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From Reports to Results: How the Liberia Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative Makes Transparency Count
Aug 3, 2017
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Christoph Buchberger
How do you make sure that increased transparency in the natural resource sector yields the desired results? The Liberia Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (LEITI) asked…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraq's Kirkuk Province Spurns Plan to Ship Its Oil to Iran
Aug 3, 2017
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Khalid Al Ansary, Bloomberg
Iraq’s northern province of Kirkuk refuses to cooperate with any plans to ship its oil to neighboring Iran because the central government didn’t consult with…
Myanmar: Myanmar’s Resources Fine but Fast Disappearing
Aug 3, 2017
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Myat Moe Aung, Myanmar Times
Myanmar is among the few countries in the world whose natural resources exceed the requirements of its citizens, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)…
Colombia: Colombian Avocado Grower Invests in New Land, Bee Hives to Boost Production
Aug 3, 2017
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Fresh Fruit Portal
A Colombian avocado grower is making the most of the national government’s “Pacts for Innovation” program, setting up bee hives on its farms to both…
South China Sea: Repsol Suspends Oil Project in Disputed Sea off Vietnam
Aug 3, 2017
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Channel NewsAsia
Spanish oil giant Repsol said it has suspended a multi-million-dollar oil exploration project in an area of the South China Sea off Vietnam claimed by…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Kurds' Statehood Vote Could Spark Conflict, Erdogan Aide Warns
Aug 3, 2017
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Selcan Hacaoglu, Bloomberg
Iraqi Kurds run the risk of armed conflict with government forces and alienating neighbors if they push ahead with a proposed referendum on independence, according…
Colombia: Chinese Investment Can Help Conserve the Environment in Peace Process Colombia
Aug 3, 2017
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Fabíola Ortiz, Dialogo Chino
Colombia is at a historic juncture after ratifying a peace accord with guerrilla group the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in November last year…
Afghanistan: Tackling Ozone Depleting Substances as Casualties Mount in Afghanistan
Aug 3, 2017
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UN Environment
National stakeholders, industry, civil society, government officials and international environment experts gathered in Kabul to create awareness for and implement a national phase out plan…
Will Afghanistan's Minerals Shape Trump's Policy Toward the Region?
Aug 2, 2017
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Ahmad Shah Katawazai
In addition to Afghanistan’s geopolitical and geostrategic importance, its lucrative mineral resources — estimated to be worth between $1 and $3 trillion — could be one of the…
China-Vietnam Relations Fall to a One-Year Low over a New Maritime Dispute
Aug 2, 2017
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Ralph Jennings
After a world court tribunal ruled last year in July that Beijing lacked legal rights to claim most of the South China Sea, it stepped…
South Sudan: Crop-Eating Worms, Cattle Disease Add to South Sudan Anguish
Aug 2, 2017
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Okech Francis, Bloomberg
More than three years of fighting have slashed South Sudan’s oil output and left half its people facing severe food shortages. Now crop-eating caterpillars and…
Colombia: Environmental Risks Behind Peace Accords in Colombia
Aug 2, 2017
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Fabíola Ortiz, InDepthNews
The peace deal with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) – signed in November 2016 and ratified early December by the Colombian Congress –…
Myanmar: Israeli Agricultural Experts Bring ‘Sustainable Experience’ to Myanmar
Aug 2, 2017
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Pan Pwint, Mizzima
Last week two Israeli agricultural experts came to Myanmar to exchange views on agricultural practices that might be suitable for the country’s rural sector. Professor…
Myanmar: IFC Promotes Better Usage of Agriculture Inputs through Good Agriculture Practices
Aug 2, 2017
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Mizzima
At a one-day workshop on Good Agriculture Practices (GAP) organized by IFC and MoALI in Nyuang Shwe, 300 participants — including 200 tomato farmers —…
Afghanistan: Nepal-Funded Greenhouse Built in Kabul
Aug 2, 2017
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Xinhua
A greenhouse to preserve fruit products has been constructed with the financial support of Nepal in Paghman, a district of Afghanistan's Kabul, the Ministry for…
Afghanistan: All That Glitters Is Not Gold
Aug 1, 2017
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Catherine Putz
The Trump administration would benefit from recalling the cautionary adage “All that glitters is not gold” when contemplating the theoretical wealth of resources hidden in…
Trump’s New Afghanistan Strategy: Keep the Minerals!
