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South Sudan: South Sudan Launches UN-backed Environmental Policy Report
Jun 6, 2018
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Xinhua
South Sudan launched a UN-backed environmental policy and outlook report to tackle environmental challenges as the country commemorated the World Environment Day on Tuesday. Taban…
Sierra Leone News: NMA Provides Community Development Funds…Warns Chiefs Not to Misuse the Money
Jun 6, 2018
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Saffa B. Moriba, Awoko
The Natural Mineral Agency (NMA) in collaboration with the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (MLGRD) has dished out just over Le1 billion (Le1,124,841,246)…
Don't Turn to the Military to Solve the Climate-Change Crisis
Jun 5, 2018
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Nick Buxton
The Australian Senate’s declaration last month that climate change is a “current and existential national security risk” was clearly intended to inject much-needed urgency into the country’s…
Environmental Peacebuilding: What Is it Good or?
Jun 5, 2018
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Nina Engwicht
Policy interventions seeking to break the link between natural resource abundance and violent conflict aim to tackle the quality of environmental governance both in producer…
Afghanistan: IFC, MIGA Support Raisin Production in Afghanistan
Jun 5, 2018
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Jessica Combes, CPI Financial
IFC and MIGA, members of the World Bank Group, are providing $3 million in financing and $7.8 million in political risk insurance coverage for a…
Rwanda: Rwanda Minerals Export Revenues Increase by $207M
Jun 5, 2018
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Dan Ngabonziza, KT Press
Rwanda has registered one of the best performances in mining, in the last two years after earning more than double in exports. Francis Gatare, Chief…
Liberia: EJS Authorized US$500K Bonus Payments, NOCAL Board Minutes Reveals
Jun 5, 2018
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Rodney Sieh, FrontPageAfrica
Board resolution minutes of the National Oil Company of Liberia dated April 27, 2013 obtained by FrontPageAfrica suggest that former President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf gave the…
Myanmar: More Than Just Pollution Concerns at Htein Bin Dump
Jun 5, 2018
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Kyaw Ye Lynn, Frontier
A fire that burned for weeks at a massive garbage dump on Yangon’s outskirts and polluted the atmosphere of several townships with foul-smelling smoke has…
Erika Weinthal
Professor of Environmental and Public Policy
Duke University
United States
Jun 5, 2018
Erika Weinthal is a political scientist and the Lee Hill Snowdon Professor of Environmental Policy at the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University.…
Environmental Peacebuilding Association Developments
Jun 4, 2018
The Environmental Peacebuilding Association is growing fast, with members from 32 countries--and counting! We need your help to continue building the Association. Please join us, share with your friends,…
Colombia: Protecting Birds through War and Peace: Our Newest Partner, Colombia
Jun 4, 2018
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Alex Dale, BirdLife International
In Colombia, connections are everything. Especially when you’re working in some of the world’s most isolated regions. The unique animals that inhabit this richly biodiverse…
FAO Supports Communities to Monitor Benefits from Commercial Logging
Jun 4, 2018
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Judoemue Kollie, Observer
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations (UN) recently signed an agreement valued at over US$80,000 with the National Union of Community…
Afghanistan: A Fragrance Founded to End Conflict Lands a Coveted Deal with Sephora
Jun 4, 2018
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Anne Quito, Quartz
Do perfume and politics mix? 7 Virtues Peace perfumes, a line of fragrances introduced at Sephora’s US stores last week, aspires to help end global…
Call for Abstracts: 2019 Warfare, Environment, Social Inequality and Pro-Sociability (WESIPS) Biennial Conference
Jun 3, 2018
The organizers would like to invite you to consider submitting an abstract in consideration for the 2019 Warfare, Environment, Social Inequality and Pro-Sociability (WESIPS) Biennial…
New Privacy Policy
Jun 3, 2018
When people sign up for the Environmental Peacebuilding Community of Practice, they join other professionals and researchers who are interested in environment, conflict, and peace. We…
Call for Abstracts: Cairo Water Week
Jun 3, 2018
The scientific committee of Cairo Water Week welcomes abstracts from experts and researchers who wish to present their work in the technical sessions during October…
Call for Workshop Proposals: Planetary Security Conference 2019
Jun 3, 2018
The Planetary Security Initiative welcomes suggestions for workshops to be held at the 4th Planetary Security Conference (PSC), organized on the 19th and 20th of February in…
Environmental Peacebuilding: An Introduction
Jun 3, 2018
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Vositha's Blog
Throughout history, natural resources have been the cause of many conflicts. While scarcity of resources such as water has been the cause of conflict among…
Afghanistan: MoMP Wraps up Assessment of Mes Aynak Contract
Jun 3, 2018
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Zabihullah Jahanmal, TOLOnews
The Ministry of Mines and Petroleum (MoMP) on Sunday said it has wrapped up their assessment of a list of demands by a Chinese contractor…
Israel/Palestine: Israel's Top Court Hears Petitions sgainst West Bank Land-Grab Law
Jun 3, 2018
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Yotam Berger, Haaretz
A High Court panel is hearing petitions Sunday filed by a number of left-wing organizations and Palestinian municipalities in the West Bank against a new…
Kosovo: Project Associate (Confidence Building through Disaster Risk Reduction Project)
Jun 2, 2018
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UNDP
UNDP has been one of the main partners in the area of disaster risk reduction (DRR) in Kosovo since 2010 and has actively supported the…
Bosnia and Herzegovina: National Consultant - Vulnerability & Adaptation (V&A) Team Leader
Jun 2, 2018
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UNDP
Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) became a member of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) on December 6, 2000, and the Kyoto Protocol…
Chad: Chief (WASH)
Jun 2, 2018
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UNICEF
UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To…
Ethiopia: Programme Coordinator, Addis Ababa
Jun 2, 2018
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UNDP
To rebuild the disrupted livelihoods of pastoral, and agro-pastoral communities affected by recurrent drought, UNDP and FAO are partnering with the regional government to jointly…
Rwanda: Internship: Rwanda Green Cities Program
Jun 2, 2018
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Global Green Growth Institute
Based in Seoul, The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) is an intergovernmental organization founded to support and promote a model of economic growth known as…
Somalia: Natural Resource Management Officer
Jun 2, 2018
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Action Against Hunger
Action Contre la Faim (Action Against Hunger) has been conducting humanitarian programs in Somalia since May 1992. Currently, AAH is conducting its humanitarian activities in…
Afghanistan: Project Manager
Jun 2, 2018
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Afghanaid
Afghanaid is a British international NGO (www.afghanaid.org.uk) that has been working in Afghanistan since 1983. Headquartered in Kabul, Afghanaid implements projects directly in 8 provinces…
Myanmar: Integrated Land & Seascape Management Specialist, Myeik
Jun 2, 2018
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UNDP
UNDP is implementing the 2013 – 2017 Country Programme in Myanmar with the aim of promoting local governance, growth and sustainable development with emphasis on…
Lebanon: Project Manager
Jun 2, 2018
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International Committee for the Development of Peoples
The International Committee for the Development of Peoples (CISP), through its cooperation with many local actors, both governmental and private, has been implementing humanitarian aid,…
Afghanistan: Context Analysis of Environment (M&E)
Jun 2, 2018
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Swedish Committee for Afghanistan
The Swedish Committee for Afghanistan (SCA) is one of the largest development organisations working in Afghanistan. SCA’s operations in Afghanistan encompass programmes for education, health,…