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Syria: Project Manager WASH
May 31, 2017
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Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development
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,…
Afghanistan: WASH Project Manager
May 31, 2017
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Medair
To plan, develop, monitor and evaluate the assigned WASH project(s). Assess WASH needs, design projects, write proposals and initiate and effectively manage and report on…
Mali: Terms of Reference Development of Business Plans of Protected Area Complexes of Gallelimakole and Wongo
May 31, 2017
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UNDP
L’objectif du projet ERSAP consiste à étendre le domaine protégé au Mali et renforcer, dans une large mesure, l’efficacité de la gestion du système d’aires…
DRC: Programme Manager
May 31, 2017
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UNDP
Avec l’appui du PNUD et des partenaires au développement, la République Démocratique du Congo (RDC) est engagée dans la Réduction des Emissions dues à la…
Afghanistan: Planning, Monitoring and Reporting Specialist
May 31, 2017
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UNDP
The Support Afghanistan Livelihoods and Mobility (SALAM) is a joint programme of UNDP, ILO and UNHCR in collaboration with the Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs,…
Samoa: Consultancy Service for the Development of the Management Plan for Key Biodiversity Area (KBA) of the Uafato-Tiavea Conservation Area
May 31, 2017
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UNDP
The SMSMCL project is the first upscaling initiative by the Government of Samoa to ensure land degradation issues across all levels of society are addressed…
DRC: Program Director - Land Access and Food Security
May 31, 2017
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Mercy Corps
Mercy Corps has been operating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since August 2007, with a staff of around 250 people working in…
Myanmar: Proposed Gemstone Legislation Risks Leaving Flawed System Intact
May 30, 2017
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Thompson Chau, Myanmar Times
In July 2016, the new NLD-led government decided to suspend issuing jade and gemstone licences until relevant laws could be reviewed and an environmental management…
Myanmar: Deputy Defense Minister: Army Agriculture on Confiscated Land Saves Money
May 30, 2017
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Pe Thet Htet Khin, Irrawaddy
The Burma Army’s farming projects inside cantonments and on confiscated land saves more than 75 billion kyats annually from the state’s budget, said Deputy Minister…
South Sudan: Indian ‘Blue Helmets’ in South Sudan Tackle Deadly Cattle Raids
May 29, 2017
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Press Trust of India
At the centre of the raging South Sudan conflict is not oil or territory but cattle, which, Indian UN peacekeepers posted to the African nation…
Myanmar: In Myanmar, a Lake that Sustained Generations Feels Strains
May 28, 2017
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Doug Clark, New York Times
Today, every morning and afternoon, fishermen still paddle out, singing Burmese songs, trailing gillnets with soda bottle buoys. But despite the encircling mountains and buffering…
Myanmar: Myanmar's Peace Conference Reaches Agreement for Most Points with Five Sectors on Second Day Session
May 26, 2017
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Zhou Xin, Xinhua
Myanmar's ongoing 21st Century Panglong Peace Conference reached agreement for most points in five sectors on Thursday, the second day session of the conference held…
DRC: Study Finds Congo's Miners often Resort to Hunting Wildlife for Food
May 26, 2017
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Phys.org
A new study by WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) has revealed how mining for valuable minerals in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is a major…
Afghanistan: Introducing Safaroma, a Movement and a Brand to Empower Afghan Women with Saffron
May 26, 2017
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Digital Journal
When it comes to Afghanistan, the public knows about war, crime, and the opium drug trade (most of the world’s deadliest drug comes from Afghanistan).…
The Nuclear Ban Treaty Needs Work if It’s to Deliver on the Environment
May 25, 2017
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Doug Weir
In March this year, 132 states began negotiations on a treaty banning nuclear weapons, seeking to resolve an anomaly that had seen other forms of…