Aug 1, 2017
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Eric Levitz
Donald Trump spent most of his campaign sounding like the adult son of George Wallace and Triumph the Insult Comic Dog. But every once in…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Kurdistan Claims Iraq-Iran Oil Pipeline Violates US Sanctions
Aug 1, 2017
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Tsvetana Paraskova, OilPrice.com
The autonomous Iraqi region of Kurdistan has not been informed of plans by the central government that Iraq and Iran agreed to study the potential…
Liberia: RIA Land Dispute, Legal Team Issues Statement
Aug 1, 2017
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Global News Network
The residents of the Roberts International Airport(RIA) and its environs headed by Morris Boer, Isaac Boer and Nimely Bestman have on 25 July, 2016, filed…
Afghanistan: Project Manager
Jul 31, 2017
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Medair
Medair helps people who are suffering in remote and devastated communities around the world survive crisis, recover with dignity, and develop skills to build a…
Chad: Monitoring and Evaluation Coordinator
Jul 31, 2017
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International Rescue Committee
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at…
Kenya: Project Development Manager
Jul 31, 2017
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ACTED
Since 1993, as an international non-governmental organization, ACTED has been committed to immediate humanitarian relief to support those in urgent need and protect people’s dignity,…
Kenya: Consultant - The Effects of Gender, Age and Ability on Climate Change Adaptation Capacity in Kenya’s Eastern Marginal Farmer Zone
Jul 31, 2017
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Trócaire
Trócaire is an Irish development agency that was established in 1973 by the Catholic Bishops of Ireland. Trócaire works in over 20 countries in partnership…
Somalia: Operations Manager
Jul 31, 2017
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Polish Humanitarian Action - Polska Akcja Humanitarna
Polish Humanitarian Action (PAH) is a non-governmental organization employing people who want to make the world a better place. For over 20 years, we have been…
Pushing for Progress on Abyei
Jul 31, 2017
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Enough Project
The six years following the signing of the June 2011 Agreement on Temporary Arrangements for the Administration and Security of the Abyei Area have proved…
Water Wars: Jockeying for Black Gold in the South China Sea - China Leverages Its Growing Military Presence, Threatening Vietnam and Building Ties with the Philippines
Jul 31, 2017
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Jimmy Chalk and Sarah Grant
This week China made waves in the South China Sea’s hydrocarbon space, hinting at joint venture opportunities with the Philippines and coercing Vietnam into shutting…
Joining the Global Transparency Revolution - How Can Environmental Transparency Help Make Mining More Sustainable?
Jul 31, 2017
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Inga Petersen
At first sight, ‘sustainable mining’ is the very definition of a contradiction in terms. How can an industry that digs holes in the ground, extracts…
London Conference Highlights Opportunities to Improve Environmental Response to Conflict Pollution in Iraq
Jul 31, 2017
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Doug Weir
As the dust settles from the battle to recapture Mosul, and the urgent humanitarian crisis reaches its peak with millions of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)…
How the Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty Helped Expose Disarmament’s Weakness on the Environment
Jul 31, 2017
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Matthew Bolton
In this new report from Pace University’s International Disarmament Institute and the Toxic Remnants of War Project, Doug Weir, explores the implications of the new Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty for the…
Afghanistan: Khost Lakan Tribe Seeks End to Land Dispute with Kuchis
Jul 31, 2017
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Mohammad Haroon, Pajhwok Afghan News
Lakan tribesmen in southeastern Khost province have demanded of the government to intervene and resolve a fresh dispute between them and Kuchi tribe over a…