International
More Women in Boardrooms Mean Better Climate Change Policy, Study Says
Dec 1, 2020
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Heesu Lee, Business Standard
Companies with greater gender diversity in their boardrooms show better performance on developing policies and methods to address climate change risks, according to BloombergNEF.
Myanmar: Amid Tensions in Myanmar, an Indigenous Park of Peace Is Born
Nov 30, 2020
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Fred Pearce, Yale Environment 360
The Salween Peace Park is being lauded as a model for conservation that draws less on Western science and more on ethnic cultural traditions of…
Myanmar: In Myanmar, Paul Sein Twa Helps Establish a Peace Park
Nov 30, 2020
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Madeleine Gregory, Sierra Club
The Salween River Basin—a strip of land on the border of Myanmar and Thailand—has been a site of conflict since before Paul Sein Twa was…
Liberia: Miners and Loggers Fight over Community Forest in Gbarpolu
Nov 30, 2020
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Mark N. Mengonfia, New Republic
In March last year, Korninga B Community Forest signed an agreement with Indo Africa Plantation Liberia to allow logging in its forest, which stretches across…
Iraq/Islamic State: Islamic State Says It Launched Rocket Attack on Northern Iraq Oil Refinery
Nov 29, 2020
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Ghazwan Hassan and Ahmed Rasheed, Reuters
A rocket hit a small oil refinery in northern Iraq on Sunday, causing a fire at a fuel storage tank and forcing a complete shutdown…
Afghanistan/Iran: Afghan Dam Constructions Threaten Iran Water Share
Nov 29, 2020
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Financial Tribune
Construction of the Kamal Khan Dam on Helmand River now near completion will profoundly affect water supply to Iranian wetlands and aggravate environmental problems in…
Nigeria: Kano Govt Moves Towards Finding Lasting Solution to Herdsmen, Farmers’ Conflict
Nov 28, 2020
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Kola Oyelere, Nigerian Tribune
Kano State government has expressed deep concern over the encroachment and blockage of cattle stock routes across the state, saying this has often led to…
Sierra Leone: MRU, CSOs Plan for Kimberly Process
Nov 28, 2020
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Mabinty M. Kamara, Politico SL
In an effort to ensure Civil Society’s effective participation in the Kimberly Process-Artisanal and Small Scale Mining (KP-ASM), the German international development agency, GIZ, has…
Liberia: Understanding People's Dependence on Forests
Nov 27, 2020
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New Dawn
Women working in the forest in Liberia. Here, forestry is the fourth largest contributor to the economy after services, agriculture, and fisheries, mining, and panning.…
Afghanistan: Water Authority, AKDN Sign MoU on Water Management
Nov 27, 2020
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Daily Outlook Afghanistan
The Agha Khan Development Network (AKDN) and National Water Management Authority (NWMA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on matters related to water management…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Low Oil Prices Could Finally Bring Iraq and Kurdistan Together
Nov 27, 2020
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Viktor Katona, OilPrice.com
The relationship between Baghdad and Erbil has been strained ever since Iraq managed to eliminate the threat of the Islamic State. Both sides perceive the…
South Sudan: Asunim, I-kWh Join Elsewedy Electric on PV-Plus-Storage Project in South Sudan
Nov 27, 2020
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Edgar Meza, PV Magazine
United Arab Emirates-based PV system integrator Asunim Solar and renewable energy solutions consultancy I-kWh have formed a consortium to support Egyptian energy services company Elsewedy…
Liberia: 30 GoL Employees Train on Gender Sensitive, Land, Concession Reporting
Nov 26, 2020
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David A. Yates, Daily Observer
Over 30 employees from three autonomous agencies of Government have acquired an intensive three-days training in gender-sensitive, land and concession reporting organized by UN Women…
Climate Change: Looking at Security through the Climate Lens
Nov 26, 2020
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Michelle Langrand, Geneva Solutions
As global warming gains ground, the security implications of the climate threat can no longer be ignored. But as the Covid-19 pandemic enters its tenth…
Myanmar: Success Despite Covid: Hope from a Water Users Association in Central Myanmar
Nov 26, 2020
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Marie-Charlotte Buisson, Petra Schmitter, and Nyan Thiha, International Water Management Institute
