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Africa de l'Ouest: Mission de consultation pour l’appui technique à l’équipe du PREE en matière de gouvernance des ressources naturelles, de droits et de gestion des conflits, ainsi qu’en matière de planification et gestion intégrée des ressources naturel

May 2, 2021 | International Union for the Conservation of Nature

Le Comité français de l'UICN est le réseau des organismes et des experts de l'Union internationale pour la conservation de la nature en France.

I- Contexte et Justification Du PREE

1.1-Contexte…


Israel: Finance and Operations Manager

May 2, 2021 | EcoPeace Middle East

EcoPeace Middle East is a unique organization that brings together Jordanian, Palestinian, and Israeli environmentalists. Our primary objective is to promote cooperative efforts to protect…


Syria: Environment and Climate Change Programme Officer (based in Jordan)

May 2, 2021 | 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,…


Yemen: Consultancy on Fish Hatchery Business Development

May 2, 2021 | Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe

Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe (DKH) is a recognized cooperation partner of ECHO, the Office for Humanitarian Aid of the European Commission, as well as of EuronAid, a…


Yemen: Consultancy on Energy-Efficient Cook Stoves and Solar Food Driers

May 2, 2021 | Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe

Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe (DKH) is a recognized cooperation partner of ECHO, the Office for Humanitarian Aid of the European Commission, as well as of EuronAid, a…


USA: Research Associate, Hydrology and Climate Change, Biological and Environmental Engineering

May 2, 2021 | Cornell University

The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University embraces diversity and seeks candidates who will contribute to a climate that supports students, faculty,…


Syria: WASH Advisor for Whole of Syria

May 2, 2021 | Relief International

Relief International (RI) is a leading nonprofit organization working in 16 countries to relieve poverty, ensure well-being and advance dignity. They specialize in fragile settings,…


USA: Monitoring Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Lead

May 2, 2021 | Natural Resource Governance Institute

For the one billion people living in poverty in resource-rich countries, the oil, gas and mining sectors have failed to deliver on the promise of…


UK: Monitoring Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Lead

May 2, 2021 | Natural Resource Governance Institute

For the one billion people living in poverty in resource-rich countries, the oil, gas and mining sectors have failed to deliver on the promise of…


Nigeria: Consultancy, Imagining a Future beyond Oil

May 2, 2021 | Natural Resource Governance Institute

For the one billion people living in poverty in resource-rich countries, the oil, gas and mining sectors have failed to deliver on the promise of…


Rights Watch: Turkey's Cutting off Euphrates Waters Is War Crime

May 1, 2021 | Olfa Haj Mansour

The Turkish occupation state wages a water war on the regions of north and east Syria, and resorts to locking up the Euphrates water, which…


Kyrgyzstan/Tajikistan: Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan Agree New Ceasefire after Border Clashes

May 1, 2021 | Al Jazeera

Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan have agreed what they called a complete ceasefire after reports of fresh shooting and troop build-ups in the aftermath of border clashes…


China/India/Kyrgyzstan/Tajikistan: Press Review: What Sparked the Tajik-Kyrgyz Conflict and China Beating India in S. Asia

Apr 30, 2021 | TASS

A conflict over a disputed water distribution facility on the border between Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, which broke out on the morning of April 29, quickly…


Afghanistan: La Niña Looms Large over One-Third of Afghan Population Acutely Food Insecure Today

Apr 30, 2021 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN

One in three Afghans are acutely food insecure, according to the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report released by the Government of the…


Climate Change: Climate Crisis: Our Children Face Wars over Food and Water, EU Deputy Warns

Apr 30, 2021 | Fiona Harvey, Guardian

Older people will have to make sacrifices in the fight against climate change or today’s children will face a future of fighting wars for water…


Vietnam: Gender Equality Integration Crucial to Climate Policies in Vietnam

Apr 29, 2021 | Vietnam Plus

Adding the gender issue to climate change policies is crucial to promoting gender equality in Vietnam, according to Deputy Director of the Institute of Strategy…


