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Iraq/Kurdistan: Smuggled Olive Trees from Syria Take Roots in Kurdish Iraq
Sep 8, 2020
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Arab Weekly
Tucked away in the rolling hills of Iraqi Kurdistan is a hidden treasure: tens of thousands of olive trees, thriving in a new homeland after…
Alma Mirvic
Project Manager
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Sep 8, 2020
Alma Mirvić is the Joint UN Regional Programme Coordinator for the Dialogue for the Future at UNDP’s office in Bosnia and Herzegovina. After receiving her…
Climate Change: The Links between Climate and Security in the Sahel
Sep 8, 2020
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Mark Leon Goldberg, UN
The Sahel region of Africa is routinely cited by the United Nations as one of the regions in the world that is most vulnerable to…
Climate Change: UN Launches Pioneering Climate Security Project in the Pacific
Sep 8, 2020
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Lena Reece, FBC News
The United Nations has today launched a ground-breaking cross-border Climate Security Project in the Pacific. This is being done in partnership with the governments of…
Afghanistan: Made Worse by Tree Loss, Flooding Forces Migration in Afghanistan
Sep 8, 2020
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Stefanie Glinski, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Large-scale deforestation driven mainly by four decades of war has contributed to widespread flooding throughout Afghanistan, prompting many in rural areas to move to the…
Myanmar: Salween Peace Park: For All Living Things
Sep 8, 2020
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Karen Environmental and Social Action Network and Ecologist
The Karen Indigenous People in Myanmar founded the Salween Peace Park to protect their mega-diverse territory and their culture from extractivism and conflict.
Biometrics Could Give More Vivid Picture of Woman’s Workload
Sep 8, 2020
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Allison Floyd
Asking a busy woman to report her daily activities can give researchers insight into how she spends her limited time and whether child-care and other…
Central African Republic: Conservation Pilot Northeast
Sep 5, 2020
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Wildlife Conservation Society
The Wildlife Conservation Society (“WCS”) is a New York not-for-profit corporation founded by statute in 1895 as the New York Zoological Society. WCS saves wildlife…
Colombia: WASH/Shelter Project Manager
Sep 5, 2020
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Solidarités International
Solidarités International is operational in Colombia since October 2019. The mission is currently working on reinforcing WASH conditions in the shelters (refugios) along the route…
Kenya: Senior Scientist – Gender and Agriculture Researcher
Sep 5, 2020
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International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)
The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, known by its Spanish acronym, CIMMYT®, is a not-for-profit agricultural research for development organization with partners in over…
Post-Doctoral Position: OCEAN Sustainability Pathways for Achieving Conflict Transformation
Sep 5, 2020
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FAPESP
FAPESP is a public foundation, funded by the taxpayer in the State of São Paulo, with the mission to support research projects in higher education…
Brazil: Terms of Reference for Senior Environmental Expert to Develop the Urban NEAT+ in Brazil, Administered Individual Consultancy
Sep 5, 2020
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UN High Commissioner for Refugees
UNHCR is a global organization, dedicated to saving lives, protecting rights and building a better future for refugees, forcibly displaced communities and stateless people. Every…
Kenya: Baseline Evaluation for Modogashe Ending Chronic Hunger Integrated Project
Sep 5, 2020
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British Red Cross
The British Red Cross Society is the United Kingdom body of the worldwide neutral and impartial humanitarian network the International Red Cross and Red Crescent…
South Sudan: ERT WASH Manager
Sep 5, 2020
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Medair
Medair is a Swiss international non-governmental organization NGO of humanitarian aid with a stated mission, "to relieve suffering in some of the world’s most remote…
DRC: Conservation Pilot, Northeast
Sep 5, 2020
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Wildlife Conservation Society
The Wildlife Conservation Society (“WCS”) is a New York not-for-profit corporation founded by statute in 1895 as the New York Zoological Society. WCS saves wildlife…
