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Iraq: LIfe under ISIS: Iraqis Choke as Sabotaged Oil Wells Blaze

Oct 13, 2016 | Ben Wedeman and Hamdi Alkhshali, CNN

ISIS militants had set the wells on fire hoping to obscure the view of Iraqi and coalition warplanes, but it didn't stop Iraqi forces from…

Conflict Minerals – In Anticipation of EU's Legislation, Learn from the US

Oct 12, 2016 | Camillo Giovannini and Christopher T. McClure

In the last two decades, there has been an increasing international focus on the so called “conflict minerals” which are mining operations in the Democratic…

Statement to the UN General Assembly First Committee on the Protection of the Environment in Relation to Armed Conflicts (PERAC)

Oct 12, 2016 | Jessica Dorsey

As armed conflict affects the environment, and vice versa, this forms a vicious cycle in which civilians all too often bear the brunt, including those…

How We Saved Climate-Smart Seeds from the Conflict in Syria

Oct 12, 2016 | Mahmoud Solh

Since war broke out in Syria, 11 million people have fled their homes. In 2012, the turmoil reached the doorstep of ICARDA Agricultural Research Station…

Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraq's Kurds: Oil Rich, Still Poor - Drilling Down into the KRG's Oil Economy

Oct 12, 2016 | Erin Banco, IRIN

As global oil prices dropped off, KRG’s oil-dependent economy was hard-hit. Then, after taking Ramadi and Fallujah, IS focused its efforts north and began to…

Colombia: Plan Colombia Casts Shadow on Indigenous Rights as Peace Nears

Oct 12, 2016 | teleSUR

Marginalized Indigenous and Afro-descendant communities in Colombia have been among the most battered by more than five decades of internal armed conflict between the military,…

Liberia: Concessions Violate Women’s Rights

Oct 12, 2016 | Daily Observer

A research report released in Monrovia over the weekend by Natural Resources Women’s Platform (NRWP), the Alliance for Rural Democracy (ARD), and Green Advocates International…

The Human Cost of War’s Environmental Impact

Oct 11, 2016 | Wim Zwijnenburg

The environmental damage caused by wars and conflicts, and more importantly what can be done to limit the impact of conflict-related environmental damage on civilians,…

Myanmar: Farmers Remain Camped on Military’s Disputed Land

Oct 11, 2016 | Si Thu Lwin, Myanmar Times

More than two dozen residents of a village tract purportedly owned by the military have dug their heels in. But after nine months through the…

Colombia: Legal Threats, Not War, Top Commodity Producers' Concerns in Colombia

Oct 11, 2016 | Julia Symmes Cobb and Nelson Bocanegra, Reuters

Gold mining companies have invested hundreds of millions of dollars but not extracted a gram. Palm farmers are told their land belongs to someone else.…

Afghanistan: Afghan Women to Be Given 'Fair Share' in Property Rights Drive - Land Authority

Oct 11, 2016 | Zabihullah Noori, Reuters

Afghan women should benefit from a project to issue property titles to homeowners in Kabul, where more than two-thirds of the houses have no formal…

Afghanistan: Field Coordinator

Oct 10, 2016 | Solidarités International

SI is currently implementing Food Security (1 Linking Relief Rehabilitation and Development project, 1 Natural Resources Management project, 1 Rural Development project) and Emergency (1…

Afghanistan: WASH Program Manager

Oct 10, 2016 | Solidarités International

SI has been working in Afghanistan for 35 years. SI is currently implementing Food Security (1 Linking Relief Rehabilitation and Development project, 1 Natural Resources…

DRC: Food Security Specialist

Oct 10, 2016 | Norwegian Refugee Council

The Norwegian Refugee Council is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee. Whatever it takes. NRC is a determined advocate for displaced people.…

DRC: Responsable de Programme Sécurité Alimentaire (SECAL)

