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Myanmar: Fruit and Vegetable Exports to Be Prioritised

Jul 28, 2017 | Eleven

The Myanmar Trade Promotion Organisation at the Ministry of Commerce and Myanmar Fruit and Vegetable Growers' Association are discussing the prioritisation of fruit and vegetables…

Myanmar: Objection to Farmland Law Changes Draft Bill

Jul 28, 2017 | Su Phyo Win, Myanmar Times

Almost 50 Civil Society Groups strongly objected to the facts related to the Farmland Law amendment draft hearing session in the parliament held in June.…

Trump Wants to Dismantle Wall Street Reform. Here’s What That Could Mean for…Congo

Jul 27, 2017 | Carol Jean Gallo

The Trump administration’s hostility toward the 2010 Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (aka the Dodd-Frank Act) should come as no surprise, given Trump’s campaign…

Colombia: Post-Conflict Colombia Seeks to Become Agricultural Powerhouse

Jul 27, 2017 | Oscar Medina, Bloomberg

Colombia is seeking to reinvent itself as a major agricultural powerhouse as the demobilization of thousands of guerrilla fighters opens up former war zones for…

Myanmar: Myanmar to Receive Revenues from China-Myanmar Crude Oil Pipeline

Jul 27, 2017 | Aung Shin, Myanmar Times

Myanmar will gain financially from the China-Myanmar crude oil pipeline, which began operations in early April after the two countries signed an agreement for the…

Security Links: An Emerging Congressional Common Ground on Climate Change?

Jul 26, 2017 | Lauren Herzer Risi

Earlier this month 46 House Republicans voted with Democrats to protect an amendment in the current National Defense Authorization Act that acknowledges that “climate change is…

Colombia: Guerrillas of War to Guerrillas of Conservation

Jul 26, 2017 | Tunicia Phillips, Daily Maverick

The mega diverse South American country of Colombia finds itself in a post-conflict era (albeit on very uncertain terms) that may or may not contribute…

Colombia: Proposed Colombia Dam Threatens to Wipe out Endangered Plants, Disrupt River

Jul 26, 2017 | Taran Volckhausen, Mongabay

A Colombian conglomerate is moving ahead to build a nearly 400-foot-tall hydroelectric dam along the Samaná Norte River in northwestern Colombia, which threatens to extinguish…

DRC: Two Investigations into Corruption in Resource-Rich DR Congo Show Why It Stays So Poor

Jul 26, 2017 | Yomi Kazeem, Quartz

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) ranked 176 out of 187 on the latest United Nations Human Development Index and two new investigations have…

Afghanistan: Experts Urge Proper Management of Afghanistan’s Water Resources

Jul 26, 2017 | Zabihullah Jahanmal, TOLOnews

Critics have called on government to create proper mechanisms to harness and use Afghanistan's water resources and prevent it from going to waste. Currently most…

Syria: Syrian Farm Production Grows, but Is Still Far from Pre-War Levels

Jul 26, 2017 | RJ Whitehead, Food Navigator-Asia

In their latest report, the Food and Agriculture Organisation and the World Food Programme have estimated that 6.9m Syrians are still food insecure, and an…

To Fight Global Water Stress, U.S. Foreign Policy Will Need New Strategic Tools

Jul 25, 2017 | Anuj Krishnamurthy

Capable of upending rural livelihoods, compromising institutions of governance, and inducing new patterns of migration and crime, global water stress has emerged as one of…

Conflict Minerals: Descending into Conflict: Tech Minerals Finance War

Jul 25, 2017 | Richard Brown, Raconteur

The next time you’re struck down with “power anxiety” over your mobile phone’s depleted battery, spare a thought for the mistreated children toiling away in…

China/Vietnam/South China Sea: China-Vietnam South China Sea Spat in the Spotlight

Jul 25, 2017 | Prashanth Parameswaran, Diplomat

On July 24, the BBC cited both a Southeast Asian oil industry source and a Vietnamese diplomatic source as confirming that Hanoi had terminated a…

Afghanistan: Trump Finds Reason for the US to Remain in Afghanistan: Minerals

Jul 25, 2017 | Mark Landler and James Risen, New York TImes

President Trump, searching for a reason to keep the United States in Afghanistan after 16 years of war, has latched on to a prospect that…

Afghanistan: Nangarhar Poultry Farm Industry Growing Despite Problems

Jul 25, 2017 | Yousuf Zarifi, Pajhwok Afghan News

The establishment of around 2,500 poultry farms in eastern Nangarhar provinces has met domestic need and generated thousands of jobs for people. However, the farm…

DRC Land Use Planning Coordinator

Jul 24, 2017 | Rainforest Foundation UK

The mission of the Rainforest Foundation UK (RFUK) is to support indigenous peoples and traditional populations of the world's rainforest to secure and control the…

Guinea: Project Manager - Ziama Forest

Jul 24, 2017 | Fauna & Flora International

Working closely with local partners, FFI’s Africa Programme currently supports operations in 13 countries in West, Central, East and Southern Africa, and is implementing a…

Lebanon: WASH Informal Settlements Programme Manager

Jul 24, 2017 | Concern Worldwide

Concern Worldwide is an international humanitarian organization that works to transform the lives of the world's poorest people.WASH Informal Settlements Programme Manager

About the role: This is…

Reconceptualizing Women's Participation in Water Governance

Jul 24, 2017 | Priyam Das

There is growing emphasis on community-managed water supply and sanitation that embodies a new paradigm in water governance based on demand management. However, projects have…

Inside Conflict: What Does Research Reveal About Women's Rights and Changing Gender Roles in Yemen?

Jul 24, 2017 | Suzy Madigan

Until the acceleration of violence in 2015, women in Yemen were making some headway in challenging a system that largely excludes them from public life.…

Afghanistan: Studies Identify Significant Problems in the Mining, Good Governance and Migration Sectors in Afghanistan

Jul 24, 2017 | Ahmad Masoud, Khaama Press

The Governance Forum Afghanistan initiative was financed by the German government through the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH or GIZ. A consortium, spearheaded by…

Myanmar: How Jade, the Precious Stone, Is Funding Ethnic Conflicts in Myanmar

Jul 24, 2017 | Angshuman Choudhury, WIONews

Myanmar, also known as Burma, is a country with many names. Yet, ‘land of jade’ remains the most evocative of all, at least for the…

South Sudan: Locals Bring Clean Water to South Sudan

Jul 24, 2017 | Mike Donahey, Time Republican

Peace, freedom from hunger, and clean water do not come easy to South Sudan, the world’s newest country. South Sudanese desperately want all. Fortunately for…

China/Vietnam/South China Sea: Vietnam Stops Drilling for Energy in South China Sea after Beijing Threatens to Attack Bases

Jul 24, 2017 | Nandini Krishnamoorthy, International Business Times

Chinese threat to attack Vietnamese military bases is reported to have forced Hanoi to halt drilling for oil and gas within the "nine-dash line" in…