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War, Peace, and Climate: How Carbon Trading Can Help Avert Resource Wars
Jul 8, 2016
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Steve Zwick
Liberian environmentalist Silas Siakor knows all too well what can happen to a fragile nation when a dictator hijacks its commodity sector, as warlord Charles…
UN Legal Experts Consider Principles Guiding Environmental Protection After Conflicts
Jul 8, 2016
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Doug Weir
UNEP’s 2009 report on the state of legal protection for the environment in relation to armed conflicts found that numerous bodies of law may provide…
Sierra Leone: Energy Advisor
Jul 8, 2016
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Adam Smith International
Adam Smith International was selected by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) to implement the second phase of the Presidential Delivery Unit project in…
Africa: The Nile Project: Resolving Conflict into Harmony
Jul 8, 2016
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Deutsche Welle
The Nile flows through 11 African nations and serves as key source of freshwater - but sharing this resource is politically tricky. A unique project…
Iraq: Email to Clinton: U.S. Pressured Iraq to Increase Oil Production “to Pay the Greatest Dividends”
Jul 8, 2016
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Ben Norton, Salon
A 2011 email to then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton shows how the U.S. pressured Iraq’s new allied government to increase oil production in order “to…
China/South China Sea: Will China Respect International Court’s South China Sea Decision?
Jul 8, 2016
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Michael D. Mosettig, PBS
From Beijing to Washington and all across Asia, eyes will be on an obscure tribunal in the Hague this coming Tuesday. The panel’s words could…
Whose Land is it Anyway?
Jul 7, 2016
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Caitlin Pierce
The farmers of Kyon Dayel Village were ecstatic to read in the newspaper that Ayer Shwe Wah was releasing 40,000 acres of land that the…
U.S. House Votes to Undermine Transparency and Conflict-Free Supply Chains in Democratic Republic of Congo
Jul 7, 2016
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Enough Project
Efforts to support peace, corporate accountability, and transparency in the Democratic Republic of Congo faced a setback today, as the House of Representatives passed an…
Climate, Conflict, and Commodities: the Calculus of Peace on a Changing Planet
Jul 7, 2016
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Steve Zwick
Liberian environmentalist Silas Siakor knows all too well what can happen to a fragile nation when a dictator hijacks its commodity sector, as warlord Charles…
China/United States/South China Sea: China Warns U.S. on Sovereignty ahead of South China Sea Ruling
Jul 7, 2016
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Reuters
The United States should do nothing to harm China's sovereignty and security in the South China Sea, China's foreign minister told U.S. Secretary of State…
Myanmar: Farmers Fight to Mortgage Their Farmland
Jul 7, 2016
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Htin Linn Aung, Myanmar Times
Farmers and agricultural industry bodies are demanding that farmland is accepted as collateral for bank loans, but implementing such a system is fraught with problems.…
Iraq/United Kingdom/United States: US and Britain Wrangled over Iraq's Oil in Aftermath of War, Chilcot Shows
Jul 7, 2016
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Terry Macalister, Guardian
The US and British governments fought bitterly over control of Iraq’s oil following the toppling of Saddam Hussein, the Chilcot papers show. Tony Blair seemed…
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…