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Myanmar: Ministry Urges Farmers to Save Water

Sep 10, 2019 | Htoo Thant, Myanmar Times

The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation has urged farmers to use water more efficiently as there is less water behind the country’s more than 300…

Myanmar: Workers Protest Lack of Fishing Rights in Myanmar’s Irrawaddy Region

Sep 10, 2019 | Salai Thant Zin, Irrawaddy

Fishery workers in Kyonepyaw and Lemyethna townships in Irrawaddy Region staged a protest against the regional agriculture minister on Monday in Pathein, the regional capital,…

Myanmar: The Salty Taste of Climate Change

Sep 10, 2019 | Kyaw Nyunt Linn, Myanmar Times

Salt water is seeping into freshwater underground aquifers that are used to irrigate crops and provide communities with water for drinking and washing, but because…

"Blue Peace Index" Assesses, Encourages Sustainable, Collaborative Water Resource Management

Sep 10, 2019 | OOSKAnews

The inaugural Blue Peace Index, an assessment tool to measure the extent to which countries and water basins manage shared water resources in a sustainable and collaborative manner,…

Conflict Minerals: Companies Stall in Tracking Supply Chain for Conflict Minerals

Sep 10, 2019 | Bloomberg Law, Andrea Vittorio

Many companies are having trouble following minerals found in their products, from cell phones to cars, that can fuel conflict in central Africa. An estimated…

Iraq: In Iraq, Water Woes and Corruption Gripes Signal Trouble in Key City

Sep 10, 2019 | Lizzie Porter, New Humanitarian

Last summer, Iraq’s oil-rich southern city of Basra was rocked by violent protests over a number of grievances, including unemployment and the lack of safe…

Myanmar: Into the Forest with Myanmar’s Bamboo-Shoot Harvesters

Sep 10, 2019 | Htet Wai, Irrawaddy

The life of a bamboo harvester is a difficult one. Ko Pho La is a bamboo shoot harvester living in Kyee Bin Village in Irrawaddy…

Paula Hanasz is a practitioner and policy maker, focusing on issues of environmental conflict and cooperation, particularly around water. She is a Senior Policy Officer…

Consultant - Gender Equality Specialist

Sep 9, 2019 | CowaterSogema

Gender Equality Specialist (part-time consultant)

About the project

CowaterSogema International Inc. is recruiting for an upcoming project that aims to enhance the social and economic well-being of…

USPSC Support Relief Group (SRG) Livestock and Animal Health Specialist (Multiple Positions)

Sep 9, 2019 | US Agency for International Development

The United States Government (USG), represented by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA), is seeking applications from…

Jordan: Consultancy for Strategic Planning Support

Sep 9, 2019 | Action Contre la Faim France

Action Against Hunger has been operational in Jordan since 2013, delivering Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WaSH), Mental Health, and food security and livelihoods (FSL) programmes—in…

DRC: WASH Project Manager

Sep 9, 2019 | Medair

Medair is a humanitarian organisation inspired by Christian faith to relieve human suffering in some of the world’s most remote and devastated places. Medair provides emergency…

Joining Forces to Empower Women in Senegal

Sep 9, 2019 | Maggie May

Where are the effects of climate change felt the strongest? 

West Africa shoulders some of the heaviest impacts created by climate change, particularly in communities where…

CoP: Only 25% Nations Include Gender Discussions in Land Degradation Targets

Sep 9, 2019 | Shagun Kapil

Only around 20 of more than 80 countries have included discussions on the role of gender and women in their targets to halt land degradation…

How Jordan's Climate and Water Crisis Threatens its Fragile Peace

Sep 9, 2019 | Caitlin Werrell and Francesco Femia

For years, security service recruitment has masked climate instability in rural Jordan. Now that strategy is breaking down and no one knows what will take…

Colombia: Peace with Nature: Helping Former Colombian Guerrilla Fighters to Become Citizen Scientists

Sep 9, 2019 | Jaime Gongora and Federica Di Palma, The Conversation

Colombia is the second most biodiverse country in the world with more than 56,000 recorded species, some 9,000 of which are unique. However protecting and…

