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Myanmar: Gold Mining Destroying Fish Stocks in Irrawaddy River

Feb 22, 2022 | Burma News International

After the coup, fishermen are catching fewer fish because mining along the Irrawaddy River has contaminated the area. Mining companies are dumping their waste into…

As Environmental Conflicts Increase, How Can They Be Managed?

Feb 22, 2022 | Eve Glasberg, Columbia University

Conflicts frequently arise over environmental issues such as land use, natural resource management, and laws and regulation, emerging from diverging interests and values among stakeholders.…

Sales Manager Assistant

Feb 21, 2022 | Choco4Peace

Choco4Peace is a multi-institutional movement that supports constructing and sustaining peace by generating positive socioeconomic and environmental outcomes in post-conflict regions through the empowerment of women, youth,…

Colombia: Peace Has Led to More Deforestation in Colombia

Feb 21, 2022 | K.E.D Coan, Frontiers

In the tropics, when conflict affected countries transition to peace, deforestation often increases. But the reasons behind this trend are neither simple nor generalizable, reports…

Switzerland: Climate Change, Disaster Risk Reduction and Early Action and Anticipatory Action Specialist

Feb 20, 2022 | United Nations Population Fund

The Climate Change, Disaster Risk Reduction and Early Action (EWEA) and Anticipatory Action Specialist (CC DRR EWEA and AA Specialist) is located in the Inter-agency…

East and Horn of Africa: Consultant, Research to Identify Hotspots of Migration and Resource-Based Conflict

Feb 20, 2022 | International Organization for Migration

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is the UN Migration Agency. With 173 member states it is committed to the principle that humane and orderly…

Consultant, Climate Justice Research and Mapping in Africa

Feb 20, 2022 | American Friends Service Committee

The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) is a Quaker organization that includes people of various faiths who are committed to social justice, peace, and humanitarian…

Ukraine nationals: Environmental Specialist

Feb 20, 2022 | United Nations Development Programme

The United Nations Development Programme is a United Nations organization tasked with helping countries eliminate poverty and achieve sustainable economic growth and human development.

Background

The ongoing…

Myanmar: Consultancy Assignment for Water Stewardships Initiatives

Feb 20, 2022 | World Wildlife Fund for Nature

WWF-Myanmar was established in 2014 and is working to conserve the country’s biodiversity and build a sustainable future for people and wildlife. The focus is…

Climate Environment & Health Programme Manager

Feb 20, 2022 | Médecins Sans Frontières

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international humanitarian aid organization that provides assistance in more than 60 countries to populations in distress, to victims of…

Palestine: Project Manager

Feb 20, 2022 | United Nations Development Programme

USA, UK, Switzerland: Director, Peace and Conflict - Technical Support Unit

Feb 20, 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 countries…

Ethiopia: Tree Director

Feb 20, 2022 | One Acre Fund

Founded in 2006, One Acre Fund supplies 1 million smallholder farmers with the agricultural services they need to make their farms vastly more productive. Our…

Mali, Somalia and South Sudan: Consultants for Rapid Assessments on the Hunger-Climate-Conflict Nexus

Feb 20, 2022 | Action Against Hunger

Action Against Hunger is implementing the GFFO-funded regional project “Multisectoral humanitarian response to the deteriorating nutrition situation, focusing on severely affected crisis contexts in sub-Saharan Africa” in…

Burkina Faso: Proposed Chief of Party

Feb 20, 2022 | Shelter For Life International

Shelter For Life International (SFL) is an international faith-based relief and development organization with over 30 years’ experience in providing sustainable development and humanitarian assistance…

Georgia: Terms of Reference on Virtual Training of Environmental Issues

Feb 20, 2022 | Europe Foundation

Europe Foundation invites proposals from qualified organizations or individuals to conduct a series of virtual trainings on environmental issues for youth engaged in its Youth…

Mozambique and Tanzania: Request for Proposals (RfP) Baseline Data Collection Study for the SUSTAIN Initiative

Feb 20, 2022 | International Union for Conservation of Nature

IUCN is a membership Union uniquely composed of both government and civil society organisations. It provides public, private and non-governmental organisations with the knowledge and…

China/South Sudan: China, Oil and the South Sudan Resource Curse

Feb 18, 2022 | Mary Ajith Goch, The Elephant

South Sudan is caught between a rock and a hard place, heavily dependent on the revenues generated by a resource whose extraction is having a…

Burkina Faso: Terrorist Cattle Rustling Part of Toxic Mix of Food Insecurity in Sahel

Feb 17, 2022 | Henry Wilkins, Voice of America

The U.N World Food Program says Africa’s Sahel region is facing unprecedented food insecurity, caused by soaring prices, terrorist activity, high regional demand and COVID-19.…

Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone Lawsuit against Diamond Mine Runs up against Corporate Opacity

Feb 17, 2022 | Emma Black, Mongabay

Residents of Koidu, in eastern Sierra Leone, are pursuing a class-action lawsuit against the operators of a diamond mine they say has dumped toxic mine…

Somalia: GBV Manager

Feb 16, 2022 | International Medical Corps

International Medical Corps is a global, humanitarian, nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through health care training and relief and development programs.

Established…

South Asia & Pacific: Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Lead

Feb 16, 2022 | World Vision

With over 70 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life.
Come join…

Palestine: Women, Peace and Security Expert (Consultant)

Feb 16, 2022 | UN Women

UN Women (UNW), grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women…

Fijil: Women’s Resilience to Disasters – Communications & Visibility Consultant

Feb 16, 2022 | UN Women

UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and…

Mali: Gender Equality, Diversity, and Social Inclusion Advisor

Feb 16, 2022 | Mercy Corps

Mercy Corps is an international development and humanitarian organization whose mission is to reduce suffering, poverty and oppression by helping people around the world develop…

Iraq/Kurdistan: Kurds Denounce 'Unjust' Oil and Gas Ruling as Energy Feud Escalates

Feb 16, 2022 | Alex MacDonald, Middle East Eye

The long-running saga of the Iraqi-Kurdish energy feud escalated late on Tuesday, when Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region hit back at an order by the country's top…

Middle East: Water-for-Energy Deal Could Help Prevent Climate Conflict in the Middle East

Feb 16, 2022 | Anastasia Kapetas, Australian Strategic Policy Institute

The climate crisis is both a multiplier of current security crises and a driver of new threats. This relationship between a worsening climate and conflict…

Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraqi Federal Court Deems Kurdish Oil and Gas Law Unconstitutional

Feb 15, 2022 | Rowena Edwards and Moataz Mohamed, Reuters

Iraq's federal court on Tuesday deemed an oil and gas law regulating the oil industry in Iraqi Kurdistan unconstitutional and demanded that Kurdish authorities hand…

Climate Change: Climate Migration Fuels Conflicts in Bay of Bengal Region

Feb 15, 2022 | Anuradha Nagaraj, Thomson Reuters Foundation

Military and civil conflicts could intensify along the Bay of Bengal coastline, fuelled by climate change-linked migration, land loss and displacement, researchers said on Tuesday.…

Yemen: Yemen’s Forgotten Environmental Crisis Can Further Complicate Peacebuilding Efforts

Feb 15, 2022 | Hadil al-Mowafak, Yemen Policy Center

The peace and security of Yemen is increasingly threatened by waning environmental stability. Dwindling water resources, changing weather patterns, and worsening soil, water, and air…