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Afghanistan: Made Worse by Tree Loss, Flooding Forces Migration in Afghanistan
Sep 8, 2020
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Stefanie Glinski, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Large-scale deforestation driven mainly by four decades of war has contributed to widespread flooding throughout Afghanistan, prompting many in rural areas to move to the…
Myanmar: Salween Peace Park: For All Living Things
Sep 8, 2020
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Karen Environmental and Social Action Network and Ecologist
The Karen Indigenous People in Myanmar founded the Salween Peace Park to protect their mega-diverse territory and their culture from extractivism and conflict.
Myanmar: Consultant for Policy Gap Analysis & Capacity Assessment on ICCA
Sep 5, 2020
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World Wide Fund for Nature
WWF-Myanmar is seeking a suitable and qualified candidate for a Consultant for Policy Gap Analysis & Capacity Assessment on ICCA position with home-based.
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WWF-Greater Mekong –…
Kenya: Senior Scientist – Gender and Agriculture Researcher
Sep 5, 2020
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International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)
The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, known by its Spanish acronym, CIMMYT®, is a not-for-profit agricultural research for development organization with partners in over…
Kenya: Baseline Evaluation for Modogashe Ending Chronic Hunger Integrated Project
Sep 5, 2020
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British Red Cross
The British Red Cross Society is the United Kingdom body of the worldwide neutral and impartial humanitarian network the International Red Cross and Red Crescent…
Brazil: Terms of Reference for Senior Environmental Expert to Develop the Urban NEAT+ in Brazil, Administered Individual Consultancy
Sep 5, 2020
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UN High Commissioner for Refugees
UNHCR is a global organization, dedicated to saving lives, protecting rights and building a better future for refugees, forcibly displaced communities and stateless people. Every…
Myanmar: Deputy Landscape Manager
Sep 5, 2020
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World Wide Fund for Nature
The World Wide Fund for Nature is an international non-governmental organization founded in 1961 that works in the field of wilderness preservation and the reduction…
Colombia: WASH/Shelter Project Manager
Sep 5, 2020
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Solidarités International
Solidarités International is operational in Colombia since October 2019. The mission is currently working on reinforcing WASH conditions in the shelters (refugios) along the route…
South Sudan: ERT WASH Manager
Sep 5, 2020
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Medair
Medair is a Swiss international non-governmental organization NGO of humanitarian aid with a stated mission, "to relieve suffering in some of the world’s most remote…
Central African Republic: Conservation Pilot Northeast
Sep 5, 2020
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Wildlife Conservation Society
The Wildlife Conservation Society (“WCS”) is a New York not-for-profit corporation founded by statute in 1895 as the New York Zoological Society. WCS saves wildlife…
DRC: Conservation Pilot, Northeast
Sep 5, 2020
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Wildlife Conservation Society
The Wildlife Conservation Society (“WCS”) is a New York not-for-profit corporation founded by statute in 1895 as the New York Zoological Society. WCS saves wildlife…
Post-Doctoral Position: OCEAN Sustainability Pathways for Achieving Conflict Transformation
Sep 5, 2020
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FAPESP
FAPESP is a public foundation, funded by the taxpayer in the State of São Paulo, with the mission to support research projects in higher education…
Kenya: Program Director
Sep 5, 2020
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Energy Peace Partners
Energy Peace Partners (EPP) is a US-based organization built around the idea that climate solutions can support peace in places affected by violent conflict. They…
Book Launch: Why Women Leading the Climate Movement are Underappreciated and Sometimes Invisible
Sep 5, 2020
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Ilana Cohen, Inside Climate News
The American scientist Eunice Newton Foote theorized in 1856 that carbon dioxide in the atmosphere could produce global warming three years before similar work by the Irish physicist…
Colombia: Criminal Gangs in Colombia Cut down Tress to Grow Coca, 8 Arrested [Video]
Sep 5, 2020
