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Myanmar: Military Coup, Economic Sanctions Hike Threats to Myanmar's Forests
Feb 22, 2021
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Michael Taylor, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Myanmar’s military coup and a potential ramp up in trade boycotts by foreign governments and business could fuel the risk of deforestation in the Asian…
DRC Is Rich with Farmland, So Why Do 22 Million People There Face Starvation?
Feb 21, 2021
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Vava Tampa
I was food shopping when I read the news. Nearly 22 million people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are facing starvation and malnutrition. Now. In…
Iraq: Iraq Seeks International Investors to Build 750 MW Solar Projects
Feb 21, 2021
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Reuters
Iraq is seeking international investors to build seven solar power plants, with a total capacity of 750 megawatts (MW) as it aims to develop its…
South Sudan: Area Coordinator
Feb 20, 2021
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Concern Worldwide
Concern Worldwide is an Irish-based non-governmental, international, humanitarian organisation dedicated to the reduction of suffering and working towards the ultimate elimination of extreme poverty in…
Niger: Advisor, Livelihoods
Feb 20, 2021
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Concern Worldwide
Concern Worldwide is an Irish-based non-governmental, international, humanitarian organisation dedicated to the reduction of suffering and working towards the ultimate elimination of extreme poverty in…
Environmental Security Internship
Feb 20, 2021
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Stimson Center
For three decades, the Stimson Center has pioneered practical new steps toward stability and security in an uncertain world. Today, as changes in power and…
Myanmar: Resilient Asian Deltas Initiative Lead, Asia Pacific
Feb 20, 2021
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World Wildlife Fund for Nature
WWF’s strategy harnesses the strengths of the WWF network in a shared vision, focusing on six major goals - water, wildlife, the ocean, climate and…
DRC: Law Enforcement Advisor Okapi Wildlife Reserve
Feb 20, 2021
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Wildlife Conservation Society
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) has been active in the Okapi Wildlife Reserve (OWR) for more than 30 years, supporting its creation, and subsequently working…
Somalia: National Project Manager
Feb 20, 2021
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UNDP
Somalia is one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to climate change stemming from its social, economic, and political conditions, as well as…
Syria: Food Security and Livelihood Program Manager
Feb 20, 2021
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Cooperazione Internazionale
Cooperazione Internazionale (COOPI) is an Italian humanitarian non-governmental organization founded in Milan in 1965. COOPI aims to help the world’s poorest to improve their access…
Senior Researcher, Climate Change and Risk Programme
Feb 20, 2021
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Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) is seeking a talented social science Senior Researcher in the study area of Climate Change and Risk (CCR).
The…
Researcher, Climate Change and Risk Programme
Feb 20, 2021
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Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) is seeking a talented social science Researcher in the study area of Climate Change and Risk (CCR). The…
Experts Spotlight Bottom-Up Approaches and the Impacts of Conflict on Infrastructure in the Next Wave of Environmental Peacebuilding
Feb 20, 2021
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Ratia Tekenet
“For 30 years, a community of researchers, practitioners, and policymakers have been working to untangle the complex relationships between environmental change and human and national…
Yemen: WASH and Infrastructures Technical Coordinator
Feb 20, 2021
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ACTED
Since 1993, as an international non-governmental organization, ACTED has been committed to immediate humanitarian relief to support those in urgent need and protect people’s dignity,…
Indonesia: Information Technology Consultant for One Map Initiatives
Feb 20, 2021
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World Resources Institute
World Resources Institute (WRI) is an independent, nonprofit global research organization that turns big ideas into action at the nexus of environment, economic opportunity and human…
Indonesia: Consultant as Full Stack GIS Developer
Feb 20, 2021
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World Resources Institute
World Resources Institute (WRI) is an independent, nonprofit global research organization that turns big ideas into action at the nexus of environment, economic opportunity and human…
Intern, Computational Social Science, Global Restoration Initiative, University of Chicago
Feb 20, 2021
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World Resources Institute
World Resources Institute (WRI) is an independent, nonprofit global research organization that turns big ideas into action at the nexus of environment, economic opportunity and human…
Liberia: Liberia Pilots Blockchain Land Registration with Medici Land
Feb 19, 2021
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Ledger Insights
Overstock.com’s blockchain subsidiary Medici Land Governance (MLG) launched a land administration pilot project using blockchain in the city of Monrovia, in Liberia. The pilot is a collaboration…
Restructuring for Resolution of Herdsmen-Farmers Conflicts
Feb 18, 2021
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Samson Akinola
To the Executive Governors of Osun, Oyo, Ondo and Ekiti states, this is a summary of a proposal titled, “Restructuring for Resolution of Herdsmen-Farmers Conflicts…
Lisa Ilboudo Nébié: Studying Food Security, Environmental Changes and Migration in West Africa
Feb 18, 2021
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Anuradha Varanasi
As a human ecologist, Elisabeth Ilboudo Nébié looks at the impact of the environment on people. Also, how people are adapting to environmental change.
After graduating with a…
Canadian, US Cannabis Corporations Threaten Colombia's Indigenous Communities
Feb 18, 2021
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Fernanda Sanchez Jaramillo
In 2016, when the Peace Agreement between the Colombian government and the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) was signed, Colombia also introduced the legal…
South Sudan: New Protected Area Relieves Pressure on Primates and Pangolins in South Sudan
Feb 18, 2021
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Tim Knight, Fauna & Flora International
The future of globally important wildlife—including endangered chimpanzees and pangolins—looks a little brighter after over 17,000 hectares of severely threatened forest habitat in an ecologically…
Ethiopia/Sudan: Tensions Run High over Border Region Dispute: Sudan Recalls Envoy to Ethiopia
Feb 18, 2021
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Agence France-Presse
Sudan on Wednesday recalled its ambassador to Ethiopia, the foreign ministry said, as tensions between the two countries run high over a border region and…
What Would the Nile River Say? The GERD: Approaching the Basin (Part III) | ZeHabesha
Feb 18, 2021
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Amanuel T. Muhzun
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has had a large international focus with reports about its advantages and disadvantages. In fact, the Project is quite…
Myanmar: US Sanctions Block Myanmar's Gemstone Exports
Feb 17, 2021
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John Jeffay, IDEX
US President Joe Biden has blacklisted three gemstone companies in Myanmar because of their links with military regime that ousted state counsellor Aung San Suu…
Protecting the Amazon by Empowering Its Women
Feb 17, 2021
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Maiara Folly, Adriana Erthal Abdenur
Climate change and environmental crime endanger food, health, and economic security in the Amazon region. This disproportionately affects women who play an important role in…
Afghanistan: Saffron Harvest Yields Impressive 21 Tons This Year
Feb 17, 2021
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Daily Outlook Afghanistan
The Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock has said the harvest of “red gold” saffron this year topped the 21 ton mark. According to the…
Liberia: Independent Complaints Panel Finds Golden Veroleum Liable of Destroying Liberia’s Forests
Feb 17, 2021
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FrontPage Africa
The High Carbon Stock Approach (HCSA), an agribusiness industry sustainability body, has confirmed longstanding allegations that Golden Veroleum Liberia, the Liberian investee of palm oil…
Afghanistan: World Bank Approves $97M Grant to Tackle COVID-19 and Drought
Feb 17, 2021
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Khaama Press
To support Afghans affected by drought, Covid-19 pandemic, and nutrition security, the World Bank has granted a total of $97.50 million from the international development…
Opinion: Allow Myanmar Ethnic Groups to Manage their Own Land
Feb 17, 2021
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Stella Naw
It is estimated that millions of people from cities across Myanmar are in the streets protesting against the military coup that took place on 1…