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Colombia: Sin Tregua con la Infraestructura Petrolera: Nuevo Atentado contra el Oleoducto Trasandino
Mar 27, 2019
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Diario del Cauca
Un nuevo atentado contra el oleoducto trasandino se registró la noche del pasado miércoles, esta vez en el tramo que está ubicado en el municipio…
Yemen: 'Yet Another Killer for Children Left Starved by War': Cholera Grips Yemen
Mar 27, 2019
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Karen McVeigh, Guardian
Yemen is seeing a sharp spike in the number of suspected cholera cases this year, with 1,000 children a day infected in the last two…
Communications Director
Mar 26, 2019
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Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative
The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) is looking for a Communications Director in Oslo, Norway. This is an opportunity to work in an international and…
Project Director
Mar 26, 2019
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Levin Sources
Levin Sources is a consultancy that helps its clients integrate social, environmental, and economic sustainability into their mining and minerals operations and sourcing practices through…
Liberia: Country Manager
Mar 26, 2019
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IDH the Sustainable Trade Initiative
IDH (HQ in the Netherlands) creates public-private partnerships to develop value chains and drive market transformation with focus on the inclusion of smallholders and SMEs…
GoJIL – Call for Submissions for Special Issue on "Protection of the Environment in Relation to Armed Conflict – Beyond the ILC"
Mar 26, 2019
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Goettingen Journal of International Law
The International Law Commission included the topic “Protection of the Environment in Relation to Armed Conflict” in 2011 on its future program of work. It…
Seeking Nominations for Environmental Peacebuilding Research Award
Mar 26, 2019
The Environmental Peacebuilding Association is currently seeking nominations for the Environmental Peacebuilding Research Award. This award recognizes a recent outstanding research contribution that has made a…
Launch of Gender, Natural Resources, Climate, and Peace Newsletter and Community of Practice
Mar 26, 2019
The Environmental Peacebuilding Association is excited to announce the launch of the Community of Practice on Gender, Natural Resources, Climate, and Peace. On March 21,…
Why the Golan and Crimea Aren't So Different
Mar 26, 2019
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Leonid Bershidsky
Both allies of President Vladimir Putin and critics of President Donald Trump are playing up a supposed connection between U.S. recognition of the Golan Heights as…
United States: Legislation Introduced for Women and Climate Change Act of 2019
Mar 26, 2019
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Big Island Now
Sen. Mazie K. Hirono and Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) on Tuesday, March 26, 2019, introduced the Women and Climate Change Act of 2019, which would…
Bocar Thiam
Project Director
Tetra Tech
United States
Mar 26, 2019
Bocar Thiam is a social scientist and practitioner focusing on issues of land tenure and natural resources governance. He has worked as a consultant, project…
Can Greening Afghanistan Help End the War?
Mar 25, 2019
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Austin Bodetti
A solution to the war in Afghanistan has eluded American presidents of both political parties as well as generations of Afghan policymakers. The environmental movement…
Can Greening Afghanistan Help End the War?
