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Ukraine: Senior Project Officer Environmental and Civilian Harm Assessment
May 22, 2022
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PAX
PAX is the largest peace organization in the Netherlands. We work to protect civilians against acts of war, to end armed violence and to build…
Grave Concern for Environmental and Climate Damage Caused by Russian Invasion of Ukraine
May 22, 2022
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Kazuo Matsushita
Russia's invasion of Ukraine is truly a humanitarian crisis. Mariupol, in particular, is home to two large steel mills and more than 50 industrial parks. The…
Sudan/South Sudan: Khartoum and Juba Hold Talks On Cooperation in Petroleum Field
May 22, 2022
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Sudan News Agency
Joint talks between Khartoum and Juba began today in Khartoum to develop joint cooperation in the field of petroleum, discuss technical and financial arrangements, increase…
Women Stand More Risk to Effects of Deforestation, Land Degradation, Drought, New UNCCD Study Reveals
May 21, 2022
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Front Page Africa
A new study titled “Differentiated Impacts of Desertification, Land Degradation and Drought on Women and Men” released this week at COP15 by the United Nations Convention to Combat Deforestation…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraq Aims to Establish New Oil Company in Kurdistan Region
May 21, 2022
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Rowena Edwards, Reuters
Iraq’s federal government aims to establish a new oil company in the Kurdistan region, the oil ministry said in a statement on Saturday. The aim…
Ukraine/Russia: The Russian Army Has Burned Forests and Poisoned Water Supplies, Flouting International Law. As the UN Draws up New Guidelines, Is It Possible to Wage an “Eco” War?
May 21, 2022
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Philippa Nuttall, New Statesman
The purple shoots of spring meadow saffron are usually a welcome sign of spring in Ukraine. This year the rare flowers lie crushed, destroyed by…
Colombia: Drivers of Colombia’s Peacetime Deforestation Weave a Complex Web
May 20, 2022
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Gianluca Cerullo, Mongabay
When the Colombian government struck its historic peace accord with the paramilitary group FARC in 2016, heralding an end to one of the world’s longest-running…
Afghanistan: Afghan Government Bans Export of Wheat
May 20, 2022
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Tamim Shaheer, TOLOnews
On the verge of the wheat harvest within the country, the Ministry of Finance (MoF) ordered customs to prevent the export of wheat to meet…
Launching an International Claims Commission for Ukraine
May 20, 2022
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Chiara Giorgetti, Markiyan Kliuchkovsky, and Patrick Pearsall
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has caused massive displacement of people, enormous economic and personal harm, and widespread damage to public and private property. Foreign States…
The Middle East's Next Conflict Is Likely Lurking in the Water
May 20, 2022
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Zvi Bar'el
Abandoned fishing boats line the banks of the Tigris River in Iraq. In Iran, Lake Urmia, which once stretched out 140 kilometers in length, today…
DRC: Results of Mining Tax for Reforestation in the DRC Leave More Questions Than Answers
May 19, 2022
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Didier Makal, Mongabay
Through taxes, in particular the reforestation tax, logging and mining operators in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) must pledge to restore landscapes they have…
South Sudan: Century-Old Canal Project Sparks Opposition in South Sudan
May 19, 2022
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Deng Machol, Associated Press
A petition to stop the revival of the 118-year-old Jonglei Canal project in South Sudan, started by one of the country’s top academics, is gaining…
Food Security: UN Security Council Meeting: Agriculture Is Key to Lasting Peace and Security, FAO Says
May 19, 2022
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
The head of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today called for greater funding for agriculture to ensure there’s available and…
Bangladesh: Women in Rural Bangladesh Bear Rising Cost of Climate Crisis
May 19, 2022
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Al Jazeera
India: Jammu and Kashmir: Forest Fire Triggers Several Landmine Explosions along LoC in Poonch
May 18, 2022
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LatestLY
A forest fire triggered several landmine explosions along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district, officials.said on Wednesday. The fire that started…
