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South Sudan: Food Security and Livelihoods Coordinator
Sep 13, 2015
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United Methodist Committee on Relief
The Food Security & Livelihoods Coordinator plays an important role in the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) Sudan's field management structure. UMCOR-International Program’s program…
Cambodia: Senior Consultant for the Assessment of Curricula of 2 Agricultural Colleges
Sep 13, 2015
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Kingdom of Cambodia
1.1 Beneficiary country
The Beneficiary country of this assignment is the Kingdom of Cambodia
1.2 Contracting Authority
The Programme, “Promotion of inclusive and sustainable growth in…
Liberia: Project Manager
Sep 13, 2015
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Fauna & Flora International
Fauna & Flora International (FFI) protects threatened species and ecosystems worldwide, choosing solutions that are sustainable, based on sound science and take account of human…
Cote D'ivoire: Consultant: Mainstreaming Gender in Natural Resources Management
Sep 13, 2015
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The African Natural Resources Center
The African Natural Resources Center (ANRC) was established with the long term goal to improve development outcomes from the management of renewable (fisheries, forestry, land…
Afghanistan: Emergency Shelter Coordinator
Sep 13, 2015
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UNHCR
With more than 2.7 million Afghan refugees in the region, and an estimated 3 million globally, Afghanistan has one of the largest refugee populations in…
Liberia: Two Foreigners, Ivorian and Burkinabe Arrested for Illegally Farming on Liberia Land, as 200 Chased Out
Sep 13, 2015
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Cholo Brooks, Global News Network
A member of the Grand Gedeh Legislative Caucus, Representative Alex Grant of District #3 has disclosed that his citizens have arrested two foreigners, an Ivorian…
Director of Strategic Partnerships
Sep 12, 2015
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Global Witness
The Global Witness team draws on a wide range of skills, from undercover investigations and painstaking financial research, to information gathering on the ground and…
Cambodia: Environmental Lawyer and Advisor
Sep 12, 2015
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UNDP
Background
Sustainable natural resources and environment is integral for Cambodia to sustain its economic growth and its growing population. Yet the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC)…
Democratic Republic of the Congo: REDD Capacity Building Program
Sep 12, 2015
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REDD Capacity Building Program
The Democratic Republic Congo (DRC) is engaged in a process of preparation of the future international arrangement Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD +). This…
Timor Leste: Disaster Prevention Financing Consultancy
Sep 12, 2015
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UNDP
The Dili-Ainaro Road Development Corridor project, is aimed at strengthening the resilience of communities living in the Dili-Ainaro Road Development Corridor to climate-induced disasters such…
South Sudan: Institutional Analysis and Capacity Adaption
Sep 12, 2015
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UNDP
The GEF has approved funding for the Preparation of South Sudan’s National Adaptation Programme of Action in accordance with the Operational Guidelines for Expedited Funding.…
The Next Genocide
Sep 12, 2015
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Timothy Snyder
New Haven — Before he fired the shot, the Einsatzgruppe commander lifted the Jewish child in the air and said, “You must die so that…
Myanmar: Shan Villagers and the Salween Dam Fight
Sep 11, 2015
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Dana MacLean
The increasing army presence to defend the construction of a controversial Salween river dam in southeastern Myanmar’s Shan state has sparked heightened concerns among rural…
China/Vietnam/South China Sea: Watch Out China: Vietnam's Coast Guard Will Fight Back
Sep 11, 2015
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Ankit Panda, The Diplomat
Starting October 20, 2015, Vietnamese coast guard vessels will be permitted to use on-board weapons to deter and repel foreign boats. According to a report by…
Myanmar: Shan Villagers and the Salween Dam Fight
Sep 11, 2015
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Dana MacLean, The Diplomat
The increasing army presence to defend the construction of a controversial Salween river dam in southeastern Myanmar’s Shan state has sparked heightened concerns among rural…
Myanmar: Myanmar Third-Worst for Deforestation Rate, Says UN