Mar 25, 2019
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Austin Bodetti
A solution to the war in Afghanistan has eluded American presidents of both political parties as well as generations of Afghan policymakers. Now that Taliban negotiators are discussing a…
Myanmar: Myanmar to Try Growing, Exporting More Coffee as Alternative to Opium
Mar 25, 2019
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Thiha Ko Ko, Myanmar Times
Last week, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and French coffee company Malongo together launched a high-quality coffee, Shan Mountain Coffee from…
Afghanistan: 'The Country Could Fall Apart': Drought and Despair in Afghanistan
Mar 25, 2019
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Rebecca Ratcliffe, Guardian
The worst drought in a decade, prolonged conflict and poverty have pushed families across Afghanistan to the brink. About 13.5 million people are severely food…
Iraq: IS Tries to Hit Oil Field in Northern Iraq
Mar 25, 2019
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Irina Slav, Oilprice
Security forces at the Alaas field in northern Iraq have thwarted an attack by Islamic State militants, killing and injuring several attackers, Iraqi media report…
Afghanistan: 'The Country Could Fall Apart': Drought and Despair in Afghanistan
Mar 25, 2019
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Rebecca Ratcliffe, Guardian
There are 24 children being treated at Mofleh paediatric hospital’s malnutrition ward, on the outskirts of Herat city, western Afghanistan. Mothers and aunts lean next…
Ukraine: UNICEF: Children in Eastern Ukraine Suffering as Conflict Affects Critical Water Infrastructure
Mar 24, 2019
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Unian
Children under the age of 15 living in countries affected by protracted conflict are, on average, almost three times more likely to die from diarrhoeal…
Sri Lanka: Demand to Go up 40% in Five Years : Experts Warn of Serious Water Issue in Colombo
Mar 24, 2019
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Lalin Fernandopulle, Sunday Observer
The current requirement of fresh water in Colombo will increase by around 40-50 percent in the next five years due to the rising number of…
Request for Expressions of Interest: Non-Oil Revenue Mobilisation and Accountability in South Sudan (NORMA-SS) Project
Mar 22, 2019
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Government of South Sudan and African Development Bank
The government of the Republic of South Sudan has received a financing from the African Development Bank towards the cost of Non-Oil Revenue Mobilization and…
Gender Research in Integrated Pest Management: Unlocking Food Security
Mar 22, 2019
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Sara Hendery
Agricultural production is only one of many factors that impacts global food security. A Virginia Tech team has found that some factors, like gender, take…
Gender Equality, Justice in Law and Practice: Essential for Sustainable Development
Mar 22, 2019
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UN News
Fundamentally linked to human development, gender justice requires ending inequality and redressing existing disparities between women and men, according to a high-level United Nations forum…
Myanmar: Myanmar Crop Growers Seek China's Certification for More Crop Export
Mar 22, 2019
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Xinhua
Myanmar's Fruit, Flower and Vegetable Producer and Exporter Association is seeking certification from China for export of eight more kinds of crops legally through more…
Iraq: War May Be over but Basra's Battle for Clean Water Continues
Mar 22, 2019
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Mina Aldroubi, National
Years of conflict, mass displacement, climate change and under-investment in water networks created a crisis that is affecting large parts of Iraq, especially the south.…
Conflict Minerals: Can Blockchain Apps Ensure a Responsible Mineral Supply Chain?
Mar 22, 2019
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Jax Jacobsen, Forbes
Some entrepreneurs see blockchain-based systems as the way forward to ensure responsible sourcing. A new company based in Berlin is hoping to provide a solution. MineSpider,…
Liberia: Liberia’s New Land Rights Law Hailed as Victory, but Critics Say It’s Not Enough
Mar 22, 2019
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Jennifer O’Mahony, Mongabay
In September 2018, President George Weah signed the Land Rights Act into law. The law is ambitious and clearly asserts the right to what is…
Sierra Leone: The Still-Unresolved Saga of Sierra Leone’s Peace Diamond
Mar 22, 2019
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Augusta Free Press
The Peace Diamond made headlines around the world as a symbol of hope in a place that sorely needs it. The reality so far hasn’t…
Water: Dirty Water 20 Times Deadlier to Children in Conflict Zones Than Bullets – Unicef
Mar 22, 2019
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Kate Hodal, Guardian
Children under five who live in conflict zones are 20 times more likely to die from diarrhoeal diseases linked to unsafe water than from direct…
Water: The Himalayas Are Staring at a Grim Water Future, Says Study
Mar 22, 2019
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Mayank Aggarwal, Mongabay
Millions of people living in the Himalayan region of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal may face a grim water future if the rapid and unplanned…
Myanmar: German Company Found Supplying Illegal Myanmar Teak to EU
Mar 22, 2019
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Nyein Nyein, Irrawaddy
The London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) submitted evidence to German and European enforcement authorities showing serious repeated violations of the European Union Timber Regulation (EUTR)…