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Sudan: Programme Manager in Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation
May 30, 2022
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Swedish Red Cross
The Swedish Red Cross is part of the Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement, the world’s largest humanitarian network. The Red Cross/Red Crescent is working to improve…
DRC: Sustainable Markets Manager
May 30, 2022
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Wildlife Conservation Society
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) is a US non-profit, tax-exempt, private organization established in 1895 that saves wildlife and wild places by understanding critical issues, crafting…
DRC: Director of Operations
May 30, 2022
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Wildlife Conservation Society
The Wildlife Conservation Society is seeking a Director of Operations for the WCS Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Program. The Director of Operations will be…
DRC: Deputy Country Director in charge of Finance and Operations
May 30, 2022
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Wildlife Conservation Society
The Wildlife Conservation Society is seeking a highly experienced Deputy Country Director in charge of Finance and Operations for our program in the Democratic Republic…
War and the Environment: Ukraine in 2022
May 30, 2022
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Dan Farber
A more severe wildlife threat is connected with the Russian incursion into southern Ukraine. The Black Sea reserve is not unique. Over a third over Ukraine’s…
Myanmar: Freshwater Programme Officer
May 30, 2022
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World Wide Fund For Nature
WWF, an independent conservation organization, works to sustain the natural world for the benefit of people and wildlife. Myanmar is a spectacularly diverse country and…
Myanmar: Short Term Consultant for Sustainable Agriculture Learning Platform Coordinator
May 30, 2022
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World Wide Fund For Nature
The World Wildlife Fund Inc. is an international non-governmental organization founded in 1961 that works in the field of wilderness preservation and the reduction of…
Ukraine: Joint Statement on Environmental Crimes in Ukraine
May 30, 2022
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ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights
The Russian military invasion of Ukraine is soon passing its fourth month. During this time, we have witnessed appalling violations of humanitarian law, international law…
Colombia: Land or Death: Colombia’s Indigenous Land Wars [Video]
May 30, 2022
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Sebastian Pena and Jesper Klemedsson Sotomayor, Al Jazeera and Witness
Colombia has become one of the world’s deadliest places for land rights defenders since a power vacuum emerged after the government signed a historic peace…
Afghanistan: Green Energy Complicates the Taliban’s New Battle against Opium
May 29, 2022
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Bryan Denton, David Zucchino, and Yaqoob Akbary, New York Times
Now, with the Taliban back in power, the insurgents turned politicians are again struggling to eradicate opium cultivation and the rampant addiction problem that has…
DRC: What Coltan Mining in the DRC Costs People and the Environment
May 29, 2022
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Oluwole Ojewale, Conversation
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is rich in natural resources – its untapped deposits of minerals are estimated to be worth US$24 trillion. Gold,…
Ethiopia/Sudan: Sudan, Ethiopia Blame Each Other for Border Violations amid Nile Dam Dispute
May 28, 2022
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Mohamed Saied, Al-Monitor
The decades-old border dispute between Sudan and Ethiopia was recently renewed after the two countries exchanged accusations of violating the other's territorial sovereignty, amid fears that…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Dispute over Iraqi Kurdistan's Energy Resources Ramps up
May 27, 2022
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Haider Ibrahim, Al-Monitor
Amid the tense relations between the federal government and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) over the implementation of the Federal Supreme Court’s ruling that deemed…
Iraq: Iraq Targets 12 GW of Renewables by 2030
May 26, 2022
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Anna Ivanova, Renewables Now
Iraq, a major oil producer, aims to have 12 GW of renewables generation capacity by the end of the decade, oil minister Ihsan Abdul Jabbar…
Afghanistan: Afghanistan's Taliban Step up Coal Exports to Boost Local Budget
May 26, 2022
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Mohammad Yunus Yawar, Reuters
The Afghan Taliban are stepping up coal exports to Pakistan and have raised duties on sales, officials said, as the group aims to generate more…
Niger/Sahel: Building Peace in the Sahel with ‘the Great Green Wall’
May 26, 2022
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UNDP
When it started in 2007, the Great Green Wall (GGW) was envisioned as a tree-planting initiative to restore Africa’s degraded landscapes and transform millions of…
Applying War Theory to the Hyperthreat of Climate and Environmental Change
May 25, 2022
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Elizabeth Boulton
Prussian General Carl von Clausewitz is famous for teaching the fundamentals of war. He emphasises that war is a political act, it serves politics, ideally…
Afghanistan: Badghis Farmers Want Water Shortage Issue Addressed
May 25, 2022
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Pajhwok Afghan News
Farmers in northwestern Badghis province have expressed satisfaction with recent rains after a dry spring.
