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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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Afghanistan (Part Two): The Saudi Arabia of Lithium
Feb 17, 2021
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Greg Mills
Whatever the doubts about the future path of its politics and concerns over ratcheting levels of violence, donors remain committed to Afghanistan, for now.
The 2020…
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…
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…
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…
Promoting Peace and Protecting Women’s Rights in Contexts Affected by Violent Extremism, Especially During COVID-19 Pandemic
Feb 16, 2021
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UN Women
In 2020, even as governments around the world rallied to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, a large number of countries and their populations continued to…
Cross-Border Water Cooperation in Central Asia: Past, Present, Future
Feb 16, 2021
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Aiymdos Bozzhigitov
Water is the most valuable resource on the planet. For Central Asia, this resource is an important natural and geographical factor that forms the region…
Afghanistan: Kabul’s Unquenchable Thirst: Crisis Looms in Afghan Capital as Groundwater Reserves Run Dry
Feb 15, 2021
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Ben Farmer and Ezzatullah Mehrdad, Telegraph
When Shoaib Musawi entered the well-digging trade 15 years ago, all he needed to sink a well shaft in central Kabul was a pick and…
How Lake Chad Fuelled the Ecofeminist Movement
Feb 15, 2021
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Oladosu Adenike
Climate change crises create a feminist issue as climate change shadows gender equality in several ways. I am Oladosu Adenike from Nigeria – an ecofeminist,…
Ethiopia/Sudan: Sudan Accuses Ethiopia of Incursion, Escalating Land Dispute
Feb 15, 2021
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Simon Marks and Mohammed Alamin, Bloomberg
Sudan accused Ethiopian forces of entering its territory, escalating a dispute over land that straddles their border. Relations between Sudan and Ethiopia have frayed since…
Pakistan: Trout Farming: A Lucrative Business to Alleviate Poverty, Generate Employment Opportunities
Feb 14, 2021
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Fakhar Alam, Eye Pakistan
Blessed with various ecological zones and relatively cold climate, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has a huge potential to produce export quality fish meat while nurturing the rare…
Rwanda: Social Safeguards Coordinator
Feb 13, 2021
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Wildife Conservation Society
The Wildlife Conservation Society is an international NGO headquartered at Bronx Zoo in New York City, USA, working to save wildlife and wild lands and…
Iraq: Decades of Plundering: Where Has Iraq’s Oil Wealth Gone? [Video]
Feb 13, 2021
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Al Jazeera
Iraq’s dire public services, regular power cuts and water shortages have sparked protest across the country. Ranked as the fourth-biggest oil producer in the world,…
Myanmar: Jade and Rubies: How Myanmar’s Military Amassed Its Fortune
Feb 13, 2021
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Kuwait Times
Mines, banks, petroleum, agriculture, tourism: Myanmar’s ruling junta has vested interests in large swathes of the country’s economy, providing it a colossal and closely guarded…
Sierra Leone: National Gender and Social Inclusion Expert
Feb 13, 2021
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Pact
At the heart of Pact is the promise of a better tomorrow. A nonprofit international development organization founded in 1971, Pact works on the ground…
Senegal: Gender in Disaster Risk Reduction and Risk-Informed Development
Feb 13, 2021
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UN Women
In July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly created UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. The creation…
Cambodia: Developing Guideline for Gender Mainstreaming into Climate Change/DRR
Feb 13, 2021
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UN Women
The UN Women Cambodia Country Office (CCO) Strategic Note (SN) 2019-2023 focuses on three key priorities to advance gender equality and women’s empowerment (GEWE). The…
South Sudan: Call for Program Management Professionals – USAID Gender Aware Sustainable Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (GASWASH) Activity
Feb 13, 2021
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DT Global
Built on more than 50 years of experience from AECOM International Development, Development Transformations, and GPD Charitable Trust, DT Global is pioneering a new model…