Sep 11, 2015
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Aye Sapay Phyu, Myanmar Times
Since 2010, Myanmar has lost more than 546,000 hectares (over 1.3 million acres) of forest on average each year, according to a report by the…
Liberia: A Transition into the New "Liberia Land Authority", a Priority That Requires Collective Efforts (part I)
Sep 11, 2015
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Liberian Observer
Liberia’s land administration and management system has negatively impacted the socio-economic and political wellbeing of all Liberians. Property rights in land are characterized by weak…
Grant Opportunity: Dialogue and Dispute Resolution for Conflict Prevention in Guinea's Forest Region
Sep 10, 2015
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Department of State, Bureau of Conflict Stabilization Operations
CSO seeks to support facilitated dialogue and community level alternative dispute resolution mechanisms to prevent and mitigate inter-communal violence in Guinea's Forest Region. The dialogue…
Director, Early Engagement in Extractives (EEE)
Sep 9, 2015
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One Earth Future Foundation
OEF is a private, self-funded operating foundation based just outside Boulder, Colorado. OEF develops and then supports programs aimed at improving social systems in the…
DRC: New Scheme Seeks to Improve Tracking of DRC Minerals
Sep 9, 2015
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Nick Long, Voice of America
The eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is renowned for its mineral wealth, but much of that wealth is untapped, partly because of fears that mineral…
Liberia: Women Petition Senate to Pass Land Rights Bill
Sep 9, 2015
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Liberia News Agency, Richard Stephens
A group of women under the banner of the Women NGO Network Tuesday converged on the Capitol Building to petition the Liberian Senate to speedily…
Liberia: Liberia's Bust State Oil Firm to Get 'Forensic' Uudit
Sep 9, 2015
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AFP
Liberia's Senate ordered Wednesday a "forensic" audit of the bankrupt state oil company and vowed to punish anyone found to have negligently handled its finances.…
Mexico: Mexico Community Takes on Illegal Loggers
Sep 9, 2015
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John Holman, Al Jazeera
Organised criminal gangs have helped make Mexico one of the worst victims of deforestation in the world. However, a small community is now taking on…
Don't Be Fooled by Dialogue -- Argentina Only Wants One Answer to 'the Falklands Question'
Sep 8, 2015
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Jan Cheek
On Friday 4th, Ms Cecilia Nahón, Argentina Ambassador to the United States, wrote an article for the Huffington Post, titled 'Malvinas: All Argentina Is Saying…
Trustee of Environmental Investigation Agency Trust Ltd
Sep 7, 2015
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Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA)
Trustees
EIA Trust is seeking two experienced and engaged individuals to join the Board of Trustees. We are seeking one Trustee with high-level fundraising experience and…
Coffee: A Pillar of Peace in South Sudan and Africa
Sep 7, 2015
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John Prendergast
Four years after independence there is very little to celebrate in South Sudan. Border and land disputes continue to strain ties, and given other high-visibility…
Myanmar: A Closer Look at Chin State’s Vulnerable Flood-Displaced
Sep 7, 2015
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Lawi Weng, The Irrawaddy
Hundreds of newly displaced families in this small village in Chin State wait hopefully for relief in temporary shelters after a landslide wiped away their…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraqi Kurdistan Says Paying $75 Million to Genel, DNO, Gulf Keystone
Sep 7, 2015
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Isabel Coles and Stephen Kalin, Reuters
Iraq's Kurdistan region said on Monday it had allocated $75 million of revenue from its independent crude sales to oil exporting companies that have gone…
Syria: How Climate Change is Behind the Surge of Migrants to Europe
Sep 7, 2015
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Aryn Baker, Time
More than 10,000 migrants and refugees traveled to Western Europe via Hungary over the weekend, fleeing conflict-ravaged and impoverished homelands in the hope of finding…
DRC: Companies Struggle to Comply with Rules on Conflict Minerals
Sep 7, 2015
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Lynnley Browning, New York Times
A pink My Little Pony balloon does not usually evoke images of rifle-toting warlords in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Still, Party City Holdings, the…