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Myanmar: With Mining Law Changes, Are Foreign Firms Set to Dig In?

Feb 8, 2016 | Seamus Martov, The Irrawaddy

Long-anticipated revisions to Burma’s Mining Law, which were passed by the outgoing Parliament at the end of last year, could spur foreign investment in a…

Kurdistan/Iraq: KRG Oil Exports Earn $682M a Month

Feb 7, 2016 | Daniel J. Graeber, United Press International

With formal statehood under consideration, the Kurdish government continues to make its regular payments for crude oil exports, Genel Energy said. Genel, which has headquarters…

South Sudan/Sudan: South Sudanese Government Says Will Pay Sudan Unpaid Arrears in Kind

Feb 7, 2016 | Sudan Tribune

South Sudanese government said Sunday it has reached an understanding with the government of neighbouring Sudan to pay in kind as a payment for unpaid…

Myanmar: Diversion Eeirs Installed to Prevent Embankment Erosion in Magway Region

Feb 7, 2016 | Eleven Myanmar

The Water Resources and Creeks Development Department of Magway Region, under the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation, is building diversion weirs across the regions rivers…

Afghanistan: Governor Orders Halt to Forest Cutting in Nangarhar

Feb 6, 2016 | Zeerak Fahim, Pajhwok Afghan News

Launching a spring tree plantation campaign, the governor on Saturday said he had directed district and police chiefs of some districts to prevent forests from…

Myanmar: Myanmar Submits Landmark Extractive Industries Report

Feb 5, 2016 | Oliver Slow, Frontier Myanmar

The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative has welcomed the first report to be submitted by Myanmar since it was granted candidate status for membership with the…

Colombia: Peasants Sue over Mining Contamination

Feb 5, 2016 | World War 4 Report

Indigenous and Black communities in Colombia's Chocó department filed a lawsuit this week, claiming 37 of their children died after drinking water contaminated with mercury by…

Liberia: Natural Resources Justice Advisor

Feb 4, 2016 | PAE

A Natural Resources Justice Advisor will advise, mentor, train, and support key actors in the GOL and assist the Ministry of Lands, Mines and Energy,…

Climate Security: New Climate & Security Film: The Age of Consequences

Feb 4, 2016 | Sophie Robinson, Huffington Post

A documentary is taking a new twist on climate change: THE AGE OF CONSEQUENCES, to be released in late 2016, investigates the impacts of climate…

Armed Conflict, Environmental Protection and the Sustainable Development Goals

Feb 3, 2016 | Doug Weir

Unless the international community does more to protect and restore the environment from the impact of armed conflict, many countries will fail to meet the…

China/Vietnam/United States/South China Sea: Vietnam Backs Latest US Challenge to Beijing’s Sovereignty in South China Sea, Say Analysts

Feb 3, 2016 | Kristine Kwok, South China Morning Post

Washington may claim its latest operation in the South China Sea was aimed at challenging Vietnamese territorial claims in the region as much as China’s,…

Iraq: Iraq Awards Contract for Repairing 'Most Dangerous Dam in the World'

Feb 3, 2016 | Qassim Abdul-Zahra, The Associated Press

Iraq on Tuesday awarded an Italian company a contract to overhaul and maintain the Mosul dam in the country's north, days after a U.S. general…

Iraq: Iraq's Illegal Hunting Problem

Feb 3, 2016 | Wassim Bassem, Al-Monitor

The abduction of 26 Qatari hunters, including members of the ruling family, by a Shiite armed group — which demanded a $1 million ransom for…

South Sudan/Sudan: South Sudan and Sudan Agree to Peg Crude Pipeline Fees to Oil Price

Feb 3, 2016 | Africa Report

Transit fees that Sudan charges its neighbour South Sudan will be based on prevailing crude oil prices, a move away from a fixed fee, South…

Liberia: Burkinabe Land Occupants ‘Claim’ Ownership in Grand Gedeh

Feb 3, 2016 | Agence Africaine de Presse

Reports from southeastern Grand Gedeh County say Burkinabes occupying an estimated 500 acres of land in the forest bordering Cote d’Ivoire are laying claim to…

Land Rights: Investor Push Urged to Help Secure Indigenous Land Rights

Feb 3, 2016 | Megan Rowling, Reuters

Conditions are ripe for a global leap forward in recognizing the land rights of indigenous people and forest communities, but investors and the public need…

Ghana: Policy Reform & Sustainable Design Specialist

Feb 2, 2016 | USAID

Introduction

WA BiCC is a five-year project funded by the United States Agency for International

Development (USAID) and implemented by Tetra Tech, in association with five

subcontractors: Development…

Iraq: Iraq Oil Exports up but Revenues Plunge on Low Prices

Feb 2, 2016 | Agence France-Presse

Iraqi oil exports rose in January compared to the previous month but revenue fell by more than $650 million due to plunging crude prices, the…

Haiti: Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Coordinator

Feb 1, 2016 | United Methodist Committee on Relief

The purpose of UMCOR’s Haiti mission is to provide emergency response, early recovery and transitional development assistance in the affected regions of Haiti. The Water,…

North Korea: Head of Project (m/f) WASH

Feb 1, 2016 | Welthungerhilfe

The overall objective of the project is to strengthen the resilience of urban communities, including social and health institutions, in Kujang City (North Pyongyan Province)…

Cyprus: Consultant - Identification Coordinator

Feb 1, 2016 | UNDP

The principal mandate of the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) in Cyprus is to establish the fate of the people that went missing as a…

Call for Applications: United Nations Mandated University for Peace Is Now Accepting Applications for the 2016-2017 Academic Year

Feb 1, 2016 | United Nations mandated University for Peace

The United Nations mandated University for Peace (UPEACE) embraces an innovative and inter-disciplinary approach to both pedagogy and content of post-secondary learning. UPEACE's ten master…