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Iraq/Islamic State: Satellite Photos Show Islamic State Installing Hundreds of Makeshift Oil Refineries to Offset Losses from Airstrikes
Jul 7, 2016
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Joby Warrick, Washington Post
With its refineries mostly destroyed and its tanker fleet under constant attack, the Islamic State is increasingly turning to low-tech alternatives for processing oil, a…
Climate, Conflict, and Commodities: The Calculus Of Peace on a Changing Planet
Jul 7, 2016
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Steve Zwick, Ecosystem Marketplace
More than half of all peace agreements fail within five years, often because they ignore the role of natural resources in driving conflict. Carbon finance…
Reviving a Jaded Peace Process: Why Natural Resources Must be a Top Priority in Efforts to End Conflict in Kachin State
Jul 6, 2016
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Mike Davis
Delivering peace in Myanmar is the top priority of the country’s first democratically elected government in over 60 years. A close analysis of the recent…
North American Development and Policy Officer
Jul 6, 2016
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EcoPeace Middle East
The Development and Policy Officer in North America is responsible for directing all aspects of EcoPeace's fundraising efforts and programs in North America. The officer…
Niger: Emergency Coordinator
Jul 6, 2016
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International Rescue Committee
Job Description: Environmental Health And Emergency Coordinator
Based At Niamey, Frequent Travel To The Field
Organizational Description
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian…
Military Leaders Urge South Asian Countries to Put Aside Animosities in Face of Common Climate Threat
Jul 6, 2016
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Sreya Panuganti
Despite a long history of confrontation and simmering tensions, three senior retired military leaders from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and India urge the nations of South Asia…
Myanmar: Township Tells Farmers Not to Protest over Land
Jul 6, 2016
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Su Phyo Win, Myanmar Times
A group of farmers in Rakhine State’s Kyaukphyu township are hoping for negotiations with the Southeast Asia Gas Pipeline (SEAGP) company, after being told by…
Iraq: Iraq Inquiry Shows Oil Was a Consideration for U.K. before War
Jul 6, 2016
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Javier Blas, Bloomberg
The U.K. government held talks with Royal Dutch Shell Plc and BP Plc to ensure British energy companies were "well-placed to pick up contracts in…
Afghanistan: Rare Bactrian Deer Survives Years of Turmoil in Afghanistan
Jul 6, 2016
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Janet Lathrop, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Forty years of unrest in Afghanistan left wildlife ecologists uncertain whether one of the region’s rare sub-species of red deer, the Bactrian deer (Cervus elaphus…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Christians in Iraqi Kurdistan Complain about Land Seizure
Jul 6, 2016
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Omar al-Jaffal, Al-Monitor
Christian citizens in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq issued complaints in court June 15 that Kurdish residents are attacking and seizing their villages in the…
Central Africa: Senior Regional Livelihoods Officer
Jul 5, 2016
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UNHCR
ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT
The Senior Livelihood Officer will work under the direct supervision of the Assistant Regional Representative (Programme) and in close collaboration with staff from the…
Afghanistan: Cluster Coordinator
Jul 5, 2016
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UNHCR
In complex humanitarian emergencies and natural disasters where UNHCR is designated as the Emergency Shelter Cluster (ESC) Lead Agency under the Cluster Approach, the position…
Jordan: Physical Site Planner
Jul 5, 2016
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UNHCR
ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT
The Associate Physical Site Planner normally works under overall supervision of a Senior Site Planner or Senior Programme Officer or Head of Office, and…
Global: WASH Officer
Jul 5, 2016
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UNHCR
ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT
The Public Health Section's objectives are to reduce morbidity and mortality among UNHCR¿s populations of concern and to improve their quality of life. The…
Ethiopia: Water Sanitation
Jul 5, 2016
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UNHCF
ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT:
Direct supervision is received from the Senior Programme Officer and overall direction from the Head of Sub-Office. Close functional linkages and technical guidance will…
Conservation Efforts Can’t Afford to Shy Away from High-Risk Conflict Zones
Jul 5, 2016
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Edd Hammill, Ayesha Tulloch, Hugh Possingham, Kerrie Wilson, Niels Strange
Between 1950 and 2000, 80% of the world’s armed conflicts took place within biodiversity hotspots. These are places that contain unusually high concentrations of animals…
Myanmar: Government to Ban Timber Harvest in Pegu Yoma Mountain Range
Jul 5, 2016
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Kyaw Hsu Mon, The Irrawaddy
In the Pegu Range, home to some of Burma’s major forests, the harvest of timber will undergo a 10-year hiatus starting in the 2017-2018 fiscal…
Senior Associate, Governance and Community Resilience
Jul 4, 2016
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Creative Associates International
The Senior Associate will be responsible for supervising and managing a Washington DC-based for activity-based projects in fragile and post-conflict environments with an emphasis on…
Can the Liberian Government Protect Citizen Rights in the Dark?
