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Land-Mine Detection Project Earns First Place at Create the Future Contest

Feb 6, 2019 | Binghamton University

Jasper Baur and William Frazer, students at Binghamton University, State University of New York, won first place in the aerospace and defense category at the…

Iraq: Iraq's Dying Rivers [Video]

Feb 6, 2019 | Omayma Naklah and Mohammad Rahahleh, Al Jazeera

For thousands of years, two famous rivers, the Tigris and Euphrates, made Iraq one of the most fertile regions in the Middle East. Often called…

Bangladesh: Elephants Face 'Time Bomb' in Bangladesh Land Clash with Rohingya Refugees

Feb 6, 2019 | Belinda Goldsmith, Reuters

After about 730,000 Rohingya fled Myanmar into Bangladesh 18 months ago and set up camp, they realized they were not only at risk from monsoons…

Myanmar: One Year On, No Response on Myitsone Impact Assessment

Feb 6, 2019 | Htet Naing Zaw, Irrawaddy

The commission tasked with evaluating hydropower projects on Myanmar’s Irrawaddy River—including the Myitsone Dam in Kachin State—submitted its assessment to the President’s Office more than…

Consultancy for Market Assessment and Value Chain Analysis of Burundi’s Social Protection Programme

Feb 5, 2019 | Concern Worldwide

Concern Worldwide has been present in Burundi since 1997 and started with emergency programs in the aftermath of the 1993 crisis. From 2006, Concern has…

Myanmar: Operations Director - Burma Food Systems

Feb 5, 2019 | Winrock International

Winrock International is a recognized leader in U.S. and international development, providing solutions to some of the world’s most complex social, agricultural and environmental challenges. 

 

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Syria: Economic Recovery & Development Coordinator

Feb 5, 2019 | International Rescue Committee

The mission of the IRC is to help people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover and gain control…

Somalia: Local consultant to conduct end of project evaluation for emergency livelihoods and WASH response project for returnee reintegration

Feb 5, 2019 | CARE

CARE is a global humanitarian organization providing disaster relief to areas in crisis, while providing long-term solutions to poverty around the world.

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Nigeria: EU Support to Response, Recovery, and Resilience in Borno State

Feb 5, 2019 | Action Contre la Faim

Action Against Hunger (AAH) has been working in Northern Nigeria (i.e. Jigawa, Yobe and Borno States) since 2010 to achieve long-term, sustainable and scaled impact…

Emergency Response Specialist - WASH, Cash and Markets Advisor

Feb 5, 2019 | CARE Canada

About CARE

Founded in 1945, CARE is a leading international humanitarian organization fighting global poverty. In over 80 countries, CARE works with the poorest communities to…

Colombia: The Wetlands of Rio Magdalena under Threat [Video]

Feb 5, 2019 | Deutsche Welle

In the rainy season, the Rio Magdalena in Colombia creates a vast area of wetlands. But now its flood plains are threatened by climate change,…

Afghanistan: From Snow Leopards to Soldiers: Conservation in a War-torn Land

Feb 5, 2019 | Virginia Gewin, Revelator

In 2006 Alex Dehgan, then the newly hired Afghanistan country director of the Wildlife Conservation Society, was given a daunting task: to strengthen biodiversity conservation…

Colombia: ‘Land Was a War Booty’: Colombia Confronts a Legacy of Mass Displacement

Feb 5, 2019 | Mariana Palau, World Politics Review

The sun was sitting low in the sky when Luis Izquierdo noticed the group of armed men walking onto his family’s farm in this town…

South Sudan: South Sudan Gives China 10,000 Barrels of Crude per Day for Roads Construction

Feb 4, 2019 | Ojwe Lumara, Gurtong

The Government of South Sudan has approved allocation of 10,000 barrels of crude oil per day to China Exim Bank for the construction of roads.…

Myanmar: On Track to Meet Yangon’s Growing Water Needs

Feb 4, 2019 | Yee Ywal Myint, Myanmar Times

With the hot season not far away, water shortages are set to become a problem again in many parts of Yangon. Besides Yangon, many other…

Myanmar: Myanmar's Opium Farmers Cling on to Lucrative Crop [Photos]

