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UN Report Highlights Women’s Roles in Natural Resource Management During and After Conflict

Jan 5, 2015 | Priya Kamdar

It’s been 14 years since the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 1325 acknowledging women as important agents of change in recovery from conflict and peacebuilding…


Ghana: Chief of Party

Jan 5, 2015 | Chemonics

Chemonics seeks a chief of party for the anticipated West Africa Biodiversity and Climate Change (WA-BiCC) Activity, a five-year, $50 million project aiming to improve…


Central African Republic: Operations Manager

Jan 5, 2015 | Mercy Corps

Mercy Corps works almost exclusively in high-risk conflict and post-conflict environments. While we recognize that these are difficult places to operate, we believe that transitional…


Indonesia: Consultant for Green Rubber Project

Jan 5, 2015 | Center for International Forestry Research

The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) is a nonprofit, global research organization dedicated to advancing human well-being, environmental conservation and equity.

We conduct research that…


Tajikistan Green Investment in the Agricultural Sector Helps Realign its Pathway to Sustainable Development

Jan 5, 2015 | UNEP

In Tajikistan, known to some as the "land of rugged mountains", agriculture provides the backbone of the economy and supports the livelihoods of two-thirds of…


Rwanda Restores Ecosystems, Generating Record Tourism and New Opportunities for Growth

Jan 5, 2015 | UNEP

Rwanda has undergone a remarkable economic and social reconstruction in recent years and recorded consistent growth rates of 8 per cent a year between 2001…


'Outside the Net': Women's Participation in Fishing Activities in Trincomalee District of Sri Lanka

Jan 5, 2015 | Gayathri Lokuge

‘The woman left us slowly and moved to the other side of the beach seine, sat down on the sand and started piling the seaweed…


South Sudan: New Fighting Rocks South Sudan Oil States

Jan 5, 2015 | Michael Atit, Lucy Poni, and Waakhe Simon Wudu, Voice of America

JUBA—The South Sudanese army and rebel forces loyal to former vice president Riek Machar are blaming each other for the latest outbreaks of fighting in…


China/Vietnam/South China Sea: Vietnam Leery as China’s Infamous Oil Rig Heads for Indian Ocean

Jan 5, 2015 | An Dien, Thanh Nien News

Vietnamese agencies have kept a close eye on the path of a giant mobile oil rig since China Central Television announced it was setting off…


Call for Papers: Human Migration and the Environment: Futures, Policies, Invention

Jan 4, 2015 | Durham University, UK

Human migration and the environment are two of the most pressing issues of our times. But what is stake when these two phenomena are articulated…


South Sudan/Sudan: Sudan to Receive $884 Million from Juba in Oil Transit Fees in 2014

Jan 4, 2015 | Sudan Vision

Khartoum – South Sudan’s Oil Minister, Stephen Dhieu Dau, said on Saturday that Sudan’s share from transit fees of South Sudan’s oil amounted to US$884…


Climate Change: Weather & Climate Summit Returns to Breckenridge with Sessions on Sea Ice and Climate Security

Jan 4, 2015 | Bob Berwyn, Summit County Citizens Voice

FRISCO — This year’s Glen Gerberg Weather and Climate Summit in Breckenridge once again features some notable climate scientists, including James Balog, who has documented…


Iraq: Iraq's Oil Revenues Hit Despite Record Exports

Jan 4, 2015 | Gulf Daily News

BAGHDAD: Iraq's oil exports reached their highest level in decades in December, the oil ministry's spokesman said yesterday, but vital revenues were being hit by…


The Business of War

Jan 3, 2015 | Asad Zaman

As plans for war against Syria heat up, new myths are being manufactured to support it. In line with Major General Smedley Butler’s thesis, we…


Iraq: Iraq Oil Exports Soar but Low Prices Hit Revenue

Jan 3, 2015 | Al Arabiya

Iraq's oil exports reached their highest level in decades in December, the oil ministry's spokesman said on Saturday, but vital revenues were being hit by…