Book Launch: Why Women Leading the Climate Movement are Underappreciated and Sometimes Invisible
Sep 5, 2020
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Ilana Cohen, Inside Climate News
The American scientist Eunice Newton Foote theorized in 1856 that carbon dioxide in the atmosphere could produce global warming three years before similar work by the Irish physicist…
Colombia: Criminal Gangs in Colombia Cut down Tress to Grow Coca, 8 Arrested [Video]
Sep 5, 2020
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WION
Criminals in Colombia cut down tress to grow Coca. Large part of Natural parks lost to deforestation. 248 hectares of deforestation land recoverd so far.…
South Africa: Clash between Farmer and Land Invaders in Karino
Sep 5, 2020
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Buks Viljoen, Lowvelder
In yet another land grab in the Lowveld, Hendrik Brink was one of the farmers who, over the past two months, fell victim to land-grabbers…
Myanmar: Deputy Landscape Manager
Sep 5, 2020
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World Wide Fund for Nature
The World Wide Fund for Nature is an international non-governmental organization founded in 1961 that works in the field of wilderness preservation and the reduction…
Myanmar: Consultant for Policy Gap Analysis & Capacity Assessment on ICCA
Sep 5, 2020
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World Wide Fund for Nature
WWF-Myanmar is seeking a suitable and qualified candidate for a Consultant for Policy Gap Analysis & Capacity Assessment on ICCA position with home-based.
Background
WWF-Greater Mekong –…
Kenya: Program Director
Sep 5, 2020
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Energy Peace Partners
Energy Peace Partners (EPP) is a US-based organization built around the idea that climate solutions can support peace in places affected by violent conflict. They…
South Sudan: South Sudan Pledges to Clean up Oil Pollution after Locals Protests
Sep 4, 2020
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David Mayen, East African
The South Sudanese government has pledged to oversee speedy conservation and infrastructure development efforts and take action against oil companies operating in Melut County, Upper…
Here’s Why We Need a Global Agreement on Cross-Border Science to Beat COVID-19
Sep 4, 2020
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Saleem Ali
The coronavirus pandemic should be a rallying call to policy-makers and scientists everywhere, bringing the world together to confront a common threat. In practice, however,…
Myanmar: China Dominates Bidding for Myanmar Solar Power Plants
Sep 3, 2020
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Yuichi Nitta, Nikkei Asian Review
Myanmar is expected to announce the winners of tenders for a raft of solar power plants ahead of general elections in November and following a…
Timor-Leste: The Path from Peace to Prosperity
Sep 3, 2020
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Jason Woodroofe
Standing underneath the 27m tall Cristo Rei statue of Jesus and staring back across at the beautiful city of Dili it is hard to imagine…
Loss and Damage in Rwanda: A Young Climate Activist Reports
Sep 3, 2020
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Ineza Umuhoza Grace
On 8 September 2020, IIED and ICCCAD are hosting a webinar on climate-related loss and damage in the least developed countries. Here one of the speakers,…
Afghanistan: Greenhouses — A Stable Source of Income for Farmers during COVID-19
Sep 2, 2020
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UN Office on Drugs and Crime
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, which has negative implications on economic activities across the country, the greenhouses are still operating, producing fresh vegetables and serve as…
Myanmar: Myanmar's Indigenous People Use Ancestral Customs to Fight for Land
Sep 2, 2020
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Star
From tying umbilical cords to sacred trees to paying homage to spirits before a hunt, indigenous people in south-eastern Myanmar are tapping ancestral customs to…
Hitting Women Hard, Pandemic Makes Gender Poverty Gap Wider - U.N.
Sep 2, 2020
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Anastasia Moloney, Thomson Reuters Foundation
More women than men will fall into extreme poverty due to the pandemic as they bear the economic brunt of COVID-19 and face bigger job…
Egypt/Ethiopia/Sudan: US Cuts Aid to Ethiopia amid Nile Dam Dispute
Sep 2, 2020
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Associated Press
On the guidance of President Trump, the State Department said Wednesday that the United States was suspending some aid to Ethiopia over the “lack of…