Feb 4, 2019 | Agence France-Presse

Fields of purple opium poppy stretch across the pastures and peaks of mountainous eastern Myanmar, with many farmers reluctant to give up the profitable cash…

Colombia: Colombia - The Wetlands of Rio Magdalena under Threat [Video]

Feb 4, 2019 | Deutsche Welle

In the rainy season, the Rio Magdalena in Colombia creates a vast area of wetlands. But now its flood plains are threatened by climate change,…

Afghanistan: BAZAR: Afghanistan’s EITI Membership Suspended [Video]

Feb 3, 2019 | TOLOnews

Integrity Watch Afghanistan raised concern over Afghanistan’s suspension as a member of Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) and said this move will have a negative…

Liberia: NGO Coalition Calls on the Gov’t to Investigate ‘Illegal logging, Consistent Noncompliance by Delta Timber Company in Sinoe’

Feb 3, 2019 | FrontPage Africa

The NGO Coalition of Liberia (NCL) is calling on the Liberian government to investigate allegations of illegal logging and consistent non-compliance to the social agreement…

Intern—Climate Change and Risk Program

Feb 1, 2019 | Stockholm International Peace Research Institute

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) is an international institute based in Sweden, dedicated to research into conflict, armaments, arms control and disarmament. Established in…

Myanmar: Let the Sunshine in

Feb 1, 2019 | Alec Wilmot, Myanmar Times

The island Pataw Pahtet, just north west of Myeik City, is a bustling industrial shipyard surrounded by warehouses, cold storage facilities and crab farms. Go…

Liberia: Justice Seen as Solution for Post-War Land Conflict in Nimba

Feb 1, 2019 | Joaquin M. Sendolo, Daily Observer

Conflicts over land have long plagued Nimba County but the 14-year-civil war made the problem much worse. Now, 15 years from the end of the…

Liberia: Government to Arm Rangers

Feb 1, 2019 | Emmanuel Mondaye and Jonathan Browne, New Dawn

The Management of the Forestry Development Authority is preparing to arm 45 forest rangers to protect the forest of Liberia from poachers and intruders. Deputy…

Strengthening Women's Voices in Land Decisions: What Works?

Jan 31, 2019 | Philippine Sutz

Since the mid 2000s, sub-Saharan Africa has experienced a land rush driven by factors such as rising commercial agriculture, mineral extraction and large infrastructure projects.…

Climate Change: UNSC Debates Climate Change Impact on Peace, Security and Development

Jan 31, 2019 | Catherine Benson Wahlén, International Institute for Sustainable Development

Speakers warned the UN Security Council (UNSC) of increasing threats to peace, security and development as a result of climate change during a debate on…

Myanmar: Karen Minority Urges 'Respect' in Myanmar Peace Park Initiative

Jan 30, 2019 | Sally Kantar, Al Jazeera

With a Myanmar government-backed peace process in deadlock, ethnic Karen political leaders and activists have declared thousands of square kilometers of land a "peace park"…

Afghanistan: Peace in Afghanistan? Maybe—but a Minerals Rush Is Already Underway

Jan 30, 2019 | Antony Lowenstein, Nation

The Afghan war is the addiction that Washington can’t quit. The longest war in US history, it’s a conflict that has generally fallen out of…

Afghanistan: 2 in 3 Afghan Men Think Women Have Too Many Rights

Jan 30, 2019 | Thomson Reuters Foundation

Afghan men strongly oppose giving women more freedom — 2 in 3 think they have too much already — and young men are even more reluctant than…

Call for Engaged Listeners to Attend an International Workshop on "Protection of the Environment in Relation to Armed Conflict – Beyond the ILC"

Jan 29, 2019 | Institute for International Affairs of the University of Hamburg School of Law and Faculty of Law of Lund University

The workshop is organized by the Institute for International Affairs of the University of Hamburg School of Law and Faculty of Law of Lund…

Anticipatory Intelligence: Climate Change in the National Intelligence Strategy

Jan 29, 2019 | Marisol Maddox

On January 22, Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Daniel R. Coats released the National Intelligence Strategy (NIS) for 2019, which represents a departure from the…