Exploring its Values and…
Iraq: Iraq Offers Nine Oil and Gas Blocks for Exploration Near Iran, Kuwait Borders
Nov 26, 2017
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Reuters
Iraq will invite foreign energy firms to bid for the exploration and development of nine new oil and gas blocks bordering Iran and Kuwait, the…
China/Vietnam/South China Sea: A Defiant Map-Hunter Stakes Vietnam’s Claims in the South China Sea
Nov 25, 2017
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Mike Ives, New York Times
Eight years ago, officials in Danang asked Tran Duc Anh Son to travel the world in search of documents and maps that support Vietnam’s territorial…
Iraq/Kurdistan/Turkey: Report: Turkey's PM Praises Iraqi Court Ruling on Kurdistan Referendum
Nov 25, 2017
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Rudaw
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim has praised the cancellation of Kurdistan's independence vote by Iraq's Federal Court. The Turkish premier spoke by phone with his…
Afghanistan: Aino Mina Project Was Built Legally: Karzai
Nov 25, 2017
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Karim Amini, TOLOnews
A day after a presidential decree on assessment of Aino Mina Township in Kandahar was leaked to media, founder of the township, Mahmoud Karzai, said…
Uganda: Naked Force Meets Naked Resistance in Northern Uganda Land Conflict
Nov 24, 2017
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Liam Taylor, Thomson Reuters Foundation
When a government minister visited a remote part of northern Uganda earlier this year, she was greeted with a sit-down protest, indignant politicians and topless…
Colombia: Celsia Makes Pact with Indigenous Peoples over 100MW Colombia Solar Project
Nov 24, 2017
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Tom Kenning, PV-Tech
Celsia, the energy arm of Colombian conglomerate Grupo Argos, has moved forward with its development of a 100MW solar farm in Colombia by reaching an…
Saudi Arabia/Qatar: OPEC Chatroom Dead as Qatar Crisis Hurts Gulf Oil Cooperation
Nov 23, 2017
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Rania El Gamal and Dmitry Zhdannikov, Reuters
As a six-month-old spat between Saudi Arabia and Qatar deepens, the organization’s Gulf ministers will have to scrap their tradition of meeting behind closed doors…