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Kenya: Food Security Specialist - Region Horn of Africa

Dec 19, 2016 | Norwegian Refugee Council

NRC’s Horn of Africa operation comprises of large-scale multi-country humanitarian and early recovery interventions spread across nine countries (Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Yemen, Eritrea, Uganda,…


Kenya: WASH Project Manager - Region Horn of Africa

Dec 19, 2016 | Norwegian Refugee Council

NRC’s Horn of Africa operation comprises of large-scale multi-country humanitarian and early recovery interventions spread across nine countries (Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Yemen, Eritrea, Uganda,…


Sudan: Programme Coordinator (Environmental/WASH)

Dec 19, 2016 | International Organization for Migration

Under the direct supervision of the Chief of Mission, the successful candidate will ensure appropriate delivery, and sustained impact of all Water and Sanitation Hygiene…


Sierra Leone: WASH Consortium Director

Dec 19, 2016 | Oxfam GB

The Freetown Urban WASH Consortium brings together five agencies (Action Contre la Faim, CONCERN Worldwide, GOAL, Oxfam and Save the Children) to support the Government…


Lebanon: WASH and Consortium Advisor H/F

Dec 19, 2016 | Croix-Rouge Française

In response to the Syrian and Iraqi crises, the French Red Cross has been working since September 2013 in Iraq, Jordan, Yemen and Lebanon through…


Senior Consultants in Post-Disaster and Post-Conflict Recovery

Dec 19, 2016 | Canadian Partnership for Reconstruction and Development Inc.

The Canadian Partnership for Reconstruction and Development (CPRD) is a humanitarian and international development consulting firm, providing services in the areas of post-conflict and post-disaster…


Central African Republic: Project Managers - Shelter and WASH

Dec 19, 2016 | Norwegian Refugee Council

We are looking for 2 Project Managers for our country operation in the Central African Republic. Are you our new SHELTER Project Manager or WASH…


Iraq: WASH Project Manager - Tikrit

Dec 19, 2016 | Terre des hommes

End of June 2016, Tdh launched an integrated emergency WaSH, Child Protection and NFI response, following several waves of IDPs resulting from military operations to…


South Sudan: Consultancy-End of Project Evaluation for Food and Nutrition assistance for vulnerable populations in South Sudan-Phase XV

Dec 19, 2016 | World Vision

World Vision in partnership with the Government of Southern Sudan and World Food Programme agreed to provide support to the most vulnerable population with two…


Myanmar: New Government ‘Powerless’ to Overhaul Rampant Land Grabbing in Northern Myanmar

Dec 19, 2016 | Jack Board, Channel News Asia

In rural northern Myanmar, land is everything. Yet in Kachin, there is little balance between the meagre and the mighty. Over decades of civil conflict…


Liberia: First Forest Atlas for Liberia Launched

Dec 19, 2016 | J. Burgess Carter, Daily Observer

The international resource organization, World Resource Institute and the Forestry Development Authority recently launched the first Forest Atlas for Liberia to promote sustainable forest management…


Afghanistan: Afghanistan Women Farmers Demonstrate Agriculture Can Recover after War

Dec 19, 2016 | Sarina Locke, ABC News

An aid project in Afghanistan helps enterprising women to multiply grain seeds for cropping, share vegetable seeds and breed better goats. So far the work…


Myanmar: Murder in Myanmar

Dec 19, 2016 | Beth Walker, Third Pole

A Burmese journalist was found dead on December 13 while investigating illegal logging and wood smuggling near Monywa, in the Sagaing region of Northwest Myanmar,…


India/Pakistan: No End in Sight in Water Row between India and Pakistan

Dec 18, 2016 | Aamir Latif, Anadolu Agency

A simmering water dispute between India and Pakistan seems to be turning towards another boiling point as both sides continue to stick to their guns…


DRC: As President Joseph Kabila Digs in, Tensions Rise in Congo

Dec 17, 2016 | Jeffrey Gettleman, New York Times

Recent troves of documents shared with The New York Times — whose authenticity has been verified by current and former Congolese officials — reveal a…


Hydropower in Myanmar: For Whose Benefit?

