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Deputy FAO Representative, FAO Afghanistan
Dec 28, 2020
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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 (FAOR), is to assist governments to develop policies, programmes and…
Clean Energy Specialists (multiple locations)
Dec 28, 2020
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Crown Agents
Crown Agents seeks to continuously update its roster of clean energy specialists that we can call upon as we pursue business opportunities and/or project delivery…
DRC: Deputy Program Manager- Bili-Mbomu Project
Dec 28, 2020
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African Wildlife Foundation
This position will support the Landscape Director to develop AWF’s conservation and development program in the Bili-Uele Protected Area Complex (BUPAC), situated in the Northern…
Terror in a Renewed Era of Interstate Conflict — Bringing Climate Change Center Stage
Dec 28, 2020
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Mohammed Sinan Siyech
The year 2020 has been marked by COVID-19, a pandemic that took over the world and complicated the security landscape in various nations of South…
Climate Change: Biome Shifts Due to Climate Change Creates Increased Vulnerabilities for Military Installations
Dec 28, 2020
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Marc Kodack, Council on Strategic Risks
Supporting sustainable range management and training activities on military installations will be challenged by climate change, both in the near term and many years into…
Biden's Climate Plan Will Not Address Gender and Racial Inequality
Dec 28, 2020
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Greer Gosnell and Sara Hastings-Simon
Women and minorities have suffered disproportionately from the pandemic recession and must be part of any comprehensive recovery program. The Biden administration’s quest to green the…
Write for Conflict Trends
Dec 27, 2020
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African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes
The African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD) is presently soliciting contributions for the first 2021 Issue of Conflict Trends (CT 2021, Issue 1).…
Liberia: Lack of Funds in Liberia Hampers Legal Enforcement of Rural Land Rights
Dec 27, 2020
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Darlington Porkpa, RFI
In the two years since the long-awaited Land Rights bill was passed, it was supposed to give local communities direct ownership to their land, but…
DRC: Chinese Companies Are Betting Heavily on Democratic Republic of Congo’s Mines
Dec 27, 2020
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Jevans Nyabiage, South China Morning Post
Chinese companies are betting big on the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)’s mining industry as copper prices surged to a seven-year high driven by China’s…
Senegal: Changement Climatique / Les Femmes S’engagent Dans La Lutte
Dec 26, 2020
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Guinee 7
Du 7 au 10 décembre dernier, à Dakar (Sénégal), s’est tenue la 2ème session de formation des femmes et des jeunes des organisations de la société…
Myanmar: More Myanmar Dams Are Running Dry Ahead of Summer Months
Dec 25, 2020
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Aung Thant Khaing, Myanmar Times
More dams in Myanmar that are supposed to irrigate farms and generate electricity are running low of water and likely to be of little use…
Colombia: Colombia’s Forests Lurch between Deforestation and the Hope for a Sustainable Future
Dec 24, 2020
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Dimitri Selibas, Mongabay
High-altitude Andean forests, low-altitude basal forests, cloud forests, dry forests, mangroves: 52% of Colombia’s landmass is covered in forest, and it is the second most…
Research Assistant, Climate Change and Risk Programme
Dec 23, 2020
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Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) is seeking a talented Research Assistant for the Climate Change and Risk (CCR) Programme who will support high-quality…
Liberia: Communities Use New App to Track Illegal Logging
Dec 23, 2020
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Varney Kamara, FrontPage Africa
Rural towns and villages are now using ForestLink, a new app, to track illicit forest operations and deforestation across Liberia, including illegal logging and mining,…
Building Women's Climate Resilience
Dec 23, 2020
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Helene Henriksen, Norwegian Refugee Council
When droughts, floods and hurricanes strike, women are disproportionately affected. Four female NORCAP climate experts are working to counteract that, providing crucial climate information to…
