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Somalia: Administrative Officer

Jan 10, 2021 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN

The main aim of the FAO country offices, which are headed by an FAO Representative, is to assist governments to develop policies, programmes and projects…


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…


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…


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.…


Rwanda: Rwanda Dismisses UN Experts Allegations in DRC Midterm Report

Jan 9, 2021 | Emmanuel Ntirenganya, New Times

The Government of Rwanda on Friday, January 8, dismissed allegations from the UN Group of Experts (GoE) Midterm report which claimed that there were Rwandan troops…


Call for Applications: World Bank Gender and Innovation Lab & Women’s Economic Empowerment in Nigeria

Jan 8, 2021 | World Bank Africa Region Gender Innovation Lab

The Africa Gender Innovation Lab at the World Bank issued a call for expressions of interest in a 'set of impact evaluation (IE) studies that evaluate…


Egypt/Ethiopia/Sudan: Tigray Conflict Could Delay Grand Renaissance Dam Negotiations

Jan 7, 2021 | ESI Africa

Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia have resumed talks in an attempt to resolve conflict surrounding Africa’s largest and most controversial hydroelectric project, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance…


Conflict Cycles and the Management of Protected Areas in South Sudan

Jan 7, 2021 | Adrian Garside

South Sudan, and southern Sudan prior to its independence, has been in a cycle of conflicts for more than 65 years, spanning three civil wars…


Weapon Proliferation Challenges Biodiversity Protection in South Sudan

Jan 7, 2021 | Adrian Garside

The availability of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) is a factor in the decline of wildlife numbers due to their use in poaching and…


Liberia: Miners, Loggers Clash over Gbarpolu Forest

Jan 7, 2021 | Moses R. Quollin, FrontPage Africa

On March 4 2019, Korninga B, an authorized forest community, signed a logging contract with Singaporean-Indian logging company Indo Africa Plantation Liberia Incorporated. However, one…


Conflict Cycles and the Management of Protected Areas in South Sudan

Jan 7, 2021 | Adrian Garside

The International Law Commission’s draft principles on the Protection of the environment in relation to armed conflicts use a temporal framing of ‘before, during and…


Liberia: Popota Town Land Dispute Deepens as Two Groups Claim Ownership

Jan 7, 2021 | Christopher C. Walker, FrontPage Africa

Several residents of Popota Town in Fuamah District Bong County have expressed fear of losing their land to  Betty Cooper Kabah who they say is…


Colombia: Cocaine Production Driving Deforestation into Colombian National Park

Jan 7, 2021 | René Mora, Mongabay

The location of the Catatumbo region sits on the border with Venezuela, making it a strategic route for armed groups such as the National Liberation…


Afghanistan: Climate Change Threatens Glaciers in Afghanistan: Experts

Jan 6, 2021 | Khaled Nikzad, TOLOnews

There are nearly 4,000 glaciers lying up high in various regions of Afghanistan, but the climate change is severely threatening these highly important sources of…


Gender Equality and Food Security in Rural South Asia

Jan 6, 2021 | Cindy Zhou

Globally, nearly 690 million people were hungry in 2019. Though the number of people who experience hunger in Asia has declined since 2015, the continent still…


Climate Change: Climate-Change-Induced Conflict? Rare Footage Captured of Jaguar Killing Ocelot at Waterhole

Jan 6, 2021 | Washington State University

In what may be a sign of climate-change-induced conflict, researchers have captured rare photographic evidence of a jaguar killing another predatory wild cat at an…


West Africa: Environmental Security Advisor

Jan 5, 2021 | UN Environment Programme

The United Nations Environment Programme is responsible for coordinating the UN's environmental activities and assisting developing countries in having environmentally sound policies and practices.

UNEP-led components…


Post-Doc­toral Re­searcher in 'Toxic Crimes Pro­ject'

Jan 5, 2021 | Erik Castrén Institute of International Law and Human Rights, University of Helsinki, Finland

The University of Helsinki is among the leading multidisciplinary research universities in the world. In addition to its 11 faculties, the University includes several independent…


Congress Continues to Affirm that Climate Security Is National Security

Jan 5, 2021 | Shana Udvardy

Last week Congress voted to override the president’s veto of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), enacting H.R. 6395, the “William M. (Mac) Thornberry” NDAA…


South Sudan: 'Our Children Die in Our Hands': Floods Ravage South Sudan

Jan 4, 2021 | E&E News

On a scrap of land surrounded by flooding in South Sudan, families drink and bathe from the waters that swept away latrines and continue to…


Where Are the Women in Food Insecurity Analysis?

Jan 4, 2021 | Amy Lieberman, Devex

NEW YORK — Women are more likely to experience food insecurity than men, and the pandemic has exacerbated this divide. Women continue to shoulder more…


Myanmar: Myanmar Mulls Online Gems and Jewellery Sales

Jan 4, 2021 | Pa Pa, Myanmar Times

After almost a year without income due to the inability to hold physical emporiums and promotional events in 2020, the Myanmar gems and jewellery industry…


Gender Equality and Food Security in Rural South Asia: A Holistic Approach to the SDGs

Jan 4, 2021 | Cindy Zhou

Globally, nearly 690 million people were hungry in 2019. Though the number of people who experience hunger in Asia has declined since 2015, the continent still…


Women and Peacebuilding Can Help Reduce Poverty

Jan 3, 2021 | Kylar Cade

Violent conflict had been on the rise even before the onset of the pandemic. Fragility, conflict and violence (FCV) have already caused much suffering and…


Liberia: Stakeholders Hold Boundary Harmonization Meeting in Grand Gedeh

Jan 3, 2021 | Global News Network

Grand Geedeh Bar Association in collaboration with the Grand Geedeh County Legislative Caucus has ended a two-day Community leaders meeting with stakeholders of bordering communities…


Myanmar: Myanmar Migratory Bird Census to Be Taken by Locals

Jan 3, 2021 | Phyo Wai Kyaw, Myanmar Times

The Asian migratory bird census which is usually conducted yearly will be taken in collaboration with local communities in Myanmar this year, said Daw Thiri…


Myanmar: 35 Landslides Occurred in Hpakant Jade Land, Claimed 206 Lives Last Year

Jan 1, 2021 | Sit Ko Naing Tun, Eleven

A total of 35 landslides occurred in Lonekhin-Hpakant jade land in Hapkant Township, Moenyin District, Kachin State, in 2020 killing 206 people and seriously injuring…


Cambodia: Land Grabs in Protected Forests Rampant in Cambodia

Jan 1, 2021 | New Straits Times

Land grabs and encroachment on protected forest are becoming more rampant in northern Cambodia, said environmental activists. Cambodian forest and wildlife conservationists said it was…


Colombia: Colombia Sets New Record in Eradicating Coca Production

Dec 31, 2020 | Agence France-Presse

Colombia beat its record for eradicating coca crops for the second year in a row, the government said Wednesday, although the country still remains the…


Colombia: Colombia’s Sustainable Forestry Drive Boosts Biodiversity and Business

Dec 30, 2020 | Dimitri Selibas, Mongabay

Despite the high costs and long registration times, sustainable timber harvesting has the potential to bring more value to rural Colombians while also acting as…