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Liberia: Demarcation Sparks Violence In Gola Forest National Park

Mar 9, 2018 | FrontPage Africa

The December 2016 Act establishing the Gola Forest National Park clearly states government and citizens’ mutual responsibilities in the management of the natural reserve. “If…

Connecting the Dots: Natural Resources, Women, and Peace

Mar 8, 2018 | Silja Halle, Clare Church

In the recent peace process with the FARC in Colombia, however, women made up one third of participants, and the resulting peace agreement stands as a model…

Rep. Lee Introduces Women and Climate Change Act of 2018

Mar 8, 2018

On February 5, 2018, Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) introduced the Women and Climate Change Act of 2018 (H.R.4932) to “address the disparate impact of climate…

Timor-Leste: How Australia-East Timor Treaty Unlocks US$65 Billion Gas Fields

Mar 8, 2018 | Reuters

East Timor and Australia this week signed a treaty at the United Nations setting their maritime boundary for the first time, and striking a deal…

South Sudan: Dinka-Ngok, Misseriya Sign Peace Accord in Abyei

Mar 8, 2018 | Dabanga

Representatives of the Dinka Ngok and Misseriya tribes have signed a community peace agreement for peaceful coexistence on Monday. More than 150 delegates from both…

Elephant in the Room: The Illegal Ivory Trade, Wildlife and War

Mar 7, 2018 | Anton Peez

The African Elephant is a keystone species, strongly affecting the ecosystems in which they live. The recent drop in elephant populations across the African continent…

Liberia: Dowry and Women's Land Rights in Liberia: A "Double-Edged Sword" for Women

Mar 7, 2018 | Justine Uvuza, Thomson Reuters Foundation

As an African woman and gender expert, the concept of “dowry,” or bride price, is not new to me. For women attempting to exercise their…

Liberia: Weah Warned Against Cruel Land Reform

Mar 7, 2018 | P. Nas Mulbah, New Democrat

Enacting the Land Rights Bill, which has been severely altered against the interest of poor forest dwellers would no doubt undermine Liberia’s peace, security, economic…

Liberia: Dowry and Women’s Land Rights in Liberia: A “Double-Edged Sword” for Women

Mar 7, 2018 | Justine Uvuza, Thomson Reuters Foundation

Dowry is a double-edged sword. Research indicates that, on one side of the sword, it can afford a woman social status from both her biological…

Myanmar: Erosion Prevention Work under Way along Banks of Ayeyarwady River

Mar 7, 2018 | Kyaw Ko Ko, Myanmar Times

To solve the problem with erosion of the banks of the Ayeyarwady River, the Directorate of Water Resources and Improvement of River Systems is carrying…

Myanmar: Villages Brace for Water Shortages This Summer

Mar 7, 2018 | Myat Moe Aung, Myanmar Times

As summer sets in, hundreds of villages throughout the country are likely to face water shortages in the coming months, warned the water supply and sanitation…

Timor-Leste: Treaty Confirms Australia Profited from Timor-Leste Oil and Gas, Rights Groups Say

Mar 7, 2018 | Helen Davidson and Christopher Knaus, Guardian

Australia has received billions of dollars in revenue from contested oil and gas fields which a new border treaty officially confirms belonged to Timor-Leste, civil…

Years of Conflict Puts South Sudan on the Brink of Famine

Mar 6, 2018 | Oxfam

While famine was not declared in the latest IPC food security report released last week, the food crisis is worse than ever, with more than 6.3 million…

Climate Conflicts: Myth or Reality?

Mar 6, 2018 | Hayley Stevenson

The specter of water wars has long loomed large in political and popular imaginations. With the end of the Cold War, fresh concerns emerged that…

Oil Wealth — A Curse or a Blessing?

