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Afghanistan: International Consultant, Climate Change & NRM Specialist
Jul 25, 2021
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
Through its Country Offices, or FAO Representations, FAO assists governments to develop policies, programmes and projects to address hunger, food security and malnutrition, and provides…
Afghanistan: International Consultant, Agriculture Value Chain/Mechanization Specialist
Jul 25, 2021
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
Through its Country Offices, or FAO Representations, FAO assists governments to develop policies, programmes and projects to address hunger, food security and malnutrition, and provides…
Mozambique: National Legal Consultant on Seed Legislation
Jul 25, 2021
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), together with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ), received funds from the European…
Nigeria: Senior Policy Expert (Fishery and Aquaculture - FIRST Programme)
Jul 25, 2021
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
The Food and Nutrition Security Impact, Resilience, Sustainability and Transformation (FIRST) is a FAO and the European Union partnership programme with the purpose of providing…
DRC: Finance & Administrative Manager
Jul 25, 2021
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Jane Goodall Institute
The Jane Goodall Institute is currently recruiting for a Finance & Administrative (F&A) Manager for an anticipated integrated multi-sectoral governance, conservation and development public private…
Yemen: Environmental Health Officer
Jul 25, 2021
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International Refugee Committee
The International Rescue Committee responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the…
A Water Crisis Is Creating Nightmare Conditions across the Middle East
Jul 25, 2021
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Bel Trew
That the wars of the future will be fought over water rather than oil is an adage that feels like an increasingly terrifyingly reality as…
Conflict Brews over the Nile
Jul 24, 2021
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Deepak Vohra
Sudan and Egypt are extremely wary of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam which, they believe, will limit their access to the life-giving waters of the…
Water Resources: Defusing Conflict, Promoting Cooperation
Jul 23, 2021
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Michael Keller, ETH Zurich
Researchers have developed a methodology for avoiding conflicts of use in transboundary rivers. The model-based procedure allows for participatory planning and cooperative management of water…
Sierra Leone: Sierra Leoneans Want a Share of Mining Profits, or They Want Compensation
Jul 23, 2021
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Abdul Brima, Mail & Guardian
Kumaro village residents used to get by on subsistence farming and artisanal mining. But with their lands mostly destroyed, so are their livelihoods. Three years…
Women, Peace, and Security: Moving Implementation Forward
Jul 23, 2021
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War on the Rocks
What will it take for the key national security agencies in Washington to prioritize the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) framework, rather than just pay…
Women, Peace, and Security: Moving Implementation Forward
Jul 23, 2021
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Joan Johnson-Freese
What will it take for the key national security agencies in Washington to prioritize the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) framework, rather than just pay…
The UK Has Been Linked to Congo’s ‘Conflict Minerals’ – Where Are the Criminal Charges?
Jul 21, 2021
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Vava Tampa
According to the Swiss federal criminal court last week, the corruption destroying the Democratic Republic of the Congo – where devastating conflicts over minerals used…
Libya: Libya's Battle to Protect Its Endangered Forests
Jul 20, 2021
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Hendia Alashepy, Deutsche Welle
While Libya has been torn by conflict between various political and armed factions over the past decade, some have been waging a different kind of…
Climate Change: Converging Climate Risks: Government, Military, and Business at NATO 2030
Jul 20, 2021
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Elsa Barron and Lily Feldman, Center for Climate and Security
There are few challenges more “transatlantic” in nature than the climate crisis. No single nation can fix the issue at hand, yet through strong partnerships,…
Soloman Islands: Sustaining Peace through Customary Land Recording
Jul 20, 2021
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Soloman Times
The UN Development Programme (UNDP) in Solomon Islands, in partnership with the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Survey, has supported the customary land recording in…
Colombia: Coca Replaced by Cattle - The Shift in Southern Colombia's Deforestation
Jul 19, 2021
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Juan Pablo Pérez and Manuela Galvis, Insight Crime
The deforestation in the rainforest of Guaviare is the result of decades of state neglect. And the road, which makes life easier for the inhabitants of…
Iraq/Kuwait: Video Claiming Kuwait Drilled for Oil on Border Fabricated: Iraq
Jul 19, 2021
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Kuwait Times
Basra Oil Company of the Iraqi Ministry of Oil denied on Monday the authenticity of a video clip on social media about purported oil drilling…
Present to Future on Environment and Peace (Launching of "Voices for Peace and Conservation" Podcast, Episode 7 — A Road to Geneva Initiative)
Jul 16, 2021
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Conservation International, International Union for the Conservation of Nature, PeaceNexus Foundation, and World Wide Fund for Nature Germany
If we really want to make a difference, where should we be putting our energy, time and money to protect nature and build peace? In…
Afghanistan: The War for Mineral Possession Started in Afghanistan
Jul 15, 2021
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Tushar Abdullah, Modern Diplomacy
All the mentors in the world are now interested in working with the Taliban. But why? There are probably multiple reasons for this. One of…
Reconciliation through Ecological Collaboration
Jul 14, 2021
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William F. Laurance
Last fall, Azerbaijan and Armenia fought the Nagorno-Karabakh war, which claimed several thousand lives in an escalation of a long-running territorial conflict between the two…
Colombia: 5 Reasons for Record Deforestation in Colombia
Jul 14, 2021
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Katie Jones, Insight Crime
Recently published data has shown that deforestation in Colombia soared last year, as a range of illegal activities drove forest loss. Some 70 percent of…
Sierra Leone: Land Grabbers on the Rampage in Sierra Leone
Jul 14, 2021
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Kongbap Sumner, Sierra Express Media
Encroachers are rapidly damaging the Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary (TCS) catchment areas at Regent Village outside Freetown. In spite of several complaints to the line Ministries…
Explaining the Kyrgyz-Tajik Border Clash: Hypotheses in Search of Corroboration
Jul 14, 2021
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Richard Weitz
In late April 2021, fighting broke out along the frontier between Kyrgyzstan’s Batken province and Tajikistan’s Sughd province. The immediate dispute arose over management of…
Afghanistan: Taliban Attack Salma Dam
Jul 14, 2021
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Afghanistan Times
Afghan National Water Authority has said Taliban have fired dozens of mortars on the Salma Dam, major source of electricity and irrigation in Chesht district…
USA: Professor of Environmental Security
Jul 13, 2021
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US Army War College, Center for Strategic Leadership
This is a full-time civilian faculty position within the Center for Strategic Leadership. While the initial term is up to four years with the first…
At the UN, Climate Change & Security Must Be Tackled Together
Jul 13, 2021
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Beatrice Mosello and Adam Day
Could the next wars be triggered by climate change?
Until recently, the question might have seemed like science fiction, but now it is very real. Ethiopia…
Syria: WASH and SHELTER Coordinator
Jul 12, 2021
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TGH
TGH is an organization for international solidarity based in Lyon, France, and founded in 1994. TGH designs and implements emergency, rehabilitation and development programs in…
Spain: Consultancy for the Research and Learning Project – Gender and Climate Justice
Jul 12, 2021
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Oxfam Intermón
Oxfam focuses its activities on providing a comprehensive response to poverty, working cohesively in the four areas that constitute its identity: development cooperation, humanitarian action,…
USA: Senior Manager, Climate and Environment
Jul 12, 2021
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InterAction
InterAction is the largest U.S. based coalition of international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) with 180+ members working around the world in low- and middle-income countries, fragile and post-conflict states, and emerging/growth…