Jul 4, 2016
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Ali Kaba
Recently, the Liberian government arrested senior officials caught in a scandal: the Speaker of the House of Representatives Alex Tyler; Senator Varney Sherman; and a…
Multiple: Profile CCCM Officer
Jul 4, 2016
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UNHCR
Camp Coordination & Camp Management
(CCCM) Officer Profile
Various Locations
Grade: For Mid (P3) and Senior (P4) Level Positions
Deadline for Applications: Open Call for…
Myanmar: Myanmar's Mandalay to Implement 7-year Water Treatment Plan
Jul 4, 2016
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Xinhua
Myanmar's second largest city of Mandalay will implement a waste water treatment plan which will start this fiscal year and take seven years to complete,…
Cambodia/Myanmar/South China Sea: Cambodia, Myanmar Back Negotiations over South China Sea by All Parties Concerned
Jul 4, 2016
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Xinhua
Cambodia and Myanmar fully supported all parties concerned to negotiate with each other peacefully to resolve their disputes over South China Sea, Cambodian Prime Minister…
Myanmar: Myanmar Turns to Timber Exports to Save Forests
Jul 4, 2016
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Chan Mya Htwe, Myanmar Times
Long a timber-producing and exporting country, Myanmar will start importing wood to protect its forests while allowing local timber companies to continue operating, the government…
Africa: Food Income Does Not Link Climate Change and Armed Conflict
Jul 4, 2016
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Environmental Research Web
Fluctuations in income from food production in sub-Saharan Africa over the last half-century have had only a small, non-significant effect on the risk of conflict.…
Myanmar: Flood Destroys Three Unfinished Dams in Kalay
Jul 4, 2016
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Eleven Myanmar
Three dams under construction in Kalay, Sagaing Divsion, were destroyed yesterday morning when the Nayrisara River rose to about 30ft, witnesses said. Reports said motorbikes,…
Myanmar: Jade Sales Drop Significantly at Govt Emporium
Jul 4, 2016
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Kyaw Hsu Mon, The Irrawaddy
Sales of raw jade at the government-run biannual Gems Emporium in Naypyidaw have been markedly lower than in previous years. Organizers have pointed to slowing…
Afghanistan: Illegal Mining for Chinese Market Fuels Taliban in Afghanistan
Jul 4, 2016
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Stephen Carter, ChinaDialogue
For 6,500 years Afghanistan has been famous for the brilliant blue lapis lazuli, coveted by everybody from the Egyptian pharaohs to the common jewellers of…
Liberia: Justice, FDA Sign MOU to Strengthen Forestry Compliance
Jul 3, 2016
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Alaskai Moore Johnson, Daily Observer
A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to ensure cooperation in their partnership to enhance forestry compliance and enforcement has been signed by the Ministry of Justice…
Nepal: Faculty Members Vacancy
Jul 1, 2016
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Institute of Crisis Management Studies
The Institute of Crisis Management Studies is a newly established centre for academia focusing on management of crises, those occurring both as a result of human…
Lebanon: WASH Program Manager
Jul 1, 2016
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Mercy Corps
The WASH Program Manager is based in Beirut and responsible for the overall leadership, strategic direction, and technical and operational management of the integrated WASH…