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Afghanistan: Baba Saffron! Know More about the Man Who Got Saffron to Afghanistan
Jan 26, 2021
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Mariam Alimi, Financial Express
The cultivation, development and introduction of the saffron plant in Herat as the center of saffron production in the country is undoubtedly due to the…
Liberia/Sierra Leone: Disputes over Mining and Land Rights Continue to Cause Conflict across Liberia and Sierra Leone
Jan 26, 2021
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Joaquin M. Sendolo, Observer
In December 2019, conflict broke out between an international mining company and the leadership of three forest-dwelling communities of Nimba County in north eastern Liberia.…
Myanmar: Govt Vows Action after Myanmar Villagers Demand Fertilizer Factory’s Closure over Pollution
Jan 26, 2021
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Zaw Zaw Htwe, Irrawaddy
The chief minister of Yangon Region on Tuesday promised villagers that he would assign two ministers to inspect a fertilizer factory whose closure has been…
Gender, Climate Change, and Security: Making the Connections
Jan 25, 2021
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Chantal de Jonge Oudraat & Michael E. Brown
Gender issues, climate change, and security problems are interconnected in complex and powerful ways. Unfortunately, some of these connections have not received enough attention from…
Ethiopia: Programme Management Officer, Climate Security Mechanism
Jan 25, 2021
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UNEP
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…
How We Misunderstand the Magnitude of Climate Risks – and Why That Contributes to Controversy
Jan 24, 2021
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Peter Schwartzstein
The Syrian civil war has raged for almost a decade now, and in the climate security community it can feel as if we’ve spent at…
Good Reads: Rare Earths and Conflict Across Scale
Jan 24, 2021
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Stacy D. VanDeveer
Rare earths metals made a lot of news over the last decade, after most of us spent years forgetting what we once learned their names on…
Report Finds that Russia Securitises the Environment – but on Its Terms
Jan 24, 2021
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Nina Lesikhina and Doug Weir
International attention on environmental security has increased markedly during the last decade, especially within the UN’s Security Council, General Assembly and its Environment Assembly. Yet…
Negotiating Peace in Iraq’s Disputed Territories: Modifying the Sinjar Agreement
Jan 24, 2021
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Shamiran Mako
On Oct. 9, the federal government in Baghdad signed the Agreement on the Restoration of Stability and Normalization of the Situation in the District of…
Israel: Education Officer
Jan 23, 2021
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EcoPeace Middle East
EcoPeace Middle East is a unique organization that brings together Jordanian, Palestinian, and Israeli environmentalists. Our primary objective is to promote cooperative efforts to protect…
Bangladesh/Myanmar: Bangladesh to Buy Myanmar Rice, Putting aside Rohingya Crisis
Jan 23, 2021
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Ruma Paul, Reuters
Bangladesh will buy 100,000 tonnes of rice from Myanmar, putting aside a rift over the Rohingya refugee crisis as the government races to overcome a…
DRC: Senior Program Officer
Jan 23, 2021
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Natural Resource Governance Institute
The Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI) is a non-profit policy institute and grant-making organization that promotes the responsible management of oil, gas and mineral resources…
Myanmar Officer
Jan 23, 2021
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Natural Resource Governance Institute
For the one billion people living in poverty in resource-rich countries, the oil, gas and mining sectors have failed to deliver on the promise of…
Myanmar: Forest Programme Manager
Jan 23, 2021
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World Wide Fund for Nature
The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is an international non-governmental organization founded in 1961 that works in the field of wilderness preservation and the…
Chad: Project Coordinator
Jan 23, 2021
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International Union for the Conservation of Nature
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is a union of Members made up of governments and civil society organizations. It provides public, private…
Afghanistan: Assistant FAO Representative
Jan 23, 2021
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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…
Kenya: Programme Management Officer, Climate Security Mechanism
Jan 23, 2021
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UNEP
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…
Iraq: International Farmer Field School Expert
Jan 23, 2021
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
FAO is well-known for its Farmer Field School (FFS) extension approach as an effective capacity building approach for farmers that can be well adapted to…
Liberia: ACDI/VOCA FIFES Activity to Assist Local Stakeholders Protect Liberian Rainforests Ends, but Critical Activities Continue
Jan 22, 2021
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Glenn Lines, ACDI/VOCA
Liberia holds the last large blocks of rainforests remaining in West Africa. Despite being home to two-thirds of those remaining blocks, Liberia and its communities…
Central Asia: World Bank : Promoting Women's Participation in Water Resource Management in Central Asia
Jan 22, 2021
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World Bank Group
Although water resources have the potential to drive economic development in Central Asia, ineffective resource management often stands in the way. The good news is…
South Sudan: South Sudan Invites Companies to Bid for Environmental Audit
Jan 22, 2021
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Charné Hundermark, Africa Oil & Power
South Sudan’s Ministry of Petroleum has invited a shortlist of companies to bid for the environmental audit of the country’s oil fields. The audit will…
Liberia: Illegal Sierra Leonean Miners Dying in Liberia
Jan 21, 2021
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Mae Azango, FrontPage Africa
Many Sierra Leonean illegal miners are dying in mining communities in Gbarpolu, without the knowledge of their families back in Sierra Leone, locals say. It…
South Sudan: Old Grudges and Empty Coffers: South Sudan’s Precarious Peace Process
Jan 21, 2021
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Sam Mednick, New Humanitarian
On the streets of South Sudan’s capital city, billboards honour the country’s politicians for ending five years of conflict that cost almost 400,000 lives and…
Kenya: Women in Asal Areas to Benefit From Sh500 Million UN Empowerment Project
Jan 21, 2021
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Njoki Kihiu, AllAfrica
Nairobi — Kenyan Women in Kitui, West Pokot, and Laikipia Counties are set to benefit from an Sh500 million project which seeks to economically empower…
Conflict Minerals: New Day for the US Conflict Minerals Rule
Jan 21, 2021
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National Law Review
It is expected that the Biden Administration’s SEC will renew focus on the US conflict minerals rule and other responsible sourcing measures. The SEC could…
Middle East: Planting Hope, Growing Peace: Models for Sustainable Peacebuilding in the MENA
Jan 21, 2021
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Adina Friedman, Morocco World News
The year 2020 has highlighted – and exacerbated – extreme disparities across and within countries and the environmental degradation we humans have caused the planet.…
Environmental Affairs Officer
Jan 21, 2021
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UN Global Service Centre
The United Nations Global Service Centre (UNGSC) provides critical Supply Chain, Geospatial, Information and Telecommunications Technologies services and Training to all peacekeeping and special political…
Ensuring Women’s Participation in Land Governance: “Bringing the Law Home” in Tanzania
Jan 20, 2021
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Isabella Nchimbi
Despite Tanzania’s progressive legal framework on land rights and governance, many women are often left out of community decision-making due to social and cultural norms…
New Day for the US Conflict Minerals Rule
Jan 20, 2021
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Dynda A. Thomas
It’s Inauguration Day in the US, and it’s likely to be a new day for the US conflict minerals rule. Where have we been and…
Report Finds That Russia Securitises the Environment – But on Its Terms
Jan 20, 2021
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Nina Lesikhina
Our new report seeks to understand why Russia opposes measures to more effectively integrate the environment into international policymaking on peace and security. To do…