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DRC: Conservation Pilot, Okapi Wildlife Reserve
Nov 13, 2022
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Wildlife Conservation Society
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) is a US non-profit organization founded in 1895. Its mission is to preserve wildlife and wilderness by understanding critical problems,…
DRC: Head of Biomonitoring and Research Kahuzi-Biega National Park
Nov 13, 2022
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Wildlife Conservation Society
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) is seeking a dynamic, hard-working, and experienced Head of Biomonitoring and Research to oversee and provide leadership of KBNP’s long-term…
USA: Program Officer, Climate, Environment, and Conflict
Nov 13, 2022
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United States Institute of Peace
Peace is USIP's commitment. The United States Institute of Peace represents the American people’s shared values and commitment to peace worldwide. USIP knows that Peace…
Lebanon: Programme Management Coordinator (Digital Transformation, Disaster & Conflict)
Nov 13, 2022
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United Nations Environment Programme
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the leading global environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda, promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental…
South Sudan: Landscape Manager, Western Equatoria
Nov 13, 2022
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Fauna & Flora International
Fauna & Flora International is an international conservation charity and non-governmental organization dedicated to protecting the planet's threatened wildlife and habitats. Founded in 1903, it…
DRC: Interim Director of Finance
Nov 13, 2022
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Wildlife Conservation Society
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) is a US non-profit organization founded in 1895. Its mission is to preserve wildlife and wilderness by understanding critical problems,…
DRC: Social Safeguards Manager
Nov 13, 2022
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Wildlife Conservation Society
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) is a US non-profit organization founded in 1895. Its mission is to preserve wildlife and wilderness by understanding critical problems,…
DRC: Director, Okapi Wildlife Reserve
Nov 13, 2022
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Wildlife Conservation Society
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) has been active in the OWR for more than 30 years, supporting its creation, and subsequently working closely with ICCN…
Ukraine: Kherson Mayor Warns of ‘Critical’ Water Shortages - as It Happened
Nov 13, 2022
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Joe Middleton, Emine Sinmaz, and Adam Fulton, Guardian
Roman Holovnia said the humanitarian situation in the liberated city was ‘severe’ with a lack of medicine and bread
Colombia: Cecilia López Announced That the Goal of the Massive Titling of 681,372 Hectares Was Met
Nov 12, 2022
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The Times Hub
This Friday from Valledupar the Minister of Agriculture, Cecilia López Montaño, announced that the goal of the massive titling of 681,372 hectares for peasants, indigenous…
Myanmar: Junta Threatens Farmers in Ayeyarwady with Land Seizure Unless They Grow Sunflower
Nov 12, 2022
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Mizzima
The Myanmar government officials under the Military Council reportedly threatened farmers with the seizing of their farmland unless they grow sunflowers. The township administrators appointed…
At COP27, 41 Grassroots Women’s Organizations Launch New Global South Alliance for Indigenous and Local Women and Girls
Nov 11, 2022
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Rights and Resources
SHARM-EL-SHEIKH (November 11, 2022) — On November 11 at CoP27, 41 grassroots women’s organizations from Asia, Africa, and Latin America launched a new advocacy network…
Ukraine: Ukraine War's Environmental Toll to Take Years to Clean up
Nov 11, 2022
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Sam Mednick, Associated Press
Environmental damage caused by Ukraine’s war is mounting, and experts warn of long-term health consequences for the population.
