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Canada/Remote: Policy Advisor, Environment, Conflict and Peacebuilding

Oct 6, 2024 | International Institute for Sustainable Development

The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) is an award-winning independent think tank working to accelerate solutions for a stable climate, sustainable resource management, and…

Kenya: Tana River: 8 Killed in Clashes between Neighboring Clans over Land Dispute [Video]

Oct 5, 2024 | NTV Kenya

At least eight people have been killed in inter-clan clashes over land dispute in Bangale sub-county, Tana River. The skirmishes that have escalated to several…

Scaling Fodder Innovations to Improve Livestock Productivity in Zimbabwe’s Semi-arid Regions

Oct 4, 2024 | Kudzanai Chimhanda

When she first ventured into growing pigeon peas as a baby trial host farmer, Gogo Consilia Nyamunda doubted that intercropping them with maize would bring any benefits,…

Kenya: Government Recognises Women as Powerful Agents in Peacebuilding

Oct 4, 2024 | Manu Mumba

The government has commended the vital role women play in conflict prevention and post-conflict reconstruction for the prosperity of the country.

Prime Cabinet Secretary and Cabinet…

In the Middle East, Water Will Increasingly Become a Weapon and Driver of Conflict

Oct 4, 2024 | RANE

In the Middle East and North Africa, worsening water stress due to years of bad governance, security vacuums and population growth will increasingly make water…

Colombia: Properties Meant for Victims of Colombia’s Conflict Occupied by Politicians

Oct 4, 2024 | Adriaan Alsema, Colombia Reports

Hundreds of real estate properties that were supposed to be transferred to victims of Colombia’s armed conflict ended up in the hands of politicians, according…

Applications Being Accepted for IPT Specialization Course on Environmental Peacebuilding

Oct 4, 2024 | Austrian Centre for Peace

Climate change and environmental degradation affect human security in diverse and intersecting ways and can amplify existing conflicts and humanitarian crises. Forced migration, internal displacement, and loss…

The Environmental Costs of the Escalating Middle East Crisis

Oct 3, 2024 | Jonathan Walsh, Rob Watson, Eoghan Darbyshire and Doug Weir

A year of escalating conflict across the Middle East has had a range of direct and reverberating consequences for the region’s environment. In this post…

South Sudan: In South Sudan, Hunger Complicates Plans to End Wildlife Poaching

Oct 3, 2024 | Mamer Abraham, Al Jazeera

Conservationists urge the protection of wildlife, but in the absence of food, many communities say they are forced to hunt to survive.

DRC: DR Congo Minerals Funding Rebel Groups – Top UN Official

Oct 3, 2024 | defenceWeb

Exploitation of mineral resources in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) by rebel groups has reached the point where they can be called “militarised entrepreneurs”,…

Afghanistan: Seizure of Public and Private Lands: Taliban Divide the Ishkashim District Market among Themselves

Oct 3, 2024 | Hasht-e Subh Daily

Over the past three years, Afghan citizens have lodged numerous complaints about land seizures, bullying, and the distribution of public properties by the Taliban. Recently,…

Senior Program Assistant (Gender and Environmental Peacebuilding)

Oct 3, 2024 | Committed To Good (CTG)

Our clients Somalia’s environmental peacebuilding portfolio under community stabilization programming recognizes the interlinkages between environmental sustainability, conflict prevention & peacebuilding. This lies in the understanding…

Malaysia/South China Sea: Malaysia Expands Oil and Gas Drilling in Disputed South China Sea

Oct 2, 2024 | Tsvetana Paraskova, OilPrice.com

Despite Chinese pressure, Malaysia has stepped up oil and gas exploration activities in the disputed South China Sea, even as the China Coast Guard has…

Philippines: The Woman Fighting to Save the Philippines’ Last Rainforests

Oct 1, 2024 | Nell Lewis

Palawan, a cluster of islands in the Philippines, is breathtakingly beautiful. Home to underground rivers, turquoise coastlines and lush mountain peaks, it has earned the…

Detecting Yemen’s Informal Dumpsites from Space

Oct 1, 2024 | Hanna Schulten

The war in Yemen has profoundly affected solid waste management, increasing open dumping and with it risks to the environment and public health. In this…