Stockholm+50: Why Human Rights and Conflict-Sensitivity Are Central to Sustainable and Just Responses to Planetary Crises
May 18, 2022
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Florence Foster, Maya Street, Hannah Peters, Jessica Johansson,Sylvia Servaes, and Caroline Kruckow
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the fragility of our global system and the rife inequality across our world. It has also demonstrated clearly that business-as-usual…
Making Peace with the Paris Agreement
May 18, 2022
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Catherine Wong
The Paris Agreement was nothing less than a landmark agreement. Legally binding, adopted by 196 parties to the convention, it has inspired hope and ambition…
Australia: Australian Women Document Climate Crisis in Visual Petition – In Pictures
May 18, 2022
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Tracey Nearmy, The Guardian
The #everydayclimatecrisis visual petition is a collection of more than 1,000 photographs taken by women and non-binary people across Australia showing the impact of the…
Afghanistan: Northern Afghan Province Revives Pistachio Forests
May 17, 2022
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Xinhua
Afghanistan's agriculture ministry has begun the revival of pistachio forests in the country as it kicked off the plantation of thousands of saplings in northern…
The Missing Peace: Making Sustainable Development Work
May 17, 2022
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Carl Bruch, Catriona Gourlay, Ryan Maia, and Catherine Wong
Peace is an essential element of sustainable development. In early June, the international community will gather at the forthcoming Stockholm+50 International Meeting to reflect on…
How the Taliban’s New Burqa Order Threatens Economic and Workplace Progress for Afghanistan’s Women
May 17, 2022
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Olivia Peluso
Afghanistan’s Taliban government has ordered women to cover their faces in public in a return to a signature policy of their past rule and an escalation…
Myanmar: In the Wake of Coup, Gold Mining Boom Is Ravaging Myanmar
May 17, 2022
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Emily Fishbein, Jaw Tu Hkawng, Nu Nu Lusan, and Jauman Naw
A gold rush is increasingly despoiling rivers in Kachin state, polluting water with mercury, destroying riverbanks and farmland, and disrupting the traditional way of life…
Afghanistan: Afghanistan's Mining Revenue Reaches 10Bn Afghanis
May 17, 2022
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Wadsam
The Ministry of Mines and Petroleum announced that since August last year, the ministry's revenues have increased to ten billion Afghanis. According to officials at…
Colombia: The Fight over Land: Colombia’s Perpetual Conflict
May 17, 2022
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La Prensa Latina
Arquia, a Tule indigenous “resguardo” on Colombia’s border with Panama, is one of the few communities to have had land stripped away amid the armed…
US: ‘I Feel Angry and Incredibly Motivated’: US Abortion Providers Consider Options for Fighting Back
May 17, 2022
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Carey Dunne
Doctors around the country are anticipating the struggles of patients and providers after the likely fall of Roe v Wade: ‘We’ve been planning for it’.
Iraq/Kurdistan: Kurdistan Region Judicial Council Deems Kurdish Oil and Gas Law ‘Constitutional’
May 17, 2022
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Chenar Chalak, Rudaw
The Kurdistan Region’s oil and gas law is not a violation of the Iraqi constitution, the Region’s judicial council said on Tuesday, noting that management…
Iraq: Iraq Balks at Greater Chinese Control of Its Oilfields
May 17, 2022
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Sarah Mcfarlane and Aref Mohammed, Reuters
Iraq's oil ministry thwarted three prospective deals last year that would have handed Chinese firms more control over its oilfields and led to an exodus…
Lesotho: Gender and Irrigation Sector Expert
May 16, 2022
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EnCompass
EnCompass LLC is seeking a consultant to serve as a Gender and Irrigation Sector Expert for the five-year Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Gender and Social Inclusion (GSI) Call Order in…
USA: WASH and Gender Specialist
May 16, 2022
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Blumont
Blumont is a global organization working with local communities to design and implement innovative approaches to building infrastructure, delivering lifesaving humanitarian assistance, and bridging the…
Afghanistan: Gender and Advocacy Manager
May 16, 2022
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Mhair Educational, Health and Human Rights Organization
Mhair Educational, Health and Human Rights Organization (MEHHRO) is a non-profit and non-political organization. It was established in 2002 by Afghan intellectual and veteran group…