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Jerusalem: Women Peace and Security (WPS) Consortium Coordinator

Jan 17, 2021 | War Child

War Child is an independent and impartial international non-governmental child rights organization investing in a peaceful future for children and young people affected by armed…

Climate Change: IPRI Launches Lecture Series to Highlight the Impact of Climate Change on National Security

Jan 16, 2021 | Business Recorder

The Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI) has organised a series of lectures to highlight the impact on national security due to climate change. As per…

Afghanistan: Pollution More Threatening Than Violence

Jan 16, 2021 | Daily Outlook Afghanistan

Insecurity alone is not threatening the lives of the people in Afghanistan; there are many other issues as well that make the lives difficult for…

From Rhetoric to Reality: Advancing Women’s Participation in Peace Processes

Jan 15, 2021 | Marlene Spoerri

As President-elect Biden prepares to tackle global challenges, there is a concrete way to increase the odds of success: involve more women in high-level decision-making.…

Colombia: Colombia Launches Mining Lending Scheme

Jan 15, 2021 | Bnamericas

Colombia’s energy and mining ministry and agriculture financing fund Finagro are implementing a four-year loan scheme for small and medium miners.

Myanmar: Yangon’s Wells, Reservoirs and Lakes Hit an All-Time Low

Jan 15, 2021 | Phoe Wa, Myanmar Times

It has been nearly two months since the rain last fell over Yangon. Though many clouds have passed over the city, no precipitation has fallen…

Dismantling Barriers to Women’s Participation in Peace Processes, WPHF Launches New Rapid Financing Tool

Jan 14, 2021 | Women's Peace and Humanitarian Fund

(New York) – The Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund (WPHF) – together with UN, government and civil society partners – launched on Thursday a new financing mechanism to…

Dismantling Barriers to Women’s Participation in Peace Processes

Jan 14, 2021 | Women' Peace and Humanitarian Fund

The Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund (WPHF) – together with UN, government and civil society partners – launched on Thursday a new financing mechanism to urgently accelerate…

Canada Must Clarify Its Policies on Conflict and the Environment

Jan 14, 2021 | Stavros Pantazopoulos

Our newly published study of Canada’s practice on the protection of the environment in relation to armed conflicts finds some progressive policies but these are…

South Sudan: South Sudan Resumes Environmental Audit in Oil-Field Areas

Jan 14, 2021 | Xinhua

South Sudan on Thursday resumed its plan to boost environmental audit in oil-producing regions following public uproar over poor waste management. Puot Kang Chol, Petroleum…

Myanmar: Myanmar to Launch Digital Land Database

Jan 14, 2021 | Aung Loon, Myanmar Times

Myanmar will launch an online land database soon, said Minister of Investment and Foreign Economic Relations U Thaung Tun. The online land database will be…

Myanmar: Agriculture Ministry Wants More Dams amid Water Shortage

Jan 14, 2021 | Htoo Thant, Myanmar Times

The country’s Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation, is considering building more dams to address the increasing water scarcity in the country due to less…

Colombia: Cooperation and Chocolate: The Story of One Colombian Community’s Quest for Peace

Jan 14, 2021 | Agostino Petroni, YES! Magazine

Two decades after its declaration of neutrality, the Comunidad de Paz de San José de Apartadó community still carries on its peace crusade. Despite many…

China/South China Sea: US Slaps Sanctions on China Oil Giant over South China Sea Activity

Jan 14, 2021 | Matthew Pennington, Radio Free Asia

The United States on Thursday blacklisted Chinese oil giant CNOOC and slapped visa restrictions on officials of the Chinese navy, ruling party and state-owned enterprises…

DRC: Why Rangers in the Congo’s Virunga National Park Are under Attack

Jan 14, 2021 | Conversation

Armed men have killed at least six rangers and wounded several others in an ambush in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) Virunga national park.…

Afghanistan: Mitigating the Potential Impacts of Dry Conditions Triggered by La Niña in Afghanistan

