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Afghanistan: Tackling Ozone Depleting Substances as Casualties Mount in Afghanistan

Aug 3, 2017 | UN Environment

National stakeholders, industry, civil society, government officials and international environment experts gathered in Kabul to create awareness for and implement a national phase out plan…

Will Afghanistan's Minerals Shape Trump's Policy Toward the Region?

Aug 2, 2017 | Ahmad Shah Katawazai

In addition to Afghanistan’s geopolitical and geostrategic importance, its lucrative mineral resources — estimated to be worth between $1 and $3 trillion — could be one of the…

China-Vietnam Relations Fall to a One-Year Low over a New Maritime Dispute

Aug 2, 2017 | Ralph Jennings

After a world court tribunal ruled last year in July that Beijing lacked legal rights to claim most of the South China Sea, it stepped…

South Sudan: Crop-Eating Worms, Cattle Disease Add to South Sudan Anguish

Aug 2, 2017 | Okech Francis, Bloomberg

More than three years of fighting have slashed South Sudan’s oil output and left half its people facing severe food shortages. Now crop-eating caterpillars and…

Colombia: Environmental Risks Behind Peace Accords in Colombia

Aug 2, 2017 | Fabíola Ortiz, InDepthNews

The peace deal with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) – signed in November 2016 and ratified early December by the Colombian Congress –…

Myanmar: Israeli Agricultural Experts Bring ‘Sustainable Experience’ to Myanmar

Aug 2, 2017 | Pan Pwint, Mizzima

Last week two Israeli agricultural experts came to Myanmar to exchange views on agricultural practices that might be suitable for the country’s rural sector. Professor…

Myanmar: IFC Promotes Better Usage of Agriculture Inputs through Good Agriculture Practices

Aug 2, 2017 | Mizzima

At a one-day workshop on Good Agriculture Practices (GAP) organized by IFC and MoALI in Nyuang Shwe, 300 participants — including 200 tomato farmers —…

Afghanistan: Nepal-Funded Greenhouse Built in Kabul

Aug 2, 2017 | Xinhua

A greenhouse to preserve fruit products has been constructed with the financial support of Nepal in Paghman, a district of Afghanistan's Kabul, the Ministry for…

Afghanistan: All That Glitters Is Not Gold

Aug 1, 2017 | Catherine Putz

The Trump administration would benefit from recalling the cautionary adage “All that glitters is not gold” when contemplating the theoretical wealth of resources hidden in…

Trump’s New Afghanistan Strategy: Keep the Minerals!

Aug 1, 2017 | Eric Levitz

Donald Trump spent most of his campaign sounding like the adult son of George Wallace and Triumph the Insult Comic Dog. But every once in…

Iraq/Kurdistan: Kurdistan Claims Iraq-Iran Oil Pipeline Violates US Sanctions

Aug 1, 2017 | Tsvetana Paraskova, OilPrice.com

The autonomous Iraqi region of Kurdistan has not been informed of plans by the central government that Iraq and Iran agreed to study the potential…

Liberia: RIA Land Dispute, Legal Team Issues Statement

Aug 1, 2017 | Global News Network

The residents of the Roberts International Airport(RIA) and its environs headed by Morris Boer, Isaac Boer and Nimely Bestman have on 25 July, 2016, filed…

Afghanistan: Project Manager

Jul 31, 2017 | Medair

Medair helps people who are suffering in remote and devastated communities around the world survive crisis, recover with dignity, and develop skills to build a…

Chad: Monitoring and Evaluation Coordinator

Jul 31, 2017 | International Rescue Committee

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at…

Kenya: Project Development Manager

Jul 31, 2017 | ACTED

Since 1993, as an international non-governmental organization, ACTED has been committed to immediate humanitarian relief to support those in urgent need and protect people’s dignity,…

Kenya: Consultant - The Effects of Gender, Age and Ability on Climate Change Adaptation Capacity in Kenya’s Eastern Marginal Farmer Zone

Jul 31, 2017 | Trócaire

Trócaire is an Irish development agency that was established in 1973 by the Catholic Bishops of Ireland. Trócaire works in over 20 countries in partnership…

Somalia: Operations Manager

Jul 31, 2017 | Polish Humanitarian Action - Polska Akcja Humanitarna

Polish Humanitarian Action (PAH) is a non-governmental organization employing people who want to make the world a better place. For over 20 years, we have been…

Pushing for Progress on Abyei

Jul 31, 2017 | Enough Project

The six years following the signing of the June 2011 Agreement on Temporary Arrangements for the Administration and Security of the Abyei Area have proved…

Water Wars: Jockeying for Black Gold in the South China Sea - China Leverages Its Growing Military Presence, Threatening Vietnam and Building Ties with the Philippines

Jul 31, 2017 | Jimmy Chalk and Sarah Grant

This week China made waves in the South China Sea’s hydrocarbon space, hinting at joint venture opportunities with the Philippines and coercing Vietnam into shutting…

Joining the Global Transparency Revolution - How Can Environmental Transparency Help Make Mining More Sustainable?

Jul 31, 2017 | Inga Petersen

At first sight, ‘sustainable mining’ is the very definition of a contradiction in terms. How can an industry that digs holes in the ground, extracts…

London Conference Highlights Opportunities to Improve Environmental Response to Conflict Pollution in Iraq

Jul 31, 2017 | Doug Weir

As the dust settles from the battle to recapture Mosul, and the urgent humanitarian crisis reaches its peak with millions of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)…

How the Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty Helped Expose Disarmament’s Weakness on the Environment

Jul 31, 2017 | Matthew Bolton

In this new report from Pace University’s International Disarmament Institute and the Toxic Remnants of War Project, Doug Weir, explores the implications of the new Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty for the…

Afghanistan: Khost Lakan Tribe Seeks End to Land Dispute with Kuchis

Jul 31, 2017 | Mohammad Haroon, Pajhwok Afghan News

Lakan tribesmen in southeastern Khost province have demanded of the government to intervene and resolve a fresh dispute between them and Kuchi tribe over a…

Sierra Leone: Calls for Urgent Land Audit

Jul 31, 2017 | Zainab Joaque, Awoko

A land audit is certainly a must for this country, and it must include assessments of land ownership, plot size, vacant lots and spaces that…

China/Philippines/South China Sea: Joint Oil Exploration with China is against Philippines' Interest, Says Security Expert

Jul 31, 2017 | Noel Tarrazona, International Business Times

A security expert in the Philippines contested that the government's move to have a joint oil exploration with China is against the country's security. Former…