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South Sudan: Efforts to Boost South Sudan Agriculture Found Lagging
Jul 7, 2021
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Daniel Friday Martin, Voice of America
While people in South Sudan have enjoyed independence for the past 10 years, one longstanding problem – food insecurity – still hangs over the world’s…
USA: Call for GPN ExpRes Roster – Climate and Security Risk Policy and Programming Experts
Jul 6, 2021
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United Nations Development Programme
The United Nations Development Programme is the global development network of the United Nations. It promotes technical and investment cooperation among nations and advocates for…
USA: Call for GPN ExpRes Roster – Climate and Security Risk Policy and Programming Experts
Jul 6, 2021
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United Nations Development Programme
The United Nations Development Programme is the global development network of the United Nations. It promotes technical and investment cooperation among nations and advocates for…
Netherlands: (Senior) Lecturer “Water Conflict, Cooperation and Diplomacy”
Jul 6, 2021
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IHE Delft
IHE Delft is the largest international graduate water education facility in the world and is based in Delft, the Netherlands. The mission of IHE Delft…
Sweden: Senior Researcher, Climate Change and Risk Programme
Jul 6, 2021
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Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
The Senior Researcher leads and develops high-quality research to better understand the security risk and opportunities for peace in regions highly exposed to climate change.…
DRC: In DRC, Community Ownership of Forests Helps Guard the Grauer’s Gorilla
Jul 6, 2021
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Marlowe Starling, Mongabay
In eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), critically endangered Grauer’s gorillas (Gorilla beringei graueri) share their forest home with rural communities – which could help…
Russia Diamond Miner Alrosa Offers New Tracking Technology
Jul 5, 2021
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Yuliya Fedorinova, Bloomberg
Russia’s Alrosa PJSC is offering diamond buyers a new laser-marking technology that will allow customers to trace rough stones and polished gems from the mine…
Colombia: In the Colombian Andes, a Forest Corridor Staves off Species Extinction
Jul 2, 2021
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Veronika Perkova, Mongabay
The northern tropical Andes have lost almost 75% of their natural habitat largely to agricultural expansion and are starting to witness the additional damaging impacts…
Ethiopia/Sudan: Sudan and Ethiopia’s Dispute in Fertile Border Area Threatens Regional Stability
Jul 2, 2021
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Mohammed Amin, Middle East Eye
A more than a century-old dispute between Sudan and Ethiopia over the Sudanese border region of al-Fashaga had been lying relatively dormant for more than…
Myanmar: Myanmar’s Warring Military and Rebels Find Common Ground in Corrupt Jade Trade
Jul 2, 2021
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Andrew Nachemson and Kyaw Hsan Hlaing, Mongabay
Jade mining is fueling conflict in Myanmar, channeling money into the coffers of the military and ethnic armed groups, according watchdog group Global Witness. The…
Cambodia: Carving up the Cardamoms: Conservationists Fear Massive Land Grab in Cambodia
Jul 1, 2021
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Gerald Flynn, Andrew Ball, and Phoung Vantha, Mongabay
A new regulation signed into law in March this year but only unveiled publicly in May will see almost 127,000 hectares (313,800 acres) of previously…
Invisible to the Frontline (Launching of "Voices for Peace and Conservation" Podcast, Episode 5 — A Road to Geneva Initiative)
Jul 1, 2021
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Conservation International, International Union for the Conservation of Nature, PeaceNexus Foundation, and World Wide Fund for Nature Germany
This episode's content was provided by the World Wide Fund for Nature-Germany and Conservation International, which work to promote increased equality among men and women…
IUCN Announces Commitments to Help Usher a Generation of Equality for Sustainability and Gender Equality
Jul 1, 2021
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IUCN
Today, as a part of the high-level Generation Equality Forum, Dr. Grethel Aguilar Rojas, Deputy Director General, Regions and Outposted Offices of the IUCN delivered…
South Sudan: South Sudan Crude Output Plunges as Blocks Reach Peak Production
Jul 1, 2021
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Okech Francis, Bloomberg
South Sudan is experiencing a rapid drop in crude output as producing oil blocks have hit peaks and have begun to decline, according to Ministry…
Invitation and Call for Papers for "Environmental Peacebuilding: Prospects for the Asia-Pacific Region"
Jun 30, 2021
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University of Melbourne, CDA Collaborative Learning Project, Environmental Peacebuilding Association, and Murdoch University
The confluence of drastic environmental change, fragility and conflict in the Asia-Pacific region demands a rethinking of existing approaches to development, security, and peacebuilding. The region…
