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Colombia: With New Peace, Colombia Finds Hope for Saving Its Wild Lands

Oct 25, 2017 | Lisa Palmer, Yale Environment 360

After a half-century of conflict, Colombia is regaining control of vast biologically rich areas that had been havens for rebel groups. Now, scientists are racing…

Progress Made on MOOC on Environmental Security and Sustaining Peace

Oct 24, 2017

We are making progress on the MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) on Environmental Security and Sustaining Peace! Editing and production of the video lectures are…

Water as a Basic Human Right Within the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Oct 24, 2017 | Erika Weinthal

In the Middle East, water often crosses political borders; because water is a shared resource, its effective management demands cooperation among different users. In the…

Pressure on Colombia to Forcibly Eradicate Coca Could Spur Human Rights Violations: Think Tank

Oct 24, 2017 | Jack Norman

US support for Colombia’s peace process will backfire unless counter-narcotics policies are implemented with much greater patience, according to a new report from a major…

Sudan: Curfew in South Kordofan Town after Protests against the Use of Cyanide

Oct 24, 2017 | Radio Dabanga

Authorities in South Kordofan declared the State of Emergency in Kologi on Friday. Speaking to Radio Dabanga, a listener reported from Kologi that the locality…

Afghanistan: Afghan Opium Production Reaches Record High

Oct 24, 2017 | Voice of America

Afghanistan, the world’s largest producer of opium, has harvested a record crop this year that more than doubled last year’s production, a bad omen for…

Iraq/Kurdistan: Kurdish-Led Forces Retake Largest Oil Field from Islamic State in Eastern Syria

Oct 23, 2017 | Hisham Arafat, Kurdistan 24

The US-backed Syrian Kurdish-Arab alliance on Sunday claimed to have seized Syria’s largest oil field from the Islamic State (IS) in Deir al-Zor province. In…

Myanmar: Yangon Factories Told to Treat Water or Else

Oct 23, 2017 | Myat Moe Aung, Myanmar Times

The government warned factories to treat their wastewater properly before disposing it into rivers or face penalties, including closure of their facilities. In Yangon Region’s 24…

Seeking Panelists for Session at the American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting

Oct 22, 2017 | Nature of Peace at Lund University

Our group Nature of Peace at Lund University explores the role of the natural environment in post-conflict societies. We are organising a panel at the…

DRC: Law Enforcement Advisor

Oct 22, 2017 | World Wide Fund For Nature

For more than half a century, WWF has been working to protect the world's species and natural places, pushing for a more sustainable world. By…

Jordan: Meal Manager

Oct 22, 2017 | INTERSOS

INTERSOS is an Italian humanitarian organization on the first line that works all over the world bringing assistance to people in danger victims of natural…

Nigeria: Food Security Project Manager

Oct 22, 2017 | INTERSOS

INTERSOS is an Italian humanitarian organization on the first line that works all over the world bringing assistance to people in danger victims of natural…

The Impact of Armed Conflict on Hunger and Food Insecurity – Consultancy

Oct 22, 2017 | Concern Worldwide

Concern Worldwide is an international humanitarian organisation dedicated to tackling poverty and suffering in the world’s poorest countries. Concern works in partnership with the very poorest people…

South Sudan: Area Coordinator

Oct 22, 2017 | Concern Worldwide

Concern Worldwide is an international humanitarian organisation dedicated to tackling poverty and suffering in the world’s poorest countries. Concern works in partnership with the very poorest people…

Iraq: WASH program manager

Oct 22, 2017 | 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…

Yemen: Consortium Coordinator

Oct 22, 2017 | 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: Extractive Hub Consultant

Oct 22, 2017 | UN Environment

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the leading global environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda, promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental…

Myanmar: Returning Rohingya May Lose Land, Crops under Myanmar Plans

Oct 22, 2017 | Simon Lewis, Thu Thu Aung, and Kyaw Soe Oo, Reuters

Rohingya Muslims who return to Myanmar after fleeing to Bangladesh are unlikely to be able to reclaim their land, and may find their crops have…

Colombia: Exploration Projects in Colombia Face Increasing Uncertainty as Another Town Votes against Mining

Oct 22, 2017 | Manuel Rueda, Finance Colombia

It was the first Sunday of October in Colombia, and Sucre, population 7,000, had just held a special referendum in which residents were asked if…

Colombia: Colombians Have for Years Grown Amazing Coffee. Finally, They’re Drinking It.

Oct 22, 2017 | Anthony Faiola, Washington Post

Globalization is changing that — specifically a wave of well-traveled Colombian entrepreneurs who, along with a number of foreign investors, are upping the quality of…

Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraq Increases Oil Exports from South by 200,000 bpd to Make up for Kirkuk Fields Shortfall

Oct 21, 2017 | Reuters

Iraq increased on Saturday oil exports from the southern Basra region by 200,000 barrels per day, to make up for a shortfall from the northern…

Colombia’s Frontlines of the Drug War: Cauca

Oct 20, 2017 | Adriaan Alsema

Colombian authorities are combating cocaine production in some of the most remote regions. Cauca is one of the long-neglected areas where the drug trade has fueled political…

Who is Behind the Recent Rise of Genetically Modified Poppy in Afghanistan?

Oct 20, 2017 | Irfan Takalvi

During the past two to two and half decades Afghanistan, under various regimes that controlled parts of the country, poppy has globally been highlighted as…

The Environmental Consequences of the Use of Armed Drones

Oct 20, 2017 | Doug Weir

To date, debate over the implications of the growing use of armed drones has focused on human rights, on the expansion of the use of…

Hazardous Legacies: An Open-Source Overview of the Destruction of Deir ez-Zor’s Oil Industry

Oct 20, 2017 | Wim Zwijnenburg

Now that the so-called Islamic State (IS) is rapidly losing terrain in eastern Syria, a race is underway to capture the oil-rich Deir ez-Zor governorate.…

Yemen: Program Coordinator

Oct 20, 2017 | Solidarités International

Solidarités International is committed to working to implement a clear mandate by helping men, women and children who are hit by war, epidemics and natural disasters,…

Iraq: Food Security and Livelihoods

Oct 20, 2017 | Solidarités International

Solidarités International is committed to working to implement a clear mandate by helping men, women and children who are hit by war, epidemics and natural disasters,…

Jordan: Programme Associate (Geographic Information System & Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping) G6

Oct 20, 2017 | World Food Programme

The United Nations World Food Programme is the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide.  The mission of WFP is to help the world achieve Zero…

Jordan: Food Security Analyst

Oct 20, 2017 | iMMAP

iMMAP is a pioneering humanitarian organization that is leading the way forward in the effective use of information management practices and principles in the service…

Afghanistan: Agriculture Fair Held in Afghanistan to Promote Production, Investment

Oct 20, 2017 | Farid Behbud, Xinhua

Hundreds of people have visited the agriculture fair held at Badam Bagh, the biggest agricultural products and handicrafts farm in the Afghan capital. The farm, with…