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Myanmar: Tanintharyi Govt Eyes Unused Farmland
Aug 31, 2016
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Su Phyo Win, Myanmar Times
The Tanintharyi Region government has announced it will take back undeveloped land from companies that have failed to implement proposed agriculture projects, but will need…
Liberia: Ellen Signs Criminal Conveyance Act
Aug 31, 2016
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New Dawn
President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has signed into law an “Act against Criminal Conveyance of Land” following its passage by both Houses of the Legislature. According to…
Colombia: Colombia Asks FAO to Collaborate in Implementation of Peace Agreements
Aug 31, 2016
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EIN News
The government of Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, have asked FAO to collaborate in the implementation of the first point of…
Vietnam/South China Sea: Vietnam Says All Will Lose in Any South China Sea War
Aug 31, 2016
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Agence France-Presse
Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang warned on Tuesday there would be no winners in any armed conflict sparked by territorial disputes in the South China…
Afghanistan: In Afghanistan’s Farm Belt, Women Lead Unions and Find New Status
Aug 31, 2016
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Mujib Mashal, New York Times
In this lush farm belt deep in central Afghanistan, women have been the organizing force behind a new wave of small village farm unions. That…
China/South China Sea: China, ASEAN Eye Code for Unplanned Encounters at Sea —Sources
Aug 31, 2016
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Michaela del Callar, GMA News
Amid mounting worries over territorial conflicts in the South China Sea, Chinese and Southeast Asian leaders plan to establish an emergency diplomatic hotline and adopt…
Iran/Iraq: Iran, Iraq in Talks for Crude Oil Swap, amid Baghdad's Revenue Dispute with KRG
Aug 31, 2016
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Platts
Iran may allow neighboring rival Iraq to export crude oil through its territory, though any plan to do so would have to overcome several hurdles,…
DRC: 'Clean up' Artisanal Mining Sector in South Kivu, DRC Minister Warns after Gold Rush Exposé
Aug 31, 2016
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Romil Patel, International Business Times
The Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) mines minister has called for a "genuine clean up" of South Kivu's mining sector. Martin Kabwelulu issued the call…
Liberia: Extractive Revenue Drops from US$135M in 2014 to US$100M in 2015 LEITI's 8th Report Revealed
Aug 31, 2016
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Global News Network
The Liberia Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (LEITI) his disclosed that direct government revenue from the extractive industries dropped from US$135.3m in the Fiscal Year 2013/2014…
DRC: Senior Analyst
Aug 30, 2016
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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…
Congo: Land-Use Planning Specialist
Aug 30, 2016
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World Resources Institute
WRI seeks a senior Land Use Planning Specialist to support its efforts to lead multi-sectoral, data-driven, and inclusive land use planning processes across Central Africa.…
Colombia: Deputy Chief of Party
Aug 30, 2016
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Chemonics
Chemonics seeks a deputy chief of party for the Colombia Carbono Activity. This USAID-funded activity will support Colombia in the implementation of its agriculture, forestry,…
Colombia: Fellow, Water & Cities
Aug 30, 2016
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Conservation International
Conservation International is working to conserve ecosystems that provide water and prevent flooding in three of the five largest megacities in Latin Americas – Bogotá,…
Sierra Leone: National Consultant to Contribute to The Development of a Five Year Strategic Implementation Plan (MMMR)
Aug 30, 2016
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UNDP
The services of a national consultant is required to work alongside an international consultant to prepare a 5 Year Strategic Implementation Plan (SIP) to guide…
Nepal: Faculty Members Vacancy
Aug 30, 2016
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Institute of Crisis Management Studies
The Institute of Crisis Management Studies is a newly established centre for academia focusing on management of crises, those occurring both as a result of human…
Communications Manager
Aug 30, 2016
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Global Witness
Global Witness invites candidates to help communicate and instigate with Global Witness, a dynamic international organization that investigates and campaigns to stop human rights and…
Lebanon: Extension/Provision of Individual Services of an International Climate Change Adaptation Consultant
Aug 30, 2016
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UNDP
UNDP Lebanon is recruiting an international consultant to prepare a concept note that identifies the scope for GCF climate change adaptation (CCA) projects in Lebanon,…
South Sudan: Project Coordinator, Food Security
Aug 30, 2016
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Norwegian Refugee Council
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is a non-governmental, humanitarian organization with 60 years of experience in helping to create a safer and more dignified life…
DRC: WASH Project Manager
Aug 30, 2016
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Medair
Medair is a humanitarian organisation inspired and motivated by Christian faith to relieve human suffering in some of the world’s most remote and devastated places.…
Sierra Leone: Urban WASH Advisor
Aug 30, 2016
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GOAL
GOAL has grown its existing WASH programme portfolio considerably since the onset of the EVD outbreak, to encompass WASH in health facilities as well as…
Colombia: Chief of Party
Aug 30, 2016
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Chemonics
Chemonics seeks a chief of party for the anticipated Colombia Carbono Activity. This USAID-funded activity will support Colombia in the implementation of its agriculture, forestry, and…
Iraq: Iraq Blacklists Three Oil Tankers for Shipping Kurdish Crude
Aug 30, 2016
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Zainab Calcuttawala, OilPrice.com
Three tankers that shipped crude from Kurdistan have been blacklisted by the Iraqi State Organization for the Marketing of Oil (SOMO) in a move designed…
After Conflict, Peacebuilding and Recovery Efforts Too Often Miss the Environment
Aug 29, 2016
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Tim Kovach and Ken Conca
In June 2010, The New York Times published a front page story trumpeting a Pentagon announcement of roughly $1 trillion worth of mineral resources in Afghanistan. Officials said…
Displacement and Environment in Africa: What is the Relationship?
Aug 29, 2016
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UNEP
Droughts combined with population growth, a lack of sustainable land and water management, natural disasters, political conflicts and tensions and other factors have resulted in…
Liberia Must Learn to Honor the Rights of Rural Residents to Manage Their Own Land
Aug 29, 2016
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Alioune Tine
Liberia, the first African country to declare itself a republic and one of three African nations to take part in the establishment and adoption of…
Myanmar: Illegal Logging Mars Magwe’s Deep Forests
Aug 29, 2016
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Nay Aung, Myanmar Times
Myanmar is the third-worst country in the world for deforestation, according to a 2015 report issued by the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization, which said that…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraq Plans to Sell Oil through Iran if Talks with Kurds Fail
Aug 29, 2016
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Stephen Kalin, Reuters
Iraq's government would consider selling crude through Iran should talks with the autonomous Kurdish region on an oil revenue-sharing agreement fail, a senior oil ministry…
Timor-Leste: Australia Says Tribunal Has No Jurisdiction in Maritime Border Row with East Timor
Aug 29, 2016
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Agence France-Presse
East Timor on Monday urged an international tribunal to help resolve a dispute with Australia over a maritime border which cuts through lucrative oil and…
Iraq: Iraq Says Fires Put out at Four Oil Wells in Town Captured from IS
Aug 29, 2016
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Reuters
Iraq has put out fires at four oil wells in the oil-producing region of Qayyara which Iraqi forces recaptured from Islamic State last week, the…
Israel/Palestine: Palestinian Water Wars Boiling over in Sa'ir
Aug 28, 2016
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Adam Rasgan, Jerusalem Post
The Palestinian Water Authority and the Sa’ir Municipality are at odds over the disappearance of large amounts of water from Sa’ir, a town of 25,000…