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Colombia: Colombia Passes Landmark Cattle Traceability Law to Combat Illegal Deforestation
Jun 9, 2026
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Maxwell Radwin
Mongabay
Colombia passed a landmark law June 4 aimed at improving traceability of its cattle supply chain to ensure beef isn’t sourced from deforested land. The…
Ukraine: Field Coordinator (M/F) - Kharkiv
Jun 9, 2026
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Solidarités International
Solidarités International is an international humanitarian aid association which, since more than 40 years, has been providing assistance to populations affected by armed conflicts and…
DRC: Kabobo-Luama Landscape Director
Jun 9, 2026
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Wildlife Conservation Society
The Wildlife Conservation Society is an international NGO headquartered at Bronx Zoo in New York City, USA, working to save wildlife and wildlands and to…
Afghanistan: Solar-powered Greenhouses Enable Afghan Women to Grow Food, Income, and Hope
Jun 8, 2026
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Hortidaily
Hortidaily
For seven years after her husband died, Noorhaya, 45, toiled under the harsh sun in Kandahar Province, southern Afghanistan, trying to grow enough vegetables to…
South Asia and the Future of Water Security
Jun 7, 2026
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Asad Ali
Water has long been the lifeline of South Asia, sustaining agriculture, energy production, and the livelihoods of millions. In a region where shared rivers cross…
Iran/Iraq: Iraq Warns of Fiscal Disaster If Iran War Persists in Obstructing Oil Exports
Jun 7, 2026
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Sinan Mahmoud
National
Iraq’s Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein has said the fallout from the Iran war threatens to push the country towards a fiscal “disaster” if oil exports,…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Baghdad Rules Out New Oil Contracts in Kurdistan, Pushes to Restart Exports
Jun 7, 2026
BasNews
Iraq’s Oil Ministry has ruled out signing new contracts with international oil companies operating in the Kurdistan Region, saying existing agreements will remain valid as…
Afghanistan: CASA-1000 Project: A New Gateway for Energy Cooperation and Economic Growth in Afghanistan
Jun 7, 2026
Radio Television of Afghanistan
The Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat has announced that work on the strategic CASA-1000 power transmission project is progressing rapidly across three phases in different parts of…
South Asia's New Water Conflict Is over Data, Not Dams
Jun 6, 2026
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Saima Afzal
Today the challenge facing the treaty extends beyond water allocation itself. It concerns transparency, compliance and the growing strategic value of information in shared river…
UNCLOS Conciliation: Cambodia’s Path to Peace, Not Conflict
Jun 6, 2026
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Roth Santepheap
Cambodia’s decision to pursue compulsory conciliation under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea is not a move toward confrontation. It is a…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Energy Security, Illegal Weapons among Key Issues in Erbil-Baghdad Talks: Official
Jun 6, 2026
BasNews
The head of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) bloc in the Iraqi parliament said on Saturday that representatives of oil companies operating in the…
Climate Change: The Green Transition’s Dirty Secret: How Climate Projects Are Stripping Indigenous Land Rights
Jun 6, 2026
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Utkarsh Mishra
CounterCurrents
There is a version of the green transition that appears in corporate sustainability reports and climate conference presentations: renewable energy scaled at speed, forests preserved…
Somalia: Area Manager
Jun 5, 2026
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Danish Refugee Council
The Danish Refugee Council has been operational in Somalia since 1998 and is currently among the largest international non-governmental organizations (INGOs) in the country, with…
Water Wars Washing away South Asia’s Fragile Peace
Jun 5, 2026
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Jannatul Naym Pieal
Six decades of water cooperation are giving way to surging water nationalism — a shift that is fast weaponizing the region’s rivers.
