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Why Indigenous Land Rights Matter in Myanmar

Dec 19, 2021 | Esther Wah

After the National League for Democracy (NLD) assumed power in 2016, it soon became apparent that its leaders had the same mindset as their predecessors…

Conserving Biodiversity and Building Peace in Colombia: Solving Socio-Environmental Conflicts in Protected Areas through Peaceful Means Enhances Biodiversity Conservation and Peacebuilding

Dec 18, 2021 | Héctor Morales Muñoz and Julia Gorricho

Recent studies have found that protected areas can support peaceful and inclusive societies by helping to maintain environmental stability, thus providing a framework for good…

Mozambique: Mozambique’s ISIS Insurgency Threatens to Destroy Conservation Progress and Fragile Environmental Protections in Niassa Special Reserve

Dec 17, 2021 | Angus Begg, Daily Maverick

The Islamic State (IS) insurgency in northern Mozambique has taken a new, sinister turn, moving inland and westward into the Niassa Special Reserve, since the…

South Sudan: In Pictures: South Sudan's Worst Flooding in Decades [Photos]

Dec 17, 2021 | Sebastian Rich, CNN

South Sudan is experiencing its worst floods in 60 years. The deluge began as early as June, swallowing up homes, farms and markets across swaths…

Burkina Faso: Minexx Uses Blockchain to Export Gold

Dec 16, 2021 | Max Schwerdtfeger, Mining Magazine

Mineral supply chain tech company Minexx has exported the first kilo of gold tracked through a blockchain-based platform from Burkina Faso. The company said its blockchain-based…

Iraq: Bleak Outlook for Drought-Hit Iraqis: Study

Dec 16, 2021 | Agence France-Presse

Half of the families living in drought-affected areas of Iraq need humanitarian food aid, the Norwegian Refugee Council(NRC) said in a study released on Thursday.…

Yemen: Call for Project Bids Supporting Women’s Participation in Peacebuilding

Dec 16, 2021 | YemenOnline

The Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) is a cross-government fund that supports and delivers activity to tackle instability and to prevent conflicts that threaten…

Food and Water Security Solutions: Reflections on Mitigating Climate-induced Population Displacement in Africa

Dec 16, 2021 | Christopher Graham

Worse, the Word Bank reports that climate change can potentially wipe out decades of social and economic progress in the developing world by displacing millions of people,…

Climate Change and Ecological Security Must Be at the Center of Our National Defense Strategy

Dec 15, 2021 | Holly Kaufman, Sherri Goodman, and John Conger

At a United Nations Security Council meeting in September 2021, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken asserted, “Look at almost every place where you see…

Environmental Governance in Frozen Conflicts

Dec 15, 2021 | Clayton Payne

When wars end without an internationally recognised agreement to resolve them, conflicts can become frozen. In this post, Clayton Payne examines how the frozen conflicts affecting…

Iraq’s Waning Water Resources in 2021

Dec 15, 2021 | Wim Zwijnenburg

The summer of 2021 witnessed how water security is at the core of the debate on the climate crisis in Iraq. Current estimates by the…

Call for Nominations: 2022 Women Building Peace Award

Dec 15, 2021 | USIP

By nominating a woman peacebuilder, you are honoring her accomplishments, validating her dedicated work to the peacebuilding field, and recognizing her contributions to preventing and…

DRC: Investigation Sounds Alarm on Risks in Congo’s Nascent Lithium Sector

Dec 14, 2021 | Mining.com

A new investigation by Global Witness looking into the Democratic Republic of Congo’s nascent lithium sector sounds the alarm bell on a swathe of potential…

Liberia: Sapo National Park Now Prepared to Receive Tourists

Dec 14, 2021 | FrontPage Africa

Through the help of the Wild Chimpanzee Foundation and the instrumentality of the Forestry Development Authority, a new Ecolodge has been opened in Sinoe County…

Ukraine: Project Manager

Dec 13, 2021 | UNDP

The United Nations Development Programme is a United Nations organization tasked with helping countries eliminate poverty and achieve sustainable economic growth and human development.

The Ukrainian…

Afghanistan: Mining at Mes Aynak Has Resumed: Officials

Dec 13, 2021 | TOLOnews

Officials of the Islamic Emirate said that the Logar Mes Aynak copper-mining project, a major venture with China, has resumed operations.

A Gender Dimension of Energy: Modern Cooking Fuels Connected to Quicker Demographic Transition

Dec 13, 2021 | Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

Morocco: Refugee Women Scale Atlas Mountain to Tackle Gender Violence

Dec 13, 2021 | Kawtar Abendag and Ass Hagouchi

Afghanistan: Top Taliban Leader Claims They Have ‘Made Progress’ on Gender Rights

Dec 13, 2021 | Mike Brest

Liberia: Liberia's Forestry Industry Paralysed By Poor Regulation

Dec 13, 2021 | EricOpa Doue, FrontPage Africa

A power struggle is playing out here deep in the forest and the stakes for the local people are high. Logging companies with concession agreements…

Myanmar: Content Creation Consultant

Dec 13, 2021 | World Wide Fund for Nature

WWF-Myanmar is looking for a consultant to join the Communications and Advocacy team and create new content each month. The content created would be used…

CAR: Communications & Media Coordinator

Dec 13, 2021 | African Parks

African Parks is a non-profit conservation organisation that takes on the complete responsibility for the rehabilitation and long-term management of national parks in partnership with…

Consultancy: Climate-Conflict-Migration

Dec 13, 2021 | International Organization for Migration

As part of an ongoing initiative to strengthen institutional awareness, knowledge and activity related to the climate-conflict-migration link, where IOM has significant global programming and…

Sudan: Project Manager

Dec 13, 2021 | Cooperazione Internazionale

Cooperazione Internazionale (COOPI) is an Italian humanitarian non-governmental organization founded in Milan in 1965. For more than 50 years of long-term support and constant presence in…

Syria: Programme Analyst, Community Resilience

Dec 13, 2021 | UNDP

Call for Speakers: XV World Forest Congress

Dec 13, 2021 | Forest Interest Group of the Environmental Peacebuilding Association

We are very pleased to announce this Call for Speakers. The Forest Interest Group (FIG) has been awarded to organise a side event at the…

Myanmar: Distributed Rural Electrification Director

Dec 13, 2021 | Pact

A nonprofit international development organization founded in 1971, Pact works on the ground in nearly 40 countries to improve the lives of those who are…

Myanmar: External Relations Director, Smart Power Myanmar

Dec 13, 2021 | Pact

A nonprofit international development organization founded in 1971, Pact works on the ground in nearly 40 countries to improve the lives of those who are…

Mozambique: National Value Chain & Business Plan Specialist

Dec 13, 2021 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

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…

Call for Submissions: Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Dec 13, 2021 | UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

The Office of the High Commissioner has requested two Calls for Submission from the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP). The first…