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Call for Applications: Gordon R. Sullivan Climate and Ecological Security Fellowship 2026–2027

Aug 18, 2026 | Center for Climate and Security

The Center for Climate and Security (CCS), an initiative of the Council on Strategic Risks, has opened applications for the 2026–2027 Gordon R. Sullivan Climate…

Land, Forests and the Struggle for Survival: A Three-Decade Journey in Ye Chaung Phya (Bee Ree)

Aug 18, 2026 | Kun Wood

Land is vital in the struggle of the Mon people for survival, political freedom and human rights. Protection and ownership, however, have fallen victim to…

Environmental Peacebuilding Association Launches Open Access "Essential Concepts of Environmental Peacebuilding: An A-Z Guide"

Aug 17, 2026 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association
Routledge

The Environmental Peacebuilding Association (EnPAx) is excited to announce the publication of Essential Concepts of Environmental Peacebuilding Terms: An A-Z Guide, a resource developed to…

Liberia: Scrap Company Turns to Illegal Timber Trafficking

Aug 17, 2026 | Samuel Jabba
The DayLight

A scrap company on the Japanese Freeway shipped round logs to India outside the legal channel for timber export. Elephant Multipurpose Corporation exported the seven…

Iraq: Iraq Turns to Non-Oil Revenue as Strait of Hormuz Crisis Deepens

Aug 17, 2026
Kurdistan24

Finance Minister Falih Sari says Baghdad is strengthening non-oil revenues and introducing a performance-based budget as the Strait of Hormuz closure disrupts trade and oil…

Call for Applications: Co-operative Research Programme: Sustainable Agricultural and Food Systems (Deadline: September 10, 2026)

Aug 17, 2026 | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

The OECD's Co-operative Research Programme: Sustainable Agricultural and Food Systems (CRP) exists to strengthen scientific knowledge and provide relevant scientific information and advice that will…

Call for Applications: Research Opportunities for Early-Career Scholars from the Global South

Aug 17, 2026 | German Association for Peace and Conflict Studies

The German Association for Peace and Conflict Studies (AFK) invites applications for its fellowship program supporting early-career researchers (late-stage PhD or early postdoc) from the…

Ukraine/Russia: Russia Is Cutting off Ukraine’s Grain Exports Again, Threatening a Critical Harvest and Global Food Security

Aug 16, 2026 | Iryna Skubii
DownToEarth

While the world’s attention is fixated on the United States blockade of Iranian ports and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, Russia has been…

Afghanistan: Natural Disasters Have Affected 92,000 People in Afghanistan This Year: UN

Aug 16, 2026 | Nazanin Mohseni
KabulNow

Natural disasters have affected around 92,000 people across Afghanistan since the beginning of 2026, with 97 people killed and another 331 injured, according to the…

Iraq: Iraq Seizes $20 Mn, Recovers 60 Kg of Gold in ‘Deputy Oil Minister’ Case

Aug 16, 2026
Asharq Al-Awsat

Diaa Jaafar, the investigating judge at Iraq’s Central Anti-Corruption Criminal Court, announced on Sunday that authorities had seized $20 million and recovered 60 kilograms of…

South Sudan: UN Launches Initiative to Increase Women’s Peacebuilding Participation

Aug 15, 2026 | Radio Tamazuj
Radio Tamazuj

UN Women and UNESCO have launched a three-year initiative to increase women’s participation in peacebuilding, leadership and community decision-making in Western Equatoria and Western Bahr…

When Climate Shocks Threaten Food, Peace and Livelihoods

Aug 15, 2026 | Ludwig Federigan

Climate change increasingly operates as a threat multiplier. Droughts, floods, heat waves and sea-level rise do more than damage infrastructure and crops: they amplify preexisting…

Ukraine/Russia: Ukraine Says It Hit Oil Refinery in Russia’s Urals Region

Aug 14, 2026
Bloomberg

Ukraine has been carrying out nearly daily strikes on Russia’s energy infrastructure in a bid to reduce the Kremlin’s export revenues.

Women in Africa: The Unseen Victims of Crisis and Conflict

Aug 14, 2026 | Kim Heller
The African

On Sunday, as South Africa commemorated the 70th anniversary of the 1956 Women's March, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai stood at the Union Buildings…

Iran: Iran's Coast Catches Oil after Reported Ship Strike

Aug 14, 2026 | Bob Cronin
Newser

Oil now coats beaches on Iran's Qeshm Island, and satellite imagery points back to a bulk carrier reportedly struck in the Strait of Hormuz earlier…

Peru: Peru Cracks down on Illegal Gold Mining in Amazon Reserve with Military Show of Force

Aug 14, 2026 | Victor Ordonez
ABC News

Gold mining has ravaged large parts of the Amazon that spans multiple countries, including Ecuador, Brazil, Colombia and Peru -- driven by the global rise…

Myanmar: Environmental Experts and Rights Groups Voice Concerns about Environmental & Social Impacts Allegedly Caused by Myitsone Dam Project

Aug 13, 2026
Mongabay

Since June, Myanmar’s military government has increased its efforts to restart a massive, controversial hydropower project backed by China that has remained suspended for 15…

The Kabul River: The River of Sorrow between Afghanistan and Pakistan

Aug 13, 2026 | Shri Pradeep Kumar Saxena

India has traditionally been a friend to Afghanistan, and that relationship carries a responsibility as much as an opportunity. Helping Afghanistan build the storage, irrigation…

Somalia’s Food Crisis: When Drought, Conflict and Declining Aid Collide

Aug 13, 2026 | Muhammed Sherifdeen Omeiza

Somalia is facing another serious hunger crisis, but what makes the situation worrying is not only the number of people going hungry. It is the…

South Sudan: EU Envoy Urges South Sudan to Put Communities at Heart of Wildlife Conservation

Aug 13, 2026
Radio Tamazuj

The European Union has called for stronger community participation and improved governance of land and natural resources as South Sudan seeks to strengthen wildlife conservation…

Sudan/South Sudan: Sudan and South Sudan Agree to Secure Border, Maintain Status Quo in Abyei

Aug 13, 2026
Sudan Tribune

Sudan and South Sudan agreed to bolster border security and refrain from taking unilateral actions in the disputed Abyei region following high-level defence meetings in…

Liberia Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative Secretariat Facilitated Two Staff for a Short-term Capacity Building Training Program at Magna Skills Institute held in Accra, Ghana

Aug 13, 2026
ZAWYA

The LEITI Secretariat, as part of its MSG-approved work plan 2026 and to strengthen staff capacity to deal with the new 2023 EIT| Standard, facilitated…