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Myanmar: Program Officer, Investment and Conflict
Apr 20, 2020
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US Institute of Peace
The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) is an American federal institution tasked with promoting conflict resolution and prevention worldwide. It provides research, analysis, and…
Syria: Head of Mission
Apr 20, 2020
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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…
DRC: Environmental Safeguarding Officer – Kinshasa
Apr 20, 2020
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ACTED
Since 1993, as an international non-governmental organization, ACTED has been committed to immediate humanitarian relief to support those in urgent need and protect people’s dignity,…
South Sudan: Program Director
Apr 20, 2020
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Tearfund
Tearfund is a UK Christian relief and development agency. It currently works in around 50 countries, with a primary focus on supporting those in poverty…
Iraq: International Water Accounting Specialist
Apr 20, 2020
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
The Regional Office for Near East and North Africa (FAO-RNE) leads a key Regional Initiative on Water Scarcity. Established in the second half of 2013,…
Myanmar: National Evaluation Consultant for Final Evaluation of Myanmar UN-REDD Programme
Apr 20, 2020
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UNDP
The UN-REDD Programme is the United Nations Joint collaborative initiative on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD+) in developing countries. The Programme was…
Myanmar: International Evaluation Consultant (Team Leader) for Final Evaluation of Myanmar UN-REDD Programme
Apr 20, 2020
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UNDP
The UN-REDD Programme is the United Nations Joint collaborative initiative on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD+) in developing countries. The Programme was…
Colombia: Pacific REDD+ Coordinator
Apr 20, 2020
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Chemonics
Chemonics seeks a Pacific REDD+ coordinator to implement the Wildlife Works Carbon IQS for the USAID Páramos and Forests Activity in Colombia. The coordinator will…
Iraq: Oil Price Drop Fuels Economic Crisis [Video]
Apr 19, 2020
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Simona Foltyn, Al Jazeera
Iraq has been hit by political instability that has effectively left it without a government. The country has also been caught in the middle of…
A Gender-Equal Ethiopian Parliament Can Improve the Lives of All Women
Apr 19, 2020
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James Jeffrey
Recent gains by women in the Ethiopian political landscape offer a chance to improve gender equality around the country and put an end to long-standing…
Afghanistan: Can the Afghan State Intervene Successfully In The Conflict Between Nomads And Settlers? – Analysis
Apr 19, 2020
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Antonio Giustozzi, Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit
The conflict between nomads and settlers is no longer limited to a few districts of Hazarajat. It has spread to many corners of the country…
DRC: Congo Mine Closures Would Cause Economic and Social Crisis, Minister Says
Apr 17, 2020
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Helen Reid and Hereward Holland, Reuters
Democratic Republic of Congo’s mining minister warned mine shutdowns due to the COVID-19 pandemic would trigger a “catastrophic” economic and social crisis in the country,…
Request for Proposals: Environment and Conflict in Burma / Myanmar
Apr 17, 2020
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US Institute of Peace
The effects of climate change are appearing faster than anticipated around the world. The costs could have drastic and potentially catastrophic impacts on citizens, communities,…
COVID-19 Shows How Reckless Jordan Valley Annexation Would Be
Apr 17, 2020
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Gidon Bromberg, Yana Abu Taleb, and Nada Majdalani
“Cutting off the nose to spite the face” is an apt expression to describe the lack of rationale behind Israeli government policies calling for unilateral…
Conflict to Conservation: How Guerrilla Fighters Became Environmentalists
Apr 17, 2020
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Eleanor Whitworth
The unlikely protectors of Columbia’s wildlife and flora. They were guerrilla fighters in a lengthy civil war. Now they're protecting Colombia's pristine, richly biodiverse jungles and…
Demilitarizing the Response to Climate Change
Apr 17, 2020
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Peace Science Digest
A range of policy options are available to countries to address and respond to climate change. Looking specifically at the U.S., the authors of this…
South Sudan: US Watchdog Sounds Alarm on Mismanaged Mining Sector in South Sudan
Apr 16, 2020
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Ajifowoke Michael Gbenga, Ventures
Despite boasting of the potential to become a catalyst for major economic growth, South Sudan’s mining sector could, on the contrary, be the next source…
A Gender-Sensitive Response is Missing From the COVID-19 Crisis
Apr 16, 2020
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Jamila Razzaq
Razia with her six children and a drug-addicted husband lives in one room in a three-room compound shared with 20 other people. Pre-COVID-19, all the…
A Gender Lens for COVID-19
Apr 16, 2020
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Susan Papp and Marcy Hersh
When pandemics strike, world leaders and health responders must adapt quickly to the looming threat. Often the last factor they consider – if it makes…
Pandemic Hits Women Harder, Says WSI
Apr 15, 2020
Is a gender viewpoint needed to examine the COVID-19 risks and impacts on fisheries and aquaculture? According to Natalia Briceño-Lagos and Marie Christine Monfort of…
Environmental Effects of Chinese Projects in Myanmar
Apr 15, 2020
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Megha Gupta
The Chinese “project of the century” — the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), which is a transcontinental network of roads, railways and ports, covering dams,…
In Frozen Negotiations over the Donbas, Environment Is Everything
Apr 15, 2020
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Gabriella Gricius
Despite the many issues plaguing negotiations to bring ongoing conflict in eastern Ukraine to an end, one aspect that positively contributes to mutual cooperation and…
Gender Relations in Forestry: Beyond a Headcount
Apr 15, 2020
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Kate Evans
Women can play a huge role as ‘critical actors’ in defending and managing their forests, says Ph.D. candidate and gender researcher Priyanka Bhalla from the…
Women Leaders Are Doing a Disproportionately Great Job at Handling the Pandemic. So Why Aren’t There More of Them?
Apr 15, 2020
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Leta Hong Fincher
CNN’s Alisyn Camerota and former US Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power discuss how seven female world leaders are spearheading a strong response to…
Myanmar: Myanmar Seizes 800 Tonnes of Illegal Timber in Single Week
Apr 15, 2020
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The Star
Myanmar's Forest Department recently seized over 846 tonnes of illegal timber in a week, according to the Information Ministry on Thursday (April 9).
Colombia: Colombia's Indigenous Land Defenders
Apr 15, 2020
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Al Jazeera
Celia Umenza is a high-ranking leader of the largest Indigenous group in Colombia, the Nasa. The Nasa is an unarmed civilian defence force that has been…
India: Agrobiodiversity Initiatives Open Women’s Horizons in Kerala
Apr 15, 2020
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Mahima Jain, Mongabay
Kaliamma Nanjan, 70, sings as she cuts through her farm in Kerala’s Western Ghats. She deftly navigates the slopes of Attappady in Palakkad district with…
China/Vietnam/South China Sea: US ‘Seriously Concerned’ over China Sinking Vietnamese Fishing Boat
Apr 15, 2020
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VNExpress
U.S. State Department spokesman Morgan Ortagus Monday condemned China for sinking a Vietnamese fishing boat, calling it an assertion of an "unlawful" claim. Ortagus said…
Colombia: Deforestation Surged Following End of Armed Conflict in Colombia
Apr 15, 2020
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Sonia Aronson, Phys.org
Deforestation is skyrocketing in the country with the world's second-highest number of species. The cause? Ineffective conservation in protected areas following decades of civil war.
DRC: Congo Governor Condemns Rising Insecurity at Mines in Gold Province
Apr 15, 2020
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Reuters
Illegal mining and trading are fuelling worsening violence on mine sites, the governor of Democratic Republic of Congo’s gold-rich Ituri province said, after armed robbers…