Afghanistan: Afghanistan’s Community-Led Green Push Restores Forest Cover Lost to War [Video]
Jun 5, 2026
WION
On World Environment Day, a community-led reforestation initiative in Char Bagh village in northeastern Afghanistan highlights a powerful story of environmental recovery. After years of…
Afghanistan: Afghanistan Climate Crisis Deepens as Communities Scale up Environmental Action
Jun 5, 2026
UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan
As Afghanistan marks World Environment Day, communities across the country are grappling with intensifying climate and environmental challenges that are increasingly affecting livelihoods, food security,…
DRC/Uganda: A Disease of Deforestation: How Ebola Is Linked to the Smartphone in Your Pocket
Jun 5, 2026
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Sonia Shah
Guardian
As demand for cobalt, gold and other minerals grows, mining is accelerating deforestation in the Congo basin – and increasing the risk of deadly Ebola…
Sudan: WASH Coordinator (M/F) - Ndjamena
Jun 4, 2026
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Solidarités International
Solidarités International is an international humanitarian aid association which, since more than 40 years, has been providing assistance to populations affected by armed conflicts and…
Haïti: WASH Coordinator - Emergency Response Team (M/F)
Jun 4, 2026
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Solidarités International
Solidarités International is an international humanitarian aid association which, since more than 40 years, has been providing assistance to populations affected by armed conflicts and…
Chad: Spécialiste en Environnement
Jun 4, 2026
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Société de Développement International
La société de Développement International, un organisme de Recherche & Développement ayant son siège social à Québec au Canada recherche pour un projet au Tchad,…
Environmental Security Means National Security. It Cannot Be Secured through Treaties Alone
Jun 4, 2026
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Aisha Khan
On every World Environment Day (June 5), nations pause to acknowledge a crisis that has been in the making for over half a century. For…
Disaster Risk Reduction during Armed Conflicts
Jun 4, 2026
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Rebekah Harries
Countries enduring conflict are hit harder and suffer more deaths when disasters such as storms and earthquakes strike. Rebekah Harries asks whether disaster risk reduction…
Afghanistan: Drought and Water Shortages Deepen Crisis in Rural Afghanistan [Video]
Jun 4, 2026
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Jack Barton
Al Jazeera
Afghanistan's worsening drought is pushing farmers and families to the brink in Herat province, where falling water tables have forced some to dig wells more…
Afghanistan: Afghanistan Signs 20-mln-USD Deal for Salt Mine Development
Jun 4, 2026
Xinhua
Afghanistan's Ministry of Mines and Petroleum signed a major contract on Thursday with a private company to develop the second block of the Namsar salt…
Afghanistan: From Poplars to Pistachios, Afghans Rediscover the Value of Trees
Jun 4, 2026
Agence France-Presse
Under the shade of recently planted poplars in northeastern Afghanistan, village leader Ghulam Ali Poya is proud to see residents rediscover the value of trees…
Middle East and North Africa: Women at the Frontlines of Water Scarcity
Jun 3, 2026
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Fanack Water Editorial Team
Fanack Water
Women across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) live at the sharp edge of the region’s deepening water crisis. Their unpaid labor, daily decisions,…
Afghanistan: Water Crisis in Qaisar: Women and Children Bear the Heaviest Burden
Jun 3, 2026
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Farhad Farhaad
Hasht e Subh
Residents of Qaisar district in Faryab province have raised concerns about the shortage of safe drinking water and the lack of sufficient water for farming…
Lebanon: UNWFP - Beirut CO - Supply Chain Officer NOB
Jun 3, 2026
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World Food Programme
Assisting more than 115 million people in 120 + countries each year, the World Food Program (WFP) is the leading humanitarian organization saving lives and…
The Geopolitics of Geo-Engineering: Weather Warfare vs. Climate Security
Jun 3, 2026
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Nayef Al-Rodhan
What happens when the climate itself becomes a theatre of geopolitical competition? As climate instability deepens and rivalry between major powers intensifies, environmental systems are…
Afghanistan: Water, Climate and Survival in Afghanistan: A Dossier of Reports on the Environment
Jun 3, 2026
Afghanistan Analysts Network
Two themes run through almost all the reports in this dossier – the climate crisis and water. Together, the reports in this dossier offer a…