Calls for Applications for "Second Berlin Winter School for Young Scholars: The Laws and Politics of (In)Security and Social Cohesion – An Interdisciplinary Conversation"
Jun 30, 2021
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Centre Marc Bloch, Integrative Research Institute Law & Society, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Centre for Socio-Legal Studies of the University of Oxford
This Winter School will take place in Berlin from the 1st to the 3rd December 2021. It seeks to engage in debate how (in)security has…
South Sudan: Advocacy Group Sues South Sudan at Regional Court for Failure to Manage Oil Waste Causing Negative Human and Environmental Impacts
Jun 29, 2021
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Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
South Sudan has been dragged to the East African Court of Justice over oil waste mismanagement that has caused unprecedented health damages to the environment…
Liberia: Unsustainable Land-Use Threats Ecosystems and Habitats
Jun 29, 2021
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Jonathan Browne, New Dawn
The chair of the Man And the Biosphere Programme International Coordinating Council (MAB-ICC) has said that unsustainable land-use practices, teamed with overexploitation of resources and…
Colombia: Beef Industry Causes Deforestation in Colombia’s Chiribiquete National Park
Jun 29, 2021
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Tatiana Pardo Ibarra, Mongabay
Behind some of the beef sold in Colombian supermarkets is a story of deforestation in protected areas and illegal armed groups who benefit from cattle…
At the Nexus of Participation and Protection: Risks and Barriers to Women’s Participation in Northern Ireland
Jun 28, 2021
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Aisling Swaine and Catherine Turner
Of its four pillars, participation and protection arguably predominate the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda. Growing gaps in women’s leadership across all spheres, exacerbated by…
DRC: Man’s World: Are Women in Artisanal Mining Still a ‘Bad Omen’?
Jun 28, 2021
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Yoana Cholteeva
Many communities believe women to bring bad luck at mining sites, despite women making up up to half of artisanal miners.
When it comes to the…
South Sudan: South Sudan Misused Oil Revenues: Government Official
Jun 28, 2021
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Benjamin Takpiny, Anadolu Agency
Mismanagement of oil revenues is undermining development in South Sudan, according to a senior official. Deputy Finance Minister in the transitional unity government Agok Makur…
Local Environmental Governance to Reduce Conflict and Deforestation in Afghanistan
Jun 28, 2021
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Mishkat Al Moumin and Anna Kasradze
How should the international community support the stabilization of Afghanistan after U.S. and NATO troops withdraw? Answers from President Biden, high ranking U.S. administration officials,…
DRC: Deputy Chief of Party, Hearth Gorilla Coffee Alliance
Jun 27, 2021
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Wildlife Conservation Society
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) is a US non-profit, tax-exempt, private organization established in 1895 that saves wildlife and wild places by understanding critical issues,…
China/Iraq: Why Did Iraq Pull the Plug On Its $2 Billion Oil Deal with China?
Jun 27, 2021
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Felicity Bradstock, OilPrice.com
Just when it looked like Iraq was becoming a regional leader it decided to halt a $2 billion pre-paid oil supply deal with China's state-owned…
South Sudan: WASH Specialist, Monitoring & Evaluation Support Project (South Sudan nationals only)
Jun 27, 2021
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Management Systems International
MSI is a Washington, DC metro area international development firm with a 35-year history of delivering development results across the world. They operate in some…
Call to University-Level Educators Who Teach Environmental Peacebuilding Courses
Jun 27, 2021
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Education Interest Group of the Environmental Peacebuilding Association
The Education Interest Group of EnPAx has launched a Syllabus Project to survey what is happening to educate the next generation of environmental peacebuilders. Please note…
Central African Republic: Park Manager
Jun 27, 2021
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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…
USA: Climate and Security Risk Policy Analyst (open only to Norwegian nationals)
Jun 27, 2021
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UNDP
The United Nations Development Programme is the global development network of the United Nations. It promotes technical and investment cooperation among nations and advocates for…
Switzerland: Geneva Internship Program (Spring/Summer 2022)
Jun 27, 2021
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International Institute for Sustainable Development
The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) is an award-winning independent think tank working to accelerate solutions for a stable climate, sustainable resource management, and…