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DRC: Chinese Companies Linked to Illegal Logging and Mining in Northern DRC

May 31, 2022 | Gloria Pallares, Mongabay

In Yaliwasa, northern DRC, logs from 200-year-old hardwood trees lie rotting deep into the world’s second largest rainforest. They were cut in a hurry to…


Somalia: Enhancing Livelihoods and Business Skills for Vulnerable Women in Somalia

May 31, 2022 | African Business


Panama: Climate & Resilience Finance Officer

May 30, 2022 | United Nations World Food Programme

The United Nations World Food Programme is the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide.  The mission of WFP is to help the world achieve Zero…


Somalia: Technical Advisor For Disaster Risk Management

May 30, 2022 | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)

The transition aid project Improvement of disaster risk management and food security to strengthen resilience (RDRM) has the aim to “improve the conditions for a…


Belgium: Programme Assistant, Environmental Peacemaking Programme

May 30, 2022 | European Institute of Peace

The European Institute of Peace (EIP) is looking for exceptional individuals who share our vision for a world where people live in safety and peace because conflicts…


DRC: Community Forestry and Natural Resource Management Specialist

May 30, 2022 | Management and Engineering Technologies International Inc

Management and Engineering Technologies International Inc., in support of the U.S. Forest Service (USFS), as a part of the U.S. Agency for International Development’s Central…


USA: Program Manager, Climate and Environmental Impacts

May 30, 2022 | InterAction

InterAction is the largest alliance of international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in the U.S., with over 190 members working in every developing country. Members are large…


Sudan: Programme Manager in Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation

May 30, 2022 | Swedish Red Cross

The Swedish Red Cross is part of the Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement, the world’s largest humanitarian network. The Red Cross/Red Crescent is working to improve…


DRC: Sustainable Markets Manager

May 30, 2022 | Wildlife Conservation Society

The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) is a US non-profit, tax-exempt, private organization established in 1895 that saves wildlife and wild places by understanding critical issues, crafting…


DRC: Director of Operations

May 30, 2022 | Wildlife Conservation Society

The Wildlife Conservation Society is seeking a Director of Operations for the WCS Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Program. The Director of Operations will be…


DRC: Deputy Country Director in charge of Finance and Operations

May 30, 2022 | Wildlife Conservation Society

The Wildlife Conservation Society is seeking a highly experienced Deputy Country Director in charge of Finance and Operations for our program in the Democratic Republic…


Myanmar: Freshwater Programme Officer

May 30, 2022 | World Wide Fund For Nature

WWF, an independent conservation organization, works to sustain the natural world for the benefit of people and wildlife. Myanmar is a spectacularly diverse country and…


Myanmar: Consultant on Assessment of Existing Agroforestry Practices and Training Curriculum Development

May 30, 2022 | World Wide Fund For Nature

WWF is one of the world’s leading nature conservation organizations. It has been working for nearly 60 years and have offices in 100 countries, and…


Myanmar: Short Term Consultant for Sustainable Agriculture Learning Platform Coordinator

May 30, 2022 | World Wide Fund For Nature

The World Wildlife Fund Inc. is an international non-governmental organization founded in 1961 that works in the field of wilderness preservation and the reduction of…


South Sudan: Consultancy, USAID / BHA Funded Conflict and Climatic Emergency Livestock Response Program in Greater Upper Nile states

May 30, 2022 | Vétérinaires Sans Frontières Germany

VSF Germany is an International Non Governmental Organization, providing humanitarian aid and development assistance to pastoralists and vulnerable communities in areas where livestock is of…


Kenya: Monitoring and Evaluation Officer – Strengthening Livestock Sector in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASAL) Counties

May 30, 2022 | Frontier Counties Development Council

The Frontier Counties Development Council (FCDC) is a regional economic bloc composed of the County Governments of Lamu, Tana River, Garissa, Wajir, Mandera, Marsabit, Isiolo,…