Myanmar: Concerns over Seized Lands Hamper Agro Plan
May 25, 2017
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Nay Aung, Myanmar Times
Concerns have been raised on the implementation of the Agricultural Development Strategy and Investment Plan (Third Draft). The adviser to the Magwe Region Farmers’ Union,…
Liberia: Violent Land Dispute in Maryland
May 25, 2017
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New Dawn
The land in question is occupied with palms belonging to one Dr. James Elliott, a Marylander, whocurrently resides in the United States of America.YookudiCommissioner Nathaniel…
Land Grabbing: CED Launches Platform to Denounce Land Grabs in Africa
May 25, 2017
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Ecofin Agency
After the global call to indigenous populations to fight for their rights to land, the Centre or Environment and Development (CED) which is based in…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Kurdistan Oil Exports Not Subject to OPEC Reduction Agreement
May 25, 2017
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Rudaw
Kurdistan Region oil exports are not subject to OPEC’s renewed reduction targets, Iraq’s oil minister stated, adding, however, that he hopes they will be included.…
Sudan: Sudan Oil Revenue Drops to Record Lows
May 25, 2017
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Middle East Monitor
Sudan’s daily oil production revenue has sunk to its lowest level since the secession of South Sudan almost six years ago, the minister of petroleum…
Myanmar: More Than 290 Gem Blocks Due to Expire in June
May 25, 2017
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Eleven
Exploration activities in 291 gem blocks in Lonekhin, Hpakant, Mongshu, Moegok, Mohnyin and Nantyarseik will be discontinued in June, a source of the Ministry of…
People and Wildlife are Both Casualties of Illicit Mining
May 24, 2017
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Richard Ruggiero
Despite its vast size and relative intactness, Congo’s forest area and wildlife are under severe threat. Between 2002 and 2011, forest elephants experienced a devastating 62…
Myanmar: Myanmar Peace Talks Must Address Natural Resource Management
May 24, 2017
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Global Witness
On the eve of national peace talks in Myanmar, civil society groups from across the country today released a statement calling for a new approach…
Climate Change: NATO Countries Worry Trump Will undo Climate Progress, Drafts Show
May 24, 2017
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Nicholas Kusnetz, Inside Climate News
NATO's member countries published a series of draft reports this week highlighting the economic and security risks posed by climate change, and encouraging nations to…
Myanmar: Drilling for a Dream in Myanmar
May 24, 2017
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Adam Dean, New York Times
Nga Naung Mone is one of three oil fields near the town of Minhla, in south central Myanmar, and the largest by far. The others,…
Afghanistan: USAID Hosts Women’s Agriculture Credit Shura to Improve Lives and Livelihoods of Afghan Women Farmers
May 24, 2017
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USAID
One of the most difficult challenges for women farmers and agriculture-related business owners in Afghanistan is the access to credit for their agriculture operations, and…
Afghanistan: Death to Land Grabbers: Protestors
May 24, 2017
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Afghanistan Times
A large number of Logar residents on Wednesday took out to the streets to give vent to their anger against the evil practice of land…
Afghanistan: Afghanistan's Beautiful 'Green Zone' Offers Emeralds, Peace
May 23, 2017
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Fox News, Hollie McKay
It has been dubbed Afghanistan's Green Zone: A pocket of paradise amid the bloody, conflict-ravaged country -- both a hidden gem and full of gems.…
Cambodia/Myanmar/Vietnam: Land Disputes Cloud Fast-Developing Cambodia, Vietnam and Myanmar
May 22, 2017
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Straits Times
In countries like Cambodia, Vietnam and Myanmar, where weak legal systems are often accompanied by land tenures that are insecure, or difficult to obtain, tens…
Malawi/Mozambique: Water Wars Worry Lake Chiuta Fishers
May 22, 2017
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James Chavula, The Nation
Malawian fishers on Lake Chiuta have lamented frequent armed attacks from their Mozambican neighbours despite efforts to end the conflict. The communities surrounding the 200-square-kilometre…