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Why Indigenous Land Rights Matter in Myanmar
Dec 19, 2021
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Esther Wah
After the National League for Democracy (NLD) assumed power in 2016, it soon became apparent that its leaders had the same mindset as their predecessors…
Conserving Biodiversity and Building Peace in Colombia: Solving Socio-Environmental Conflicts in Protected Areas through Peaceful Means Enhances Biodiversity Conservation and Peacebuilding
Dec 18, 2021
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Héctor Morales Muñoz and Julia Gorricho
Recent studies have found that protected areas can support peaceful and inclusive societies by helping to maintain environmental stability, thus providing a framework for good…
South Sudan: In Pictures: South Sudan's Worst Flooding in Decades [Photos]
Dec 17, 2021
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Sebastian Rich, CNN
South Sudan is experiencing its worst floods in 60 years. The deluge began as early as June, swallowing up homes, farms and markets across swaths…
Mozambique: Mozambique’s ISIS Insurgency Threatens to Destroy Conservation Progress and Fragile Environmental Protections in Niassa Special Reserve
Dec 17, 2021
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Angus Begg, Daily Maverick
The Islamic State (IS) insurgency in northern Mozambique has taken a new, sinister turn, moving inland and westward into the Niassa Special Reserve, since the…
Yemen: Call for Project Bids Supporting Women’s Participation in Peacebuilding
Dec 16, 2021
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YemenOnline
The Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) is a cross-government fund that supports and delivers activity to tackle instability and to prevent conflicts that threaten…
Iraq: Bleak Outlook for Drought-Hit Iraqis: Study
Dec 16, 2021
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Agence France-Presse
Half of the families living in drought-affected areas of Iraq need humanitarian food aid, the Norwegian Refugee Council(NRC) said in a study released on Thursday.…
Burkina Faso: Minexx Uses Blockchain to Export Gold
Dec 16, 2021
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Max Schwerdtfeger, Mining Magazine
Mineral supply chain tech company Minexx has exported the first kilo of gold tracked through a blockchain-based platform from Burkina Faso. The company said its blockchain-based…
Food and Water Security Solutions: Reflections on Mitigating Climate-induced Population Displacement in Africa
Dec 16, 2021
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Christopher Graham
Worse, the Word Bank reports that climate change can potentially wipe out decades of social and economic progress in the developing world by displacing millions of people,…
Climate Change and Ecological Security Must Be at the Center of Our National Defense Strategy
Dec 15, 2021
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Holly Kaufman, Sherri Goodman, and John Conger
At a United Nations Security Council meeting in September 2021, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken asserted, “Look at almost every place where you see…
Call for Nominations: 2022 Women Building Peace Award
Dec 15, 2021
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USIP
By nominating a woman peacebuilder, you are honoring her accomplishments, validating her dedicated work to the peacebuilding field, and recognizing her contributions to preventing and…
Environmental Governance in Frozen Conflicts
Dec 15, 2021
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Clayton Payne
When wars end without an internationally recognised agreement to resolve them, conflicts can become frozen. In this post, Clayton Payne examines how the frozen conflicts affecting…
Iraq’s Waning Water Resources in 2021
Dec 15, 2021
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Wim Zwijnenburg
The summer of 2021 witnessed how water security is at the core of the debate on the climate crisis in Iraq. Current estimates by the…
DRC: Investigation Sounds Alarm on Risks in Congo’s Nascent Lithium Sector
Dec 14, 2021
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Mining.com
A new investigation by Global Witness looking into the Democratic Republic of Congo’s nascent lithium sector sounds the alarm bell on a swathe of potential…
Liberia: Sapo National Park Now Prepared to Receive Tourists
Dec 14, 2021
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FrontPage Africa
Through the help of the Wild Chimpanzee Foundation and the instrumentality of the Forestry Development Authority, a new Ecolodge has been opened in Sinoe County…
Mozambique: National Value Chain & Business Plan Specialist
Dec 13, 2021
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger and…
Afghanistan: Mining at Mes Aynak Has Resumed: Officials
Dec 13, 2021
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TOLOnews
Officials of the Islamic Emirate said that the Logar Mes Aynak copper-mining project, a major venture with China, has resumed operations.
A Gender Dimension of Energy: Modern Cooking Fuels Connected to Quicker Demographic Transition
Dec 13, 2021
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Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Morocco: Refugee Women Scale Atlas Mountain to Tackle Gender Violence
Dec 13, 2021
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Kawtar Abendag and Ass Hagouchi
Afghanistan: Top Taliban Leader Claims They Have ‘Made Progress’ on Gender Rights
Dec 13, 2021
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Mike Brest
Liberia: Liberia's Forestry Industry Paralysed By Poor Regulation
Dec 13, 2021
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EricOpa Doue, FrontPage Africa
A power struggle is playing out here deep in the forest and the stakes for the local people are high. Logging companies with concession agreements…
Myanmar: Content Creation Consultant
Dec 13, 2021
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World Wide Fund for Nature
WWF-Myanmar is looking for a consultant to join the Communications and Advocacy team and create new content each month. The content created would be used…
CAR: Communications & Media Coordinator
Dec 13, 2021
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African Parks
African Parks is a non-profit conservation organisation that takes on the complete responsibility for the rehabilitation and long-term management of national parks in partnership with…
Consultancy: Climate-Conflict-Migration
Dec 13, 2021
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International Organization for Migration
As part of an ongoing initiative to strengthen institutional awareness, knowledge and activity related to the climate-conflict-migration link, where IOM has significant global programming and…
Sudan: Project Manager
Dec 13, 2021
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Cooperazione Internazionale
Cooperazione Internazionale (COOPI) is an Italian humanitarian non-governmental organization founded in Milan in 1965. For more than 50 years of long-term support and constant presence in…
Syria: Programme Analyst, Community Resilience
Dec 13, 2021
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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.
The priorities…
Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Lead
Dec 13, 2021
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Natural Resource Governance Institute
The Natural Resource Governance Institute is an independent nonprofit organisation dedicated to improving countries' governance over their natural resources to promote sustainable and inclusive development.
About…
DRC: Deputy Chief of Party Hearth Gorilla Coffee Alliance
Dec 13, 2021
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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,…
Nigeria: Chief of Party, WASH
Dec 13, 2021
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Wildlife Conservation Society
The Wildlife Conservation Society is an international NGO headquartered at Bronx Zoo in New York City working to save wildlife and wild lands and to…
The Changing Face of the Global Humanitarian Crisis: Gender, Climate Change, and Humanitarian Interventions
Dec 13, 2021
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Shruti Samala
“In a changing world with galloping, growing needs, we can’t keep making the same efforts, issuing the same pleas, and just write bigger and bigger…
Ukraine: Project Manager
Dec 13, 2021
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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.
The Ukrainian…