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Women in Local Governance Are Key to Building Resilience to Climate-Fragility Risks

Dec 3, 2019 | Molly Kellogg and Lauren Olosky

The United Nations has recognized climate change as having important implications for peace and security, acting as a “threat multiplier” to other drivers of insecurity.…

Climate Crisis Could Reverse Progress in Achieving Gender Equality

Dec 3, 2019 | Nitya Rao

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.…

Libera: Securing Women's Land Rights Advances Equity in Our Communities

Dec 3, 2019 | Josefa Sacko

The African Union (AU) Declaration on Land Issues and Challenges, the AU Declaration of committing 2010 - 2020 as the African Women's Decade and the…

Myanmar: Myanmar to Establish School for Forest Rangers

Dec 3, 2019 | Myat Moe Aung, Myanmar Times

The government will establish the first wildlife conservation college for forest rangers in a bid to strengthen its campaign to protect and conserve the country’s…

Iraq/Kurdistan: Baghdad Lauds KRG Cooperation as Oil-for-Budget Deal Talks Reach Conclusion

Dec 3, 2019 | Fazel Hawramy, Rudaw

The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) delegation in Baghdad negotiating its share of next year’s federal budget showed an unprecedented willingness to strike a deal, members…

Syria: In Syria, the Environmental Toll of War Beginning to Emerge

Dec 3, 2019 | Fanack.com

With the war in Syria entering its ninth year, the impact on the country’s environment, its natural resources and the people who depend on them…

Environmental Peacebuilding Association 2019 Board of Directors Election Results

Dec 3, 2019 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association

The Environmental Peacebuilding Association is pleased to announce the results of the Elections for the EnPAx Board of Directors. Silja Halle and Tobias Ide have…

Their Land, Our Future: To Arrest the Climate Crisis, We Need a Democratic Over-haul

Dec 2, 2019 | Musimbi Kanyoro and Beth Roberts

Both the climate crisis and inequality require a democratic overhaul. And governments globally should start by turning over legal control of land and natural resources…

Climate Change: Could Climate Change become a Security Issue — and Threaten Democracy?

Dec 2, 2019 | Farz Edraki and Ann Arnold, ABC News

Action to address climate change has been left so late that any political response will likely become an international security issue — and could threaten…

The KRG's Anti-Corruption Effort Must Start from Its Oil Sector

Dec 1, 2019 | Yeveran Saeed

Iraq is one of the most corrupt countries in the world and oil has a lot to do with it. With nearly $100bn in annual…

Afghanistan: Payment Sought for Land under Refugee Camp Use

Dec 1, 2019 | Dawn

The elders of Junglekhel have demanded monthly payment for their land given to the Ghamkol Afghan refugee camp by the Afghan commissionerate since 1980. Speaking…

Colombia: Indigenous Colombians Escalate Fight to Rescue Ancestral Lands

Dec 1, 2019 | Santiago Navarro, Truthout

The Nasa are one of 102 Indigenous peoples of Colombia who were pushed up into the mountains by European conquest in the 16th century, and…

Afghanistan: President Orders Contract Termination of Afghan Major Gold, Copper Mines, Contractor Considers It Politically Biased

Dec 1, 2019 | Khushnood Nabizada, Khaama Press

The two major Afghan mining contracts are to be terminated, Afghan president has ordered in a high economic council meeting. Afghan president Mohammad Ashraf Ghani…

Bring Women to the Table to Build Peace in Africa, Say Gender Experts

Nov 30, 2019 | Newsroom

Women bear the brunt of conflict and for peace building to be successful they must be involved in conflict resolution and reconstruction at every stage,…

South Sudan: Mid-term Evaluation of the Project: Reducing Hunger and Malnutrition and Promoting Resilient Food Production in Cueibet County/Gok State

Nov 29, 2019 | Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe

Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe (DKH) renders humanitarian aid worldwide. In its activities, DKH is committed to the Humanitarian Principles of the Code of Conduct of the Red…

Iraq: National Specialist in Integrated Water Management/Irrigation

Nov 29, 2019 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN

FAO's office for Iraq is responsible for developing, promoting, overseeing and implementing agreed strategies for addressing countrywide food, agriculture and rural development priorities under Iraq…

Land Access and Household Wellbeing in Cameroon: Does Gender Matter?

Nov 29, 2019 | Eric Feubi Pamen

Africa remains a net food importing region spending more than USD 35 billion annually on food imports, although this continent has about 65% of the…

Securing Women's Land Rights Advances Equity in Our Communities

Nov 29, 2019 | Josefa Sacko

The African Union (AU) Declaration on Land Issues and Challenges, the AU Declaration of committing 2010 – 2020 as the African Women’s Decade and the…

Land: Dealing with Land Conflicts and Improving Land Governance for Peace and Stability in Africa at the Heart of a High-Level Dialogue in Abidjan

Nov 29, 2019 | UN Economic Commission for Africa

Friday in Abidjan, the conference on land policy in Africa, a high-level dialogue on ethnicity and land conflicts were held. As part of the 3rd…

Jordan: Natural Resources Management Intern

Nov 29, 2019 | Watershed and Development Initiative

Watershed and Development Initiative (WADI) is a one-year project funded by the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) – International Programs. WADI project seeks to advance water…

Venezuela: WASH Coordinator

Nov 29, 2019 | 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…

Serbia: Nature-Based Solutions Senior Project Officer

Nov 29, 2019 | International Union for Conservation of Nature

IUCN Regional Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia (ECARO) is seeking to recruit an experienced and enthusiastic candidate to join the IUCN ECARO team…

Somalia: Team Leader – National Water Resources Strategic Plan

Nov 29, 2019 | 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: Project Coordinator - Legal

Nov 29, 2019 | EarthRights International

EarthRights International is a non-governmental, non-profit organization that combines the power of law and the power of people in defense of human rights and the…

Deepening Our Engagement with Gender Dimensions in Agriculture

Nov 27, 2019 | Krista Jacobs

The Feed the Future Advancing Women’s Empowerment (AWE) Program was delighted to partner with Agrilinks this October to raise awareness about the impacts of gender-based violence in…

Women Land and Water Defenders Are the Real Peacebuilders

Nov 27, 2019 | Gabriela Jimenez

Large-scale resource extraction often perpetuates violence, even in countries with peace accords. Those who mobilize to protect the land and water to build peace are…

Colombia: For Sustainable Cacao Farming in Colombia, Going Organic Is Not Necessarily the Only Good Answer

Nov 27, 2019 | Maria Eliza Villarino, International Center for Tropical Agriculture

If there’s one word that encapsulates Colombia, it is diversity. You see that in its people, you see that in its climate, and you even…

Climate Change: How Conflict and Climate Change Are a Threat to Food Security [Video]

Nov 27, 2019 | Bloomberg

Colleen Kelly, chief operating officer of Concern Worldwide U.S., discusses the world hunger index, climate change and the threat to food security. She speaks with…

An Environmental Movement for Times of War, Too

Nov 27, 2019 | Kira Walker

Oil wells set ablaze in Iraq. Forests pillaged in Colombia. Wildlife populations decimated across the Sahara-Sahel. Around the world, armed conflicts continue to cause significant…

Conflict Minerals: Consensus Eludes New Definition for ‘Blood Diamonds’

Nov 27, 2019 | Tribune

An attempt for a new, expanded definition of conflict diamonds eluded consensus during a meeting of the Kimberley Process countries here. India is the current…