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Intern, Computational Social Science, Global Restoration Initiative, University of Chicago

Feb 20, 2021 | World Resources Institute

World Resources Institute (WRI) is an independent, nonprofit global research organization that turns big ideas into action at the nexus of environment, economic opportunity and human…

Researcher, Climate Change and Risk Programme

Feb 20, 2021 | Stockholm International Peace Research Institute

The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) is seeking a talented social science Researcher in the study area of Climate Change and Risk (CCR). The…

Senior Researcher, Climate Change and Risk Programme

Feb 20, 2021 | Stockholm International Peace Research Institute

The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) is seeking a talented social science Senior Researcher in the study area of Climate Change and Risk (CCR).

The…

Syria: Food Security and Livelihood Program Manager

Feb 20, 2021 | Cooperazione Internazionale

Cooperazione Internazionale (COOPI) is an Italian humanitarian non-governmental organization founded in Milan in 1965. COOPI aims to help the world’s poorest to improve their access…

Somalia: National Project Manager

Feb 20, 2021 | UNDP

Somalia is one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to climate change stemming from its social, economic, and political conditions, as well as…

DRC: Law Enforcement Advisor Okapi Wildlife Reserve

Feb 20, 2021 | Wildlife Conservation Society

The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) has been active in the Okapi Wildlife Reserve (OWR) for more than 30 years, supporting its creation, and subsequently working…

Myanmar: Resilient Asian Deltas Initiative Lead, Asia Pacific

Feb 20, 2021 | World Wildlife Fund for Nature

WWF’s strategy harnesses the strengths of the WWF network in a shared vision, focusing on six major goals - water, wildlife, the ocean, climate and…

Environmental Security Internship

Feb 20, 2021 | Stimson Center

For three decades, the Stimson Center has pioneered practical new steps toward stability and security in an uncertain world. Today, as changes in power and…

Niger: Advisor, Livelihoods

Feb 20, 2021 | Concern Worldwide

Concern Worldwide is an Irish-based non-governmental, international, humanitarian organisation dedicated to the reduction of suffering and working towards the ultimate elimination of extreme poverty in…

South Sudan: Area Coordinator

Feb 20, 2021 | Concern Worldwide

Liberia: Liberia Pilots Blockchain Land Registration with Medici Land

Feb 19, 2021 | Ledger Insights

Overstock.com’s blockchain subsidiary Medici Land Governance (MLG) launched a land administration pilot project using blockchain in the city of Monrovia, in Liberia. The pilot is a collaboration…

Ethiopia/Sudan: Tensions Run High over Border Region Dispute: Sudan Recalls Envoy to Ethiopia

Feb 18, 2021 | Agence France-Presse

Sudan on Wednesday recalled its ambassador to Ethiopia, the foreign ministry said, as tensions between the two countries run high over a border region and…

Canadian, US Cannabis Corporations Threaten Colombia's Indigenous Communities

Feb 18, 2021 | Fernanda Sanchez Jaramillo

In 2016, when the Peace Agreement between the Colombian government and the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) was signed, Colombia also introduced the legal…

Lisa Ilboudo Nébié: Studying Food Security, Environmental Changes and Migration in West Africa

Feb 18, 2021 | Anuradha Varanasi

As a human ecologist, Elisabeth Ilboudo Nébié looks at the impact of the environment on people. Also, how people are adapting to environmental change.

After graduating with a…

Restructuring for Resolution of Herdsmen-Farmers Conflicts

Feb 18, 2021 | Samson Akinola

To the Executive Governors of Osun, Oyo, Ondo and Ekiti states, this is a summary of a proposal titled, “Restructuring for Resolution of Herdsmen-Farmers Conflicts…

What Would the Nile River Say? The GERD: Approaching the Basin (Part III) | ZeHabesha

Feb 18, 2021 | Amanuel T. Muhzun

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has had a large international focus with reports about its advantages and disadvantages. In fact, the Project is quite…

South Sudan: New Protected Area Relieves Pressure on Primates and Pangolins in South Sudan

Feb 18, 2021 | Tim Knight, Fauna & Flora International

The future of globally important wildlife—including endangered chimpanzees and pangolins—looks a little brighter after over 17,000 hectares of severely threatened forest habitat in an ecologically…

Protecting the Amazon by Empowering Its Women

Feb 17, 2021 | Maiara Folly, Adriana Erthal Abdenur

Climate change and environmental crime endanger food, health, and economic security in the Amazon region. This disproportionately affects women who play an important role in…

Liberia: Independent Complaints Panel Finds Golden Veroleum Liable of Destroying Liberia’s Forests

Feb 17, 2021 | FrontPage Africa

The High Carbon Stock Approach (HCSA), an agribusiness industry sustainability body, has confirmed longstanding allegations that Golden Veroleum Liberia, the Liberian investee of palm oil…

Myanmar: US Sanctions Block Myanmar's Gemstone Exports

Feb 17, 2021 | John Jeffay, IDEX

US President Joe Biden has blacklisted three gemstone companies in Myanmar because of their links with military regime that ousted state counsellor Aung San Suu…

Afghanistan: World Bank Approves $97M Grant to Tackle COVID-19 and Drought

Feb 17, 2021 | Khaama Press

To support Afghans affected by drought, Covid-19 pandemic, and nutrition security, the World Bank has granted a total of $97.50 million from the international development…

Afghanistan: Saffron Harvest Yields Impressive 21 Tons This Year

Feb 17, 2021 | Daily Outlook Afghanistan

The Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock has said the harvest of “red gold” saffron this year topped the 21 ton mark. According to the…

Afghanistan (Part Two): The Saudi Arabia of Lithium

Feb 17, 2021 | Greg Mills

Whatever the doubts about the future path of its politics and concerns over ratcheting levels of violence, donors remain committed to Afghanistan, for now.

The 2020…

Opinion: Allow Myanmar Ethnic Groups to Manage their Own Land

Feb 17, 2021 | Stella Naw

It is estimated that millions of people from cities across Myanmar are in the streets protesting against the military coup that took place on 1…

Cross-Border Water Cooperation in Central Asia: Past, Present, Future

Feb 16, 2021 | Aiymdos Bozzhigitov

Water is the most valuable resource on the planet. For Central Asia, this resource is an important natural and geographical factor that forms the region…

Promoting Peace and Protecting Women’s Rights in Contexts Affected by Violent Extremism, Especially During COVID-19 Pandemic

Feb 16, 2021 | UN Women

In 2020, even as governments around the world rallied to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, a large number of countries and their populations continued to…