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Nigeria: Senior Policy Expert (Fishery and Aquaculture - FIRST Programme)
Jul 25, 2021
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
The Food and Nutrition Security Impact, Resilience, Sustainability and Transformation (FIRST) is a FAO and the European Union partnership programme with the purpose of providing…
Mozambique: National Legal Consultant on Seed Legislation
Jul 25, 2021
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), together with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ), received funds from the European…
Afghanistan: International Consultant, Agriculture Value Chain/Mechanization Specialist
Jul 25, 2021
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
Through its Country Offices, or FAO Representations, FAO assists governments to develop policies, programmes and projects to address hunger, food security and malnutrition, and provides…
Afghanistan: International Consultant, Climate Change & NRM Specialist
Jul 25, 2021
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
Through its Country Offices, or FAO Representations, FAO assists governments to develop policies, programmes and projects to address hunger, food security and malnutrition, and provides…
South Sudan: ERT, WASH Manager
Jul 25, 2021
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Medair
Medair is an international non-governmental organisation whose purpose is to relieve human suffering in some of the world's most remote and devastated places. Medair aims to assist people…
Iraq: Environmental Expert to Conduct Environmental Analysis
Jul 25, 2021
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Adyan Foundation
Adyan, Foundation for Diversity, Solidarity and Human Dignity, works locally, regionally and internationally for pluralism, inclusive citizenship, community resilience, and spiritual solidarity, through homegrown solutions…
CAR: Country Director
Jul 25, 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,…
DRC: Project Manager, Fight Against Deforestation and Forest Degradation
Jul 25, 2021
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Enabel
Enabel is the Belgian Development Agency. It carries out Belgian governmental cooperation. The Agency also implements actions for other national and international organizations. With its Belgian and international…
Syria: Environmental Analysis Consultant
Jul 25, 2021
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DT Global
DT Global is a fast-growing international development organization that focuses on improving the capability, capacity, and effectiveness of development programming in complex global environments. Working…
DRC: Sustainable Wildlife Management Sustainable Hunting Technician
Jul 25, 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,…
Climate and Conflict: A Look at Environmental Peacebuilding
Jul 25, 2021
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Laureen Fagan
The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) has focused on global conflict and peacemaking strategies for more than 50 years, but over time the focus…
A Water Crisis Is Creating Nightmare Conditions across the Middle East
Jul 25, 2021
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Bel Trew
That the wars of the future will be fought over water rather than oil is an adage that feels like an increasingly terrifyingly reality as…
Conflict Brews over the Nile
Jul 24, 2021
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Deepak Vohra
Sudan and Egypt are extremely wary of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam which, they believe, will limit their access to the life-giving waters of the…
Sierra Leone: Sierra Leoneans Want a Share of Mining Profits, or They Want Compensation
Jul 23, 2021
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Abdul Brima, Mail & Guardian
Kumaro village residents used to get by on subsistence farming and artisanal mining. But with their lands mostly destroyed, so are their livelihoods. Three years…
Water Resources: Defusing Conflict, Promoting Cooperation
Jul 23, 2021
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Michael Keller, ETH Zurich
Researchers have developed a methodology for avoiding conflicts of use in transboundary rivers. The model-based procedure allows for participatory planning and cooperative management of water…
Women, Peace, and Security: Moving Implementation Forward
Jul 23, 2021
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Joan Johnson-Freese
What will it take for the key national security agencies in Washington to prioritize the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) framework, rather than just pay…
Women, Peace, and Security: Moving Implementation Forward
Jul 23, 2021
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War on the Rocks
What will it take for the key national security agencies in Washington to prioritize the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) framework, rather than just pay…
The UK Has Been Linked to Congo’s ‘Conflict Minerals’ – Where Are the Criminal Charges?
Jul 21, 2021
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Vava Tampa
According to the Swiss federal criminal court last week, the corruption destroying the Democratic Republic of the Congo – where devastating conflicts over minerals used…
Climate Change: Converging Climate Risks: Government, Military, and Business at NATO 2030
Jul 20, 2021
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Elsa Barron and Lily Feldman, Center for Climate and Security
There are few challenges more “transatlantic” in nature than the climate crisis. No single nation can fix the issue at hand, yet through strong partnerships,…
Libya: Libya's Battle to Protect Its Endangered Forests
Jul 20, 2021
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Hendia Alashepy, Deutsche Welle
While Libya has been torn by conflict between various political and armed factions over the past decade, some have been waging a different kind of…
Soloman Islands: Sustaining Peace through Customary Land Recording
Jul 20, 2021
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Soloman Times
The UN Development Programme (UNDP) in Solomon Islands, in partnership with the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Survey, has supported the customary land recording in…
Colombia: Coca Replaced by Cattle - The Shift in Southern Colombia's Deforestation
Jul 19, 2021
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Juan Pablo Pérez and Manuela Galvis, Insight Crime
The deforestation in the rainforest of Guaviare is the result of decades of state neglect. And the road, which makes life easier for the inhabitants of…
Iraq/Kuwait: Video Claiming Kuwait Drilled for Oil on Border Fabricated: Iraq
Jul 19, 2021
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Kuwait Times
Basra Oil Company of the Iraqi Ministry of Oil denied on Monday the authenticity of a video clip on social media about purported oil drilling…
Present to Future on Environment and Peace (Launching of "Voices for Peace and Conservation" Podcast, Episode 7 — A Road to Geneva Initiative)
Jul 16, 2021
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Conservation International, International Union for the Conservation of Nature, PeaceNexus Foundation, and World Wide Fund for Nature Germany
If we really want to make a difference, where should we be putting our energy, time and money to protect nature and build peace? In…
Afghanistan: The War for Mineral Possession Started in Afghanistan
Jul 15, 2021
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Tushar Abdullah, Modern Diplomacy
All the mentors in the world are now interested in working with the Taliban. But why? There are probably multiple reasons for this. One of…
Afghanistan: Taliban Attack Salma Dam
Jul 14, 2021
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Afghanistan Times
Afghan National Water Authority has said Taliban have fired dozens of mortars on the Salma Dam, major source of electricity and irrigation in Chesht district…
Explaining the Kyrgyz-Tajik Border Clash: Hypotheses in Search of Corroboration
Jul 14, 2021
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Richard Weitz
In late April 2021, fighting broke out along the frontier between Kyrgyzstan’s Batken province and Tajikistan’s Sughd province. The immediate dispute arose over management of…
Reconciliation through Ecological Collaboration
Jul 14, 2021
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William F. Laurance
Last fall, Azerbaijan and Armenia fought the Nagorno-Karabakh war, which claimed several thousand lives in an escalation of a long-running territorial conflict between the two…
Sierra Leone: Land Grabbers on the Rampage in Sierra Leone
Jul 14, 2021
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Kongbap Sumner, Sierra Express Media
Encroachers are rapidly damaging the Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary (TCS) catchment areas at Regent Village outside Freetown. In spite of several complaints to the line Ministries…
Colombia: 5 Reasons for Record Deforestation in Colombia
Jul 14, 2021
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Katie Jones, Insight Crime
Recently published data has shown that deforestation in Colombia soared last year, as a range of illegal activities drove forest loss. Some 70 percent of…