International
Dismantling Barriers to Women’s Participation in Peace Processes
Jan 14, 2021
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Women' Peace and Humanitarian Fund
The Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund (WPHF) – together with UN, government and civil society partners – launched on Thursday a new financing mechanism to urgently accelerate…
Afghanistan: Mitigating the Potential Impacts of Dry Conditions Triggered by La Niña in Afghanistan
Jan 13, 2021
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
During the second half of 2020, a moderate to strong La Niña phenomenon was registered that is causing extreme weather conditions in various parts of…
Ghana: ACEP Launches Report on Gender Budgeting of Mineral Revenue in Ghana
Jan 13, 2021
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Business Ghana
The Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) has launched a research report that exposes critical gender gaps in allocation of resources, utilization and benefits in…
Fisheries Need to Make Gender Inclusion a Norm, Not just ‘Reach’ Women, Says Pacific Study
Jan 12, 2021
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Carinya Sharples, Mongabay
A study into gender-inclusion approaches on Fiji, Vanatu and Solomon Islands finds most focus on women while overlooking the role of men and gender relations.…
Middle East: Facebook and Google Earth Help Probe Eco-Crimes in the Middle East
Jan 12, 2021
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Cathrin Schaer, Deutsche Welle
Researchers are using the same open-source data methods that helped track war crimes in Syria to document environmental offenses in places like Yemen and Iraq.
Liberia/Sierra Leone: Saving the Gola Forest: Reimagining Forest Conservation in West Africa
Jan 12, 2021
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Lewis Kihumba, Bird Life International
Covering more than 350,000 hectares, straddling the Liberia and Sierra Leone borders, Gola Forest is the largest remaining block of Upper Guinean Forest. Years of…
UN Women and UNV Launch New Young Women Leaders Initiative
Jan 12, 2021
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UN Women
UN Women, in partnership with the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme, is excited to introduce the UN Women “Young Women Leaders” (YWL) initiative. The YWL…
United Kingdom, South Africa: UK to Support South African Women Entrepreneurs to Develop GreenTech Businesses
Jan 11, 2021
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Rebecca Campbell, Engineering News
The UK, through the UK-South Africa Tech Hub, and in partnership with the Future Females Business School, will help 30 South African women entrepreneurs to…
Uganda: Mubende Youth, Women Embrace Climate Smart Agriculture Technologies
Jan 11, 2021
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Dan Wandera, Daily Monitor
Ms Hilda Atwongyeirwe, an IT graduate who is now deeply committed to her 35 acre soybean plantation at Kahumuro village Kitenga Subcounty in Mubende District…
Nigeria: Nigeria Cattle Crisis: How Drought and Urbanisation Led to Deadly Land Grabs
Jan 11, 2021
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Orji Sunday, Guardian
For many years the clashes between farmers and cattle herders were problematic, but the two groups usually managed to reach a mutual accommodation. But in…
Rwanda: Rwanda Dismisses UN Experts Allegations in DRC Midterm Report
Jan 9, 2021
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Emmanuel Ntirenganya, New Times
The Government of Rwanda on Friday, January 8, dismissed allegations from the UN Group of Experts (GoE) Midterm report which claimed that there were Rwandan troops…
Liberia: Popota Town Land Dispute Deepens as Two Groups Claim Ownership
Jan 7, 2021
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Christopher C. Walker, FrontPage Africa
Several residents of Popota Town in Fuamah District Bong County have expressed fear of losing their land to Betty Cooper Kabah who they say is…
Colombia: Cocaine Production Driving Deforestation into Colombian National Park
Jan 7, 2021
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René Mora, Mongabay
The location of the Catatumbo region sits on the border with Venezuela, making it a strategic route for armed groups such as the National Liberation…
Liberia: Miners, Loggers Clash over Gbarpolu Forest
Jan 7, 2021
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Moses R. Quollin, FrontPage Africa
On March 4 2019, Korninga B, an authorized forest community, signed a logging contract with Singaporean-Indian logging company Indo Africa Plantation Liberia Incorporated. However, one…
Egypt/Ethiopia/Sudan: Tigray Conflict Could Delay Grand Renaissance Dam Negotiations
Jan 7, 2021
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ESI Africa
Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia have resumed talks in an attempt to resolve conflict surrounding Africa’s largest and most controversial hydroelectric project, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance…
Climate Change: Climate-Change-Induced Conflict? Rare Footage Captured of Jaguar Killing Ocelot at Waterhole
Jan 6, 2021
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Washington State University
In what may be a sign of climate-change-induced conflict, researchers have captured rare photographic evidence of a jaguar killing another predatory wild cat at an…
Afghanistan: Climate Change Threatens Glaciers in Afghanistan: Experts
Jan 6, 2021
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Khaled Nikzad, TOLOnews
There are nearly 4,000 glaciers lying up high in various regions of Afghanistan, but the climate change is severely threatening these highly important sources of…
Where Are the Women in Food Insecurity Analysis?