Mar 6, 2018 | Abdulrahman Al-Rashed

Saudi Arabia remembers two important dates in its history: One is the day when King Abdul Aziz established the Kingdom, and the second is when…

DRC: Senior Technical Director

Mar 6, 2018 | Chemonics

Chemonics seeks a senior technical director for an anticipated multiyear USAID environmental policy project in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Activities may include building local…

Bangladesh: WASH Emergency Coordinator

Mar 6, 2018 | Action Contre la Faim

Action Against Hunger is a global humanitarian organization which originated in France and is committed to ending world hunger. The organization helps malnourished children whilst providing communities…

Somalia: Head of Food Security & Livelihoods Department

Mar 6, 2018 | 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…

Lebanon: Risk Education Specialist

Mar 6, 2018 | UN Office for Project Services

UNOPS supports the successful implementation of its partners’ peacebuilding, humanitarian and development projects around the world. Its mission is to serve people in need by…

Colombia: La Secreta’s Honey, a Sweet Product of a More Peaceful Colombia

Mar 6, 2018 | Latin American Herald Tribune

In the foothills of northern Colombia’s Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountains, farmers who were displaced by violence have started remaking their lives with a…

Colombia: European Space Agency to Help Colombia Monitor Deforestation

Mar 6, 2018 | Adriaan Alsema, Colombia Reports

The European Space Agency (ESA) will help Colombia monitor the ongoing deforestation of the country’s Amazon forest, the South American country announced on Tuesday. With…

Timor-Leste: Australia and Timor-Leste Sign Historic Maritime Border Treaty

Mar 6, 2018 | Helen Davidson, Guardian

Australia and Timor-Leste have a permanent maritime border for the first time after the signing of a significant and unprecedented treaty in New York on…

Environmental Cooperation Can Facilitate Peace between States

Mar 5, 2018 | Tobias Ide

Environmental stress and climate change can accelerate instability and conflict—but shared environmental problems can also be a source of cooperation and facilitate peacemaking between states. Transnational environmental…

Overblown Expectations for East Timor's Greater Sunrise Oil and Gas

Mar 5, 2018 | Damon Evans

Reports that East Timor is set to bank tens of billions of dollars from the potential development of the Woodside Petroleum-operated Greater Sunrise oil and…

Iraq: Iraq Parliament Votes to Create National Oil Company - Lawmakers

Mar 5, 2018 | Ahmed Rasheed, Reuters

Iraq’s parliament voted on Monday to establish a new National Oil Company to manage its energy sector, lawmakers told Reuters. The new company will serve…

South Sudan: South Sudan Oil Money Corruptly Funds Civil War, Say Reports

Mar 5, 2018 | Sam Mednick, Associated Press

South Sudan’s state-owned oil company has been “captured by predatory elites” and is being used to fund the country’s civil war, including a government-aligned militia…

Climate Change/Food Security: Hunger Rates Remain High amid Conflict, Climate Shocks, Warns UN Food Security Report

Mar 5, 2018 | UN

Increased hunger and food insecurity, fuelled by conflict and climatic challenges, continues to inflict suffering on populations in different parts of the world, forcing them…

Iraq/Kurdistan: Russia's Rosneft Holds Key to Fixing Iraqi Kurdistan Oil Flows: Sources

Mar 5, 2018 | Ahmed Aboulenein and Dmitry Zhdannikov, Reuters

Russian state oil company Rosneft has emerged with an important role in talks between Iraq’s government and Iraqi Kurdistan on resuming full oil exports from…

Afghanistan: Helmand Farmers Cultivating Poppies Year Round

Mar 5, 2018 | Abdullah Hamim, TOLOnews

Farmers in southern Helmand province said Sunday that they were given modified poppy seeds two years ago which now enables them to cultivate the plants year…

Afghanistan: Kandahar, Uruzgan, and Helmand to Get 450 Pistachio Fields in Alternative for Opium

Mar 4, 2018 | Khaama Press

The southern Kandahar, Uruzgan, and Helmand provinces will get new pistachio fields as efforts are underway to create an alternative for the Afghan farmers who…