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Climate Change: Trawling for Peace in a Warming Planet

Sep 27, 2018 | UN Environment

Annually, more than 80 million metric tons of seafood is harvested from the oceans, providing nearly 3 billion people with more than 20 per cent of…

South Sudan: South Sudan Study Measures Cost of Conflict on Overall Mortality

Sep 27, 2018 | Africa Times

Five years of war in South Sudan has likely led to nearly 400,000 excess deaths, about half of them directly because of the violence, according…

South Sudan: Who Will Gain from South Sudan's Expanded Oil Production?

Sep 27, 2018 | Benita van Eyssen, Deutsche Welle

Juba is keen to see the black gold pumping as South Sudan emerges out of a civil war that caused close on 400,000 deaths. DW…

Myanmar: Poachers Are Killing Myanmar’s Elephants in Increasing Numbers

Sep 27, 2018 | Stephen Starr

While the plight facing elephants across Africa has attracted significant international condemnation, and rightly so, less reported is the surging demand for elephant skin in…

South Sudan: Who Will Gain from South Sudan's Expanded Oil Production?

Sep 27, 2018 | Benita van Eyssen, Deutsche Welle

Juba is keen to see the black gold pumping as South Sudan emerges out of a civil war that caused close on 400,000 deaths. DW…

Myanmar: The Jade Scramble: Life at the Bottom of the Mines

Sep 26, 2018 | Libby Hogan, Democratic Voice of Burma

The fruits of the jade trade are mostly enjoyed by Burmese and Chinese businessmen, the military elite and ethnic armed groups. Few profits return to…

Afghanistan: Afghanistan Hails New, Improved Hydrometerological Service

Sep 26, 2018 | World Meteorological Organization

A WMO-led project to establish a functioning hydrometeorological service in Afghanistan to improve early warnings and provide accessible and accurate weather forecasts to increase resilience…

Climate Change: Rising Seas, Shrinking Lakes, Extreme Weather Events Show How Large Threat of Climate Change Looms, Deputy Secretary-General Tells Group of Friends

Sep 26, 2018 | UN

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the Group of Friends on Climate and Security, in New York today:

Iraq: Once Iraq's Venice, Basra's Waters Have Now Turned Deadly

Sep 26, 2018 | Mohammed Kadhim Atti, Reuters

Once dubbed the “Venice of the Middle East” for its canals, Iraq’s crumbling port city of Basra is slowly dying of thirst.

Once dubbed the 'Venice…

Conflict Minerals: Ethical Metals: Cobalt Traders Adopt Blockchain to Gain 'Automated Trust' as Demand from EVs Sector Grows

Sep 26, 2018 | Siobhan Hall, Diana Kinch, and Xinyue Zhang, S&P Global Platts

Demand for clean, responsibly-sourced metal for use in electric vehicle batteries and smartphones has spawned a new market for technology companies: offering blockchain services to…

Jordan: Research Assistant, Conflict Sensitivity Platform

Sep 25, 2018 | Search for Common Ground

Search for Common Ground (or SFCG) is an international non-profit organization operating in 36 countries whose mission is to transform the way the world deals…

Environmental and Social Expert

Sep 25, 2018 | KfW Development Bank

KfW is  bank with a unique mission. KfW promotes development and progress worldwide. That is why sustainability is their requirement and promise at the same time.…

Bangladesh: Short Term Livelihoods Consultant for the Rohingya Crisis in South Bangladesh

Sep 25, 2018 | Solidar Suisse

Solidar Suisse is a Swiss International NGO founded in 1936 and member of the European Solidar network. Solidar Suisse supports and implements projects in the…

South Sudan: Consultant on Conducting Feasible and Innovative Agribusiness Model for European Union Funded Resilience Action Project

Sep 25, 2018 | Catholic Organization for Relief and Development Aid

Catholic Organization for Relief and Development Aid (Cordaid) was founded in 1999 in The Hague, with the aim of helping people in distress and fighting…

