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Climate Change: UN Security Council Considers ‘Cycle of Conflict and Climate Disaster’
Jul 12, 2018
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Megan Darby, Climate Home News
Climate change is contributing to instability in many parts of the world, the UN security council heard on Wednesday, in its first debate dedicated to the topic in…
Colombia: ‘Businessmen in Northwest Colombia Plan to Kill Social Leaders to Prevent Land Restitution’
Jul 12, 2018
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Adriaan Alsema, Colombia Reports
Businessmen in northwest Colombia are conspiring with death squads to assassinate social leaders to prevent the restitution of land that was stolen during the armed…
Fanning the Flames – The Environmental Impact of Gaza’s Incendiary Kites
Jul 11, 2018
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Doug Weir
The 8th July marked 100 days since the first homemade incendiary kites were launched over Israel from Gaza. It also saw Israel promising punitive measures against…
As Afghanistan’s Water Crisis Escalates, More Effective Water Governance Could Bolster Regional Stability
Jul 11, 2018
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Elizabeth B. Hessami
“Kabul be zar basha be barf ne!” This ancient proverb—“May Kabul be without gold rather than snow”—refers to snowmelt from the Hindu Kush Mountains, a…
Liberia: Liberia, EU Sign Aide Memoire of Joint Implementation Committee
Jul 11, 2018
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New Dawn Liberia
European Union Ambassador Hélène Cavé and Chairman of the FDA Board of Directors Harrison Karnwea have agreed on the final version of the document that…
Climate Change: Fragile Countries Risk Being ‘Stuck in a Cycle of Conflict and Climate Disaster,’ Security Council told
Jul 11, 2018
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UN
Climate change – and the shortages of water and food that come from it – is becoming increasingly linked to conflict, a senior United Nations…
Syria/Islamic State: ISIS Recaptures Two Oil Fields in Oil-Rich Syrian Region
Jul 10, 2018
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Tsvetana Paraskova, Oil Price
Islamic State militants recaptured on Monday two oil fields in the oil-rich Deir Ezzor region in Syria, a Turkey-based Syrian news agency reported on Tuesday.…
Myanmar: Myanmar Urged to Review Hydropower Dam Projects Seen Damaging to Rural Communities
Jul 10, 2018
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Radio Free Asia
The Myanmar government must undertake reforms in its hydropower sector to prevent dam projects from negatively impacting rural ethnic minority communities in southeastern Kayin state,…
Afghanistan: Pistachio, Not Poppy
Jul 10, 2018
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Institute for War & Peace Reporting
Local authorities in the southern Afghan province of Helmand are hoping to provide local farmers with an alternative to growing poppy by rolling out a…
Open Mineral and ConsenSys Seek to Put the Blockchain in the Mineral Supply Chain
Jul 9, 2018
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Kyt Dotson
Open Mineral, an online metal and mineral exchange based in Switzerland, announced today the company’s upcoming launch of a distributed ledger blockchain platform to serve…
A Pak-Afghan Water Treaty?
