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Discussion: Peace and Environmental Protection in Colombia

Feb 23, 2017 | Inter-American Dialogue

Peace in Colombia promises to bring many environmental benefits to the country but also poses environmental risks associated with the rural development plans contemplated in the…


DRC: Senior Analyst

Feb 23, 2017 | Enough Project

The Senior Analyst on the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will be responsible for investigating, researching, and writing about the drivers of high-level corruption and…


Investigations Officer, The Sentry

Feb 23, 2017 | Enough Project

The Investigations Officer of The Sentry works closely with the Senior Investigations Manager, Enough Policy Director, and Founding Director of Enough to plan and execute…


DRC: Chief of Party, CAFEC

Feb 23, 2017 | World Wildlife Fund

World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the world’s leading conservation organization, seeks a Chief of Party (CoP) to plan, coordinate and oversee program activities related to the…


DRC: Park Manager Salonga

Feb 23, 2017 | World Wildlife Fund

The Park Manager will work closely with partners inside and outside of the park to effect real conservation results. The position supervises WWF and ICCN…


DRC: Salonga Program Administrator

Feb 23, 2017 | World Wildlife Fund

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has embarked on ambitious, field-based conservation programs across the Congo Basin. In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),…


Afghanistan: WASH Coordinator - Kabul

Feb 23, 2017 | Solidarités Internationales

SI has been working in Afghanistan for 37 years. SI is currently implementing in Khost, Bamyan and Wardak provinces the following projects: Water, Sanitation and…


DRC: Représentant Pays

Feb 23, 2017 | Solidarités Internationales

SI est présente depuis l’année 2000 en République Démocratique du Congo. La mission RDC regroupe 4 provinces : le Nord Kivu, le Sud Kivu, le…


CAR: Research and Community Manager

Feb 23, 2017 | Chinko Project

The Chinko Project sustainably manages a nature reserve in the heart of Africa – one of the last pristine mosaics of wooded savannah and tropical…


CAR: Special Projects Manager

Feb 23, 2017 | Chinko Project

The Chinko Project sustainably manages a nature reserve in the heart of Africa – one of the last pristine mosaics of wooded savannah and tropical…


Chad: Chargé de Sécurité Alimentaire et Moyens d'Existence

Feb 23, 2017 | Oxfam

Objectif du poste
Le Food Security & Livelihoods Officer est responsable de la mise en œuvre opérationnelle des activités du programme sécurité alimentaire et moyens d’existence…


Liberia: Chief Resilience Officer

Feb 23, 2017 | Axis Human Capital

The City of Paynesville would like to hire a Chief Resilience Officer to provide technical leadership on resilience building. The Chief Resilience Officer will be…


A Congolese View on Why We Need the U.S. Conflict Minerals Law

Feb 23, 2017 | Janvier Murairi Bakihanaye

As a native of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), I have seen first-hand what things are like on the ground – gang-rape, modern child slavery and other…


Conflict Minerals: Why Apple and Intel Don’t Want to See the Conflict Minerals Rule Rolled back

Feb 23, 2017 | Todd C. Frankel, Washington Post

Apple doesn’t want to see it scrapped. Neither does Intel or Tiffany & Co. But the U.S. conflict minerals law — which requires American public…


Conflict Minerals: USA: 100 Investors Express Continued Support for Conflict Minerals Due Diligence Requirement under Dodd Frank Act

Feb 23, 2017 | Boston Common Asset Management, Interfath Centre for Corporate Responsibility, Mercy Investment Services, Responsible Sourcing Network, Trillium Asset Management, US SIF, and other investors

As investors and investor groups with over $3.75 trillion in assets under management, we are writing to express our continued support for Section 1502 of…


Ethiopia/South Sudan: Ethiopia Mulls Road to Import Oil from War-Torn South Sudan

Feb 23, 2017 | Nizar Manek, Bloomberg

Ethiopia may finance a road linking it with South Sudan’s largest oilfields, allowing the war-ravaged country to sell its neighbor fuel produced at a planned…