Program Manager- Energy Access in Emergencies

Sep 25, 2018 | Mercy Corps

Mercy Corps is a leading global organization powered by the belief that a better world is possible. In disaster, in hardship, in more than 40…

Global Food Security and Livelihoods Coordinator

Sep 25, 2018 | Islamic Relief

Islamic Relief Worldwide is an international humanitarian organisation that provides development programs and humanitarian relief around the globe, regardless of race, political affiliation, gender or…

Nigeria: WASH Project Manager

Sep 25, 2018 | Solidarites International

Solidarités International (SI) is a French humanitarian organisation operating for over 35 years who is committed to providing aid in the event of conflict and…

Somalia: External Evaluation for the Integrated Health, Nutrition, WASH, and Agricutlure and Food Security Program

Sep 25, 2018 | Mercy USA for Aid and Development

Mercy-USA for Aid and Development is dedicated to alleviating human suffering and supporting individuals and their communities in their efforts to become more self-sufficient.

Mercy-USA for…

Call for (Volunteer) Translators and Reviewers for Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Environmental Security and Sustaining Peace

Sep 25, 2018

In preparation for the second running of the Environmental Security and Sustaining Peace massive open online course (MOOC), planned for early 2019, the MOOC team is seeking…

Climate Change: Climate-Related Conflict Discussed at Auckland Workshop

Sep 25, 2018 | Radio New Zealand

Climate-related conflict and security issues in the Pacific will be examined by experts from around the world in Auckland this week. Co-hosted by Otago University's…

Afghanistan: Low Quality Foreign Saffron Passed off as Afghan Product

Sep 25, 2018 | Zabihullah Jahanmal, TOLOnews

The ACCI raised concerns this week about the smuggling of saffron into the country which is then sold on as an Afghan product. Nasir Ahmad…

Swathi Veeravalli

Lead Strategic Integration Officer
US Army Corps of Engineers
United States
Sep 25, 2018

Swathi Veeravalli is an interdisciplinary research scientist and practitioner working at the intersection of climate change, water resource management, and peacebuilding. She currently works as…

Environmental Peacebuilding Association Launches Interest Group on Monitoring and Evaluation

Sep 24, 2018

The Environmental Peacebuilding Association is excited to announce the launch of the Monitoring and Evaluation Interest Group! Effective and inclusive monitoring and evaluation systems are…

Myanmar: Mismanagement of Land Deals Has Cost Yangon Billions, Audit Finds

Sep 24, 2018 | Nan Lwin, Irrawaddy

The Yangon Region Auditor General’s Office has found that the government’s mismanagement of land leases cost it billions of kyats during the 2016-17 fiscal year,…

Afghanistan: The Afghanistan Goldrush

Sep 23, 2018 | Marco Giannangeli, Express

At least two firms have been given “preferred bidder” status for a range of gold and copper concessions in the war-torn country, said to contain…

Cambodia: After CPP Election Win, Promises to Solve Cambodia’s Land Grabs Fade Again

Sep 21, 2018 | Sun Narin, Voice of America Cambodia

More than a month after the elections - which the CPP won amid widespread international condemnation over the lack of a free and fair vote…

Liberia: Liberia Passes Landmark Law to Secure Ancestral Land Rights

Sep 21, 2018 | CGTN Africa

Liberia has passed a landmark law that will help communities fight foreign land grabs by giving them ownership of ancestral territory, officials and activists said…

US Spends $81 Billion a Year to Protect Global Oil Supplies, Report Estimates

Sep 21, 2018 | Tom DiChristopher, CNBC

The United States military spends about $81 billion a year to protect oil supplies around the world and keep fossil fuels flowing into American gas…

Food Security: Recognising the Debilitating Nature Conflict Has on Food Security

Sep 21, 2018 | Busani Bafana, Inter Press Service

Hunger has been on the rise for three years in a row, the U.N. found in a new report published this September. The global body says…

Liberia: Land Reforms in Liberia Allow Foreigners to Own Property

Sep 21, 2018 | Africa News

Liberia’s President George Weah, who took office in January, has signed a land reform law that gives local communities greater rights over “customary land” and…