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Afghanistan: Managing Wastewater to Help Improve Living Conditions

Feb 14, 2018 | International Committee of the Red Cross

Almost 3,000 people, living side by side, in a confined environment, pose major challenges in maintaining good sanitary and hygiene conditions. In Herat city, for…

Colombia: Massive Loss of Colombia’s Forests Due to Cattle Farming

Feb 14, 2018 | teleSUR

A report published by the Antioquia Forest Observatory revealed the Colombian Department of Antioquia has lost 19,700 hectares of forest, and 21.200 of Andean forest…

Help Us Get 1000 More Participants for the MOOC!

Feb 13, 2018

The MOOC on Environmental Security and Sustaining Peace starts in two weeks! Enrollment numbers are steadily climbing, but we would like to get 1000 more…

Afghanistan: Community Unites to Resolve Long Standing Tribal Conflict in Surobi District

Feb 13, 2018 | UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan

Community members from two tribes locked in a longstanding conflict in the Uzbin valley of central Afghanistan came together recently to resolve their differences. Led…

Now Available Online: The 5th Al-Moumin Award and Lecture with Ken Conca and Geoff Dabelko

Feb 12, 2018

The 5th Al-Moumin Award and Lecture was hosted by American University's School of International Service, the Environmental Law Institute, and UN Environment on January 30.…

Jordan: Field Coordinator Irbid

Feb 12, 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…

Nigeria: Regional DDG WAM Project Manager (Mine Action)

Feb 12, 2018 | Danish Refugee Council

Danish Demining Group (DDG) is looking for a dynamic, bilingual (French and English) Project Manager to implement and expand DDG’s programming portfolio in the West…

Sudan: Country Director

Feb 12, 2018 | Norwegian Church Aid

Norwegian Church Aid (NCA) is one of the largest aid organisations in the Nordic region. We are there in disasters and emergencies to provide water and…

Liberia: Liberia Looks to Women for Equal Distribution of Forest Resources

Feb 12, 2018 | FrontPage Africa

An eight-bedroom guesthouse, a five-classroom school and a palaver hut are major achievements of a community forest development committee (CFDC) of a community affected by…

Myanmar: Myanmar Road Corridors Threaten Land and Livelihoods

Feb 12, 2018 | Kayleigh Long, China Dialogue

Up to half of Myanmar’s population live in areas that could suffer environmental damage from two giant highways unless the ecological risks are considered, according…

Afghanistan: Drought and Climate Change Effects

Feb 12, 2018 | Daily Outlook Afghanistan

As the water sources are heavily dependent on annual rainfall and snowfall but lack of snowfall in the winter season has intensified concerns over increase…

Nile Basin: How Big Land Deals Add Stress to the River Nile

Feb 11, 2018 | The Conversation

One of the major scenes of a potential water crisis and conflict is the Nile, the longest in the world. It flows 11 countries -…

Balkans: Environmental Peacebuilding and Sustainability

Feb 10, 2018

Ohio University is seeking applications for the Balkans: Environmental Peacebuilding and Sustainability program. This 7 credit field course (in Washington DC and the Balkans) affiliated with the…

Liberia: House Draws up Citizenship, Land Ownership Amendments for Referendum

Feb 9, 2018 | Leroy M. Sonpon, III, Daily Observer

The House of Representatives has begun reviewing four resolutions amending certain provisions of the Liberian Constitution, including citizenship and land ownership but uncertainty hovers over…

DRC: Rangold, Other Big Miners Battle Proposed Mineral Tax in DR Congo

Feb 9, 2018 | Wachira Kigotho, Bloomberg

Randgold Resources, Glencore Plc, and other mining companies are fighting a new mining bill in the Democratic Republic of Congo that would raise taxes and…

Colombia: Scorched Earth: Colombia’s ‘Refugee Farmers’ Returning to Land

Feb 9, 2018 | Maximo Anderson, Mongabay

After five decades of civil war, Colombia is holding more than seven million displaced people, second only to Syria worldwide, according to the Internal Displacement…

Nigeria: Cattle Colonies Will Deny Farmers Access to Arable Land – Bassey

Feb 9, 2018 | Oluseyi Taiwo-Oguntuase, Independent

Nnimmo Bassey, an environmental activist, is the Executive Director of Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF). He spoke with Seyi Taiwo-Oguntuase on the uncontrolled killings…

Iraq/Kurdistan: Baghdad Won't Honor KRG Payment Deals with Int'l Oil Companies: Report

Feb 9, 2018 | Rudaw

The Iraqi government will not cover the gross payments due to oil companies that have signed agreements with the Kurdistan Region, but will require new…

Myanmar: Wetlands Status Sought for All of Mottama

Feb 8, 2018 | Myat Moe Aung, Myanmar Times

One year after part of the Mottama Gulf was declared a wetland site of international importance under UNESCO’s Ramsar Convention, the Biodiversity and Nature Conservation Association…

Myanmar: Drones to Aid Mangrove Rehabilitation

Feb 8, 2018 | Myat Moe Aung and Aye Sapay Phyu, Myanmar Times

Worldview International Foundation is testing a project aimed at speeding up the rehabilitation of mangrove forests in Yangon Region using drones to replant the shrubs,…

Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraq Signs Agreement to Build Oil Refinery Near Kirkuk

Feb 8, 2018 | Reuters

Iraq has signed an agreement to build a 70,000-barrels-per-day oil refinery near the northern city of Kirkuk, the oil ministry said on Thursday. The agreement…

Call for Applications: Rotary Peace Fellowship

Feb 7, 2018

The Rotary Foundation is now accepting applications for the fully-funded 2019 Rotary Peace Fellowship. Up to 100 social change leaders are selected globally every year…

Compromise Is Key to Kurdistan Oil Recovery

Feb 7, 2018 | Alan Mohtadi

Relations between the Kurdistan regional government (KRG) and the central government of Iraq have been at an all-time low since the KRG’s independence referendum in…

Cameroon: Consultancy for Conflict Sensitive Analysis

Feb 6, 2018 | Danish Refugee Council

Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is a Danish international non-governmental organisation, which promotes and supports durable solutions to the problems faced by refugees and internally displaced people…

Afghanistan: Field Coordinator

Feb 6, 2018 | Solidarités International

SI has been working in Afghanistan for 37 years. The mission is currently implementing emergency activities in 4 provinces: Bamyan, Wardak, Paktika and Khost, including…

Senegal: Monitoring and Evaluation Director

Feb 6, 2018 | Winrock International

Winrock International is a nonprofit organization that works with people in the United States and around the world to empower the disadvantaged, increase economic opportunity,…

Somalia: Food Security and Livelihood Program Manager

Feb 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…

Jordan: MEAL Officer

Feb 6, 2018 | Syria Relief & Development

SRD is an international non-profit humanitarian organization dedicated to the reduction of suffering and working to provide humanitarian relief in Syria and in Jordan. SRD…

Department of Defense, U.S. National Security Community Caught off Guard by Growing Illegal Fishing Threat

Feb 6, 2018 | Stimson Center

The Department of Defense and U.S. national security community have not appropriately prioritized addressing the growing threat posed by illegal, unreported, unregulated (IUU) fishing, according…

Myanmar: Myanmar to Adopt Genomic Rice Breeding Practices with JICA Support

Feb 6, 2018 | Thompson Chau, Myanmar Times

Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and Myanmar’s agricultural research department are set to implement a genomic rice breeding initiative.