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Bomb Cyclones and Breadbaskets: How Climate, Food, and Political Unrest Intersect
Oct 8, 2019
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David Harary and Sunny Petzinger
The torrential downpour, ice, and eventual flooding of the US plains on March 15 and 16 left ranchers stunned. The aptly named "Bomb Cyclone”—the official…
Liberia: Denied for Decades, Women Lead Land Rights Campaign in Bong
Oct 8, 2019
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Mae Azango
Gormah Mulbah and her five children were thrown out of their home last year after her husband died. Her late husband’s family was angry she…
Environmental Peacebuilding Association’s 2019 Annual Membership Meeting
Oct 8, 2019
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Environmental Peacebuilding Association
The Environmental Peacebuilding Association (EnPAx) will hold the annual meeting of its membership during the First International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding in Irvine, CA on…
Palestine: Empowering Women as Sustainable Energy Leaders in Palestine
Oct 8, 2019
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Mariam Barghouti
In an office just a few minutes away from the city centre in Ramallah, Dr. Ayman Rabi scurries to submit a report on the latest…
China/Philippines/Russia/South China Sea: South China Sea Crisis: Russia and China on Collision Course over Philippine Oil Bid
Oct 8, 2019
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Simon Osbourne, Express
Moscow and Beijing could be on a collision course in the South China Sea after the Philippines invited Russian oil giant Rosneft to join it…
Afghanistan: Potato Harvest in the Bamyan Province of Afghanistan to Reach 370.000 Tons
Oct 8, 2019
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Afghanistan Times
The Afghan Ministry of Agriculture Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL) has revealed that the potato harvest in the Bamyan Province would reach up to 370,000 tons…
Afghanistan: Meet the Afghan Women Taking Their Country Back — One Land Mine at a Time
Oct 8, 2019
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Kern Hendricks, Foreign Policy
Along with 39 other women, Layegha Marfat is a member of Afghanistan’s first all-female demining team. Inaugurated in 2018 by the United Nations Mine Action…
Environmental Peacebuilding Association Announces Recipients of 2019 Environmental Peacebuilding Awards
Oct 8, 2019
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Environmental Peacebuilding Association
The Environmental Peacebuilding Association announced the five recipients of the 2019 Awards to be presented at the First International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding. These awards…
LAST CALL to Register for the First International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding
Oct 8, 2019
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Environmental Peacebuilding Association
The First International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding is only 2 weeks away! We have a full and exciting agenda, and registration is filling up. People…
Myanmar: WASH Coordinator
Oct 7, 2019
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Oxfam
Oxfam is a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty. It is a confederation of 20 independent charitable organizations focusing on…
Cambodia: International Environmental Expert for Drafting the State of the Environment Report
Oct 7, 2019
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UNDP
The Royal Government of Cambodia has adopted a National Strategic Development Plan 2019-2023. A cornerstone of this strategy is to improve the environment and protect…
DRC: Chief of Party, Okapi Wildlife Reserve
Oct 7, 2019
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Wildlife Conservation Society
Wildlife Conservation Society is a New York City-based organization that currently works to conserve more than two million square miles of wild places around the…
Myanmar: Renewable Biomass Energy Program Leader
Oct 7, 2019
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Groupe Energies Renouvelables, Environnement et Solidarités
Set up in 1976, GERES is an international development NGO which works to improve the living conditions of the poorest and tackle climate change and…
Liberia: Protected Areas Project Manager
Oct 7, 2019
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Conservation International
Conservation International (CI) has been protecting nature for the benefit of all for over 30 years. Through science, policy, and partnerships, CI is helping build…
Postdoctoral Researcher, Quantitative Methods
Oct 7, 2019
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University of Oulu
The University of Oulu is one of the biggest and most multidisciplinary universities in Finland. We are an international science community working in close cooperation with…