Oct 10, 2016 | Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development

La République Démocratique du Congo (RDC) demeure ébranlée par les conséquences de décennies de guerre civile. En situation précaire, les déplacés souffrent d’insécurité alimentaire chronique…

Jordan: Regional Advisor for Water, Hygiene, and Sanitation (WASH) - Region Middle East

Oct 10, 2016 | Norwegian Refugee Council

The Norwegian Refugee Council is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee. Whatever it takes. NRC is a determined advocate for displaced people.…

Mali: Coordinateur Sécurité Alimentaire et Moyens d'Existence en Situation d'Urgence / EFSL Coordinator

Oct 10, 2016 | Oxfam

Le coordinateur EFSL sera responsable de concevoir, planifier et conduire l’évaluation des besoins EFSL (Emergency Food Security and Livelihoods) dans le cadre d’une évaluation d’un…

Syria: WASH Coordinator

Oct 10, 2016 | Acción contra el Hambre

Coordination of the implementation of WASH Emergency interventions focused on providing humanitarian assistance to Crisis affected Syrian IDPs families and hosting population in crisis affected…

Turkey: WASH Cluster Coordinator-Turkey/Syria

Oct 10, 2016 | Global Communities

Global Communities is an international non-profit organization that works closely with communities worldwide to bring about sustainable changes that improve the lives and livelihoods of…

UK: Food Security and Livelihoods Adviser

Oct 10, 2016 | British Red Cross

Working closely with National Society partners across Africa and Asia, the International Federation and the International Committee of the Red Cross, the British Red Cross…

Deputy Director- Food Security

Oct 10, 2016 | CARE

CARE knows that just and sustainable food systems are possible, but only if we actively address injustice and build systems that serve the needs of…

Liberia: Natural Resources Justice Advisor

Oct 10, 2016 | Tetra Tech DPK

Tetra Tech DPK (Tt DPK) seeks candidates to be considered for inclusion in the long term (3-years) Natural Resources Justice Advisor position for the anticipated…

Program Manager – Resilience and Climate Change

Oct 10, 2016 | Mercy Corps

Mercy Corps alleviates poverty, suffering, and oppression and works to build secure, productive, and just communities in over 40 countries around the world. Our Program…

Rwanda: Impact Director

Oct 10, 2016 | One Acre Fund

The Rwanda Impact Director is broadly responsible for leading and improving TUBURA’s current and future impact. The position is responsible for managing the entire Innovation…

Liberia: Country Manager

Oct 10, 2016 | International Alert

International Alert is looking for an entrepreneurial individual who has a talent for strategic programme development in the peacebuilding sector. To do this, the individual…

Vietnam Influences China’s Quiet Legal Compliance in South China Sea Dispute

Oct 10, 2016 | James Borton and Tai Van Ta

It’s been nearly three months since the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague issued its landmark ruling in the Philippines vs. China case, resulting…

The Rising Environmental Toll of China's Offshore Island Grab

Oct 10, 2016 | Mike Ives

In the late 1980s, marine biologist John McManus and his colleagues made a surprising discovery while studying near-shore Philippine reefs in the South China Sea:…

Iraq/Kurdistan: In Fight against Islamic State, Kurds Expand Their Territory

Oct 10, 2016 | Isabel Coles and Stephen Kalin, Reuters

This is how the map is being redrawn across Iraq and Syria: Groups fighting Islamic State are using the battle to settle older disputes and…

Peru: Illegal Gold Mining Fueling Crime, Violence in Peru

Oct 10, 2016 | Tristan Clavel, Insight Crime

A high-ranking Peruvian police officer recently linked rising violence in Madre de Dios to the region’s illegal gold mining industry, highlighting the various criminal activities…

We Have Money to Fight Climate Change. It's Just That We're Spending it on Defense.

Oct 8, 2016 | Kenneth Pennington

Climate change poses imminent threat to global and national security. CIA analysts and our nation’s military strategists are rightfully naming it as a contributor to…