Colombia: Colombia’s Signing of Escazu Accord Brings Hope to Land Defenders
Nov 11, 2022
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Joshua Collins and Daniela Diaz Rangel, Al Jazeera
The Escazu Agreement, adopted in Costa Rica in March 2018, is a legally binding international treaty that aims to promote transparency in environmental decision-making. The…
The Law of Treaties in Wartime: The Case of the Black Sea Grain Initiative
Nov 10, 2022
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Gregor Novak and Helmut Aust
The Black Sea Grain Initiative (BSGI) was in the spotlight recently following a nail-biting attempt by Russia to suspend its participation in one of UN Secretary-General Guterres’…
Liberia: Mapping Nature for People and Planet in Liberia - A Project to Create 'Maps of Hope'
Nov 10, 2022
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New Dawn
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Liberia's Environment Protection Agency (EPA) bring together decision makers to map the country's essential regions for biodiversity, climate…
Syria: Poor Access to Safe Water Fuels Cholera Outbreak in Syria
Nov 10, 2022
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Reuters
Poor access to safe water has exacerbated a cholera outbreak rampaging across Syria’s war-battered provinces, where local authorities are struggling to contain the spread with…
COP27: An Explainer for Peacebuilders
Nov 10, 2022
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Harriet Mackaill-Hill
COP is short for ‘Conference of the Parties’ and there are all kinds of COPs for various international agreements. But the term COP has come…
Blood Diamonds: How Do They Fuel Violence, and What Africa Is Doing to Curb This
Nov 10, 2022
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Pallak Kashyap, TFI Global
Blood diamonds are diamonds that are mined in territories which are under the control of terrorists and insurgent groups, which are seeking to overthrow the…
Ukraine: Is Food Security Possible without Peace?
Nov 10, 2022
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Sarah McLaughlin, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
The intersection between agriculture and peace has been brought to the forefront of the news agenda this year due to the Ukraine crisis, which has…
NATO Environmental Protection Working Group Celebrates Its 25th Meeting
Nov 10, 2022
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization
From 9 to 11 November 2022, the NATO Environmental Protection Working Group held its plenary meeting at the NATO Headquarters in Brussels. The plenary centred…
Iraq: Consultancy, End-term Evaluation for the Women and Girls Rebuilding
Nov 9, 2022
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Oxfam GB
Oxfam is a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty. Together we save, protect, and rebuild lives. And we won’t…
South Sudan: Consultancy, Gender Equality and Inclusion Self-Assessment
Nov 9, 2022
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Plan International
Plan International strives to advance children’s rights and equality for girls all over the world. As an independent development and humanitarian organisation, we work alongside…
Somalia: Gender Specialist
Nov 9, 2022
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
The key mission of the FAO Representation in Somalia, which is led by the FAO Representative (FAOR), is to assist and support the national government…
Consultancy, Gender Mainstreaming in Peacebuilding
Nov 9, 2022
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Search for Common Ground
Search for Common Ground is an international non-governmental organization that works to end violent conflict and build healthy, safe, and just societies. It is the…
Fiji: National Consultancy, Women’s Resilience to Disasters (Fiji Nationals Only)
Nov 9, 2022
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UN Women
UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and…
Iran/Iraq/Syria: Strikes in Syria Hit Fuel Convoy from Iraq; Iranians Killed
Nov 9, 2022
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Qassim Abdul-Zahra and Bassem Mroue, Associated Press
Late night airstrikes in eastern Syria along the border with Iraq targeted Iran-backed militiamen, inflicting casualties, Syrian opposition activists said Wednesday. According to two paramilitary…
Iran/Iraq/Syria: Unidentified Drone Strike Targets Iranian Fuel Convoy in Syria - Iraqi Sources
Nov 9, 2022
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Reuters
At least two fuel trucks were destroyed in an air strike by an unidentified drone on the Syrian side of the border with Iraq late…
Vietnam: Police Arrest 7 Farmers in Land-Use Dispute in Vietnamese Highlands
Nov 9, 2022
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Radio Free Asia
In the latest clash over land-use rights in Vietnam, police have detained seven residents in the Central Highlands for trying to prevent men from cutting…
Sierra Leone: Whose Land Is It, Anyway? Sierra Leone Gives Locals a Voice.
Nov 8, 2022
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Nick Roll, Christian Science Monitor
Many parts of Sierra Leone have been ravaged by foreign mining firms seeking gold, diamonds, and bauxite, among other minerals, and by palm oil plantations.…