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Liberia: Ruling into Long-Standing Land Dispute Sparks Anger and Destruction in Nimba

Apr 21, 2021 | Franklin Doloquee, FrontPage Africa

A one-day demonstration fueled by some angry residents over the burning of a warehouse Tuesday paralyzed the commercial city of Ganta in Nimba County. The…

South Sudan: Government Promises Sanctions against Oil Companies That Violate Environmental Laws

Apr 21, 2021 | Ecofin Agency

In South Sudan, the government is planning to press charges against oil companies that are repeatedly polluting the country’s soil and water despite several warnings.…

Myanmar: US Targets State-Owned Myanmar Timber, Pearl Businesses with New Sanctions

Apr 21, 2021 | Tal Axelrod, Hill

The U.S. blacklisted two state-owned Myanmar companies Wednesday over the military junta’s coup in February. The State Department announced that it would sanction Myanma Timber…

Syria: The Climate Challenge: Syrians Devastated by Environmental and Health Impacts of Oil and War [Video]

Apr 21, 2021 | NBC News

A decade of war in Syria has left oil facilities in ruins and created an environmental catastrophe. Syrians are devastated by the health consequences of…

These Women Are Transforming What Climate Leadership Looks Like. Here's What They Learned From the Pandemic

Apr 20, 2021 | Naina Bajekal and Elijah Wolfson

The COVID-19 pandemic, like the climate crisis, is amplifying existing racial and gender injustices in our society. TIME editors Naina Bajekal and Elijah Wolfson moderated…

Myanmar: US Sanctions Myanmar Gemstone Company

Apr 20, 2021 | Arabella Roden, Jeweller

The US Department of the Treasury (USDT) Office of Foreign Assets Control has formally sanctioned Myanmar (Burma)’s state-owned gemstone trading company, Myanma Gems Enterprise (MGE)…

Climate Change: Emerging Lessons from Implementing Climate-Related Peace and Security Mandates

Apr 20, 2021 | Cedric de Coning, Florian Krampe, and Jake Sherman, Global Observatory

Six of the ten largest United Nations-led peace operations in 2020 were located in countries that are the most exposed to climate change. Both UN…

Climate Change: Military Leaders, Security Chiefs Demand Action on Climate Threat

Apr 20, 2021 | Nick O'Malley, Sydney Morning Herald

The two existential threats that keep former chief of defence Admiral Chris Barrie awake at night are nuclear war, which he says the Australian government…

DRC: Chamber of Mines Wants to Assess Kabila's Code

Apr 19, 2021 | Africa Intelligence

Just after former head of state Joseph Kabila pulled out of the ruling coalition, the country's chamber of mines is mulling whether to review one…

Leveraging the Environment and Natural Resources for Peacebuilding

Apr 19, 2021 | Anum Farhan

Environmental peacebuilding as a field recognises the influence of natural resources and the environment on peace and security, and studies the most effective means to…

Nada Majdalani is the director of EcoPeace Middle East’s Palestine office. She has served in this role since 2017, and previously worked on water, sanitation…

Leveraging the Environment and Natural Resources for Peacebuilding

Apr 19, 2021 | Anum Farhan

Understanding the linkages between the environment, conflict and peacebuilding is key to building and sustaining peace in post-conflict societies. Natural resources such as water, land,…

CAR: Cross-Border Anti-Poaching Coordinator

Apr 19, 2021 | 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,…

Nigeria: WASH Core Competency Specialist

Apr 19, 2021 | Norwegian Refugee Council

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee. We work in crises across 31 countries, providing emergencies and…

Afghanistan: WASH Technical Assistant

Apr 19, 2021 | Norwegian Refugee Council

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee. We work in crises across 31 countries, providing emergencies and…

DRC: Program Manager

Apr 19, 2021 | Wildlife Conservation Society

WCS is an international NGO headquartered at Bronx Zoo in New York City working to save wildlife and wild lands and to meet global challenges…

Nigeria: Project Manager DRR

Apr 19, 2021 | Cooperazione Internazionale

COOPI Cooperazione Internazionale is a humanitarian, non-confessional and independent organization founded in 1965 in Milan, Italy. For more than 50 years we have been dedicated…

Panama: Intern, Environment Affairs

Apr 19, 2021 | UN Environment Programme

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the leading global environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda, promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental…

Afghanistan: Chief of Party, Afghanistan Power Sector Governance Activity

Apr 19, 2021 | DT Global

Built on more than 50 years of experience from AECOM International Development, Development Transformations, and GPD Charitable Trust, DT Global is pioneering a new model…

Mozambique: Chief of Party (WASH)

Apr 19, 2021 | Population Services International

Population Services International (PSI) is the world’s leading non-profit social marketing organization.  We are a diverse group of over 5,000 entrepreneurial development professionals located in over…

DRC: Executive Director

Apr 19, 2021 | Jane Goodall Institute

The Jane Goodall Institute (JGI) is a global community conservation organisation founded by Dr. Goodall in 1977.

The Jane Goodall Institute is currently recruiting for Executive Director assigned to the Jane Goodall…

CAR: Anti-Poaching Coordinator Manovo-Gounda St. Floris National Park

Apr 19, 2021 | 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,…

Mozambique: Head of Field Office

Apr 19, 2021 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger and…

Yemen: WASH Facilitator

Apr 19, 2021 | Committed To Good

CTG stands for Committed To Good. With an ethical approach at the heart of all that we do, it is a description that makes us…

DRC: Head of Monitoring, Evaluation, Adaptation & Learning, Okapi Wildlife Reserve

Apr 19, 2021 | Wildlife Conservation Society

The Wildlife Conservation Society is an international NGO headquartered at Bronx Zoo in New York City working to save wildlife and wild lands and to…

DRC: Communications Manager, Okapi Wildlife Reserve

Apr 19, 2021 | Wildlife Conservation Society

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The Wildlife Conservation Society is an international NGO headquartered at Bronx Zoo in New York City working to save wildlife and wild lands and…

The US Military Is Poisoning Communities across the US with Toxic Chemicals

Apr 17, 2021 | David Bond

One of the most enduring, indestructible toxic chemicals known to man – Aqueous Film Forming Foam (AFFF), which is a PFAS “forever chemical” – is…

The Arctic Is a Place of Unusual International Cooperation. Can That Last?

Apr 17, 2021 | Larry Luxner

For decades, Norway’s policy towards neighboring Russia has balanced “between deterrence and reassurance” and combined “firmness and predictability,” says Ine Eriksen Søreide, the country’s minister…

From ENMOD to Geoengineering: The Environment as a Weapon of War

Apr 17, 2021 | Gabriela Kolpak

With climate change accelerating, there is increasing pressure to develop new technologies that could suck CO2 from the atmosphere or block the sun’s heat. Some…

There’s No Military Solution to Yemen’s SAFER Oil Tanker Crisis

Apr 17, 2021 | Doug Weir

There are growing calls for the UN Security Council to authorise a military-backed response to the crisis over the SAFER oil tanker off the coast…