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Experts Spotlight Bottom-Up Approaches and the Impacts of Conflict on Infrastructure in the Next Wave of Environmental Peacebuilding

Feb 20, 2021 | Ratia Tekenet

“For 30 years, a community of researchers, practitioners, and policymakers have been working to untangle the complex relationships between environmental change and human and national…

Liberia: Liberia Pilots Blockchain Land Registration with Medici Land

Feb 19, 2021 | Ledger Insights

Overstock.com’s blockchain subsidiary Medici Land Governance (MLG) launched a land administration pilot project using blockchain in the city of Monrovia, in Liberia. The pilot is a collaboration…

What Would the Nile River Say? The GERD: Approaching the Basin (Part III) | ZeHabesha

Feb 18, 2021 | Amanuel T. Muhzun

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has had a large international focus with reports about its advantages and disadvantages. In fact, the Project is quite…

Restructuring for Resolution of Herdsmen-Farmers Conflicts

Feb 18, 2021 | Samson Akinola

To the Executive Governors of Osun, Oyo, Ondo and Ekiti states, this is a summary of a proposal titled, “Restructuring for Resolution of Herdsmen-Farmers Conflicts…

Lisa Ilboudo Nébié: Studying Food Security, Environmental Changes and Migration in West Africa

Feb 18, 2021 | Anuradha Varanasi

As a human ecologist, Elisabeth Ilboudo Nébié looks at the impact of the environment on people. Also, how people are adapting to environmental change.

After graduating with a…

Canadian, US Cannabis Corporations Threaten Colombia's Indigenous Communities

Feb 18, 2021 | Fernanda Sanchez Jaramillo

In 2016, when the Peace Agreement between the Colombian government and the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) was signed, Colombia also introduced the legal…

South Sudan: New Protected Area Relieves Pressure on Primates and Pangolins in South Sudan

Feb 18, 2021 | Tim Knight, Fauna & Flora International

The future of globally important wildlife—including endangered chimpanzees and pangolins—looks a little brighter after over 17,000 hectares of severely threatened forest habitat in an ecologically…

Ethiopia/Sudan: Tensions Run High over Border Region Dispute: Sudan Recalls Envoy to Ethiopia

Feb 18, 2021 | Agence France-Presse

Sudan on Wednesday recalled its ambassador to Ethiopia, the foreign ministry said, as tensions between the two countries run high over a border region and…

Liberia: Independent Complaints Panel Finds Golden Veroleum Liable of Destroying Liberia’s Forests

Feb 17, 2021 | FrontPage Africa

The High Carbon Stock Approach (HCSA), an agribusiness industry sustainability body, has confirmed longstanding allegations that Golden Veroleum Liberia, the Liberian investee of palm oil…

Myanmar: US Sanctions Block Myanmar's Gemstone Exports

Feb 17, 2021 | John Jeffay, IDEX

US President Joe Biden has blacklisted three gemstone companies in Myanmar because of their links with military regime that ousted state counsellor Aung San Suu…

Afghanistan: World Bank Approves $97M Grant to Tackle COVID-19 and Drought

Feb 17, 2021 | Khaama Press

To support Afghans affected by drought, Covid-19 pandemic, and nutrition security, the World Bank has granted a total of $97.50 million from the international development…

Opinion: Allow Myanmar Ethnic Groups to Manage their Own Land

Feb 17, 2021 | Stella Naw

It is estimated that millions of people from cities across Myanmar are in the streets protesting against the military coup that took place on 1…

Afghanistan (Part Two): The Saudi Arabia of Lithium

Feb 17, 2021 | Greg Mills

Whatever the doubts about the future path of its politics and concerns over ratcheting levels of violence, donors remain committed to Afghanistan, for now.

The 2020…

Protecting the Amazon by Empowering Its Women

Feb 17, 2021 | Maiara Folly, Adriana Erthal Abdenur

Climate change and environmental crime endanger food, health, and economic security in the Amazon region. This disproportionately affects women who play an important role in…

Afghanistan: Saffron Harvest Yields Impressive 21 Tons This Year

Feb 17, 2021 | Daily Outlook Afghanistan

The Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock has said the harvest of “red gold” saffron this year topped the 21 ton mark. According to the…

Promoting Peace and Protecting Women’s Rights in Contexts Affected by Violent Extremism, Especially During COVID-19 Pandemic

Feb 16, 2021 | UN Women

In 2020, even as governments around the world rallied to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, a large number of countries and their populations continued to…

Cross-Border Water Cooperation in Central Asia: Past, Present, Future

Feb 16, 2021 | Aiymdos Bozzhigitov

Water is the most valuable resource on the planet. For Central Asia, this resource is an important natural and geographical factor that forms the region…

How Lake Chad Fuelled the Ecofeminist Movement

Feb 15, 2021 | Oladosu Adenike

Climate change crises create a feminist issue as climate change shadows gender equality in several ways. I am Oladosu Adenike from Nigeria – an ecofeminist,…

Ethiopia/Sudan: Sudan Accuses Ethiopia of Incursion, Escalating Land Dispute

Feb 15, 2021 | Simon Marks and Mohammed Alamin, Bloomberg

Sudan accused Ethiopian forces of entering its territory, escalating a dispute over land that straddles their border. Relations between Sudan and Ethiopia have frayed since…

Afghanistan: Kabul’s Unquenchable Thirst: Crisis Looms in Afghan Capital as Groundwater Reserves Run Dry

Feb 15, 2021 | Ben Farmer and Ezzatullah Mehrdad, Telegraph

When Shoaib Musawi entered the well-digging trade 15 years ago, all he needed to sink a well shaft in central Kabul was a pick and…

Pakistan: Trout Farming: A Lucrative Business to Alleviate Poverty, Generate Employment Opportunities

Feb 14, 2021 | Fakhar Alam, Eye Pakistan

Blessed with various ecological zones and relatively cold climate, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has a huge potential to produce export quality fish meat while nurturing the rare…

Iraq: Decades of Plundering: Where Has Iraq’s Oil Wealth Gone? [Video]

Feb 13, 2021 | Al Jazeera

Iraq’s dire public services, regular power cuts and water shortages have sparked protest across the country. Ranked as the fourth-biggest oil producer in the world,…

Myanmar: Jade and Rubies: How Myanmar’s Military Amassed Its Fortune

Feb 13, 2021 | Kuwait Times

Mines, banks, petroleum, agriculture, tourism: Myanmar’s ruling junta has vested interests in large swathes of the country’s economy, providing it a colossal and closely guarded…

Cambodia: Developing Guideline for Gender Mainstreaming into Climate Change/DRR

Feb 13, 2021 | UN Women

The UN Women Cambodia Country Office (CCO) Strategic Note (SN) 2019-2023 focuses on three key priorities to advance gender equality and women’s empowerment (GEWE). The…

Sierra Leone: National Gender and Social Inclusion Expert

Feb 13, 2021 | Pact

At the heart of Pact is the promise of a better tomorrow. A nonprofit international development organization founded in 1971, Pact works on the ground…

South Sudan: Call for Program Management Professionals – USAID Gender Aware Sustainable Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (GASWASH) Activity

Feb 13, 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…