Liberia: Liberia Set to Create Another National Park as Stakeholders Initiate Gazettement Process of Krahn-Bassa Proposed Protected Area
Dec 23, 2020
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FrontPage Africa
The Government of Liberia, through the Forestry Development Authority (FDA) and its partners, conducted a one-day National Multi-stakeholder Information-Sharing meeting bordering on the gazettement of…
DRC: DRC Minister of Mines Joins Cobalt Action Partnership
Dec 23, 2020
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Responsible Business Alliance
The Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI), as the Partnership Lead of the Cobalt Action Partnership (CAP), today with CAP Implementing Partners announced that His Excellency Professor…
Women Working on the Front Line
Dec 23, 2020
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Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a crisis reaching far beyond health, challenging fundamental aspects of the ways we have previously arranged our social and economic…
Liberia: Liberia Gave Villagers Control over Their Forests. Then a Mining Company Showed up
Dec 22, 2020
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Ashoka Mukpo and James Giahyue, Mongabay
At Liberia's northern edge, the Nimba Range’s jagged green peaks crisscross the horizon before spilling over the border into neighboring Guinea and Côte d’Ivoire. While…
Iran/Jordan: A Controversial New Power Grid Divides the Middle East
Dec 22, 2020
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Simon Watkins, OilPrice.com
More details have emerged on the Iraq-Jordan electricity power grid that is fast becoming a highly controversial project due to Iraq’s persistent political game-playing with…
Liberia: Legislature Urged to Give Money for Land Disputes Nationwide
Dec 22, 2020
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Lennart Dodoo, FrontPage Africa
Liberia signed the Land Rights Act into law in 2018. The law fully recognizes customary land and guarantees women’s right to land, among other things. However, implementation of…
Climate Change in the US Arctic: A Growing Concern for Homeland Defense?
Dec 21, 2020
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Agata Lavorio
Is climate change shaping U.S. Arctic posture? For much of its modern history, the U.S. has been considered a reluctant Arctic state, given its limited…
DRC: Poor Governance Fuels ‘Horrible Dynamic’ of Deforestation in DRC
Dec 21, 2020
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Victoria Schneider, Mongabay
Considered by the World Bank one of the poorest countries in the world based on GDP per capita, as well as being home to 60%…
Myanmar: Officials Meet with KNU over Dam Project
Dec 21, 2020
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Mizzima
Officials from the Peace Commission and two ministries have discussed holding a coordination meeting with Karen National Union (KNU) representatives for the implementation of Bawkahta…
Peru: In an Oil Spill’s Aftermath in Peru, New Voices Lead an Indigenous Fight for Justice
Dec 18, 2020
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Francesca Garcia Delgado and Vanessa Romo (Adapted by Genevieve Belmaker), Mongabay
When more than 2,300 barrels of oil spilled into Peru’s Marañón River near the community of Cuninico in 2014, it spurred women of the community…
Kenya: In Kenya’s Changing Climate, Women are Claiming Land Rights to Feed their Families
Dec 18, 2020
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Sophie Mgubua, Climate Home News
14 years ago, Alice Lasoi’s marriage ended after eight years. With four children in tow and seven months pregnant, she returned to her father’s home, Namelok…
Nepal: Nepali Women Doubly Burdened by Climate Change
Dec 18, 2020
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Sewa Bhattarai, Nepali Times
Agriculture expert Yamuna Ghale was on a research visit to Dolakha district when she heard the women livestock farmers complain that their goats had weak…
South Sudan: Conflict, Floods and COVID-19 Push South Sudanese into Extreme Hunger
Dec 18, 2020
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UN
Driven by insecurity, the effects of COVID-19, an on-going economic crisis, and the impact of flooding on livelihoods, three UN agencies called on Friday for…
Natural Resource Management Extension Assistant
Dec 18, 2020
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger and…
Colombia: Environmental Defenders in Colombia Are Being Killed in Alarming Numbers
Dec 18, 2020
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Jariel Arvin, Vox
In Colombia, working to protect the environment can put a target on your back — and even cost you your life.