Jan 4, 2021
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Amy Lieberman, Devex
NEW YORK — Women are more likely to experience food insecurity than men, and the pandemic has exacerbated this divide. Women continue to shoulder more…
Myanmar: Myanmar Mulls Online Gems and Jewellery Sales
Jan 4, 2021
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Pa Pa, Myanmar Times
After almost a year without income due to the inability to hold physical emporiums and promotional events in 2020, the Myanmar gems and jewellery industry…
South Sudan: 'Our Children Die in Our Hands': Floods Ravage South Sudan
Jan 4, 2021
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E&E News
On a scrap of land surrounded by flooding in South Sudan, families drink and bathe from the waters that swept away latrines and continue to…
Liberia: Stakeholders Hold Boundary Harmonization Meeting in Grand Gedeh
Jan 3, 2021
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Global News Network
Grand Geedeh Bar Association in collaboration with the Grand Geedeh County Legislative Caucus has ended a two-day Community leaders meeting with stakeholders of bordering communities…
Myanmar: Myanmar Migratory Bird Census to Be Taken by Locals
Jan 3, 2021
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Phyo Wai Kyaw, Myanmar Times
The Asian migratory bird census which is usually conducted yearly will be taken in collaboration with local communities in Myanmar this year, said Daw Thiri…
Myanmar: 35 Landslides Occurred in Hpakant Jade Land, Claimed 206 Lives Last Year
Jan 1, 2021
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Sit Ko Naing Tun, Eleven
A total of 35 landslides occurred in Lonekhin-Hpakant jade land in Hapkant Township, Moenyin District, Kachin State, in 2020 killing 206 people and seriously injuring…
Cambodia: Land Grabs in Protected Forests Rampant in Cambodia
Jan 1, 2021
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New Straits Times
Land grabs and encroachment on protected forest are becoming more rampant in northern Cambodia, said environmental activists. Cambodian forest and wildlife conservationists said it was…
Colombia: Colombia Sets New Record in Eradicating Coca Production
Dec 31, 2020
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Agence France-Presse
Colombia beat its record for eradicating coca crops for the second year in a row, the government said Wednesday, although the country still remains the…
Liberia: “Illegal” Chain Sawyers Drive Away Major Concession in Rivercess County
Dec 30, 2020
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Emmanuel C. Weedee, FrontPage Africa
Citizens of Central River Cess District have decried serious setback in the development agenda of the district and county since the “unceremonious” closure of major…
Colombia: Colombia’s Sustainable Forestry Drive Boosts Biodiversity and Business
Dec 30, 2020
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Dimitri Selibas, Mongabay
Despite the high costs and long registration times, sustainable timber harvesting has the potential to bring more value to rural Colombians while also acting as…
Climate Change: Biome Shifts Due to Climate Change Creates Increased Vulnerabilities for Military Installations
Dec 28, 2020
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Marc Kodack, Council on Strategic Risks
Supporting sustainable range management and training activities on military installations will be challenged by climate change, both in the near term and many years into…
Liberia: Lack of Funds in Liberia Hampers Legal Enforcement of Rural Land Rights
Dec 27, 2020
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Darlington Porkpa, RFI
In the two years since the long-awaited Land Rights bill was passed, it was supposed to give local communities direct ownership to their land, but…
DRC: Chinese Companies Are Betting Heavily on Democratic Republic of Congo’s Mines
Dec 27, 2020
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Jevans Nyabiage, South China Morning Post
Chinese companies are betting big on the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)’s mining industry as copper prices surged to a seven-year high driven by China’s…