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Report Finds that Russia Securitises the Environment – but on Its Terms

Jan 24, 2021 | Nina Lesikhina and Doug Weir

International attention on environmental security has increased markedly during the last decade, especially within the UN’s Security Council, General Assembly and its Environment Assembly. Yet…

Good Reads: Rare Earths and Conflict Across Scale

Jan 24, 2021 | Stacy D. VanDeveer

Rare earths metals made a lot of news over the last decade, after most of us spent years forgetting what we once learned their names on…

Israel: Education Officer

Jan 23, 2021 | EcoPeace Middle East

EcoPeace Middle East is a unique organization that brings together Jordanian, Palestinian, and Israeli environmentalists. Our primary objective is to promote cooperative efforts to protect…

DRC: Senior Program Officer

Jan 23, 2021 | Natural Resource Governance Institute

The Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI) is a non-profit policy institute and grant-making organization that promotes the responsible management of oil, gas and mineral resources…

Myanmar Officer

Jan 23, 2021 | Natural Resource Governance Institute

For the one billion people living in poverty in resource-rich countries, the oil, gas and mining sectors have failed to deliver on the promise of…

Myanmar: Forest Programme Manager

Jan 23, 2021 | World Wide Fund for Nature

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is an international non-governmental organization founded in 1961 that works in the field of wilderness preservation and the…

Chad: Project Coordinator

Jan 23, 2021 | International Union for the Conservation of Nature

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is a union of Members made up of governments and civil society organizations. It provides public, private…

Iraq: International Farmer Field School Expert

Jan 23, 2021 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN

FAO is well-known for its Farmer Field School (FFS) extension approach as an effective capacity building approach for farmers that can be well adapted to…

Afghanistan: Assistant FAO Representative

Jan 23, 2021 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN

The main aim of the FAO country offices, which are headed by an FAO Representative, is to assist governments to develop policies, programmes and projects…

Kenya: Programme Management Officer, Climate Security Mechanism

Jan 23, 2021 | UNEP

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the leading global environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda, promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental…

Bangladesh/Myanmar: Bangladesh to Buy Myanmar Rice, Putting aside Rohingya Crisis

Jan 23, 2021 | Ruma Paul, Reuters

Bangladesh will buy 100,000 tonnes of rice from Myanmar, putting aside a rift over the Rohingya refugee crisis as the government races to overcome a…

South Sudan: South Sudan Invites Companies to Bid for Environmental Audit

Jan 22, 2021 | Charné Hundermark, Africa Oil & Power

South Sudan’s Ministry of Petroleum has invited a shortlist of companies to bid for the environmental audit of the country’s oil fields. The audit will…

Liberia: ACDI/VOCA FIFES Activity to Assist Local Stakeholders Protect Liberian Rainforests Ends, but Critical Activities Continue

Jan 22, 2021 | Glenn Lines, ACDI/VOCA

Liberia holds the last large blocks of rainforests remaining in West Africa. Despite being home to two-thirds of those remaining blocks, Liberia and its communities…

Central Asia: World Bank : Promoting Women's Participation in Water Resource Management in Central Asia

Jan 22, 2021 | World Bank Group

Although water resources have the potential to drive economic development in Central Asia, ineffective resource management often stands in the way. The good news is…

The United Nations Global Service Centre (UNGSC) provides critical Supply Chain, Geospatial, Information and Telecommunications Technologies services and Training to all peacekeeping and special political…

Liberia: Illegal Sierra Leonean Miners Dying in Liberia

Jan 21, 2021 | Mae Azango, FrontPage Africa

Many Sierra Leonean illegal miners are dying in mining communities in Gbarpolu, without the knowledge of their families back in Sierra Leone, locals say. It…

South Sudan: Old Grudges and Empty Coffers: South Sudan’s Precarious Peace Process

Jan 21, 2021 | Sam Mednick, New Humanitarian

On the streets of South Sudan’s capital city, billboards honour the country’s politicians for ending five years of conflict that cost almost 400,000 lives and…

Conflict Minerals: New Day for the US Conflict Minerals Rule

Jan 21, 2021 | National Law Review

It is expected that the Biden Administration’s SEC will renew focus on the US conflict minerals rule and other responsible sourcing measures. The SEC could…

Middle East: Planting Hope, Growing Peace: Models for Sustainable Peacebuilding in the MENA

Jan 21, 2021 | Adina Friedman, Morocco World News

The year 2020 has highlighted – and exacerbated – extreme disparities across and within countries and the environmental degradation we humans have caused the planet.…

Kenya: Women in Asal Areas to Benefit From Sh500 Million UN Empowerment Project

Jan 21, 2021 | Njoki Kihiu, AllAfrica

Nairobi — Kenyan Women in Kitui, West Pokot, and Laikipia Counties are set to benefit from an Sh500 million project which seeks to economically empower…

Afghanistan: DACAAR, Danish Technical University (DTU) and Kabul Polytechnic University (KPU) Embark on a Joint Advanced Groundwater Search

Jan 20, 2021 | Danish Committee for Aid to Afghan Refugees

There are great perspectives for Afghanistan in a newly developed groundwater research in Afghanistan. Using remote-sensing technology (earth observations), the project aims to create an…

Report Finds That Russia Securitises the Environment – But on Its Terms

Jan 20, 2021 | Nina Lesikhina

Our new report seeks to understand why Russia opposes measures to more effectively integrate the environment into international policymaking on peace and security. To do…

New Day for the US Conflict Minerals Rule

Jan 20, 2021 | Dynda A. Thomas

It’s Inauguration Day in the US, and it’s likely to be a new day for the US conflict minerals rule. Where have we been and…

Ensuring Women’s Participation in Land Governance: “Bringing the Law Home” in Tanzania

Jan 20, 2021 | Isabella Nchimbi

Despite Tanzania’s progressive legal framework on land rights and governance, many women are often left out of community decision-making due to social and cultural norms…

Colombia: Pablo Escobar's Hippos Have Invaded Colombia's Waterways and Need to Be Culled, Study Says

Jan 19, 2021 | Doha Madani, NBC News

Scientists warn that a rapidly growing population of hippopotamuses that were introduced to Colombia decades ago by drug kingpin Pablo Escobar should be culled to…

Colombia: Rainforest Trust and Conservation Organizations Announce Major Milestone in Colombia Middle Magdalena Valley - Rainforest Trust Saves Rainforest

Jan 19, 2021 | Rainforest Trust

Rainforest Trust announced 5,407 acres in the El Silencio Natural Reserve, located in Colombia’s Middle Magdalena Valley, have been secured for conservation. In addition to…