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Colombia: Drip Irrigation, Sun and Solar Do 'God's Work' and a Colombian Desert Blooms

Jul 10, 2019 | Thin Lei Win, Thomson Reuters Foundation

Home to Colombia's largest indigenous group, the matrilineal Wayuu, and neglected by successive governments, the arid La Guajira is a region of barren landscapes, intense heat,…

Myanmar: Dams on Myanmar's Irrawaddy River Could Fuel More Conflicts in the Country

Jul 10, 2019 | Julian Kirchherr, Conversation

Myanmar makes many headlines these days. While most of the focus has been on the Rohingya issue, the country is also heading towards an important…

Afghanistan: UN-backed ‘Local Peace Initiative’ Culminates in Pact to End Longstanding Land Dispute in Kunar

Jul 10, 2019 | UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan

A UN-backed ‘local peace initiative’ has helped two tribes reach agreement on ending a 40-year conflict over land in the eastern province of Kunar. For…

Afghanistan: UN Lab in Gurugram Digitising Afghan Land Records

Jul 10, 2019 | Sonali Verma, Hindustan Times

To digitise land records in the war-torn cities of Afghanistan, a team of experts in the city is currently designing blockchain-based software at the Technology…

Kenya: How Women in Kenya Mobilised for Peace after Surviving Violence

Jul 10, 2019 | Sierra Leone Times

Women are rarely represented adequately at peace negotiations yet they make up half the population of any country in conflict or at war. This remains the case…

Veterans and Farmers Can Make an Ideal Team

Jul 9, 2019 | HudsonValley360

Imagine you’re an Army veteran returning from tours of duty in Afghanistan relatively unscathed physically but burdened by post-traumatic stress disorder, and you have an…

Liberia: "Land Rights Education Will Empower Women, Girls"

Jul 9, 2019 | Alvin Worzi

The Land Rights Act (LRA), which was passed into law in 2018 by members of the 54th Legislature, will serve as an impetus that will…

Iraq: Any Disruption to Oil Exports through Hormuz Will Be 'Major Obstacle' to Iraq's Economy - PM

Jul 9, 2019 | Reuters

Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi said on Tuesday any disruption to oil exports through the Strait of Hormuz will be a “major obstacle” for…

Digital Tracking of Environmental Risks Offers Insights to Humanitarian Actors

Jul 9, 2019 | UN Environment

By the end of this day many people will have made life-changing decisions, relying on their best guess or their instinct. Some will yield great…

Liberia: Land Rights Education Will Empower Women, Girls

Jul 9, 2019 | Alvin Worzi, Observer

The Land Rights Act (LRA), which was passed into law in 2018 by members of the 54th Legislature, will serve as an impetus that will…

Myanmar: Calls to Legalise Wildcat Oil-Well Operators

Jul 8, 2019 | Khin Su Wai, Myanmar Times

There is a need to legalise the activities of the wildcat prospectors whose hand-dug oil wells dot the land in Magwe Region, in central Myanmar.…

Afghanistan: Afghan Women Entrepreneurs to Receive 5 Percent Quota to Strengthen Economic Participation

Jul 8, 2019 | Xinhua

Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has announced to reserve a minimum quota of 5 percent for women entrepreneurs in a bid to improve their participation…

Colombia: Trees and Cows Offer Path to Recovery in Colombia

Jul 8, 2019 | World Bank

The Mainstreaming Sustainable Cattle Ranching project, now in its tenth year, has helped 4,100 family farms in five distinct zones of Colombia adopt “silvopastoral” techniques…

US Sets up Commission for Human Rights Advice

Jul 8, 2019 | Deutsche Welle

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has announced a new commission to review the idea of human rights and how it shapes US foreign policy. Critics…

DRC: Congo’s Swing Producers Turn to Copper after Cobalt Meltdown

Jul 8, 2019 | William Clowes, Bloomberg

Production of hand-dug cobalt in the Democratic Republic of Congo is poised to drop sharply after prices tumbled, prompting many of the country’s thousands of…

