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Myanmar: Threatened Species Caught in Crossfire of Ongoing Land Conflict in Myanmar
Sep 10, 2020
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Aimee Gabay, Mongabay
Reaching down into the Malay Peninsula, Myanmar’s southern Tanintharyi region is home to rainforests that support a unique assemblage of endemic and endangered species, including…
Water Wars: How Conflicts Over Resources Are Set To Rise Amid Climate Change
Sep 10, 2020
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Anastasia Moloney
With the world's population rising and climate change bringing more erratic rainfall, including severe droughts, competition for scarcer water is growing.
Press Release: UN Women and Asian Development Bank (ADB) Join Forces to Step Up COVID-19 Gender-Sensitive Responses
Sep 10, 2020
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UN Women
UN Women and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have announced a new collaboration that would aim to protect women and girls in the Asia-Pacific region…
Myanmar: Jade Prices in Myanmar Halve as Demand Dwindles amid COVID-19
Sep 9, 2020
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Salai Tun Tun, Myanmar Times
Jades sales have taken a hit as a result of poor demand from China in the wake of COVID-19 and prices of the green mineral…
Climate Change: The Links between Climate and Security in the Sahel
Sep 8, 2020
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Mark Leon Goldberg, UN
The Sahel region of Africa is routinely cited by the United Nations as one of the regions in the world that is most vulnerable to…
Alma Mirvic
Project Manager
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Sep 8, 2020
Alma Mirvić is the Joint UN Regional Programme Coordinator for the Dialogue for the Future at UNDP’s office in Bosnia and Herzegovina. After receiving her…
Biometrics Could Give More Vivid Picture of Woman’s Workload
Sep 8, 2020
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Allison Floyd
Asking a busy woman to report her daily activities can give researchers insight into how she spends her limited time and whether child-care and other…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Smuggled Olive Trees from Syria Take Roots in Kurdish Iraq
Sep 8, 2020
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Arab Weekly
Tucked away in the rolling hills of Iraqi Kurdistan is a hidden treasure: tens of thousands of olive trees, thriving in a new homeland after…
Climate Change: UN Launches Pioneering Climate Security Project in the Pacific
Sep 8, 2020
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Lena Reece, FBC News
The United Nations has today launched a ground-breaking cross-border Climate Security Project in the Pacific. This is being done in partnership with the governments of…
Afghanistan: Made Worse by Tree Loss, Flooding Forces Migration in Afghanistan
Sep 8, 2020
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Stefanie Glinski, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Large-scale deforestation driven mainly by four decades of war has contributed to widespread flooding throughout Afghanistan, prompting many in rural areas to move to the…
Myanmar: Salween Peace Park: For All Living Things
Sep 8, 2020
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Karen Environmental and Social Action Network and Ecologist
The Karen Indigenous People in Myanmar founded the Salween Peace Park to protect their mega-diverse territory and their culture from extractivism and conflict.
Post-Doctoral Position: OCEAN Sustainability Pathways for Achieving Conflict Transformation
Sep 5, 2020
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FAPESP
FAPESP is a public foundation, funded by the taxpayer in the State of São Paulo, with the mission to support research projects in higher education…
Central African Republic: Conservation Pilot Northeast
Sep 5, 2020
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Wildlife Conservation Society
The Wildlife Conservation Society (“WCS”) is a New York not-for-profit corporation founded by statute in 1895 as the New York Zoological Society. WCS saves wildlife…
South Sudan: ERT WASH Manager
Sep 5, 2020
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Medair
Medair is a Swiss international non-governmental organization NGO of humanitarian aid with a stated mission, "to relieve suffering in some of the world’s most remote…
Colombia: WASH/Shelter Project Manager
Sep 5, 2020
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Solidarités International
Solidarités International is operational in Colombia since October 2019. The mission is currently working on reinforcing WASH conditions in the shelters (refugios) along the route…
Kenya: Program Director
Sep 5, 2020
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Energy Peace Partners
Energy Peace Partners (EPP) is a US-based organization built around the idea that climate solutions can support peace in places affected by violent conflict. They…
Myanmar: Deputy Landscape Manager
Sep 5, 2020
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World Wide Fund for Nature
The World Wide Fund for Nature is an international non-governmental organization founded in 1961 that works in the field of wilderness preservation and the reduction…
Myanmar: Consultant for Policy Gap Analysis & Capacity Assessment on ICCA
Sep 5, 2020
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World Wide Fund for Nature
WWF-Myanmar is seeking a suitable and qualified candidate for a Consultant for Policy Gap Analysis & Capacity Assessment on ICCA position with home-based.