Dec 16, 2016 | Nang Shining

Amidst the many challenges Myanmar now faces, the threats to the environment are urgent – and they are growing more extreme. The situation is especially…


Afghanistan: China Gets an All-Clear from the Taliban to Mine for Copper in Afghanistan

Dec 16, 2016 | Mariam Amini, CNBC

The Taliban say they're giving China the green light to restart a $3 billion mining project, but Afghanistan's legal government says the militant group is…


China/South China Sea: China Seizes U.S. Underwater Drone in South China Sea

Dec 16, 2016 | Phil Stewart, CNBC

A Chinese warship has seized an underwater drone deployed by a U.S. oceanographic vessel in the South China Sea, triggering a formal diplomatic protest and…


Myanmar: When Selling is More Lucrative Than Protecting: Myanma Timber Enterprise and the Deforestation Crisis

Dec 16, 2016 | Samuel Schlaefli, Myanmar Times

For years, Myanmar’s state-owned timber giant has been subject to accusations of corruption and shadowy closed-door dealings. Environmental advocacy groups have long blamed Myanma Timber…


Afghanistan: Taliban Says Ok for China to Develop Huge Afghan Copper Mine

Dec 16, 2016 | Andrew Topf, Mining.com

A promise by the Taliban to safeguard the world's second largest untapped copper deposit is being downplayed by the sitting government of Afghanistan. In a statement…


Food Security: Ongoing Conflicts Continue to Intensify Food Insecurity

Dec 16, 2016 | Military News

Civil conflict and weather-related shocks have severely stressed food security in 2016, increasing the number of countries in need of food assistance, according to a…


The Environment and Conflict in 2016: A Year in Review

Dec 15, 2016 | Doug Weir

Marking the UN’s international day on conflict and the environment in November, the Special Rapporteur tasked with reviewing and developing the law protecting the environment…


Colombia: Peace Can Transform Colombia into Breadbasket for World, President Says

Dec 15, 2016 | Alex Whiting, Reuters

Curbing poverty and hunger in rural areas is crucial to building lasting peace in Colombia and in turn will help the nation become a breadbasket…


Analysis: DRC Uncertainty Could Fuel Tighter Cobalt Regulations

Dec 14, 2016 | Neil Thompson

The DRC is the world’s largest producer of cobalt, accounting for roughly 60% of global production, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). However,…


Planetary Security Conference Convenes Amidst “Unsettling New Normal”

Dec 14, 2016 | Schuyler Null

Environmental security? Climate security? How about planetary security. Last week at the venerable Peace Palace in The Hague, nearly 300 experts from around the world met…


Myanmar: Another Victim of Illegal Logging and Forest Crime?

Dec 14, 2016 | Environmental Investigation Agency

Illegal logging in Myanmar is more than the issue of cutting trees – it is an umbrella issue which underlines the absence of good governance…


Myanmar: Parliamentary Commission Calls for New Water Law

Dec 14, 2016 | Htoo Thant , Myanmar Times

Already feeling the combined stresses of climate change and an increasing population, Myanmar’s clean water needs to be protected by a national water policy, parliament…


Myanmar: Forestry Industry Hopes Hyacinth Can Save Trees, Create Jobs

Dec 14, 2016 | Su Phyo Win, Myanmar Times

A shortage of skilled labour and low profits are preventing local businesses from making use of one of the country’s most abundant and versatile renewable…


Myanmar: Commission Suggests New Water Tax

Dec 14, 2016 | Eleven

The legal affairs and special cases assessment commission suggested that the government collect a new rate of water tax from factories, workshops and agricultural businesses…


Lebanon: FAO Opens Lebanon Office to Boost Conflict-Hit Food Supplies

Dec 14, 2016 | RJ Whitehead, Food Navigator Asia

The director-general of the Food and Agriculture office of the United Nations has blamed conflicts in the Middle East for a doubling of undernourished people…