Afghanistan/Pakistan: CCP Urges Tariff Rationalization to Control Tea Smuggling

Jul 8, 2019 | Sohail Sarfraz, Business Recorder

The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has strongly recommended Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) and Ministry of Commerce to rationalize taxes including customs tariff on…

Research Assistant

Jul 7, 2019 | Stockholm International Peace Research Institute

SIPRI is an independent international institute dedicated to research into conflict, armaments, arms control and disarmament. Established in 1966, SIPRI provides data, analysis and recommendations,…

US Should Support Environmental Peacebuilding and Humanitarian Efforts for Palestinians

Jul 6, 2019 | Josh Busby

What is often referred to as environmental peacebuilding– the process of governing and leveraging the use of the environment and natural resources for building a…

Bangladesh/Myanmar: Flood Submerges Rohingya Camp on Borders

Jul 6, 2019 | Cox's Bazar

A Rohingya camp on the borderline between Bangladesh and Myanmar was flooded by sudden onrush of hilly water on Thursday. Makeshift shades at a camp…

Libiera: Report Implicates Gov’t Officials in Massive Land Grabs

Jul 5, 2019 | William Q. Harmon, Observer

The impoverished state of Bomi County is likely to worsen as many subsistent farmers are at the verge of losing their residential and farm lands…

Inclusion of Women in Decision-Making on Environment-Related Security Challenges is Key for Equitable, Safe and Stable Societies Concludes OSCO Event

Jul 5, 2019

Including women at all stages of the planning and decision-making processes in environmental security enables more effective and sustainable responses to the challenges we face,…

Ukraine: Millions of People Risk Being Cut off from Safe Water as Hostilities Escalate in Eastern Ukraine – UNICEF

Jul 4, 2019 | UNICEF

An escalation in fighting is threatening access to safe water and sanitation for 3.2 million people, including 500,000 children, as well as the safety of…

DRC: Armed Forces Called to Defend Glencore Mine in Congo

Jul 4, 2019 | William Clowes and Tiago Ramos Alfaro, Bloomberg

Glencore Plc said armed forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo are in the area around the operations of its Kamoto Copper Co., after dozens…

Ukraine: Fighting in Ukraine Threatens Water Supply for 3.2 Million

Jul 4, 2019 | Radina Gigova, CNN

A recent escalation of fighting in eastern Ukraine is threatening access to safe water and sanitation for more than 3 million people, including 500,000 children,…

Afghanistan: Herat’s Opium Fields Make Way for Saffron

Jul 4, 2019 | Stefanie Glinski, National

In the past five years, Ali Bahib has helped dozens of Afghan poppy farmers make the switch to saffron. The agricultural engineer and manager of…

Afghanistan: 'We're in Crisis': The High Price of Deforestation in Afghanistan

Jul 4, 2019 | Agnieszka Pikulicka-Wilczewska, Al Jazeera

Wood has long been one of Afghanistan's main sources of energy, which over the years has had numerous consequences - deforestation and pollution reportedly kill…

Climate Change is a Women's Human Rights Issue

Jul 4, 2019 | Keina Yoshida and Lina Cespedes

On the February 7th 2018, the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) enacted its first general recommendation which focuses…

Why Gender Equality is Needed for Successful Climate Policies

Jul 4, 2019 | Anna Sophia Carrigou

On a trip to the Niger Delta when she was young, Alexandra Wandel witnessed how Shell’s leaked oil pipelines and gas flaring were polluting the water, soil…

Programme Manager, Dry Land, Livelihoods and Gender

Jul 3, 2019 | International Union for Conservation of Nature

This position is a senior position at ROWA and it plays a crucial role in the management and direction of the regional thematic programme strategy…

Afghanistan: Improved Varieties of Trees Enable Higher Yields and Incomes

Jul 3, 2019 | USAID

While Afghanistan is known for its delicious apricots, Afghan apricot varieties and production techniques typically result in low yields and farm incomes. One problem is…