Ukraine: The European Union, the United States, and the United Kingdom Establish the Atrocity Crimes Advisory Group (ACA) for Ukraine
May 25, 2022
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European External Action Service
Today, the European Union, the United States, and the United Kingdom announced the creation of the Atrocity Crimes Advisory Group (ACA), a mechanism aimed at…
Liberia: 'Passage of Revenue Sharing Bill Will Accelerate Liberia’s Development'
May 25, 2022
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Alvin Worzi, Observer
The Executive Director of Integrity Watch (IW), Harold Aidoo, said the passage of the Revenue Sharing Bill into law will assist in accelerating Liberia’s development…
Gender Equality for Resilience and Peacebuilding
May 24, 2022
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Vongai Murugani
In the past 50 years, gender equality and women’s empowerment have come a long way in many parts of the world, benefiting each area’s economic development and strengthening…
Ukraine: The Ukraine War’s Collateral Damage
May 24, 2022
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Michael Klare, TomDispatch
The war in Ukraine has already caused massive death and destruction, with more undoubtedly to come as the fighting intensifies in the country’s east and…
Liberia: Police Arrest 12 Suspects in Nimbaians’ Clash with Burkinabes over Land
May 24, 2022
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Observer
Liberia National Police has disclosed the arrest of twelve people who they claimed are responsible for recent clashes between Burkinabes and some citizens of Nimba…
Ukraine: Russia's War Takes an Environmental Toll on Ukraine
May 24, 2022
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WBUR
In Ukraine, we're seeing not only the devastating human toll of the Russian invasion — but also the environmental toll. An area called the Black…
Can Law Prevent the Green Recourse Curse in Sub-Saharan Africa?
May 23, 2022
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Tracy Stein, Carl Bruch, and Jordan Dieni
Over the past thirty years, the history of environmental law in Africa often reveals a lag between the adoption of the laws and their implementation…
Australia: Australian Women Document Climate Crisis in Visual Petition – In Pictures
May 23, 2022
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Tracey Nearmy, The Guardian
The #everydayclimatecrisis visual petition is a collection of more than 1,000 photographs taken by women and non-binary people across Australia showing the impact of the…
Colombia/Ukraine: Colombia to Train Ukrainian Military on Landmine Removal
May 23, 2022
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Reuters
A team of Colombian soldiers will travel to Europe to train their Ukrainian counterparts on de-mining techniques, the South American country’s defense minister said on…
Myanmar: Losing the Freedom to Protect: The Shattered Dreams of Environment Defenders
May 23, 2022
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Esther Wah, Frontier Myanmar
The environmental activists who campaigned to defend the nation’s forests are now hiding in them to save their lives and fearful of the destruction that…
Afghanistan: Asafoetid Seen as Substitute to Poppy Crop in Badghis
May 23, 2022
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Pajhwok Afghan News
Farmers in northwestern Badghis province have started growing Asafoetid --- a locally known natural herbal bush --- but they urge government support.
Sudan/South Sudan: Khartoum and Juba Hold Talks On Cooperation in Petroleum Field
May 22, 2022
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Sudan News Agency
Joint talks between Khartoum and Juba began today in Khartoum to develop joint cooperation in the field of petroleum, discuss technical and financial arrangements, increase…