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Environmental Peacebuilding Researcher

Mar 5, 2024 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association

The Environmental Peacebuilding Association is seeking pro bono Environmental Peacebuilding Researchers to assist with a variety of activities and projects, most notably (1) research on…

Colombia: Coca's Legacy in Colombia: Empowering and Cursing Local Communities

Mar 4, 2024 | María Alejandra Trujillo, BNN Breaking

Colombia's lush landscapes are paradoxically the cradle of both empowerment and curse, largely due to coca cultivation. In the southern state of Putumayo, a woman…

Afghanistan: Nomads in Trouble after Pastures Seized in Helmand

Mar 4, 2024 | Rizwanullah Bilal, Pajhwok Afghan News

Nomads, locally known as Kuchis, in southern Helmand province say they are happy for the recent rains, but their pastures have been seized.

UNEA-6 Passes Resolution on Environmental Assistance and Recovery in Areas Affected by Armed Conflict

Mar 4, 2024 | Conflict and Environment Observatory

The sixth UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-6) has adopted a consensus resolution that aims to reinvigorate UNEP’s work on the environmental dimensions of armed conflicts to…

War’s Silent Victim: The Environment

Mar 4, 2024 | Alejandro Martín Rodríguez

Efforts to address the environmental impacts of armed conflict have long been confined to academic and technical debates. New technologies can change that.

Clearing War Debris Can Help Ukraine Move Forward

Mar 4, 2024 | J.A. Atchue III, Karl Dix, and Billy Tress

When Russia launched its brutal invasion of Ukraine on February 22, 2024, Western nations supported Ukraine with military and financial aid. But over two years,…

Botswana/Namibia: Botswana, Namibia Ease Tensions: Troop Withdrawal from Disputed Chobe River

Mar 3, 2024 | BNN Breaking

In an unprecedented move, Botswana and Namibia have initiated steps to de-escalate military presence along the contentious Chobe River, highlighting a significant shift towards diplomatic…

Mozambique: Mozambique - WaSH & Shelter Coordinator (m/f) Pemba

Mar 3, 2024 | Solidarités International

Solidarités International is an international humanitarian aid association which, since more than 40 years, has been providing assistance to populations affected by armed conflicts and…

USA/Remote: Environmental Health Global Practice Lead

Mar 3, 2024 | International Rescue Committee

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing, and power to people devastated…

Ethiopia: Field Coordinator - Open to International Candidates

Mar 3, 2024 | Action Against Hunger

Action Against Hunger leads the global movement to end hunger. Action Against Hunger innovates solutions, advocate for change, and reach 24 million people every year…

Haiti: WASH Head of Department

Mar 3, 2024 | Action Against Hunger

Action Against Hunger leads the global movement to end hunger. Action Against Hunger innovates solutions, advocate for change, and reach 24 million people every year…

Iraq: Consultancy-Climate Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Plans

Mar 3, 2024 | Oxfam GB

Oxfam in Iraq envisions climate justice in a way that is feminist, equal, and free from conflict, promoting human rights, and expanding civic space. This…

Ukraine: Information Management & Performance Reporting Officer

Mar 3, 2024 | World Food Programme

The World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian organization saving lives in emergencies and using food assistance to build a pathway to peace, stability…

Palestine: Programme Assistant- Community Feedback Mechanism

Mar 3, 2024 | World Food Programme

The United Nations World Food Programme is the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide.  The mission of WFP is to help the world achieve Zero…

Ethiopia: Programme Policy Officer (Stunting Reduction) NOA, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Mar 3, 2024 | World Food Programme

The World Food Programme (WFP) is United Nations frontline agency in the fight against hunger, WFP is continually responding to emergencies. WFP saves lives by…

Netherlands/Remote: Terms of Reference (ToR) Fragile Contexts Consultation

Mar 3, 2024 | SNV Netherlands Development Organisation

SNV is a mission-driven global development partner working in more than 20 countries across Africa and Asia. Building on 60 years of experience, and together with…