Background
WWF-Greater Mekong –…
Kenya: Senior Scientist – Gender and Agriculture Researcher
Sep 5, 2020
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International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)
The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, known by its Spanish acronym, CIMMYT®, is a not-for-profit agricultural research for development organization with partners in over…
Kenya: Baseline Evaluation for Modogashe Ending Chronic Hunger Integrated Project
Sep 5, 2020
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British Red Cross
The British Red Cross Society is the United Kingdom body of the worldwide neutral and impartial humanitarian network the International Red Cross and Red Crescent…
Brazil: Terms of Reference for Senior Environmental Expert to Develop the Urban NEAT+ in Brazil, Administered Individual Consultancy
Sep 5, 2020
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UN High Commissioner for Refugees
UNHCR is a global organization, dedicated to saving lives, protecting rights and building a better future for refugees, forcibly displaced communities and stateless people. Every…
Book Launch: Why Women Leading the Climate Movement are Underappreciated and Sometimes Invisible
Sep 5, 2020
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Ilana Cohen, Inside Climate News
The American scientist Eunice Newton Foote theorized in 1856 that carbon dioxide in the atmosphere could produce global warming three years before similar work by the Irish physicist…
DRC: Conservation Pilot, Northeast
Sep 5, 2020
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Wildlife Conservation Society
The Wildlife Conservation Society (“WCS”) is a New York not-for-profit corporation founded by statute in 1895 as the New York Zoological Society. WCS saves wildlife…
Colombia: Criminal Gangs in Colombia Cut down Tress to Grow Coca, 8 Arrested [Video]
Sep 5, 2020
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WION
Criminals in Colombia cut down tress to grow Coca. Large part of Natural parks lost to deforestation. 248 hectares of deforestation land recoverd so far.…
South Africa: Clash between Farmer and Land Invaders in Karino
Sep 5, 2020
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Buks Viljoen, Lowvelder
In yet another land grab in the Lowveld, Hendrik Brink was one of the farmers who, over the past two months, fell victim to land-grabbers…
South Sudan: South Sudan Pledges to Clean up Oil Pollution after Locals Protests
Sep 4, 2020
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David Mayen, East African
The South Sudanese government has pledged to oversee speedy conservation and infrastructure development efforts and take action against oil companies operating in Melut County, Upper…
Here’s Why We Need a Global Agreement on Cross-Border Science to Beat COVID-19
Sep 4, 2020
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Saleem Ali
The coronavirus pandemic should be a rallying call to policy-makers and scientists everywhere, bringing the world together to confront a common threat. In practice, however,…
Myanmar: China Dominates Bidding for Myanmar Solar Power Plants
Sep 3, 2020
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Yuichi Nitta, Nikkei Asian Review
Myanmar is expected to announce the winners of tenders for a raft of solar power plants ahead of general elections in November and following a…
Timor-Leste: The Path from Peace to Prosperity
Sep 3, 2020
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Jason Woodroofe
Standing underneath the 27m tall Cristo Rei statue of Jesus and staring back across at the beautiful city of Dili it is hard to imagine…
Loss and Damage in Rwanda: A Young Climate Activist Reports
Sep 3, 2020
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Ineza Umuhoza Grace
On 8 September 2020, IIED and ICCCAD are hosting a webinar on climate-related loss and damage in the least developed countries. Here one of the speakers,…