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Senegal: Point Focal Cluster Sécurité Alimentaire
Sep 27, 2016
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Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development
Depuis 1993, l’association de solidarité internationale ACTED répond aux besoins humanitaires des populations dans les situations de crise et au respect de leur dignité, tout…
Angola: Program Manager - Agriculture
Sep 27, 2016
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People in Need
People in Need (PIN) helps people in emergencies, both in crises of war as well as in areas affected by natural disasters, and in places…
It’s Not Funded Just by Oil and Looting. How the Islamic State Uses Agriculture.
Sep 27, 2016
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Eckart Woertz and Hadi Jaafar
The Islamic State has repeatedly made headlines for commandeering and profiting from the region’s oil. Less attention has been paid to its use of another…
Myanmar: Responding to Disasters before They Happen: Trainings Build Resilience in Myanmar’s Dry Zone
Sep 27, 2016
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UNDP
In Myanmar, climate change is causing an increase in the prevalence of drought events and an increase in the occurrence of flooding and storm surges.…
India/Pakistan: Are India and Pakistan on the Brink of a Water War?
Sep 27, 2016
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Amanda Hoover, Christian Science Monitor
Rising tensions between India and Pakistan could spike into a “water war” if India fails to follow through on a treaty that regulates a river…
Campaign Leader, Myanmar Extractive Industries
Sep 26, 2016
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Global Witness
Global Witness is looking for a campaign leader to use investigation and advocacy skills to stop oil, gas and mining industries in Myanmar contributing to…
Applied Conflict Transformation Studies (ACTS) Faculty
Sep 26, 2016
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Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies
The Centre for Peace & Conflict Studies (CPCS) is looking for a Faculty Member to join our Applied Conflict Transformation (ACTS) Team. The core task of ACTS Faculty is to teach…
Knowledge Manager and Liaison, Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund (ARTF)
Sep 26, 2016
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Management Systems International
Knowledge Manager and Liaison, Afghanistan Reconstruction
Trust Fund (ARTF), Afghanistan
Company Profile: MSI, a Tetra Tech Company, is a Washington, DC metro area international development firm with a…
Learning and Training Specialist for the Global WASH Cluster
Sep 26, 2016
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United Nations Children's Fund
Background
“At the global level, the aim of the cluster approach is to strengthen system-wide preparedness and technical capacity to respond to humanitarian emergencies.”[1] Since the…
Head, MENA Region
Sep 26, 2016
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International Water Management Institute
Head, MENA Region
Cairo, Egypt The International Water Management Institute (IWMI) is a non-profit, scientific research organization focusing on the sustainable use of water and land resources in developing…
What is Nigeria’s “Third Conflict”?
Sep 26, 2016
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E.A.D.W.
Last week armed men attacked a community in Enugu, a state in Nigeria’s south-east. Local press reported that they kidnapped two villagers and that another…
Timor-Leste: Global Court Agrees to Take up Timor, Australia Sea Border Row
Sep 26, 2016
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ABC News
An international arbitration court has agreed to take up a decade-long border dispute between Australia and East Timor over territory in the Timor Sea that…
Conflict Minerals: What it Takes to Make a Conflict-Free Smartphone
Sep 26, 2016
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Thomas Wilson, Bloomberg
On a moonscaped rise in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, thousands of men and women carve a heavy, off-white mineral away from the hillside with…
UN Special Rapporteur Calls for Action on TRW to Protect Children
Sep 23, 2016
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Wim Zwijnenburg
This month, Baskut Tuncak, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights and toxics, presented the findings of his report on the effects of hazardous substances on the lives of children…
'We Are Revolutionaries': Villagers Fight to Protect Myanmar's Forests
Sep 23, 2016
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Katie Arnold
U Ye Aung spent most of his adult life in a war zone. For over 60 years his village of Kalaikyi served as the frontline…
Water Wars: Unease in the South China Sea—New Normal or Quiet before the Storm?