Somalia: Resilience Specialist, Mogadishu

Mar 3, 2024 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN

The key mission of the FAO Representation in Somalia, which is led by FAO Representative (FAOR), is to assist and support the national government to…

Ship Sunk by Houthis Threatens Red Sea Environment, Yemen Government and US Military Say

Mar 2, 2024 | Mohammad Ghobari, Reuters

A UK-owned ship attacked by Houthi militants last month sank in the Red Sea, the U.S. military confirmed on Saturday, as it echoed a warning…

Climate Change: Interagency Workshop Identifies New Approaches to Climate Change and Instability

Mar 2, 2024 | Zack Rothschild and Luna Ruiz, State Magazine

The Department of State’s Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations and the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) Program on Climate, Environment, and Conflict hosted…

Afghanistan: Shortage of Animal Fodder in Badghis Province Forces Livestock Farmers to Sell Their Herds

Mar 2, 2024 | Hasht-E Subh

Droughts and a shortage of fodder have made animal husbandry difficult for livestock farmers in most provinces of the country, especially in Badghis. Due to…

Afghanistan/Iran: Stanikzai Affirms Iran's Water Rights but Says Afghans Victims of Drought

Mar 2, 2024 | Naweed Samadi, TOLOnews

Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, the deputy minister of Foreign Affairs, reiterated on Saturday that the Islamic Emirate is committed to paying Iran's water rights in…

Ukraine/Russia: Die Natur ist auch Opfer dieses Krieges (Nature Is Also the Victim of This War)

Mar 1, 2024 | Heiner Hoffmann, Spiegel

Polluted rivers, burned forests – rockets, bombs and tanks kill people in Ukraine and destroy buildings, but nature also suffers. The diplomat Illia Karandas warns:…

Ukraine/Russia: Ukraine's Agony: War Drafts Farmers, Threatens Global Food Supply amidst Russian Conflict

Mar 1, 2024 | Rizwan Shah, BNN Breaking

As Ukraine continues to resist Russia's aggression, the country faces a dire situation that not only jeopardizes its sovereignty but also endangers global food security.…

Sudan/South Sudan: South Sudan’s Oil at Risk Due to Sudan Civil War

Mar 1, 2024 | Adam Lucente, Al-Monitor

South Sudan’s oil sector and economy have been significantly disrupted by the war in Sudan and the conflict in the Red Sea, South Sudanese officials…

Damming the Blue Nile: Will Ethiopian-Egyptian Tensions Ignite?

Mar 1, 2024 | Martin Sherman

Largely ignored in western commentary, a dispute between two western-aligned governments in Africa threatens to erupt into open conflict. The dispute focuses on distribution of…

Iraq: Oil Spills Ravage Farmland in Northern Iraq

Feb 29, 2024 | Abdelkhaleq Samarrai, Agence France-Presse

In the northern Salaheddine province of Iraq, puddles of black crude oil dot the ground, contaminating vast swathes of farmland. "What is happening is that…

Afghanistan: Taliban Signs $90 Million Contract for Lead Extraction

Feb 29, 2024 | Amu TV

The Taliban’s Ministry of Mines signed a contract on Thursday with two private companies for lead and zinc mining in Ghor province, valued at over…

Amazon: In the Amazon, What Happens to Undesignated Public Lands?

Feb 29, 2024 | Timothy J. Killeen, Mongabay

One of the objectives of the ZEE process was to assist the nations of the Pan Amazon to allocate their public lands among different constituencies…

Rebuilding the Kakhovka Dam Is a Mistake, but What Should Be Done Instead?

Feb 29, 2024 | Viktoria Hubareva

On 6 June 2023 Russian troops blew up the dam and the hydroelectric infrastructure, destroying it, and the accumulated water in the reservoir was released.…

Myanmar: Myanmar’s Illicit Rare Earth Industry Grows Despite Insurgency

Feb 28, 2024 | Fair Planet

As the world attempts to shift from fossil fuels toward renewable energy, rare earth mining has rapidly expanded in Myanmar. The country is now one…