South Sudan: South Sudan Warns of More Oil Spills after Pipeline Rupture
Oct 7, 2019
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Phys.org
South Sudan's petroleum ministry warned Monday of more oil spills from poorly maintained facilities, after a pipeline leaked 2,000 barrels of oil in the north…
Climate Change: Climate Change Poses a ‘Direct Threat’ to Australia’s National Security. It Must Be a Political Priority
Oct 7, 2019
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Chris Barrie, Conversation
It is evident from Australia’s increasingly severe droughts and record-breaking heatwaves that time is running out to take action on climate change. Yet, despite persistent…
Sudan/South Sudan: South Sudan Says Renegotiating Oil Deal with Sudan
Oct 7, 2019
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Agence France-Presse
South Sudan said Monday it was renegotiating an oil deal with Khartoum, as it will not meet a December deadline to finish paying $3 billion…
Slate of Candidates for the EnPAx Board of Directors Now Available
Oct 7, 2019
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Environmental Peacebuilding Association
The Environmental Peacebuilding Association (EnPAx) has announced the candidates running for open seats on its Board of Directors. The slate of candidates for the inaugural election…
Myanmar: Mining to Resume at Suspended Jade Blocks
Oct 7, 2019
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Chan Mya Htwe, Myanmar Times
Jade mining at private blocks in Lonekhin and Hpakant, Kachin State, which had been temporarily suspended since July, have been permitted to resume this month,…
Women-Led, Locally Owned Peace Processes Key to Preventing Conflict Across Africa, Speakers Tell Security Council, Stressing Important Role of Regional Partners
Oct 7, 2019
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Relief Web
Support from the United Nations and its regional partners in Africa is crucial to addressing the root causes of conflict and galvanizing locally-owned, women-led peace…
Land Reform Has Failed the Women of South Africa
Oct 7, 2019
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Sobantu Mzwakali
The government’s plan to combat the plight of women’s landlessness has been shown to have borne little fruit thus far, when the report of the…
Counterpart's Approach to Women, Peace and Security
Oct 7, 2019
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Counterpart International
International development is increasingly shaped by fragility, conflict, and violence (FCV). The World Bank projects that by 2030, the number of countries affected by FCV will…
Empowering Africa's Women Farmers
Oct 7, 2019
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Ruth Meinzen-Dick
More than 60% of all employed women in Africa south of the Sahara work in agriculture. Yet the region’s women farmers often reap a meager…
Investing in South Sudan Oil Could Add Fuel to the Flames
Oct 6, 2019
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Brian Adeba and Megha Swamy
A major oil and power conference kicks off in Cape Town this week with South Sudan expected to actively seek companies and announce exploration licences…
China/Vietnam/South China Sea: Vietnam Again Accuses China of Violating Its Fishing Rights in Its Exclusive Economic Zone
Oct 6, 2019
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Shi Jiangtao, South China Morning Post
Hanoi has again accused Beijing of violating its rights after three Chinese vessels stopped a local crew from fishing in the country’s exclusive economic zone…
DRC: The Bisunzu Mine in Congo Using Blockchain to Digitally Trace and Tag Cobalt-Tantalum Mining
Oct 5, 2019
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BitcoinKE
A new system by a Berlin-based blockchain company, RCS Global, is already in use to tag Cobalt-Tantalum mineral ores from one particular mine and help…
Nigeria: Over 1200 Mining Experts to Deliberate on Nigeria’s Fledgling Mining Industry
Oct 5, 2019
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Ike Dzokpo, News Ghana
Senior Vice President, Investments, at the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) has announced that Nigeria Mining Week is open for business and is ready to make…
China/South Sudan: Why China Is Hoping for a Peace Dividend in South Sudan
Oct 5, 2019
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Jevans Nyabiage, South China Morning Post
With a possible end to South Sudan’s long-running civil war in sight, China has its own reasons for hoping the peace process succeeds. The two…
Afghanistan: Teachers to Get Apartments Instead of Land in Future: Balkhi
Oct 5, 2019
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Pajhwok Afghan News
Education Minister Mohammad Mirwais Balkhi on Saturday said a has been devised plan to give schoolteachers apartments instead of land plots in future. Balkhi made…