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WION
Criminals in Colombia cut down tress to grow Coca. Large part of Natural parks lost to deforestation. 248 hectares of deforestation land recoverd so far.…
South Africa: Clash between Farmer and Land Invaders in Karino
Sep 5, 2020
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Buks Viljoen, Lowvelder
In yet another land grab in the Lowveld, Hendrik Brink was one of the farmers who, over the past two months, fell victim to land-grabbers…
Here’s Why We Need a Global Agreement on Cross-Border Science to Beat COVID-19
Sep 4, 2020
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Saleem Ali
The coronavirus pandemic should be a rallying call to policy-makers and scientists everywhere, bringing the world together to confront a common threat. In practice, however,…
South Sudan: South Sudan Pledges to Clean up Oil Pollution after Locals Protests
Sep 4, 2020
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David Mayen, East African
The South Sudanese government has pledged to oversee speedy conservation and infrastructure development efforts and take action against oil companies operating in Melut County, Upper…
Timor-Leste: The Path from Peace to Prosperity
Sep 3, 2020
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Jason Woodroofe
Standing underneath the 27m tall Cristo Rei statue of Jesus and staring back across at the beautiful city of Dili it is hard to imagine…
Myanmar: China Dominates Bidding for Myanmar Solar Power Plants
Sep 3, 2020
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Yuichi Nitta, Nikkei Asian Review
Myanmar is expected to announce the winners of tenders for a raft of solar power plants ahead of general elections in November and following a…
Loss and Damage in Rwanda: A Young Climate Activist Reports
Sep 3, 2020
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Ineza Umuhoza Grace
On 8 September 2020, IIED and ICCCAD are hosting a webinar on climate-related loss and damage in the least developed countries. Here one of the speakers,…
Afghanistan: Greenhouses — A Stable Source of Income for Farmers during COVID-19
Sep 2, 2020
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UN Office on Drugs and Crime
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, which has negative implications on economic activities across the country, the greenhouses are still operating, producing fresh vegetables and serve as…
Myanmar: Myanmar's Indigenous People Use Ancestral Customs to Fight for Land
Sep 2, 2020
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Star
From tying umbilical cords to sacred trees to paying homage to spirits before a hunt, indigenous people in south-eastern Myanmar are tapping ancestral customs to…
Egypt/Ethiopia/Sudan: US Cuts Aid to Ethiopia amid Nile Dam Dispute
Sep 2, 2020
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Associated Press
On the guidance of President Trump, the State Department said Wednesday that the United States was suspending some aid to Ethiopia over the “lack of…
Hitting Women Hard, Pandemic Makes Gender Poverty Gap Wider - U.N.
Sep 2, 2020
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Anastasia Moloney, Thomson Reuters Foundation
More women than men will fall into extreme poverty due to the pandemic as they bear the economic brunt of COVID-19 and face bigger job…
Unpacking the Revised and Annotated DRC Mining Code
Sep 1, 2020
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Mining Review Africa
In July 2020, the DRC mining registry published an annotated version of the 2002 Mining Code as amended in 2018 (the Revised Code). The announcement…
Foundations for Gender Inclusive Peacebuilding
Sep 1, 2020
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Abiosseh Davis
Through years of programming experience in post-conflict contexts, Interpeace has learned first-hand that inclusion, particularly of marginalized and historically excluded groups, is fundamental for the…
An Experiment in Inclusion? Informal Peacemaking in Manbij, Syria
Sep 1, 2020
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Aviva M. Stein and Adam H. Beek
Examples of informal and localised peacemaking have emerged from within the chaos of the Syrian civil war and violent reign of the Islamic State (IS),…
More Justice, Less Violence Related to Gender
Sep 1, 2020
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Simone Eggler
Although 25 years have passed since the World Conference on Women was held in Beijing, violence against women worldwide is still at alarming levels. Even…
1325: Rhetoric or Reality?
Sep 1, 2020
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Ndeye Sow and Gemma Kelly
Working on Women Peace & Security (WPS) issues since the 1990s, International Alert was directly involved in the global advocacy campaign “From the Village to…