Jan 13, 2021 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN

During the second half of 2020, a moderate to strong La Niña phenomenon was registered that is causing extreme weather conditions in various parts of…

Ghana: ACEP Launches Report on Gender Budgeting of Mineral Revenue in Ghana

Jan 13, 2021 | Business Ghana

The Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) has launched a research report that exposes critical gender gaps in allocation of resources, utilization and benefits in…

Fisheries Need to Make Gender Inclusion a Norm, Not just ‘Reach’ Women, Says Pacific Study

Jan 12, 2021 | Carinya Sharples, Mongabay

A study into gender-inclusion approaches on Fiji, Vanatu and Solomon Islands finds most focus on women while overlooking the role of men and gender relations.…

Middle East: Facebook and Google Earth Help Probe Eco-Crimes in the Middle East

Jan 12, 2021 | Cathrin Schaer, Deutsche Welle

Researchers are using the same open-source data methods that helped track war crimes in Syria to document environmental offenses in places like Yemen and Iraq.

Liberia/Sierra Leone: Saving the Gola Forest: Reimagining Forest Conservation in West Africa

Jan 12, 2021 | Lewis Kihumba, Bird Life International

Covering more than 350,000 hectares, straddling the Liberia and Sierra Leone borders, Gola Forest is the largest remaining block of Upper Guinean Forest. Years of…

UN Women and UNV Launch New Young Women Leaders Initiative

Jan 12, 2021 | UN Women

UN Women, in partnership with the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme, is excited to introduce the UN Women “Young Women Leaders” (YWL) initiative. The YWL…

Environmental Peacebuilding: 2020 in Review

Jan 12, 2021 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association

2020 saw many practical, conceptual, and institutional developments in environmental peacebuilding. We are pleased to share with you some highlights from the year.

Accomplishments in 2020

2020…

United Kingdom, South Africa: UK to Support South African Women Entrepreneurs to Develop GreenTech Businesses

Jan 11, 2021 | Rebecca Campbell, Engineering News

The UK, through the UK-South Africa Tech Hub, and in partnership with the Future Females Business School, will help 30 South African women entrepreneurs to…

Uganda: Mubende Youth, Women Embrace Climate Smart Agriculture Technologies

Jan 11, 2021 | Dan Wandera, Daily Monitor

Ms Hilda Atwongyeirwe, an IT graduate who is now deeply committed to her 35 acre soybean plantation at Kahumuro village Kitenga Subcounty  in Mubende District…

Nigeria: Nigeria Cattle Crisis: How Drought and Urbanisation Led to Deadly Land Grabs

Jan 11, 2021 | Orji Sunday, Guardian

For many years the clashes between farmers and cattle herders were problematic, but the two groups usually managed to reach a mutual accommodation. But in…

Jordan: Regional Projects Manager

Jan 10, 2021 | EcoPeace Middle East

EcoPeace Middle East is a unique trilateral environmental organization. Our primary objective is the promotion of cooperative efforts to protect our shared environmental heritage. In…

Agriculture and Natural Resource Adviser

Jan 10, 2021 | Concern Worldwide

Concern Worldwide is a non-governmental, international, humanitarian organisation dedicated to the reduction of suffering and the elimination of extreme poverty in the world's poorest countries.…

Tanzania: Programme Officer

Jan 10, 2021 | Shahidi Wa Maji

Shahidi Wa Maji is a Tanzanian civil society organisation dedicated to sustainability, equity and accountability in water resource management, formed in 2008 by a group…

CAR: Project Coordinator for Indigenous Peoples Support Project

Jan 10, 2021 | World Wide Fund for Nature

In the Central African Republic, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is active in the complex of protected areas of Dzanga-Sangha (DSPA). The DPSA…

CAR: Consultant for the Characterization of the Aquatic Ecosystems of 4 Reference Sites in the Chinko Conservation Area and its Periphery

Jan 10, 2021 | African Parks

African Parks is a non-governmental organization focused on conservation, established in 2000 and headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Context and Rationale

The Chinko Conservation Area

Chinko is a…