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How the Climate Crisis Could Reverse Progress on Gender Equality Around the World
Jan 1, 2020
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Mark Leon Goldberg
People who directly depend on the natural world for their livelihoods, like farmers and fishers, will be among the greatest victims of the climate crisis.…
Liberia: Liberia Releases EITI Report on Last Day of the Year to Avert Delisting
Dec 31, 2019
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FrontPage Africa
LEITI MSG at the start of October 2019 commissioned BDO-UK in collaboration with Parker & Associates Liberia, two reputable auditing firms to prepare the 10th…
Myanmar: Locals Demand Compensation for Confiscated Lands
Dec 31, 2019
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Eleven
Nearly 200 locals staged a protest in Yinmabin Township in Sagaing Region on December 29, demanding compensations for the lands confiscated by Myanmar Yang Tse…
Colombia: Wildfire Modeling Helps Predict Fires in Colombia
Dec 31, 2019
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Amanda Heidt, American Geophysical Union
A new wildfire model helps predict where and when wildfires will start in the Aburrá Valley of Colombia. This research, presented earlier this month at…
Spain: How Climate Finance and Technology Could Better Integrate Women
Dec 30, 2019
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Julie Mollins, Forest News
Amid frustrated negotiations around Article 6 guidance on emissions counting and carbon markets, U.N. COP25 climate talks delivered a decision on a five-year enhanced Lima Work Program on Gender. The…
Colombia: Plan to Protect Land around AngloGold Ashanti’s Copper Project in Colombia Fails
Dec 30, 2019
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Valentina Ruiz Leotaud, Mining.com
The mayor of the Jericó municipality in Colombia’s Antioquia department said on Monday that his office’s proposal to modify the Territorial Planning Structure to protect…
Zimbabwe: Zimbabwean De-Mining Expertise Ends Deadly Falklands Landmine Legacy
Dec 30, 2019
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Zimbabwe Mail
For the past decade, the Zimbabwean contractors have cleared landmines that Argentina’s army laid – and next year the clearance work will finally end. Deminers…
Syria: National Project Manager
Dec 30, 2019
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger. Serving…
Programme Officer: Environmental Peacemaking
Dec 30, 2019
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European Institute of Peace
Do you want to make a real difference to peace? Are you interested in using your skills to shape conflict resolution? The European Institute of Peace is…
DRC: Behavior Change Multimedia Campaign
Dec 30, 2019
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Wildilfe Conservation Society
WCS is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to saving wildlife and wildlands through science, international conservation, education, and the management of the world’s largest system of…
China Quietly Pushing Myanmar to Back Its Development Plan for Irrawaddy River
Dec 30, 2019
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Nan Lwin
Chinese think tanks based in Yunnan have been traveling back and forth between Yangon and the Chinese province’s capital, Kunming, since early 2018. But at…
Request for Applications: Environment, Conflict, and Peacebuilding
Dec 30, 2019
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US Institute of Peace
This Request for Applications (RfA) seeks grant applications to support research that will increase the overall understanding of the complex relationships between the environment, violent…
South Sudan: Disaster Risk Reduction Manager, Food for Peace
Dec 30, 2019
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Mercy Corps
Mercy Corps is a leading global organization powered by the belief that a better world is possible. In disaster, in hardship, in more than 40 countries…
Nigeria: Financial Services Specialist, Rural Resilience
Dec 30, 2019
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Mercy Corps
Mercy Corps is a leading global organization powered by the belief that a better world is possible. In disaster, in hardship, in more than 40…
DRC: Chief of Party, Water and Sanitation
Dec 30, 2019
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Mercy Corps
Mercy Corps is a leading global organization powered by the belief that a better world is possible. In disaster, in hardship, in more than 40…
Congo: Green Business Development Expert
Dec 30, 2019
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ECODIT
ECODIT seeks a Green Business Development Expert for the potential project, Conservation through Economic Empowerment in the Republic of Congo (CEERC), as funded by the…
Nigeria: Government Relations Specialist
Dec 30, 2019
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One Acre Fund
Founded in 2006, One Acre Fund supplies smallholder farmers with the agricultural services they need to make their farms more productive. They provide quality farm…
Mali: Migration Programme Delegate
Dec 30, 2019
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Danish Red Cross
Danish Red Cross (DRC) is looking for a migration programme delegate to support Mali Red Cross in developing a migration response project assisted by the…
Myanmar: Moken Fear a Sea Grab in the Myeik Archipelago
Dec 29, 2019
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Hein Thar and Ben Dunant, Frontier
Many Moken are able to make a living, but some fear this livelihood is at risk. The waters through which they once roamed freely are…
China/South China Sea: South China Sea Chaos: How Beijing Is Using Civilian Militia to Harass US Rival Ships
Dec 28, 2019
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Charlie Bradley, Express
South China Sea disputes have led to tense military stand-offs between the US and Chinese navies, but Beijing is gaming long-accepted rules of engagement by…
Iraq: Iraq Shuts Southern Oil Field on Concern over Protesters’ Safety
Dec 28, 2019
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Khalid Al Ansary, Bloomberg
Iraq, OPEC’s second-biggest producer, halted output from a southern oil field as protesters walked close to installations, according to person with knowledge of the situation…
Conflict Minerals: Four Unfinished Dodd-Frank Rules to Watch at SEC in 2020
Dec 27, 2019
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Andrew Ramonas and Andrea Vittorio, Bloomberg Law
The biggest rewrite of Wall Street rules since the last financial crisis isn’t over at the SEC. The Securities and Exchange Commission still is working…
Afghanistan: Japanese Water Advocate Assassinated in Afghanistan
Dec 27, 2019
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The Hindu
Few other foreign nationals have perhaps received as much love and admiration from the Afghans as Tetsu Nakamura, a Japanese doctor who dedicated his life…
Afghanistan: Reinforcing Afghanistan Water Diplomacy
Dec 27, 2019
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OOSKAnews
Afghanistan has many natural resources, especially in terms of water and mines, but they haven't been tapped effectively so far. Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran have…
Liberia: Southeast Women’s Land Rights Group Formed
Dec 27, 2019
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Observer
A group whose goal is to protect and promote the rights of women in Southeastern Liberia was formed recently at a regional women’s conference held…
South Sudan: South Sudan Oil Spill Causes Environmental Damage, Health Problems
Dec 27, 2019
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Dimo Silva Aurelio, Voice of America
Two months after a pipeline ruptured and spilled crude oil over a wide swath of South Sudan's former Unity State, residents and government officials are…
Sudan/South Sudan: Sudan, South Sudan Extend Oil Agreement until March 2022
Dec 26, 2019
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Al-Bawaba
Sudan and South Sudan on Monday signed an agreement that will see the current oil deal and other related economic arrangements extended until March 2022.…
Afghanistan: Saffron Production Hits Record High in Afghanistan
Dec 25, 2019
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Xinhua
Saffron production in Afghanistan has soared to record levels in 2019, with a 22 percent increase compared to last year, Afghan Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation…
Iraq/Islamic State: Islamic State Suspected of Oil field Attack Tuesday Near Kirkuk
Dec 25, 2019
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Rawaz Tahir, Mohammed Hussein, and Amir Ali, Iraq Oil Report
One oil facilities protection officer was shot to death late Tuesday in a suspected Islamic State (IS) group attack on a vulnerable well of the…
Nigeria: Elephant Herd Sighted in Nigeria’s Boko Haram Warzone
Dec 25, 2019
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Rosie Collyer, Radio France Internationale
A herd of some 250 elephants has been spotted in Nigeria’s far northeast, close to the borders with Cameroon and Chad. It is the first…