South Sudan: South Sudan Oil Revenue at $3.38 Bln, Hit by Conflict and Price Falls

Jan 3, 2015 | Reuters

South Sudan's oil revenue last year was hit by reduced output because of conflict in the African republic and the rapid decline in oil prices,…


Myanmar: Myanmar Returns to What Sells: Heroin

Jan 3, 2015 | Thomas Fuller, New York Times

BANG LAEM, Myanmar — A decade ago, Myanmar seemed on course to wipe out the opium fields and heroin jungle labs along its eastern border,…


London: Executive Director

Jan 2, 2015 | Global Witness

Global Witness is seeking an Executive Director to run the organisation and its pioneering investigations and campaigns.

Salary:  Around £80,000 pa

Global Witness is an international organisation…


Myanmar: Protests Against Letpadaung Mine Staged in Burma’s Biggest Cities

Jan 2, 2015 | The Irrawaddy

RANGOON — Activists in Burma’s two largest cities took to the streets on Thursday to show their solidarity with farmers affected by the Letpadaung copper…


Crunching the Numbers on Climate Change, Conflict, and Food Aid

Dec 31, 2014 | Sarah Meyerhoff

Two studies push back on recent analyses that claim to demonstrate empirical links between food aid and conflict and climate change and conflict.

This summer, Nathan…


Who is Setting Libya’s Oil on Fire?

Dec 31, 2014 | Ali Ibrahim

Those worried about the slump in the oil market—which has seen prices of crude oil fall to their lowest levels in years—may owe a debt…


South Sudan: ‘Silent Emergency’ in South Sudan as Protracted Conflict Displaces Millions of Cattle – UN

Dec 31, 2014 | United Nations

As South Sudan’s livestock owners flee the country’s conflict, a “silent emergency” has emerged threatening the very fabric of society and further undermining social stability,…


Liberia: Plan to Resell Oil Block 16 Contract Exposed

Dec 31, 2014 | Heritage

It can be recalled that recently, the  53rd  Legislature  ratified the controversial Production Sharing Contract (PSC) of Liberia offshore Oil Block 16 between the Government…


Timor-Leste: Sanitation Specialist

Dec 30, 2014 | BESIK

Aurecon is currently seeking the services of a Sanitation Specialist to facilitate the development of a National Plan for Rural Sanitation Improvement (Roadmap) towards 2030.…


Solomon Islands: Social Scientist

Dec 30, 2014 | WorldFish

WorldFish, a member of the CGIAR Consortium, is an international, nonprofit research organization. CGIAR is a global partnership that unites organizations engaged in research for a…


Afghanistan: Programme Manager AUP

Dec 30, 2014 | Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)

NRC is starting a new regional integrated programme responding to the needs of Afghan displacement affected communities in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran. The overall programme…


The Egypt-Ethiopia Dispute Over the Nile Basin Can Evolve into a Strategic Partnership

Dec 30, 2014 | Goitom Gebreluel

Ethiopia and Egypt have successfully managed to end their millennia-long rivalry over the river Nile. Ethiopia’s announcement in 2011 of its intention to construct Africa’s…


South Sudan: South Sudan Claims Oil Still Flows, Experts Disagree

Dec 30, 2014 | John Tanza, Voice of America

South Sudan Foreign Minister Barnaba Marial Benjamin said Tuesday that oil production, the backbone of the country's economy, has not been affected by the year-old…


Liberia: For Ratification of Block 16 Oil Contract: Lawmakers Bribed Over US$3M?

Dec 30, 2014 | Heritage

Recently, the Legislature ratified the Block 16 Oil Contract few days after    the Executive Branch of the  Government of Liberia(GOL)  headed by President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf…


Iraq: Basra Leaders Pushing for Regional Autonomy

Dec 30, 2014 | Ali Abu Iraq and Ben Lando, Iraq Oil Report

Leaders in Basra are making a renewed push to form a region akin to the autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) – a move that would…