War and the Environment: Ukraine in 2022

May 30, 2022 | Dan Farber

A more severe wildlife threat is connected with the Russian incursion into southern Ukraine. The Black Sea reserve is not unique. Over a third over Ukraine’s…


Kenya: Programme Officer, Strengthening Livestock Sector in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASAL) Counties

May 30, 2022 | Frontier Counties Development Council

The Frontier Counties Development Council (FCDC) is a regional economic bloc composed of the County Governments of Lamu, Tana River, Garissa, Wajir, Mandera, Marsabit, Isiolo,…


Colombia: Land or Death: Colombia’s Indigenous Land Wars [Video]

May 30, 2022 | Sebastian Pena and Jesper Klemedsson Sotomayor, Al Jazeera and Witness

Colombia has become one of the world’s deadliest places for land rights defenders since a power vacuum emerged after the government signed a historic peace…


Ukraine: Joint Statement on Environmental Crimes in Ukraine

May 30, 2022 | ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights

The Russian military invasion of Ukraine is soon passing its fourth month. During this time, we have witnessed appalling violations of humanitarian law, international law…


DRC: What Coltan Mining in the DRC Costs People and the Environment

May 29, 2022 | Oluwole Ojewale, Conversation

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is rich in natural resources – its untapped deposits of minerals are estimated to be worth US$24 trillion. Gold,…


Afghanistan: Green Energy Complicates the Taliban’s New Battle against Opium

May 29, 2022 | Bryan Denton, David Zucchino, and Yaqoob Akbary, New York Times

Now, with the Taliban back in power, the insurgents turned politicians are again struggling to eradicate opium cultivation and the rampant addiction problem that has…


Ethiopia/Sudan: Sudan, Ethiopia Blame Each Other for Border Violations amid Nile Dam Dispute

May 28, 2022 | Mohamed Saied, Al-Monitor

The decades-old border dispute between Sudan and Ethiopia was recently renewed after the two countries exchanged accusations of violating the other's territorial sovereignty, amid fears that…


Iraq/Kurdistan: Dispute over Iraqi Kurdistan's Energy Resources Ramps up

May 27, 2022 | Haider Ibrahim, Al-Monitor

Amid the tense relations between the federal government and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) over the implementation of the Federal Supreme Court’s ruling that deemed…


Iraq: Iraq Targets 12 GW of Renewables by 2030

May 26, 2022 | Anna Ivanova, Renewables Now

Iraq, a major oil producer, aims to have 12 GW of renewables generation capacity by the end of the decade, oil minister Ihsan Abdul Jabbar…


Niger/Sahel: Building Peace in the Sahel with ‘the Great Green Wall’

May 26, 2022 | UNDP

When it started in 2007, the Great Green Wall (GGW) was envisioned as a tree-planting initiative to restore Africa’s degraded landscapes and transform millions of…


Afghanistan: Afghanistan's Taliban Step up Coal Exports to Boost Local Budget

May 26, 2022 | Mohammad Yunus Yawar, Reuters

The Afghan Taliban are stepping up coal exports to Pakistan and have raised duties on sales, officials said, as the group aims to generate more…


Applying War Theory to the Hyperthreat of Climate and Environmental Change

May 25, 2022 | Elizabeth Boulton

Prussian General Carl von Clausewitz is famous for teaching the fundamentals of war. He emphasises that war is a political act, it serves politics, ideally…


Ukraine: The European Union, the United States, and the United Kingdom Establish the Atrocity Crimes Advisory Group (ACA) for Ukraine

May 25, 2022 | European External Action Service

Today, the European Union, the United States, and the United Kingdom announced the creation of the Atrocity Crimes Advisory Group (ACA), a mechanism aimed at…


Liberia: 'Passage of Revenue Sharing Bill Will Accelerate Liberia’s Development'

May 25, 2022 | Alvin Worzi, Observer

The Executive Director of Integrity Watch (IW), Harold Aidoo, said the passage of the Revenue Sharing Bill into law will assist in accelerating Liberia’s development…