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DRC: Research Consultant

Mar 7, 2021 | EarthRights International

EarthRights International, a non-governmental, non-profit organization that combines the power of law and the power of people in defense of human rights and the environment, …

Yemen: Technical Adviser, Food Security and Agriculture Cluster Coordinator

Mar 7, 2021 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN

The FAO Representation in Yemen (FNYAR) is responsible for leading FAO's response to country priorities for food security, agriculture and rural development through the identification,…

Mali: Consultant, National Expert Specializing in Adaptation to Climate Change, in Particular in the Field of Agriculture / Ecosystem-Based Adaptation

Mar 7, 2021 | UNDP

The Mopti region has attracted considerable attention in recent years from government and international actors engaged in the development and stability of the country. Since…

Mali: Consultant, National Expert Specializing in Innovations and the Private Sector

Mar 7, 2021 | UNDP

The Mopti region has attracted considerable attention in recent years from government and international actors engaged in the development and stability of the country. Since…

Mali: Consultant, National Expert Specializing in Gender

Mar 7, 2021 | UNDP

The Mopti region has attracted considerable attention in recent years from government and international actors engaged in the development and stability of the country. Since…

Mali: Consultant, National Expert Specializing in Soil Degradation

Mar 7, 2021 | UNDP

The Mopti region has attracted considerable attention in recent years from government and international actors engaged in the development and stability of the country. Since…

Mali: Consultant, National Expert Specializing in Indigenous Populations and Local Communities

Mar 7, 2021 | UNDP

The Mopti region has attracted considerable attention in recent years from government and international actors engaged in the development and stability of the country. Since…

Iraq: National Consultant for Project Development Specialist for Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services

Mar 7, 2021 | UNDP

Iraq has a geographically diverse environment of high mountains, plains, valleys, desert lands, plateaus, water fountain, rivers, marshes and lakes. It possesses a unique nature…

DRC: Chief of Party

Mar 7, 2021 | Jane Goodall Institute

The Jane Goodall Institute is currently recruiting for a Chief of Party (COP) for an anticipated integrated multi-sectoral governance, conservation and development public private partnership…

DRC: Deputy Chief of Party

Mar 7, 2021 | Jane Goodall Institute

The Jane Goodall Institute is currently recruiting for a Deputy Chief of Party (DCOP) for an anticipated integrated multi-sectoral governance, conservation and development public private…

Preventing Human-Wildlife Conflict Is Critical for People and the Planet

Mar 7, 2021 | Kristina Rodina

Each year on 3 March, World Wildlife Day presents us with an opportunity. Not only do we celebrate and raise awareness of the world’s wildlife,…

Climate Security and Peacebuilding in a Time of Converging Crises

Mar 7, 2021 | Alec Crawford and Julia Donaldson

Climate change has long been considered a contributing factor to conflict and instability. Risks are particularly acute and amplified in states currently suffering from weak…

Who Pays the Price for Climate Crisis

Mar 6, 2021 | Melanne Verveer and Jessica Smith

President Joe Biden wasted no time after assuming office in taking unprecedented steps to advance women's equality within his own administration. With Kamala Harris as…

Liberia: More Than 1.3 Million Hectares Now under Community Ownership & Control

Mar 5, 2021 | Gerald C. Koinyeneh, FrontPage Africa

Local communities across Liberia seem to be taking advantage of the new Land Rights Law to reclaim their ancestral land. With more than 1.3 million…

Myanmar: Women's Clothes Help Protesters Skirt Myanmar's Junta

Mar 5, 2021 | AFP, Deccan Herald

Sarong-like cloths strung out on lines may seem innocuous, but long-held superstitions around women's clothes appear to have stopped security forces in their tracks as they move to quell an…

10 Young Climate Activists Changing the World, in Honor of International Women's Day

Mar 5, 2021 | Sophie Hirsh

Monday, March 8, 2021 marks the annual International Women’s Day, a global holiday that celebrates women’s achievements, fights for gender equality, and fundraises for women’s organizations.…

