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Liberia: Loggers, Miners Illegally Operate in the Same Forest

Oct 13, 2026 | Varney Kamara
Observer

In June, the Bondi Mandingo Community Forest signed a logging agreement with Kisvan Timber Corporation, a logging company, to exploit 37,222 hectares of forest in…

DRC: Breaking the War Economy behind the DRC’s Critical Minerals

Oct 13, 2026 | Gunnar Ivarsson
Organization for World Peace

A critical impasse over natural resources may be imminent in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Further diplomatic efforts could worsen the armed conflict…

Liberia: Chief Justice Gbeisay Alleges Death Threats over Nimba Land Verdict

Oct 13, 2026 | Lincoln G. Peters
New Dawn

Liberia’s Chief Justice Yamie Quiqui Gbeisay Sr. has disclosed that he and his family have received death threats following a controversial land dispute ruling in…

Call for Abstracts — Symposium on Environmental Peacebuilding in Mountain Areas: Bio-cultural Diversity and the Arts of Living on Damaged Slopes

Oct 13, 2026 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association and Unit for Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Innsbruck

The Environmental Peacebuilding Association (EnPAx) and the Unit for Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Innsbruck invite abstracts for a three-day symposium on…

Climate Security: Everyone’s Mandate, Nobody’s Budget

Oct 12, 2026 | Florian Krampe

At panel discussions and in conversations between attendees at the Berlin Climate and Security Conference, hosted by the German Foreign Office on October 6, 2026,…

Colombia: Colombia Seeks to Remove Rural Reform from UN Peace Deal Monitoring

Oct 12, 2026 | Josep Freixes
ColombiaOne

The implementation of the 2016 Peace Deal signed by the Colombian state and the now-defunct FARC returned to the center of international debate Monday at…

Afghanistan: Lack of Cold Storage Facilities Threatens Afghanistan's Agricultural Products

Oct 12, 2026 | Mohammad Nazif Safi
TOLOnews

The lack of sufficient cold storage facilities, standard preservation infrastructure, and suitable markets puts a portion of agricultural products at risk of spoilage and deterioration…

Liberia: Locals Consider Conservation after Loggers Vanish

Oct 12, 2026 | Emmanuel Sherman
The Daylight

Communities’ hopes were dashed because the agreements were short-lived, leaving behind debts, unfulfilled promises, and logs. That experience has shifted local people’s attention to conservation,…

Egypt/Sudan: At Least 72 Gold Miners Killed in Airstrikes Near Sudan-Egypt Border, Rights Group Says

Oct 12, 2026 | Fidel Rahmati
Khaama Press

At least 72 civilian gold miners were killed in airstrikes on a mining site in northern Sudan near the Egyptian border, according to the Sudanese…

UN Official: Environmental Protection Must Be integral to Post-War Recovery

Oct 12, 2026
Tehran Times

UN Resident Coordinator in Iran Christine Weigand has stressed the far-reaching and long-term environmental consequences of war, saying environmental protection must be incorporated into both…

Request for Proposals to Host the Sixth International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding

Oct 12, 2026 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association

The Board of Directors of the Environmental Peacemaking Association® (EnPAx®) invites proposals to host the Sixth International Conferences on Environmental Peacebuilding in 2030. 

This RFP provides…

Remote: Consultancy – Food Insecurity and Armed Groups

Oct 12, 2026 | Geneva Call

Geneva Call is a neutral and independent humanitarian organization working to improve the protection of civilians in armed conflict. The objective of the consultancy is…

Libya: Disaster Preparedness ECHO Project Coordinator

Oct 12, 2026 | Norwegian Red Cross

North Africa is increasingly vulnerable to climate-related hazards, environmental degradation and socio-economic pressures. In Libya, these risks are compounded by fragile infrastructure, institutional fragmentation, displacement…

Chad: TCA - Coordinateur Terrain (H/F)

Oct 12, 2026 | Solidarités International

(SI) est une association d’aide humanitaire internationale qui, depuis plus de 40 ans, porte secours aux populations victimes de conflits armés et de catastrophes naturelles…

