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Afghanistan: Strawberry Fields Could Supplant Afghanistan's Poppies, Forever
Apr 18, 2022
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Xinhua
Afghanistan's Kandahar, Helmand and Zabul provinces have always been close to the heart of the world's opium, and later heroin, trade. Poppy cultivation has been…
South Sudan: Water and Wastewater Quality Specialist
Apr 17, 2022
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United Nations Mission in South Sudan
Under Resolution 2625 (2022), the Security Council determined that the situation in South Sudan continues to constitute a threat to international peace and security in…
Jordan: Call for Research - Climate Justice: Bridging the Gaps Between Governments and Civil Society
Apr 17, 2022
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American Friends Services Committee
American Friends Services Committee (AFSC) was founded in 1917 during World War I. In accordance with their Quaker faith, AFSC promotes lasting peace with justice,…
Ecuador: Project Associate in Negotiation and Conflict Management
Apr 17, 2022
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UNDP
The United Nations Development Programme is a United Nations organization tasked with helping countries eliminate poverty and achieve sustainable economic growth and human development.
Ecuador is…
USA: Senior Director, Oceans Futures
Apr 17, 2022
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World Wildlife Fund
World Wildlife Fund (WWF), one of the world’s leading conservation organizations, seeks a Senior Director, Oceans Futures.
Major Function
World Wildlife Fund (WWF), one of the world’s leading…
Yemen: Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Manager
Apr 17, 2022
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Danish Refugee Council
The Danish Refugee Council assists refugees and internally displaced persons across the globe: we provide emergency aid, fight for their rights, and strengthen their opportunity…
Myanmar: Trainer, Sustainable Farming
Apr 17, 2022
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World-Wide Fund for Nature
WWF-Myanmar is now inviting applications for the Trainer – Sustainable Farming who will be working in May 2022 with Home-based and field travel.
Background
We are…
DRC: Analyst at the Climate Change and Green Economy Program
Apr 17, 2022
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UNDP
The United Nations Development Programme is a United Nations organization tasked with helping countries eliminate poverty and achieve sustainable economic growth and human development.
To participate…
Nigeria: WASH Coordinator
Apr 17, 2022
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Solidarités International
Solidarités International is present in North-East Nigeria since 2016 and is currently operating in 4 bases across Borno State (Maiduguri, Monguno, Ngala, Dikwa) with outreach…
Central African Republic: Technical Officer – Dzanga Forest Elephant Project
Apr 17, 2022
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World-Wide Fund for Nature
In the Central African Republic, the World-Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is active in the Dzanga-Sangha Protected Areas (DSPA) located in the extreme southwest of…
DRC: Program Officer
Apr 17, 2022
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Entraide Protestante Suisse
The Entraide Protestante Suisse (EPER) supports projects in more than 30 countries, located on four different continents, to combat poverty and injustice. HEKS also provides worldwide…
Ukraine: UN Official Says ‘Food Is Being Used as a Weapon of War’ in Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Apr 17, 2022
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Mychael Schnell, The Hill
David Beasley, the executive director of the United Nations World Food Programme, on Sunday said “food is being used as a weapon of war” in…
Libya: Libya Declares Force Majeure on Major Oil Field Stormed by Protesters
Apr 17, 2022
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Pan Xiaojing, Xinhua
Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) declared a state of force majeure over the El Feel oil field on Sunday as protesters forced the closure of…
Afghanistan: Pistachio Trees Being Cut Down in Baghlan for Sale
Apr 17, 2022
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Raz Mohammad, Pajhwok Afghan News
Officials of Forests’ Observation and Protection Authority of northern Baghlan province say 30 percent of pistachio trees have been cut down.