The impact Covid-19 has had on farmers has been devastating. Harvest delays due to mobility restrictions, reduced availability of labor and variability in output and…
Myanmar: Farmers Refuse to Move for Dam Project
Nov 26, 2020
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Khonumthung News
Farmers are angry with the government because of plans to build a dam to divert water to Chin State’s capital, Hakha because it will inundate…
Colombia: Land Defenders Keep Getting Killed in Colombia
Nov 25, 2020
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Thomas Power, Vice
Hundreds of environmental defenders in Colombia feel fear in what is the most dangerous region in the world for their work, according to a recent…
Worsening Land Inequality Widens Gender, Climate Change Gaps
Nov 24, 2020
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Rina Chandran, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Land inequality is growing worldwide, threatening the livelihoods of 2.5 billion people who directly rely on farming and widening disparities in gender, health and climate-change…
Liberia: Two Shot, Village Burnt in River Cess Riot over Mineral-rich Forestland
Nov 24, 2020
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James Harding Giahyue, FrontPage Africa
Two men have been injured and a village destroyed in a riot over potentially mineral-rich forestland over the weekend in River Cess County, local authorities…
South Sudan: Food Insecurity in South Sudan: The Impact of Flooding and Conflict
Nov 24, 2020
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Borgen Magazine
South Sudan is a country with a long and difficult history. Its people have dealt with prolonged food insecurity, extended periods of conflict and recurring…
Yemen: Solar Energy Micro-Businesses in Yemen are Saving Lives
Nov 24, 2020
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Borgen Magazine
Conflict and food insecurity continue to be prevalent in Yemen. Since 2015, Yemen has been experiencing a civil war that has taken a seemingly irreversible…
Conflict Minerals: Minespider Partners with Google for Tin Blockchain Traceability
Nov 23, 2020
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Ledger Insights
Minspider has partnered with Rwandan tin producer LuNa Smelter and Google to develop a blockchain-based tool, OreSource, to help miners and smelters track data about the mineral’s production process. The platform…
Sierra Leone: ‘We See the Sparks Before They Turn into Fires’: Training Women to Avoid Conflict in Sierra Leone
Nov 21, 2020
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UN News
In the West African country of Sierra Leone, the UN is supporting a government programme, training women and men to take on leadership roles in…
Liberia: Nimba Clans Clash over Forest
Nov 20, 2020
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William Q. Harmon, Observer
Dubuzon Clan wants to legalize ownership of its ancestral land, stretching 8,534 acres along the banks of the Cestos River towards Liberia’s border with Cote…
Rwanda: CCS Builds Energy Resource Assessment Capabilities and Planning Updates in Rwanda
Nov 19, 2020
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Center for Climate Strategies
The Center for Climate Strategies (CCS) is continuing weekly capacity-building sessions and resource assessment activities with staff of the Rwanda Energy Group (REG) and the…
Liberia: Nimba Community Forest Feud Exposes Conflict In Liberian Laws
Nov 19, 2020
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Joaquin M. Sendolo, Observer
It should have been a good year for Blei Community Forest in Gba and Zor, east of Sanniquellie. It had signed up to a range…
Afghanistan: Women deny land inheritance in Bamyan
Nov 18, 2020
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MENAFN
KABUL: The Afghan women are facing a drastic challenge in land inheritance issues in the central province of Bamyan, where they refuse to be given.…
Afghanistan: Academy of Science of Afghanistan Organizes Seminar on Water Management
Nov 17, 2020
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Afghanistan Times
The Academic of Science of Afghanistan has organized a one day seminar to discus Afghanistan water management and to deal with the issue form knowledgeable…
Liberia: Forest Affected Community Wants Benefits Paid Directly to NBSTB Account
Nov 17, 2020
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Ishmael F. Menkor, Observer
The forest affected communities across Liberia are asking the central government to deposit all forest-related benefits to the account of the National Benefits Sharing Trust…
Egypt/Ethiopia: Grand Renaissance Dam Offers Opportunity for Regional Cooperation
Nov 17, 2020
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The Street Journal
The dispute between Egypt and Ethiopia over the Grand Renaissance Dam offers a unique chance to create a regional authority benefiting all 12 countries reliant…