Yemen: Country Director

Oct 12, 2026 | ZOA International

ZOA is an international NGO supporting people who have lost everything due to armed conflict or natural disaster. Together we can come to their aid…

Syria: WASH Project Officer – Deir ez-Zor

Oct 12, 2026 | IYD International Humanitarian Relief Association

IYD is a Turkish, non-governmental, and non-profit organization which has no political association working in various fields of humanitarian relief and development. IYD was established…

Syria: Senior Project Officer (Assistant to the Chief of Party)

Oct 12, 2026 | Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development

Founded in Afghanistan, against the backdrop of a forgotten crisis, Acted’s mission is to save lives and support people in meeting their needs in hard-to-reach…

Nepal: Coordinator - United Nations University (UNU) Hub [Fixed-Term Project Position]

Oct 12, 2026 | International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development

The UNU Hub at ICIMOD is a newly established collaborative platform that advances research, education, and partnerships to strengthen the resilience of mountain communities in…

Somalia: Expression of Interest: Annual Resilience Measurement - SomReP

Oct 12, 2026 | World Vision

Somali Resilience Programme (SomReP) is a consortium of seven international NGOs and one local NGO whose aim is to tackle the challenge of mitigating the…

Kenya: Regional Programme Specialist (Regional Responses to Climate Displacement)

Oct 12, 2026 | International Organization for Migration

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is the UN Migration Agency. With 175 member states, it is committed to the principle that humane and orderly…

Afghanistan: FAO Warns of Increased Rainfall and Flood Risks in Afghanistan

Oct 11, 2026
Hasht-e-Subh Daily

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has forecast that above-average rainfall could support rain-fed wheat cultivation while also increasing the risk of flash…

Ecocide: Iran FM Calls for Intl. Accountability for Environmental Destruction in Conflicts

Oct 11, 2026 | Hamid Babaee
Fars

Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araqchi announced Iran’s readiness to join collective efforts to prevent large-scale environmental destruction, strengthen regional cooperation, and enhance international accountability…

Ecocide: Araghchi: Nature Has No Voice; World Must Not Let Environment Be Silent Victim of War

Oct 11, 2026
Iranian Students' News Agency

Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi has stressed that the environment should no longer be considered a silent victim of war, calling for international accountability…

Afghanistan: Mushroom Farming Provides New Income Opportunities in Kandahar

Oct 10, 2026 | Ataullah Omar
TOLOnews

The Kandahar Department of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock says mushroom farming requires less labor and generates higher income.

From Commodities to Conflict: Fueling Sudan’s War Economy

Oct 9, 2026 | Alessandra Bajec

This paper examines Sudan’s war as a self-sustaining political economy embedded in regional and global supply chains. It argues that the conflict persists as armed…

Colombia: Colombia's Celsia Puts US$26mn Solar Park before Environmental Authorities

Oct 9, 2026
Bnamericas

Colombian energy group Celsia filed an environmental impact study (EIS) for a solar project worth 82bn pesos (US$26mn) in Córdoba department. The 19.9MW Montelíbano plant…

Liberia: The Resource Curse! —Sirleaf Challenges a Century-Old Concession Model to Finally Break the Cycle

Oct 9, 2026 | William Q. Harmon and David A. Yates
Observer

Former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has reopened one of the country’s oldest and most consequential economic debates—why a country endowed with extraordinary natural resources has…

Environmental Community Organising (ECO) Fellowship [Deadline: October 15, 2026]

Oct 9, 2026 | ArtPeace: Earth

The ECO Fellows Program is a funded, hands-on training opportunity for young leaders who are interested in nature, peace, and collective action for sustainable justice.The…

Call for Papers: The Role of Militaries in Global Sustainability: Linkages, Impacts, Activities, and Operations

Oct 9, 2026 | Cambridge University Press

Global environmental change is accelerating and compounding conflict and security risks. More frequent and intense disasters are displacing people, rising demand for land and minerals…

Kenya: Turkana Women Turn Prosopis-Infested Land into Irrigated Vegetable Farms

Oct 8, 2026 | Peter Gitonga
Kenya News Agency

The triple planetary crisis – climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution – has very real and very unequal impacts on women, girls and gender-diverse people.

This…