Colombia Adds Nature to the Mix with Its $40-Billion Energy Transition Plan

Oct 1, 2024 | Sebastian Rodriguez

Colombia has launched a new $40-million investment plan for its energy transition, aiming to move away from oil and gas production, partly through pursuing green…

Climate, Conflict and Aid: Three-Pronged Solution Needed for Mozambique

Oct 1, 2024 | Isel Ras and Dave Husy

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs delivers lifesaving assistance, including protection services, shelter, food aid, treatment for acute malnutrition and emergency obstetric…

Extreme Weather Is Disrupting Lives in Southern Africa: New Policies Are Needed to Keep the Peace

Oct 1, 2024 | Gracsious Maviza and Siyaxola Gadu

Over the past decades, heavy and more frequent rainfall and dry spells in southern Africa have caused loss and damage to agriculture, livestock, the energy…

Russia: The Triangle of Extraction in the Kola Peninsula

Oct 1, 2024 | Mirkka Ollila, Arctic Institute

As of September 2024, it has been two years and seven months since Russia escalated its aggression in Ukraine into a full-scale invasion. In Finland,…

DRC: Conflict Minerals: The Hidden Crisis in Congo's Eastern Mining Region

Oct 1, 2024 | Devdiscourse

A rebel group in eastern Congo is generating significant revenue from controlling a mining area essential for tech production. Linked to Rwanda, M23's hold on…

Haiti: Haiti Conflict Drives Thousands toward Famine

Oct 1, 2024 | Euractiv

A gang-fueled social and political crisis in Haiti has swollen the ranks of those suffering severe hunger in recent months, with an estimated 5.4 million…

China/Malaysia/South China Sea: A Well-Oiled Machine: Chinese Patrols at Luconia Shoals

Oct 1, 2024 | Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative and Center for Strategic and International Studies

The leak of a diplomatic letter last month in which China urged Malaysia to halt its offshore oil and gas activities near Luconia Shoals has…

Somalia: Project Manager, Infrastructures for Peace

Oct 1, 2024 | Berghof Foundation

Since 2015, the Berghof Foundation has supported community representatives in Galmudug and Hirshabelle in their efforts to build peace by creating a network of insider…

Environmental Peacebuilding Researcher

Oct 1, 2024 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association

The Environmental Peacebuilding Association is seeking pro bono Environmental Peacebuilding Researchers to assist with a variety of activities and projects, most notably research on the…

Long Term Climate Resilience: A Pathway to Stabilize Somalia

Sep 30, 2024 | Ananya Balakrishnan and Cesare M. Scartozzi

Somalia is trapped in a cycle where climate impacts—droughts, floods, and erratic weather patterns—fuel displacement, poverty, and conflict. With agriculture and pastoralism at the core…

Ukraine/Russia: Planet’s Astounding Satellite Images Map Russian War Crimes in Ukraine

Sep 30, 2024 | Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes

Right after Planet Labs sealed an agreement to supply NATO with its remarkable satellite imagery, which tracks rockets and cosmodromes, ships and submarines across the…

Afghanistan: Displacement of Indigenous Lands to Kuchis: Taliban Rulings Reflect Ethnic and Linguistic Discrimination

Sep 29, 2024 | Hasht-e Subh

Several citizens in the country claim that the Taliban’s judicial institutions often issue rulings based on ethnic and linguistic differences—decisions they view as unfair and…

Sudan: Women and Girls in Sudan Disproportionately Impacted by Ongoing Conflict

Sep 27, 2024 | UN News

Women and girls in the midst of the brutal conflict between rival militaries in Sudan are being disproportionately impacted, including 5.8 million who are now…

Liberia: Rural Women Call for Unrestricted Access to Land Ownership

Sep 27, 2024 | Franklin Doloquee

Nimba County—Rural women across Liberia are calling on the government to support their quest for land ownership rights in their respective counties and communities. 

They claim…

Uzbekistan/Tajikistan/Kyrgyzstan: War over Water in Central Asia's Ferghana Valley

Sep 27, 2024 | Marie Boyer and Germain Baslé, France 24

In the Ferghana Valley of Central Asia, neighbouring Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan are at loggerheads over crucial water resources. This territorial dispute is exacerbated by climate…