Climate Change: A Pacific Perspective on Climate Security Risks and the UN Security Council

Sep 9, 2019 | International Peace Institute, Anna Maria Link

As the debate over climate-related security risks grows, many Pacific Island states are calling for more action by the international community to better address the…

Nigeria: WANEP to Implement Peace Projects in Six States to Check Rising Conflicts

Sep 8, 2019 | Sun News

The West Africa Network for Peace building (WANEP)-Nigeria, has expressed concerns over the escalation of violent conflicts across the country, which has resulted in wanton…

Myanmar: Farmers Protest over Farmland Compensation for Oil Exploration

Sep 7, 2019 | Tin Shwe, Mizzima

Farmers in the Mann oilfield area in Minbu Township, Magway Region staged a protest yesterday over alleged failures by the authorities in correctly offering compensation…

Syria: Food Aid Reaches Syria's Rukban Camp for First Time in Seven Months

Sep 6, 2019 | Madeline Edwards, Middle East Eye

For the first time in seven months, thousands of displaced Syrians in a desolate camp on the Syrian-Jordanian border are receiving organised supplies of food…

Nigeria: WANEP Restates Inclusive Peacebuilding Approach

Sep 6, 2019 | Ene Osang, Blueprint

The West Africa Network for Peacebuilding Nigeria (WANEP) has reiterated the call for an inclusive approach to peacebuilding, saying this will prevent violence, promote peaceful…

Afghanistan: Afghanistan Seeking to Promote Ancient Woodcarving Craft

Sep 6, 2019 | Rohullah Anwari and Abubakar Siddique, Gandhara

In pre-Islamic Nuristan, woodcarving held a symbolic significance, but the craftsmen came from Bari, a lower caste who were not considered members of Nuristan’s hierarchical…

Syria: Syria's Wheat Crop almost Doubles but Food Security Still a Challenge: UN

Sep 5, 2019 | Maha El Dahan, Reuters

Syria’s wheat and barley crops this year improved helped by favorable rainfall and better overall security but food security remains a challenge, a joint report…

Of Food, War and Ecology

Sep 4, 2019 | Julian Cribb

The most destructive implement on the Planet, without a doubt, is the human jawbone.  Every year, in the course of wolfing through 8.5 trillion meals,…

If Women, Peace and Security Agenda Is to Be More Than Words, Congress Must Stay Engaged

Sep 4, 2019 | Sahana Dharmapuri and Hans Hogrefe

On paper, proponents of the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda in the U.S. have a lot to celebrate. Twenty years after the international community…

Call for Applications for the 2019 Climate Security Fellowship Program

Sep 3, 2019 | Center for Climate and Security

The Climate and Security Advisory Group (CSAG) is pleased to announce a call for applications for its 2019 Climate Security Fellowship Program, a collaborative effort of…

Liberia: 2,400 Affected Communities to Protest over US$3 Million Land Rental Arrears

Sep 3, 2019 | Leroy M. Sonpon, III, Observer

The leadership of the NUCFDC on behalf of the 24,000 affected communities petitioned the lawmakers. Two thousand four hundred affected communities of the 23 Community…

Liberia: US$150M Earmarked for Forest Sector

Sep 3, 2019 | Ishmael F. Menkor, Observer

About US$150 million has been earmarked by the Norwegian Government as funds to Liberia to REDD+ for the implementation of the Liberian Forest Sector. According…

Liberia: Traditional Chiefs Want More Land Awareness Trainings

Sep 3, 2019 | Marcus Malayea, Observer

Participants and traditional chiefs, who attended the just-ended three-day ‘intensive’ workshop creating awareness on “public land and its inventory” in Gbarnga Bong County have appealed…

Iraq/Islamic State: ISIS Rigs Cows with Explosives in Failed Attack on Iraqi Forces

Sep 3, 2019 | Richard Hall, Independent

Isis militants reportedly rigged cows with explosives in an attack on Iraqi security forces, in what is thought to be the first time the group…