International
Vietnam: Fueling Change: How Women are Leading Viet Nam’s Just Energy Transition
Oct 21, 2024
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UN Women
In Viet Nam, climate change is causing storms, floods, and droughts to occur more often and with greater intensity. Dang Thi Nga, a member of…
Colombia: Colombia's Fight against Deforestation Is Hampered by Deeply-Rooted Challenges
Oct 21, 2024
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Marie Delcas, Le Monde
Colombia, where the COP16 on biodiversity opened on October 21, has lost six million hectares of forest since 1990. The government is fighting both deforestation…
Colombia: From Coca Fields to Eco-Tourism: Colombian Farmers Embrace Green Pivot
Oct 21, 2024
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Reuters
In the heart of the Colombian jungle, farmers have traded coca production and deforestation for tourism, which provides work for hundreds of locals. Tourists can…
DRC: M23 Rebels Seize Kalembe: The Struggle for Congo's Riches
Oct 21, 2024
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Devdiscourse
The M23 rebel group has captured the town of Kalembe in eastern Congo, intensifying its insurgency. Accusations of Rwanda's support continue as the group reportedly…
Liberia: Group Formed to Tackle Land Conflicts
Oct 21, 2024
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Esau J. Farr, Observer
Communities in rural Liberia seek a customary deed to their ancestral lands but are plagued by boundary disputes. Now, a new group, the Southeast Regional…
South Sudan: How Conservation Is Helping Bring Peace to Conflict-Affected South Sudan
Oct 21, 2024
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Fauna & Flora
Fauna & Flora’s long-term vision for conservation in South Sudan is to ensure there is a network of functioning protected areas that will safeguard crucial…
Climate Change: Conflict, Climate Change, and Instability Drive Migration Worldwide. Health Care Organizations Adapt in Real Time.
Oct 21, 2024
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Talya Meyers, DirectRelief
The world is increasingly on the move, with growing numbers of people displaced from their homes or leaving their countries of origin. These shifts in…
Peace through Nature – Five Ways in Which Conservation Helps Prevent and Reduce Conflict
Oct 21, 2024
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Fauna & Flora
Fauna & Flora has been magnetically drawn to many of the world’s conflict zones. The reason is simple: biodiversity is at its most vulnerable in…
Afghanistan: Afghanistan Gets Access to 900 MW Electricity: Energy Minister
Oct 20, 2024
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Safiya Begum, Munsif Daily
The Afghan caretaker government’s acting Energy and Water Minister Abdul Latif Mansoor has said that his war-torn country has access to 900 Megawatts of electricity…
Finland/Ukraine: Finland and Ukraine Strengthen Environmental and Energy Cooperation as Part of Sustainable Reconstruction of Ukraine
Oct 19, 2024
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Finnish Ministry of the Environment
Finland promotes Environmental Security in war-ravaged Ukraine. Minister of Climate and the Environment of Finland Kai Mykkänen and Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources…
Ukraine: Current Losses to Ukrainian Ecosystems Estimated at USD 65 Billion: Prime Minister at Environmental Security Conference
Oct 19, 2024
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Government of Ukraine
Russia’s war against Ukraine has caused widespread ecological destruction, resulting in unprecedented pollution, ecosystem disruption and damage to biodiversity not only in Ukraine but around…
Ukraine: Environmental Security: The Sixth Conference in Continuation of the First Peace Summit Was Held in Helsinki
Oct 19, 2024
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President of Ukraine
Head of the Office of the President Andriy Yermak took part in a thematic conference dedicated to the eighth point of the Peace Formula, Environmental…
Ukraine: Damage to Ukrainian Ecosystems from War Reached USD 65 Billion - Shmyhal
Oct 19, 2024
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Ukrinform
Russia's war against Ukraine has caused large-scale environmental destruction, leading to unprecedented environmental pollution - damage to Ukrainian ecosystems is estimated at USD 65 billion.
