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Egypt: New Program Pushes Role for Egyptian Women In Sustainable Energy

Mar 22, 2019 | Maryam Raafat, Al-Monitor

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has launched a program to support Egyptian women in the field of green energy by creating more employment opportunities for them…

Iraq: Flooding in Southern Iraq Could Impact Majnoon Oil Output

Mar 21, 2019 | S&P Global Platts

Iraq's Basra Oil Company is hoping last-minute reinforcements to burst berms north of the 115,000 b/d Majnoon oil field will fend off increasing flood waters…

Resource Scarcity: Water Scarcity Poses 'Fundamental Risk to Stability,' New Report Finds

Mar 21, 2019 | Teresa Welsh, Devex

Ensuring equal access to water is a key component to maintaining societal stability and preventing conflict in fragile states, according to a new report by the…

Liberia: Government of Liberia to Train More Rural Women as Solar Energy Technicians

Mar 21, 2019 | FrontPage Africa

The Government of Liberia, in partnership with the Barefoot College of India, is planning to open a Vocational Training Center at the Grand Bassa Community…

Iraq/Kurdistan: Russian Energy Cooperation with Iraqi Kurdistan Spurs Region's Development - Kurdish Party

Mar 21, 2019 | Zeeshan Aziz, UrduPoint

Russian energy giants Rosneft and Gazprom, which operate in oil-rich Iraqi Kurdistan, play a major role in developing the autonomous region's economy and other sectors,…

From Service to Sick: The Effects of Veterans' Exposure to Burn Pits

Mar 21, 2019 | Ally Donnelly, NBC

Tens of thousands of veterans and service members stationed at military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan say exposure to trash fires or “burn pits” has…

Launch of Gender, Natural Resources, Climate, and Peace Newsletter

Mar 20, 2019

Welcome to the Community of Practice on Gender, Natural Resources, Climate and Peace! As part of our Community of Practice, we bring you monthly updates…

Managing Our Resources: Women, Mining and Conflict in the Asia–Pacific

Mar 20, 2019 | Alison Davidian

The extraction and exploitation of oil and mineral deposits have become increasingly possible across Asia and the Pacific. Rapid industrialisation and technological developments have led…

The Surprising Clue to Reducing Human-Elephant Conflict: Minerals

Mar 20, 2019 | Fiona Sach

The increasing human population and global intensification of agriculture have had a major impact on the world’s natural ecosystems. This, as we’ve seen, has had…

Liberia: More Concession Companies Contemplating Cutting Jobs as Economy Dwindles

Mar 20, 2019 | Lennart Dodoo, FrontPage Africa

Liberians, amid a collapsed economy, continue to work up each day to news of distress conditions of various companies many of which have decided to…

Somalia: End of Project Evaluation - Emergency Food Security Program

Mar 19, 2019 | World Vision

World Vision is a global Christian relief, development and advocacy organization dedicated to working with children, families and communities to overcome poverty and injustice. World…

Yemen: Project Manager Food Security and Livelihoods - Hodeidah

Mar 19, 2019 | ACTED

Since 1993, as an international non-governmental organization, ACTED has been committed to immediate humanitarian relief to support those in urgent need and protect people’s dignity,…

Lebanon: Water, Sanitation, & Hygiene Coordinator

Mar 19, 2019 | Accion Contra el Hambre Espana

The WaSH Coordinator will be responsible for the design and follow up of the WaSH Country Strategy, following the Nutrition Security Framework and overall mission…

Somalia: Gender-Sensitive Climate Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment (G-CVCA) and Community Adaptation and Action Planning (CAAP) Development

Mar 19, 2019 | World Vision

The Somali Resilience Programme (SomReP) is a consortium of seven international non-governmental organizations (INGO). SomReP works to enhance the resilience of chronically vulnerable households, communities…

Occupied Palestine: Junior EU Aid Volunteer in Gender

Mar 19, 2019 | Gruppo di Volontariato Civile

The EU Regulation of the European Parliament and the Council establishing the European Voluntary Humanitarian Aid Corps – EU Aid Volunteers and related legislation create…

Liberia: 800 Liberians to Lose Jobs at Firestone Plantation amid Major Economic Meltdown

