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Kenya: Natural Resource Management (NRM) and Peace Building (PB) Officer

Aug 7, 2022 | Mercy Corps

Mercy Corps is a leading global organization powered by the belief that a better world is possible. In disaster, in hardship, in more than 40…

Thailand: Myanmar Bertha Justice Legal Fellow

Aug 7, 2022 | EarthRights International

EarthRights is now seeking applications for the position of 2022-2024 Myanmar Bertha Justice Fellow. This fellowship is supported by the generosity of the Bertha Foundation,…

DRC: Roots & Shoots Community Coordinator

Aug 7, 2022 | Jane Goodall Institute

The Jane Goodall Institute seeks a dynamic team member to serve as the Roots & Shoots Community Coordinator. The Community Coordinator will report to the…

Chad: Wildlife and Pastoralism Monitoring Coordinator

Aug 7, 2022 | African Parks

African Parks is a non-profit conservation organization that takes on the complete responsibility for the rehabilitation and long-term management of national parks in partnership with…

Afghanistan: Large Volumes of Afghan Water Enter Iran via Kamal Khan Dam

Aug 7, 2022 | Saqalain Eqbal, Khaama Press

Iranian officials stated that large volumes of Helmand river water released by Afghanistan gushed through the Kamal Khan Dam, and flowed into Iran on Saturday…

Afghanistan: Most of Faryab Land Irrigated with Groundwater

Aug 7, 2022 | Qutbuddin Kohi, Pajhwok Afghan News

A number of residents of northern Faryab province are concerned about the digging of deep wells and the improper use of groundwater. But Afghanistan is…

Should Nigerian Forces Carpet-Bomb Forest Areas in Tackling Terrorism?

Aug 6, 2022 | Aliyu Dahiru

Several Nigerians, including political leaders in the country, have floated the notion of defeating terrorists in Nigeria with carpet bombing. Terrorists often seek refuge in Nigeria’s…

Call for Abstracts: NERPS Conference 2023

Aug 6, 2022 | Network for Education and Research on Peace and Sustainability and Asian Institute of Technology

Following the success of the first Hiroshima International Conference on Peace and Sustainability (HICPS 2022), the NERPS Conference 2023 is a platform to facilitate continued…

Iraq: Heatwaves Scorch Iraq as Protracted Political Crisis Grinds on

Aug 6, 2022 | Shawn Yuan, Al Jazeera

Under Iraq’s blistering summer heat, thousands gathered inside Baghdad’s Green Zone for mass prayer on Friday. Some wrapped their faces in cloths soaked in water,…

Mozambique: Climate Resilient Development Specialist

Aug 5, 2022 | Aga Khan Foundation

The Aga Khan Foundation (AKF), alongside its sister AKDN agencies, has implemented innovative, community-driven solutions to development challenges for over 50 years. It brings together…

Chad: Programme Specialist (Climate and Security Risk - Lake Chad Basin Commission)

Aug 5, 2022 | United Nations Development Programme

UNDP is the knowledge frontier organization for sustainable development in the UN Development System and serves as the integrator for collective action to realize the…

Niger, Benin: Peace Advisor for the Civil Peace Service (CPS) in Renewable Natural Resource Governance

Aug 5, 2022 | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)

For more than 50 years, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), as a company of the German Federal Government, has been supporting the implementation…

Russia’s Invasion Is Putting the Future of Ukraine’s Forests at Risk

Aug 5, 2022 | Yehor Hrynyk

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has sparked Europe’s largest armed conflict since WWII and inflicted catastrophic damage on the continent’s largest nation. In addition to…

Hungary: Hungary Eases Logging in Protected Forests to Tackle Gas Crunch

Aug 5, 2022 | Marton Kasnyik, Bloomberg

Hungary waived environmental regulations protecting native forests from logging, showing the increasingly extreme steps the government is willing to take to prepare for next winter’s…

Senior Researcher, Climate Risk and Human Security

Aug 4, 2022 | Institute for Security Studies

The Institute for Security Studies is an African non-profit organisation with offices in South Africa, Kenya, Ethiopia and Senegal. Our work covers transnational crimes, migration,…

The ILC Draft Principles on the Protection of the Environment in Armed Conflict

Aug 4, 2022 | Stavros Pantazopoulos

After almost a decade working on the topic “Protection of the environment in relation to armed conflicts” (PERAC), the UN International Law Commission (ILC) adopted…

Colombia: How Colombia's Conflict Intensified Violence Against Women and the LGBTQI+ Community

Aug 4, 2022 | Insight Crime

The testimonies of women and LGBTQI+ persons in Colombia have revealed the disproportionate violence they suffered during the country's armed conflict, warning of the cycles…

Policy Dialogue on the Role of Women in Peacebuilding and Reconciliation in Ethiopia

Aug 3, 2022 | UNDP

UNDP and the Ministry of Women and Social Affairs (MoWSA) organised a one-day national-level policy dialogue in July 2022 to provide a platform for key…

Closing the Gender Gap to Build Forward Better

Aug 3, 2022

Drinkable, usable water is very rare in cyclone-affected areas. One has to walk long distances to reach just a little bit of potted water. Otherwise…

Afghanistan: The Taliban’s Black Gold: Militants Seize on Coal to Reboot Economy

Aug 3, 2022 | Financial Times

To reboot the economic system, the Taliban have aggressively elevated coal exports, brushing apart environmental and moral considerations in a bid to spice up, management…

Liberia: Liberia's Cocoa Sector Gets Big Boost as Regional Collaboration Gears to Overcome Binding Constraints on Growth

Aug 3, 2022 | J.H. Webster Clayeh, FrontPage Africa

As part of efforts to improve cocoa production in Liberia; the African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET) in collaboration with Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) has…

UK: PhD on Climate Crisis & Genocide Prevention

Aug 2, 2022 | University of Exeter and University of Queensland

The University of Exeter and the University of Queensland are seeking exceptional students to join a world-leading, cross-continental research team tackling major challenges facing the…

Colombia: Colombia Enlists Ripple Labs to Put Land Deeds on Blockchain

Aug 2, 2022 | Crypto News BTC

Colombia’s authorities has launched a partnership with Ripple Labs, the corporate behind the cryptocurrency XRP, to place land titles on the blockchain, a part of…

Women are Turning the Tide on Climate Policy Worldwide, and May Launch a New Era for Australia

Aug 1, 2022 | Jacqueline Peel, Annabelle Workman, Kathryn Bowen, and Rebekkah Markey-Towler

When the new federal parliament opened last week, a record number of female politicians took their seats: 38% in the House of Representatives and 57% in the…

Green Peace: How Israel and Its Neighbors Are Fighting to Save the Environment Together

Aug 1, 2022 | Chaim Lax

In Israel, the government has taken the danger of global warming seriously, with the Defense Ministry developing contingency plans for dealing with future heat waves and former…

Land Reform and Peacebuilding in Côte d’Ivoire: Strange Bedfellows?

Jul 31, 2022 | Matthew Mitchell

Though often seen as critical for promoting economic development, land reform is a deeply political process. Considering the symbolic and material significance of land to…

Request for Proposals: The Implications of Climate and Environmental Change on Migration and Displacement (Sectoral and Country Analyses)

Jul 31, 2022 | United States Institute of Peace

USIP is a national, nonpartisan, independent institute, founded by Congress and dedicated to the proposition that a world without violent conflict is possible, practical, and…