Afghanistan: Kabir: Islamic Emirate Pursuing Energy Self-Sufficiency
Oct 18, 2024
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Liluma Qadiry, TOLOnews
Mawlawi Abdul Kabir, the deputy prime minister for political affairs, said during the inauguration of a commercial market in Kabul on Thursday that the Islamic…
Colombia: Colombian Coca Leaf Farming Hit Two-Decade High in 2023, UN Says
Oct 18, 2024
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Luis Jaime Acosta, Reuters
Colombian land dedicated to the cultivation of coca leaves, a raw ingredient for cocaine, jumped 10% last year to reach the largest area in over…
Pollution From World’s Militaries in Spotlight at UN Summit
Oct 17, 2024
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Ken McLaughlin, The War Horse
Should the world’s militaries be required to report the amount of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases they release into the atmosphere? The coalition launched…
Ukraine: Japanese Drones to Look for Land Mines in Ukraine
Oct 17, 2024
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Takuya Michiue, Nikkei
A Japanese industrial drone manufacturer is launching a business to use its products to detect land mines that have proliferated in Ukraine following Russia's invasion,…
South Sudan: A Broken Oil Pipeline Plunges South Sudan’s Capital into Chaos
Oct 17, 2024
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Okech Francis and Simon Marks, Bloomberg
The scene of urban decay is just the tip of a catastrophic economic breakdown in the country since a pipeline carrying oil that accounts for…
Liberia: Foresters Trained to Identify Timber Using Technology amid Smuggling Rise
Oct 16, 2024
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FrontPage Africa
The United States Forest Service (USFS) has sponsored the training of seven Liberian foresters in identifying timber species using science-based technology through smartphones as part of the…
Israel/Palestine: The Israel-Hamas War Has Wiped out Most of Gaza's Farm Land. The Environmental Costs Are Adding up
Oct 16, 2024
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Kevin Maimann, CBC
The Israel-Hamas war has devastated Gaza in ways that may be irreversible — and a picture of the environmental harm is only just beginning to emerge,…
Angola/Colombia: The Lingering Legacy of Landmines in Colombia and Angola
Oct 16, 2024
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Lazarus Odenge, PUNCH
In both countries, the danger is not only to human life but to economic development. Angola’s landmines, a legacy of its war for independence from…
Afghanistan: Environmental Impact Assessment Meeting on Aynak Copper Mine Held in Kabul
Oct 15, 2024
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Fidel Rahmati, Khaama Press
The public consultation session on the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) of the Aynak Copper Project was organized by the “Daira Sabz Environmental and…
Liberia: Liberia's First Solar Power Plant Almost Here
Oct 14, 2024
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David Yates, Observer
In a significant advancement toward sustainable energy solutions, the government of Liberia, through the Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC) and World Bank Liberia, broke ground for…
Vietnam: Growing into Pumpkin Custodians: Women Farmers in North Vietnam Discover the Power of Participatory Variety Selection
Oct 11, 2024
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Nguyen Thi Phuong, Hoang The Ky, Do Thi Hong Quyen, Deborah Nabuuma, and Ronnie Vernooy
In the northern highlands of Vietnam, ethnic minority farmers grow a diversity of crops on small landholdings. Pumpkin, managed by women, is an important vegetable…
Afghanistan: Afghan Women Bear Brunt of Drought Burden
Oct 10, 2024
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Zainab Pirzad
Looming crisis weighs heavy on those most often responsible for sourcing water to meet their household’s needs. Four times a day, 28- year-old Nadia dons a black…
Sudan: FAO and Government of China Sign Agreement to Support Conflict-Affected Households in Sudan
Oct 10, 2024
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the Government of the People’s Republic of China signed a USD 2 million project agreement…
Ukraine: Ukraine’s Vast Forests Devastated in Hellscape of War
Oct 10, 2024
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Max Hunder, Reuters
Two videos posted in September by a unit from Ukraine’s 108th Territorial Defence brigade showed a small drone trying to flush out Russian troops by…
Australia: Australian Security Leaders Climate Group Calls for Overhaul of Federal Government's Climate Threat Preparedness Strategy
Oct 7, 2024
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ABC News
A group of former national security leaders says the federal government needs to radically overhaul the way it plans for climate threats, warning that Australia…
Kenya: Tana River: 8 Killed in Clashes between Neighboring Clans over Land Dispute [Video]
Oct 5, 2024
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NTV Kenya
At least eight people have been killed in inter-clan clashes over land dispute in Bangale sub-county, Tana River. The skirmishes that have escalated to several…
Kenya: Government Recognises Women as Powerful Agents in Peacebuilding
Oct 4, 2024
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Manu Mumba
The government has commended the vital role women play in conflict prevention and post-conflict reconstruction for the prosperity of the country.
Prime Cabinet Secretary and Cabinet…