Jul 9, 2018
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Mashhood Hassan Azam Awan
The Indus River Basin is shared by four countries: Pakistan, India, Afghanistan and China. The water sector in this region faces certain challenges including the…
Afghanistan: Underground Water Level Goes 20 Meters Down in Kabul
Jul 9, 2018
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Navid Ahmad Barakzai, Pajhwok Afghan News
Officials of the water supply company and urban canalization on Monday said the underground water level in the capital has severely polluted and lowered by…
South Sudan: Rising Health Risks in South Sudan: Radioactive and Toxic Contamination
Jul 9, 2018
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Francis Michael, Via News
Plug County is located in the Melut Basin, home to South Sudan’s most productive – and hence polluting – oil fields. In view of this…
Sudan/South Sudan: Sudanese Team Arrives in South Sudan to Inspect Oil Fields
Jul 9, 2018
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Sudan Tribune
Sudan’s Ministry of Oil and Gas Sunday said a delegation has been dispatched to South Sudan to check on arrangements for resuming oil pumping. State…
Philippines: School Fixed as DENR Eyes Use of High-Tech Land-Mapping Tool for Marawi City Rehab
Jul 8, 2018
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BusinessMirror
Bullet-riddled Pendolonan Elementary School in Marawi City got a surprised fixing from outsiders in time for the return of schoolchildren, a year after the locale…
Iraq: Protests Turn Violent in Iraq’s Oil-Rich Basra over Unemployment, Lack of Electricity
Jul 8, 2018
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Salar Ali, Kurdistan 24
People took to the streets of Basra on Sunday, the center Iraq’s oil industry, to protest the lack of services and job opportunities in the…
Philippines: Land Mapping System to Be Used in Marawi
Jul 8, 2018
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Ellalyn de Vera Ruiz, Manila Bulletin
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) will be making use of a modern land mapping system to sustain order in the war-ravaged Marawi…
Sudan: Consultant: UNDP-GEF Midterm Review (MTR) for Promoting the Use of Electric Water Pumps for Irrigation in Sudan Project
Jul 6, 2018
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UNDP
The project aims to support the adoption of solar PV technology for water pumping for irrigation in agriculture in Sudan, particularly in the North State.…
Tunisia: Individual Consultant Services for the management of the North-Western Sahara Aquifer System (NWSAS)
Jul 6, 2018
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Global Water Partnership - Mediterranean (GWP-Med)
The Global Water Partnership Mediterranean is seeking to hire an Individual Consultant in the framework of the project ‘Making Water Cooperation Happen in the Mediterranean’,…
South Sudan: Project Officer (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH))
Jul 6, 2018
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International Organization for Migration
Established in 1951, IOM is a Related Organization of the United Nations, and as the leading UN agency in the field of migration, works closely…
South Sudan: Livelihoods Coordinator/Team Leader
Jul 6, 2018
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Relief International
Relief International (RI) is a home to teams of humanitarian activist-professionals committed to transforming adversity into renewal for the world’s most vulnerable populations. By partnering…
Myanmar or Vietnam: International Staff
Jul 6, 2018
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International Centre for Environmental Management
ICEM – International Centre for Environmental Management is an award-winning independent technical service centre that assists government, private sector and communities to define and implement…
Papua New Guinea: Livelihoods Specialist
Jul 6, 2018
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DAI
DAI is seeking a Livelihoods Specialist for an anticipated USAID Biodiversity Program in Papua New Guinea, which will support conservation and natural resource management activities…
Central African Republic: Chief of Party - Artisanal Mining and Property Rights
Jul 6, 2018
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Tetra Tech
Tetra Tech is a leading provider of consulting, engineering, and technical services worldwide. Tetra Tech’s reputation rests on the technical expertise and dedication of their…
Sudan/South Sudan: South Sudan Agrees to Compensate Sudan for 2012 Heglig War Damage
Jul 6, 2018
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Dickens H. Okello, Chimp Reports
The South Sudanese government has agreed to pay Sudan damages incurred during the 2012 war in the disputed oil rich Helgig region. ChimpReports has seen…
Afghanistan: Afghanistan's Perilous Talc Mines
Jul 6, 2018
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Asad Jabarkhail, Institute for War & Peace Reporting
Safdigul Shirzad spends his days working in a talc mine in Markikhail village in the eastern province of Nangarhar’s Shirzad district. In return, he gets…
Sudan: Tribal Leaders in Sudan's Disputed Abyei Agree on Migration Corridors
Jul 5, 2018
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Radio Dabanga
At a conference brokered by the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) that ended today, leaders of the disputed border area's Misseriya and Dinka…
Iraq: Iraq Bans Farming Summer Crops as Water Crisis Grows Dire
Jul 5, 2018
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Philip Issa, Associated Press
Iraq has banned its farmers from planting summer crops this year as the country grapples with a crippling water shortage that shows few signs of…
Liberia: Charcoal Union Wants Allocation of 'Pro-Poor Forest'
Jul 5, 2018
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Alvin Worzi, Daily Observer
Women from five of the 15 counties represented their colleagues at the occasion in Monrovia. The government through the Forestry Development Authority (FDA) should place…
Liberia: Watchdogs Strategize to Protect Liberia’s Remaining Forest
Jul 5, 2018
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Joaquin M. Sendolo, Daily Observer
The Society for the Conservation of Nature of Liberia (SCNL) and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) with funding from the British…