Climate Change Isn’t Gender Neutral. Climate Action Shouldn’t be Either

Mar 5, 2021 | Lisa Baumgartner

In Lebanon, despite near equal access to education, only 23.5 percent of women are part of the labour force, compared to 70.9 percent of men.…

Conflict Minerals: More Than $4bn a Year in High-Risk Gold Flows from DRC, Uganda, Rwanda, CAR and Others

Mar 5, 2021 | David Whitehouse, Africa Report

The US and the EU must work with African governments to harmonize gold export taxes to reduce smuggling and promote conflict-free gold, says the investigative…

Zambia: The Voice of Leadership: Women in Wildlife in Zambia

Mar 4, 2021 | Patricia Malasha

In Zambia, women and men are making the choice to challenge cultural and social barriers to women’s participation in natural resource management

When it comes to…

UNDP Calls for Temporary Basic Income to Help World’s Poorest Women Cope with Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic

Mar 4, 2021 | UNDP

A temporary basic income (TBI) given specifically to hundreds of millions of women in the world’s developing countries could prevent rising poverty and widening gender…

Afghanistan: Govt's Agreement with Australian Company Sparks Controversy

Mar 4, 2021 | Mir Haidar Shah Omid, TOLOnews

A document seen by TOLOnews shows that the Afghan government has awarded a five-year "framework agreement" for the development of mining in Afghanistan to an…

The US Needs Partners to Tackle the Security Risks of Climate Change

Mar 4, 2021 | Joshua Busby, Morgan Bazilian, and Florian Krampe

We live in an age of “actorless threats” – where challenges to peace and security come not only from agents intentionally trying to do us…

Women Fighting Wildlife Crime

Mar 3, 2021 | UNDP

Through positions they occupy in all walks of life – as influencers in their communities, frontline defenders and wildlife managers, government decision-makers, legislators, scientists, and…

Colombia: Colombia’s National Parks at a Crossroads as New Director Installed

Mar 3, 2021 | Aurora Solá, Mongabay

It happened the way it so often does in Colombia: the government announced a new official appointment and outrage ensued. As the year 2020 drew…

Liberia: Review Finds Palm Oil Firm Golden Veroleum Cleared Carbon-Rich Liberian Forests

Mar 3, 2021 | Ashoka Mukpo, Mongabay

In another blow to the Liberia-based palm oil company Golden Veroleum, an investigation by an independent grievance panel has found that it bulldozed rainforests and…

Afghanistan: Decrease Rainfalls, Drought Worrying Afghans

Mar 3, 2021 | Afghanistan Times

The severe droughts caused by frequent lack of rainfalls and snowfalls are worrying people in Afghanistan especially in the rural areas where people are mostly…

Afghanistan/Iran: Dam Building in Afghanistan Threatens Hamoun Wetlands in Iran

Mar 3, 2021 | Tehran Times

The dried-up wetlands became a source of sand and dust storm, and the DOE has called on the government, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and…

Junior Scholars Review Environmental Peacebuilding Literature

Mar 2, 2021 | Rohini Thakkar and Gianluca Corinaldesi, Duke University Center for International & Global Studies

Scholars and Duke alumnae McKenzie Frances Johnson and Luz Angela Rodríguez spoke on February 18, 2021 at the DUCIGS event: “Junior Scholars in Conversation: Comparative…

Syria: Environmental Ruin Could Make Postwar Syria Unlivable [Audio]

Mar 2, 2021 | Kira Walker, World Politics Review

After nearly a decade of conflict, the extensive damage inflicted on Syria’s environment is emerging as another devastating, if less visible, tragedy of its civil…

Colombia: Colombia to Focus on Illegal Mining, Formalization of Small Miners in 2021

Mar 2, 2021 | BNamericas

Colombia is currently making efforts to diversify its mining sector while boosting the country’s economy, and this year authorities will focus on two specific issues…