Liberia: Unlawful Killings: ECOWAS Court Urged to Compel Liberia Govt. to Pay 500 Families $200m

Feb 23, 2017 | Nigerian Tribune

A Non-Governmental Organisation, the Concerned Youth of Ganta for Reconstruction and Development, and a Liberian citizen have sued the Republic of Liberia at the ECOWAS…


Myanmar: Motion Raised to Allow Lands Owned by Non-Nationals in Rakhine to Be Seized and Given to Citizens

Feb 23, 2017 | Mizzima

Rakhine State Legislative Assembly legislator Aung Win from Myaybon constituency (2) said that he would raise a motion at the Rakhine State assembly to take…


Seeking Applicants: Ph.D Fellowship in Climate, Conflict and Food Security

Feb 22, 2017 | Norwegian University of Life Sciences - NMBU

The Faculty of Landscape and Society invites applications for a doctoral fellowship in International Environment and Development Studies at the Department of International Environment and…


Will the US Fight for Oil in the South China Sea?

Feb 22, 2017 | Wesley Rahn

US Secretary of State Tillerson's former role as ExxonMobil CEO has fueled speculation that US assertiveness in the South China Sea is connected with oil…


A Major Revamp, if Not Repeal, in the Works for the SEC's Conflict Minerals Rule

Feb 22, 2017 | Laura Tieger-Salisbury

Electronics companies such as Intel, Apple and HP won't be affected by the latest attempt to kill—the "conflicts minerals" rule. Dynda Thomas, partner and leader of…


Myanmar: Water-Bird Population Falling Rapidly: Fauna & Flora

Feb 22, 2017 | Hsan Htoo Aung, Eleven

The water-bird population native to the Ayeyawady River has been reduced by between 60-90 per cent over the past 14 years, with bird catching and…


Afghanistan: How Neglect and Remoteness Bred Insurgency and a Poppy Boom: The Story of Badghis

Feb 22, 2017 | Jelena Bjelica, Afghanistan Analysts Network

An unprecedented increase in opium poppy cultivation has been documented in Badghis for 2016, a remote western province that is largely underreported – even more…


Myanmar: Myanmar Makes Record Seizures of Illegal Timber

Feb 22, 2017 | Malay Mail

Myanmar seized a record amount of illegal timber this financial year as part of a government clampdown to protect the country’s rapidly disappearing forests, a…


The Mosul Operation: An Interim Open-Source Assessment of Conflict-Related Environmental Damage

Feb 21, 2017 | Wim Zwijnenburg

As the Mosul Operations slowly progress, a myriad of open-source information is emerging from both Ninawa province and other areas where intense fighting took place…


Myanmar: Myanmar Villagers Demand Land Compensation from Copper Mine Operator

Feb 21, 2017 | Radio Free Asia

About 100 residents from the town of Letpadaung protested on Tuesday against the Chinese company that operates a controversial copper mine in northwestern Myanmar’s Sagaing…


South Sudan: Famine in South Sudan as Oil Revenues Remain Elusive

Feb 21, 2017 | Damir Kaletovic, Oil Price

The South Sudanese government and three humanitarian agencies have declared a famine in some parts of the country as the newly independent nation struggle to…


Sudan/South Sudan: South Sudan Risks Losing Oil-Rich Abyei

Feb 21, 2017 | Fred Oluoch, East African

South Sudan risks losing the disputed oil-rich region of Abyei with internal strife taking most of its attention as Khartoum moves to entrench its administration…


A Long and Winding Road Ends for Resource Extraction Disclosure

Feb 20, 2017 | Kimberley Anderson

On February 14, 2017, President Trump approved a joint resolution of Congress that disapproves the SEC’s rule requiring specific disclosures by resource extraction issuers, effectively…


Myanmar: EU-Standard Forestry Agreement to Be Set up

Feb 20, 2017 | Si Thu Lwin, Myanmar Times

Forestry staff, relevant government personnel, environmental conservation groups and timber entrepreneurs met in Mandalay on February 15 for a workshop to discuss the processes involved…