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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,…
DRC: Mid-Term Review (MTR) of the WWF Forest Governance Programme
Jun 2, 2018
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World Wildlife Fund
The WWF Forest Governance Programme funded by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) between 2017 and 2020 focuses on supporting local civil society organisations…
DRC: Deputy Chief of Party
Jun 2, 2018
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African Wildlife Foundation
African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) works with the people of Africa to ensure its wildlife and wild lands thrive in modern Africa. The organization is seeking…
DRC: Emergency WASH Program Manager
Jun 2, 2018
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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…
DRC: Program Development and Policy Coordinator
Jun 2, 2018
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World Wildlife Fund
The WWF is engaged in supporting the environmental friendly infrastructure development in DRC especially when it impacts the thematic and geographical scope of its work.…
Environmental Officer
Jun 2, 2018
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UN High Commissioner for Refugees
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is mandated to lead and coordinate international action to protect and assist refugees and other persons of…
Myanmar’s Jade-Fueled War
Jun 1, 2018
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Daniel Combs, Diplomat
The remote mountains of Kachin state, in Myanmar’s far north, hold the world’s only steady supply of high quality jadeite. The vast majority of Myanmar’s…
Colombia: Opposition to Colombia’s Largest Dam Project Defends the Land, Water and Life
May 31, 2018
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Zoe PC, The Dawn News
The Hidroituango hydroelectric dam project on the Cauca river in the northwest of Antioquia is the largest infrastructure project ever built in Colombia, and is…
Liberia: A Land of Wealth without Manager
May 30, 2018
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B.J. Goodlin
Liberia is a land filled with natural resources of wealth that hasn’t been managed shrewdly or should I put it to you that the lack…
The Imperative for Peace and Security Council’s Action against Conflict-Induced Food Insecurity
May 30, 2018
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Solomon Dersso
In the preamble to the Protocol of the Constitutive Act Relating to the Establishment of the Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union…
The Water Wars within: Preventing Subnational Water Conflicts
May 30, 2018
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Scott Moore
In 1995, World Bank official Ismail Serageldin warned that “the wars of the next century will be fought over water—unless we change our approach to…
Liberia: 18 Ordered to Pay Back ‘Benefits’ from Oil Block LB13 Deal
May 30, 2018
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Leroy M. Sonpon, III, Observer
The five-member Special Presidential Committee (SPC) constituted to examine the scandal allegations during the negotiation of the concession agreement between ExxonMobil and the Liberian Government…
India: Water Wars in India's Hillside Getaway Shimla as Taps Run Dry
May 30, 2018
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Agence France-Presse
Indian police on Wednesday were forced to escort water tankers through the streets of Shimla as an unprecedented shortage sparked brawls and desperation in the…
Colombia: Expectations for Colombian Coffee Production This Year Lowered to 14.2 Million Bags amid Heavy Rains
May 30, 2018
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Jared Wade, Finance Colombia
Colombia is expected to produce 14.2 million bags of coffee in the current season, a decline of around half a million bags from previous estimates,…
Afghanistan: Flood and Drought: Extra Burdens on the Shoulders of Afghan Citizens
May 30, 2018
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Moh. Sakhi Rezaie, Daily Outlook Afghanistan
Afghanistan is one of the countries that is highly prone to a number of natural disasters like earthquakes, flooding, drought, landslides, and avalanches & man-made…
Colombia: Colombia Hidroituango Dam: 'The River Took my House'
May 30, 2018
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Nicolas Bedoya and Pablo Cuellar, BBC
Puerto Valdivia is just one of the communities affected by a series of emergencies which have hit Colombia's largest hydroelectric dam project, Hidroituango. Tens of…
Environmental Peacebuilding: What Is It Good for?
May 29, 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…
Sierra Leone: Mines Minister Visits Mining Companies in Kono
May 29, 2018
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Saidu Bah, Awoko
The Minister of Mines and Mineral Resources, Morie Manyeh, between the 25 to 27 May 2018, went on a familiarisation visit to mining and exploration…
Liberia: Liberia Losing Gold, Diamond Revenue to Sierra Leone and Guinea
May 29, 2018
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FrontPage Africa
Liberia is said to be losing a huge quantity of gold and diamond daily to Guinea and Sierra Leone due to the high export tax…
Washington DC: Manager/Senior Manager, Municipal & Environmental Infrastructure
May 28, 2018
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IFC
The Global Infrastructure and Natural Resources Department in IFC, is seeking a Manager/Senior Manger for its global Municipal & Environmental practice. The manager will provide…