Sep 23, 2016
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Chris Mirasola
Updated satellite imagery from Google Earth revealed four new concrete structures on Taiwan-controlled Taiping Island (Itu Aba). Taiping Island is the largest maritime feature in the South…
Editorial: Climate Security, Err … National Change
Sep 23, 2016
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Tim Wiederaenders
The White House on Wednesday published a presidential memorandum setting up a timetable for more than 20 federal agencies to come up with a plan…
Colombia: Colombia Peace Deal to Usher in Rural Reform but Land Conflicts Feared, Experts Say
Sep 23, 2016
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Anastasia Moloney, Reuters
Conflicts over land in Colombia are likely to increase following a peace deal to end half a century of war as once no-go areas in…
India/Pakistan: Indus Waters Treaty between India, Pakistan Survived Two Wars: UN Official
Sep 23, 2016
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Indian Express
The 1960 Indus Waters Treaty between India and Pakistan has survived “two wars”, a high-level UN official said underlining water also represents a source of…
Iraq: Iraq Oil Fires Could Jeopardize Mosul Mission
Sep 23, 2016
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Vivian Salama, Associated Press
A fire at one of Iraq's oil fields could hinder military and humanitarian efforts as operations to recapture the Islamic State stronghold of Mosul get…
Liberia: President Sirleaf Calls for Investment in Agro Sector
Sep 23, 2016
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Joaquin Sendolo, Daily Observer
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has informed potential investors that attended the US-Africa Business Forum about the need to invest in Liberia’s agriculture sector. The US-Africa…
White House Announces Steps to Address Climate and National Security Alongside New Intelligence Assessment
Sep 22, 2016
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Schuyler Null, Cara Thuringer, and Lauren Herzer Risi
Yesterday afternoon President Obama announced a new Presidential Memorandum on climate change and national security. The policy directs 20 federal agencies to consider the national security implications…
Our Take: New Intelligence and Presidential Memos on Climate Change and National Security
Sep 22, 2016
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Caitlin Werrell and Francesco Femia in Climate and Security
On September 21, 2016, the Obama Administration made two significant announcements related to climate change and national security – one which highlights the latest intelligence…
Myanmar: The Environmental in Kachin State: The Mixed Blessing of Mineral Wealth
Sep 22, 2016
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Radio Free Asia
Mine Naung, in Mohnyin district of Myanmar’s Kachin state, is home to hundreds of gold mines. Residents of the small village say they are at…
Proposed Sale of Timber from Palm Oil Concession Sparks Alarm in Liberia
Sep 21, 2016
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Jeremy Hance
In July, news leaked out that Liberia’s Forestry Development Authority (FDA) was considering a new regulation to allow timber logged from palm oil and other plantations to…
Liberia: House Concurs on Land Authority Law
Sep 21, 2016
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Daily Observer, Leroy M. Sonpon III
The Legislature has finally enacted the Liberia Land Authority (LLA) Law after it was submitted by President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf to both Houses, and was received…
2017 Warfare, Environment, Social Inequality, and Peace Studies (WESIPS) Biennial Conference Abstract Deadline
Sep 20, 2016
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Organizers of WESIPS 2017
Please consider presenting a paper at the 2017 Warfare, Environment, Social Inequality, and Peace Studies (WESIPS) Biennial Conference to be held at the Center for…
Myanmar: The Next Great Land Tenure Reform?
Sep 20, 2016
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Roy Prosterman
Since World War II, there have been five great Asian development success stories founded upon land tenure reforms that allocated land ownership, or equivalent long-term…
India: The Source of India's Water Wars
Sep 20, 2016
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Stratfor
Rivers sharing boundaries, whether between other countries or internal states, are traditional points of conflict. Often governed by unpopular treaties, they are the subject of…
Major Water Disputes Are Often beyond War and Peace
Sep 19, 2016
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Filippo Menga and The London Water Research Group
Early this June, the Israeli government cut off drinking water to people living in the Salfit region of the West Bank and three villages east of Nablus.…