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Myanmar: Consultancy, Oil & Gas Peer Reviewer

Nov 29, 2020 | 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.…

Myanmar: Consultancy, Gemstone Peer Reviewer

Nov 29, 2020 | Natural Resource Governance Institute

Myanmar: Consultancy, Copper Mining Peer Reviewer

Nov 29, 2020 | Natural Resource Governance Institute

Nigeria: WASH Coordinator

Nov 29, 2020 | International Medical Corps

International Medical Corps is a global humanitarian nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through health care training and relief and development programs.

Established…

Myanmar: Wildlife Crime Global Policy Coordinator

Nov 29, 2020 | World Wide Fund for Nature

As a part of World Wide Fund for Nature, WWF-Myanmar was established in 2014 with the aim to support Myanmar’s development ambitions with a focus…

Myanmar: Programme Coordinator

Nov 29, 2020 | International Union for Conservation of Nature

IUCN is a membership Union composed of both government and civil society organisations. It provides public, private and non-governmental organisations with the knowledge and tools…

Iraq: Consultative Services for International Consultancy, Dam Safety Expert

Nov 29, 2020 | UNDP

The United Nations Development Programme is the United Nations' global development network. It promotes technical and investment cooperation among nations and advocates for change and…

South Sudan: Monitoring & Evaluation Officer, Fisheries Sector

Nov 29, 2020 | Committed To Good

CTG stands for Committed To Good. With an ethical approach at the heart of all that we do, it is a description that makes us…

Myanmar: Technical Officer

Nov 29, 2020 | International Union for Conservation of Nature

IUCN is a membership Union composed of both government and civil society organisations. It provides public, private and non-governmental organisations with the knowledge and tools…

Women, Peace, and Security: This Is How We Win

Nov 29, 2020 | Kelley E. Curie

Brave women, stepping forward and refusing to be ignored, have been critical to shifting the trajectory of ... threats to international peace and security.

This idea — that women’s…

Nigeria: Kano Govt Moves Towards Finding Lasting Solution to Herdsmen, Farmers’ Conflict

Nov 28, 2020 | Kola Oyelere, Nigerian Tribune

Kano State government has expressed deep concern over the encroachment and blockage of cattle stock routes across the state, saying this has often led to…

Sierra Leone: MRU, CSOs Plan for Kimberly Process

Nov 28, 2020 | Mabinty M. Kamara, Politico SL

In an effort to ensure Civil Society’s effective participation in the Kimberly Process-Artisanal and Small Scale Mining (KP-ASM), the German international development agency, GIZ, has…

Women, Peace and Security in Cameroon: The Missing Voices of the Anglophone Crisis

Nov 27, 2020 | Corinne Aurelie Moussi

The 21st century has been marked by growing calls to promote the inclusion and participation of women in peace processes as well as recognise their unique…

Liberia: Understanding People's Dependence on Forests

Nov 27, 2020 | New Dawn

Women working in the forest in Liberia. Here, forestry is the fourth largest contributor to the economy after services, agriculture, and fisheries, mining, and panning.…

Afghanistan: Water Authority, AKDN Sign MoU on Water Management

Nov 27, 2020 | Daily Outlook Afghanistan

The Agha Khan Development Network (AKDN) and National Water Management Authority (NWMA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on matters related to water management…

Iraq/Kurdistan: Low Oil Prices Could Finally Bring Iraq and Kurdistan Together

Nov 27, 2020 | Viktor Katona, OilPrice.com

The relationship between Baghdad and Erbil has been strained ever since Iraq managed to eliminate the threat of the Islamic State. Both sides perceive the…

Fire, Conflict and Land Systems in the Middle East

Nov 27, 2020 | Lina Eklund

Since 2019, the author has been involved in a Marie Curie project on fire and conflict in the Middle East: FIRE – Fighting Insurgency Ruining…

South Sudan: Asunim, I-kWh Join Elsewedy Electric on PV-Plus-Storage Project in South Sudan

Nov 27, 2020 | Edgar Meza, PV Magazine

United Arab Emirates-based PV system integrator Asunim Solar and renewable energy solutions consultancy I-kWh have formed a consortium to support Egyptian energy services company Elsewedy…

Climate Change: Looking at Security through the Climate Lens

Nov 26, 2020 | Michelle Langrand, Geneva Solutions

As global warming gains ground, the security implications of the climate threat can no longer be ignored. But as the Covid-19 pandemic enters its tenth…

The Environmental Cost of Conflict

Nov 26, 2020 | Naghi Ahmadov

On 9 November, the leaders of Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a Russia-brokered agreement to end the military operations in Karabakh that had started on 27…

Liberia: 30 GoL Employees Train on Gender Sensitive, Land, Concession Reporting

Nov 26, 2020 | David A. Yates, Daily Observer

Over 30 employees from three autonomous agencies of Government have acquired an intensive three-days training in gender-sensitive, land and concession reporting organized by UN Women…

Myanmar: Farmers Refuse to Move for Dam Project

Nov 26, 2020 | Khonumthung News

Farmers are angry with the government because of plans to build a dam to divert water to Chin State’s capital, Hakha because it will inundate…

Myanmar: Success Despite Covid: Hope from a Water Users Association in Central Myanmar

Nov 26, 2020 | Marie-Charlotte Buisson, Petra Schmitter, and Nyan Thiha, International Water Management Institute

The impact Covid-19 has had on farmers has been devastating. Harvest delays due to mobility restrictions, reduced availability of labor and variability in output and…

Colombia: Land Defenders Keep Getting Killed in Colombia

Nov 25, 2020 | Thomas Power, Vice

Hundreds of environmental defenders in Colombia feel fear in what is the most dangerous region in the world for their work, according to a recent…

Deforestation, Dying Rivers Leading to Water Wars

Nov 25, 2020 | Michael A. Bengwayan

An eerie calm exists over the villages of Fedelisan, Sagada and Dalican of Bontoc of Mountain Province, Philippines. It is because, there is no telling…

South Sudan: Food Insecurity in South Sudan: The Impact of Flooding and Conflict

Nov 24, 2020 | Borgen Magazine

South Sudan is a country with a long and difficult history. Its people have dealt with prolonged food insecurity, extended periods of conflict and recurring…

Yemen: Solar Energy Micro-Businesses in Yemen are Saving Lives

Nov 24, 2020 | Borgen Magazine

Conflict and food insecurity continue to be prevalent in Yemen. Since 2015, Yemen has been experiencing a civil war that has taken a seemingly irreversible…

Liberia: Two Shot, Village Burnt in River Cess Riot over Mineral-rich Forestland

Nov 24, 2020 | James Harding Giahyue, FrontPage Africa

Two men have been injured and a village destroyed in a riot over potentially mineral-rich forestland over the weekend in River Cess County, local authorities…

Worsening Land Inequality Widens Gender, Climate Change Gaps

Nov 24, 2020 | Rina Chandran, Thomson Reuters Foundation

Land inequality is growing worldwide, threatening the livelihoods of 2.5 billion people who directly rely on farming and widening disparities in gender, health and climate-change…

Can Promotion Groups Help Strengthen Women’s Access and Control over Land?

Nov 24, 2020 | Ibrahima Dia

In Senegal, women’s ‘promotion groups’ have traditionally been vehicles for helping women share resources, ideas and experiences to increase income. But they are also –…