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Myanmar: No Civilians Included in Jade Mine Investigation Team
Jan 18, 2016
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Eleven Myanmar
Residents of Hpakant are concerned that jade mining companies will lie about the numbers of backhoes they use in excavations during an ongoing Union-level investigation…
Angola: Activist Lodges a Criminal Complaint against Land-Grabbing Governor
Jan 18, 2016
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Maka Angola
The activist Rafael Marques lodged today a criminal complaint in court against the Governor of Kwanza Sul Province, General Eusébio de Brito Teixeira, for seizing…
South Sudan/Sudan: Oil Pipeline Can Be Shut Down Anytime Soon – Ministry Warns
Jan 17, 2016
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Upper Nile Times
The Ministry of Petroleum and Mining has warned that it may turn off the pipeline and close down the oilfields in Paloch if Sudan refuses…
Cyprus/Turkey: Water Wars Escalate
Jan 17, 2016
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Esra Aygin, inCyprus
The latest standoff between the Turkish Cypriot and Turkish authorities over the management of water reaching the island’s northern part from Turkey, through a trans-Mediterranean…
Liberia: Conservation Group Disagrees with Senate Pro Temp Assertion
Jan 17, 2016
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FrontPageAfrica
After years of abuse, Liberia’s forest is gradually becoming a window of opportunities by diverting from the age old method of commercial logging to sustainable…
Colombia: Programme Specialist
Jan 16, 2016
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UNDP
According to UNDP´s Strategic Plan 2014-2017, UNDP is expected to address development issues as they actually exist - complex, multi-dimensional and often unique to each…
Myanmar: Country Programme Officer
Jan 16, 2016
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UNDP
Background:
IFAD is an International Financial Institution and a Specialized United Nations Agency whose mission is to enable poor rural people to overcome poverty. IFAD’s headquarters…
South Sudan: Consultant
Jan 16, 2016
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UNDP
UNDP through its Access to Justice and Rule of Law Project provides institutional support to the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) through a capacity development strategy,…
Deputy Campaign Director - Forests, Land and Climate
Jan 16, 2016
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Global Witness
The Global Witness team draws on a wide range of skills, from undercover investigations and painstaking financial research, to information gathering on the ground and…
Multi-Media Editor
Jan 16, 2016
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Global Witness
Global Witness have a unique opportunity for a creative and energized Multi-Media Producer. This role will lead the organisation in developing compelling content that demonstrates…
Sudan: Associate Director
Jan 16, 2016
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Enough Project
The Associate Director position requires deep policy knowledge of the region and experience in team leadership. The Associate Director will carry out and lead research…
DRC: Policy Analyst
Jan 16, 2016
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Enough Project
The Policy Analyst for the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Great Lakes region will be responsible for researching and writing about the drivers of…
DRC: Country Director
Jan 16, 2016
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World Wide Fund for Nature
The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is one of the largest independent conservation organizations in the world, active in almost 100 countries. It has…
Cambodia: Conservation Programme Manager
Jan 16, 2016
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World Wide Fund for Nature
WWF-Cambodia is looking for a highly committed, energetic and qualified Conservation Programme Manager to join the world’s largest and most respected international conservation organization. He/she will 1)…
Program Analyst
Jan 16, 2016
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USAID
Be a senior member of a multi-disciplinary team focused on increasing the effectiveness of international development activities in fragile and conflict-affected parts of the world.…
Iraq: Iraq's Southern Oil Exports Running at 3.3 Million bpd, Unaffected by Clashes
Jan 16, 2016
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Reuters
Iraq's exports from its southern region have been running at an average daily rate of 3.297 million barrels per day (bpd) so far this month,…
Myanmar: Rampaging Elephants Force Myanmar Villagers to Tree-Top Refuge
Jan 16, 2016
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Agence France-Presse
Pushed from their forest home by encroaching farm land, wild elephants are driving fearful villagers in a Myanmar township to seek refuge in tree houses…
Missing the Peace for the Trees
Jan 15, 2016
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Arthur Blundell and Emily Harwell
Natural resources play a role in nearly half of the world's conflicts, but when it comes to ending wars, they're almost always forgotten.
Water Wars: Beijing Faces Further Pushback over Moves in the Asian Pacific
Jan 15, 2016
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Lawfare Staff
Diplomatic protests continued this week over China’s landing of multiple civilian aircraft on Fiery Cross Reef—a PRC-held artificial island in the Spratly chain. In addition…
An Empty Table? Food-Climate-Conflict Connections in Paris
Jan 15, 2016
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Roger-Mark De Souza and Meaghan Parker
Security, terrorism, conflict, and peace: you won’t find any of these words in the landmark agreement released on December 12 at the 2015 Paris Climate…
Myanmar: Govt Releases Long-Awaited Environmental Guidelines for Megaprojects
Jan 15, 2016
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Frontier Myanmar
The government on Thursday announced new assessment requirements for investment projects that could cause environmental and social harm. The new Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) procedures,…
Myamar: Water Management Requires a More Holistic View
Jan 15, 2016
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Piyaporn Wongruang, Nationmultimedia
As of Tuesday, the combined amount of usable water retained in seven major dams, including Bhumibol and Sirikit, that feed the Central plains stood at…
From Banned Crayons to Concrete, Gaza Struggles to Rebuild After a Decade of Israeli Blockade
Jan 14, 2016
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Robert Fantina
In addition to essential building supplies like boards and concrete, Israel’s blocked crayons, soccer balls, musical instruments and even potato chips from entering Gaza. Gaza…
Tracking National Security in the Paris Outcome
Jan 14, 2016
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Carley Chavara
Security was inseparable from the climate talks in Paris, from the safety of conference participants to how climate change impacts the stability of nations. Though…
Myanmar: Myanmar Aims High for Gas Discoveries in the Future
Jan 14, 2016
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Khine Kyaw, Eleven Myanmar
The recent discovery of gas in Block A-6 is just the first of numerous discoveries in Myanmar, which remains an attractive frontier for international oil…
Afghanistan: The U.S. Spent a Half Billion on Mining in Afghanistan with ‘Limited Progress’
Jan 14, 2016
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Megan McCloskey, Pro Publica
The United States has spent nearly half a billion dollars and five years developing Afghanistan’s oil, gas and minerals industries — and has little to…
Liberia: Land Commission and the Land Governance Support Activity (LGSA) Completes Ten Days Awareness Campaign on the Land Authority Bill
Jan 14, 2016
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Liberian Observer
The Land Commission in collaboration with one of its partners, Land Governance Support Activity (LGSA) has completed a ten-day intensive awareness campaign on the draft…
Fire and Oil: The Collateral Environmental Damage of Airstrikes on ISIS Oil Facilities
Jan 13, 2016
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Wim Zwijnenburg and Annica Waleij
As the United States, Russia, and others step up attacks on the self-proclaimed Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), there is concern over their…
Iraq and the Kurds Are Going Broke
Jan 13, 2016
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New York Times
Iraqi and American officials leading the military campaign against the Islamic State now have to wrestle with a challenge that has the potential to change…
Myanmar: Key Witness Missing in Illegal Jade Ownership Case
Jan 13, 2016
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Swan Ye Htut, Myanmar Times
Kachin State resident Ngwe Si Hein and the Runjan Stone company have been battling for three years over the ownership of a rock of rough…