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Road to Geneva Announces Series of Initiatives to Strengthen Environmental Peacebuilding

Feb 8, 2021 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association

The Environmental Peacebuilding Association has launched a series of initiatives designed to strengthen environmental peacebuilding. Undertaken in partnership with institutions around the world, the initiatives…

Myanmar: Myanmar’s Troubled Forestry Sector Seeks Global Endorsement after Coup

Feb 8, 2021 | Mongabay

In the midst of political chaos fomented by a Feb. 1 military coup of the government in Myanmar, the country’s forestry sector is seeking legitimization…

Bangladesh: Gender Equality Can Bring Sustained Peace, Security

Feb 8, 2021 | The Daily Star

Ensuring equality between men and women both in public and private spheres can bring about sustainable peace and security, foreign diplomats and civil society members…

India: Assam: Aaranyak Installs 18-km Solar-Powered Fence in Nagrijuli to Reduce Human-Elephant Conflict

Feb 7, 2021 | Ne Now News

The premier biodiversity conservation organisation, Aaranyak has installed 18 km of solar-powered fence to facilitate human-elephant coexistence at Nagrijuli in Baksa district. Aaranyak said this…

Without the Right Partnerships, EU Legislation Is Dead on Arrival

Feb 7, 2021 | Boukje Theeuwes

Over the course of the next year, we expect the Von Der Leyen Commission, with the backing of the major groupings of the European Parliament,…

The Biden Administration & Climate Security: Week Two

Feb 7, 2021 | Francesco Femia and Caitlin Werrell

“This executive order I’m signing today…makes it official that climate change will be the center of our national security and foreign policy.” — President Joe Biden, January…

A Climate Security Plan for America Part 2: Assess Climate Risks

Feb 7, 2021 | Erin Sikorsky

If the first pillar of the Climate Security Plan for America is all about leadership, the second pillar is about ensuring those leaders have the information they…

Leverage COVID-19 Data Collection Networks for Environmental Peacebuilding

Feb 7, 2021 | Carsten Pran

Environmental peacebuilding could benefit from COVID-era data innovation. A well-documented obstacle environmental peacebuilders face is a lack of shared, empirical datasets among parties engaged in, recovering from,…

Water Wars Special: How IUU Fishing Increases the Risk of Conflict

Feb 7, 2021 | Sam Cohen and Steve Floyd

This month, the Biden administration made some early pronouncements on Chinese activity in the Taiwan Strait and reassured Japan that the U.S. is committed to…

CAR: National Consultant Specialist in Plant Protection

Feb 6, 2021 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN

The overall objective is to support FAO in its Technical Cooperation program for the country, contributing to its positioning as a dynamic and modern organization…

Yemen: Programme Specialist

Feb 6, 2021 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN

FAO's office for Yemen assists the Government of Yemen to formulate and implement policies, programs and projects to achieve food security and to reduce hunger…

CAR: Project Administrator

Feb 6, 2021 | Cooperazione Internazionale

COOPI is an Italian, independent and secular non-governmental organization, founded in Milan in 1965. For more than 50 years, COOPI has been committed to the…

Sudan: Head of Mission

Feb 6, 2021 | Cooperazione Internazionale

Cooperazione Internazionale (COOPI) is an Italian humanitarian non-governmental organization founded in Milan in 1965. COOPI aims to help the world’s poorest to improve their access…

Iraq: Project Managers

Feb 6, 2021 | Cooperazione Internazionale

COOPI Cooperazione Internazionale is a humanitarian, non-confessional and independent organization founded in 1965 in Milan, Italy. For more than 50 years we have been dedicated…

CAR: Principal National Consultant, Agroeconomist

Feb 6, 2021 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN

Governments around the world have implemented a wide range of prevention and mitigation measures to control and contain the spread of Covid-19 and limit its…

Yemen: WASH Advisor

Feb 6, 2021 | Medair

Medair is an international humanitarian organization inspired by Christian faith to relieve human suffering in some of the world's most remote and devastated places.

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DRC: Project Logistics Assistant

Feb 6, 2021 | African Wildlife Foundation

The African Wildlife Foundation is the leading international conservation organization focused exclusively on Africa's wildlife and wild lands. AWF's programs and conservation strategies are designed…

South Sudan: Environmental Specialist

Feb 6, 2021 | Forcier Consulting

Forcier Consulting is a multi-disciplinary research, and monitoring & evaluation firm operating across challenging environments in Africa and the Middle East. Forcier Consulting is currently…

Tel Aviv: Investment and Entrepreneurship Officer

Feb 6, 2021 | EcoPeace Middle East

EcoPeace Middle East is a unique organization that brings together Jordanian, Palestinian, and Israeli environmentalists. Our primary objective is to promote cooperative efforts to protect…

CAR: Field Operations Manager

Feb 6, 2021 | Wildlife Conservation Society

The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) is a US non-profit, tax-exempt, private organization established in 1895 that saves wildlife and wild places by understanding critical issues,…

National Consultant to Support on Implementation Climate Action for Human Security in Iraqi Al Hwaizeh Marshlands Project

Feb 6, 2021 | UNDP

Iraq suffers from extremism in its environmental conditions that lead to floods in winter and droughts in summer, and climate change is one of the…

CAR: National Consultant, Specialist in Fisheries / Fish Farming and Forest Resources

Feb 6, 2021 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN

Governments around the world have implemented a wide range of prevention and mitigation measures to control and contain the spread of Covid-19 and limit its…

CAR: Land-Use Planning Coordinator

Feb 6, 2021 | Wildlife Conservation Society

The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) is a US non-profit, tax-exempt, private organization established in 1895 that saves wildlife and wild places by understanding critical issues,…

CAR: Community Conservation and Livelihoods Coordinator

Feb 6, 2021 | Wildlife Conservation Society

The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) is a US non-profit, tax-exempt, private organization established in 1895 that saves wildlife and wild places by understanding critical issues,…

Afghanistan: Ghor Residents Suffering from Shortage of Potable Water

Feb 6, 2021 | Afghanitan Times

Residents of Ghor province are suffering from shortage of drinking water, saying that they face health problems because of drinking unclean water. A large number…

Syria: Protection Program Manager

Feb 6, 2021 | Cooperazione Internazionale

Cooperazione Internazionale (COOPI) is an Italian humanitarian non-governmental organization founded in Milan in 1965.  For more than 50 years of long-term support and constant presence in…

South Sudan: Area Coordinator

Feb 6, 2021 | Concern Worldwide

Concern Worldwide is an Irish-based non-governmental, international, humanitarian organisation dedicated to the reduction of suffering and working towards the ultimate elimination of extreme poverty in…

Environmental Peacebuilding Volunteer – Geneva Conference Event Planning

Feb 5, 2021 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association

The Environmental Peacebuilding Association (EnPAx) will be holding its Second International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding as a hybrid event online and in Geneva, Switzerland, in…

Colombia: Glencore to Abandon Mining in Colombia amid Growing Woes

Feb 5, 2021 | Adriaan Alsema, Colombia Reports

Multinational Glencore’s subsidiary in Colombia said Thursday that it will abandon its mining interests amid dropping profits, and growing human rights and environmental concerns. In…

Kenya: How Women in Aquaculture Can Contribute to Social Stability in Kenya

Feb 4, 2021 | Margaret Gatonye, The Fish Site

A continued question that is asked in international relations circles is how to create stability and growth in post-conflict societies. Often solutions revolve around how…