Somalia: Somalia Is Facing Another Food Crisis: Here’s Why – and What Can Be Done to Stop the Cycle

Apr 29, 2021 | Conversation

Since the fall of Siad Barre’s regime in 1991, which led to a prolonged period of civil unrest, Somalia has been in a near-constant state…


Vietnam: Gender Equality Integration Crucial to Climate Policies in Vietnam

Apr 29, 2021 | Vietnam Plus

Adding the gender issue to climate change policies is crucial to promoting gender equality in Vietnam, according to Deputy Director of the Institute of Strategy…


Kyrgyzstan/Tajikistan: Four Die as Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan Armies Clash on Disputed Border

Apr 29, 2021 | Associated Press

Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan traded blame on Thursday for cross-border shelling and clashes that left at least four people dead and dozens injured in a conflict…


Iraq: ‘There’s No Rain’: Climate Change Threatens Iraq’s Bedouins

Apr 28, 2021 | Simona Foltyn, Al Jazeera

During a two-day trip across Muthanna’s deserts, nomadic herders painted a grim picture of an increasingly uninhabitable environment, where temperature increases and erratic rains have…


Call for Proposals: Establishing Research Chairs on Forced Displacement in the Middle East and East Africa

Apr 28, 2021 | International Development Research Centre

The International Development Research Centre (IDRC) is pleased to announce a call for proposals to establish research chairs working on issues of forced displacement in two regions,…


Afghanistan: How Afghanistan’s President Helped His Brother Secure Lucrative Mining Deals with a US Contractor

Apr 28, 2021 | Margaux Benn and Zack Kopplin, Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project

With the stroke of a pen, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani put his sibling into the chromite business with a tarnished U.S. defense contractor.


UAE: UAE Launches Drive to Empower Female Afghan Farmers

Apr 28, 2021 | National

The UAE is launching an innovative drive to help empower Afghan female farmers. It will facilitate the sale of organic produce grown by the women,…


Algeria/France: France-Algeria Relations: The Lingering Fallout from Nuclear Tests in the Sahara

Apr 27, 2021 | Maher Mezahi, BBC

The continued fallout from the nuclear tests carried out by France in the desert of its former colony, Algeria, continues to pollute relations between the…


Kuwait: UN Gulf War Reparations Body Pays out $380 mln

Apr 27, 2021 | Reuters

The United Nations Gulf War reparations body said on Tuesday it paid out a further $380 million for losses due to Iraq's 1990 invasion and…


Afghanistan: Gypsum in Baghlan Illegally Extracted Since Last 7 Years

Apr 27, 2021 | Daily Outlook Afghanistan

Gypsum from Sheikh Jalal Mine in Baghlan-i-Markzai district of northern Baghlan province is illegally extracted by local irresponsible armed men and gypsum processing factories since…


Iran/Syria: Iran-Syria Oil Line: An Impending Environmental Disaster in the Mediterranean?

Apr 27, 2021 | Lyse Mauvais, Syria Direct

A fire spotted aboard a loaded oil tanker stationed off the Syrian coast sparked fears of environmental disaster last Saturday, weeks after a large oil…


DRC: NBA Hall of Famer and Global Philanthropist, Dikembe Mutombo and Partners, to Invest US$1 Billion in Ethical Mining Projects in Democratic Republic of the Congo to Support Electric Vehicles and Other Technologies

Apr 27, 2021 | PR Newswire

Dikembe Mutombo, Chairman of Bluetech Investments, and  international groups of investors from the United States, Hong Kong, and Germany, have announced over a US$1 Billion…


Colombia: Colombia Land Restitution: Uphill Battle for Returning Families [Video]

Apr 27, 2021 | Al Jazeera

Al Jazeera visits a remote area in Colombia, where the government is failing to meet promises to return families caught up in the conflict to…


Myanmar: Illegal Rare Earth Mines on China Border Multiply Since Myanmar’s Coup

Apr 26, 2021 | Irawaddy

Illegal rare earth mining has surged in northern Kachin State on the Chinese border following Myanmar’s Feb. 1 coup in areas controlled by a junta-sponsored…