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Discussion: Peace and Environmental Protection in Colombia
Feb 23, 2017
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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…