Egypt: International Expert – Mainstreaming Gender-Responsive Climate Change and Environmental Work
Apr 16, 2022
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UN Women
In support of Egypt’s Vision 2030 and its National Strategy for the Empowerment of Egyptian Women, under the emerging UN cooperation framework for Egypt, UN…
Uganda: Terms of Reference for a Consultancy to Undertake a Gender Assessment and Develop a Gender Action Plan as Part of the Development of a Green Climate Fund Proposal
Apr 16, 2022
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International Union for Conservation of Nature
The International Union for Conservation of Nature is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources. It…
Thailand: Research Fellow, Gender, Social Equity, Justice and Climate Financing
Apr 16, 2022
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Stockholm Environment Institute
SEI is an independent international research institute founded in 1989. Its mission is to support decision-making and induce change towards sustainable development around the world…
Ukraine: Gender and GBV Technical Adviser
Apr 16, 2022
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Save the Children
To support Ukraine CO to adhere to gender and GBV international standards and best practices, to ensure women and girls have equal access to, benefit…
Asia Pacific: Regional Research on Girls’ Activism and Leadership for Climate Justice
Apr 16, 2022
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Plan International
Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. As an independent development and humanitarian organisation, we…
Why Climate Action Holds the Key to German Security
Apr 16, 2022
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Sherri Goodman
The shocking force of Russia's invasion, financed by its grip on the world fossil fuel market, shows that Germany's national security depends on securing energy…
Afghanistan: 25,000 Pistachio Saplings Distributed for Plantation in Afghan Province
Apr 16, 2022
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Xinhua
More than 25,000 pistachio saplings have been distributed for plantation in Afghanistan's western Badghis province, the local government said Saturday. It said the young trees…
DRC: In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Unintended Consequences of ‘Fortress Conservation’
Apr 15, 2022
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Katie Surma, Inside Climate News
Last July, teams of armed park guards and Congolese soldiers who were supposed to be protecting a national wildlife preserve in the Democratic Republic of…
Ukraine: ‘Fortress in a City’: Steel Plant becomes Ukrainian Hold-out in Mariupol
Apr 15, 2022
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Reuters
Explosions rumbled and smoke rose this week from a steelmaking district in besieged Mariupol where dwindling Ukrainian forces are holed up as Russia tries to…
#BringBackOurGirls: Ecofeminism, Climate, and Conflict
Apr 14, 2022
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Adenike Oladosu
On the night of April 14, 2014, a group of militants attacked the Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok, Nigeria. They kidnapped 276 female students,…
Climate Policies Must Allow Women to Control their Bodies and their Fates
Apr 14, 2022
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Zainab Yunusa
Links between women’s sexual and reproductive health and the impacts of climate change are made clear in the recent Working Group II report from the UN Intergovernmental…
The New Taleban’s Opium Ban: The same political strategy 20 years on?
Apr 14, 2022
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Jelena Bjelica, Kate Clark
Afghanistan has already lost most of its other foreign income in the form of on and off-budget support, both civilian and military, since the Taleban…
Colombia: Colombian Indigenous Community Waits in Poverty as Courts Weigh Ownership of Ancestral Land
Apr 14, 2022
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Mongabay
Nearly 13 years have passed since the Guahibo Indigenous community El Trompillo was allegedly forcibly relocated from their territory. Members report persistent hunger and overcrowding…
Colombia: Colombia Becomes First Case Study on How to Balance Biodiversity Goals with Limited Economic Resources
Apr 14, 2022
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Arizona State University
In 2019, a landmark report gave the world its first report card on biodiversity loss. There was one crystal clear conclusion: human actions threaten more…
Colombia: Solar Farms and Sacred Mountains in Colombia: Indigenous Community and Developer Link Arms to Save ‘Irreplaceable’ Nature Reserve
Apr 14, 2022
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Grant Whittington, Triple Pundit
A trailblazing environmental project launching in Colombia’s biodiverse Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountains promises to pair the construction of solar farms with newly built…
Colombia: In Landslide-Prone Colombia, Forests Can Serve as an Inexpensive Shield
Apr 13, 2022
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Gianluca Cerullo, Mongabay
Colombia’s undulating, rain-soaked topography makes it a landslide hotspot. Each year, hundreds of landslides wrack the nation; some 30,730 hit between 1900 and 2018. Not…