Mar 19, 2019 | Lennart Dodoo, FrontPage Africa

The George Weah-led administration would be dealt a major blow amid the current economic turmoil as the biggest employer in the country’s private sector, Firestone…

Myanmar: Controversial Land Law Threatens Myanmar Ethnic Communities

Mar 19, 2019 | John Zaw, Union of Catholic Asian News

Millions of people in Myanmar face the possibility of having no legal rights over their land if they do not meet a deadline for land claim applications. Permits…

Myanmar: Land Lost, Families Uprooted as Myanmar Pushes Industrial Zones

Mar 19, 2019 | Rina Chandran, Reuters

For developing nations like Myanmar - which emerged from decades of economic isolation in 2011 when the military stepped back from direct control - SEZs…

Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton Hosts the Annual Environmental Law Training Symposium

Mar 19, 2019 | Emmanuel Necoechea, Defense Visual Information Distribution Service

Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Pendleton hosted the Environmental Law Training Symposium at the Pacific Views Event Center aboard MCB Camp Pendleton, California, on March…

Iraq/Islamic State: They Go to the Desert to Hunt for Truffles. But ISIS Is Hunting Them.

Mar 19, 2019 | Alissa J. Rubin, New York Times

Driven out of most of the territory it controlled in Iraq and Syria, ISIS has gone underground, its remaining fighters in Iraq carrying out sporadic…

Conflict Minerals: EU Calls for Stronger Collaboration over Conflict Minerals

Mar 19, 2019 | Africa Intelligence

The European Commission is gearing up to launch an online platform for companies within the European Union (EU) to share methods...

Local Institutions Can Mitigate Climate-Related Conflict in the Sahel

Mar 18, 2019 | Ahmadou Aly Mbaye

Climate change acts as a conflict multiplier by amplifying existing environmental stresses, creating new ones, and thus exacerbating resource scarcities and water and food insecurity.…

Water Is a Growing Source of Global Conflict. Here's What We Need to Do

Mar 18, 2019 | Kitty Van Der Heijden

In 2017 alone, water was a major factor in conflict in at least 45 countries. Its importance as a resource means that water-related insecurity can…

Conflict Minerals: Blockchain Boosters Aim to Ease Tracking of Conflict Minerals

Mar 18, 2019 | Bloomberg Environment

Companies at risk of fueling war and human rights abuses when purchasing metals are exploring the use of blockchain to reduce the likelihood that unethically…

Israel/Palestine: Israel’s Exploitation of Palestinian Resources Is Human Rights Violation, Says UN Expert

Mar 18, 2019 | UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Israel’s exploitation of natural resources in the Occupied Palestinian Territory for its own use is in direct violation of its legal responsibilities as an occupying…

Afghanistan: Afghans Battle with Flood Aftermath

Mar 18, 2019 | Stefanie Glinski, New Humanitarian

Besieged by months of drought and long-term conflict, rural communities in large swathes of Afghanistan are facing yet another emergency: widespread flooding that will leave…

Kyrgyzstan/Tajikistan: Armed Conflict on Tajik-Kyrgyz Border Localized

Mar 18, 2019 | Victoria Panfilova, Vestnik Kavkaza

A conflict broke out on the border of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan shortly before the informal summit of heads of Central Asian states. This is the…

Myanmar: Mandalay Compensates Farmers for Seized Land

Mar 18, 2019 | Kyaw Ko Ko, Myanmar Times

Farmers were paid on Wednesday for land seized by the Prisons Department when Mandalay Central Prison was built in Aung Myay Tharzan township, U Zaw…

Iraq: Water Woes Hit Henna Plant Farms in Iraq's Fao Peninsula

Mar 17, 2019 | Mohamed Atie and Aref Mohammed, Reuters

Local farmer says water shortages and ensuing use of salty water from a polluted river for irrigation has killed henna and palm trees.

China/South China Sea: Xi's South China Sea 'Fishermen' Risk Hooking US into Conflict

Mar 16, 2019 | Chris Horton and Cliff Venzon, Nikkei

The chances of an armed clash in the South China Sea appear to be rising fast, even as China paints a picture of regional harmony…