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Burkina Faso: Shelter and WASH Technical Assistant
Jul 12, 2020
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Norwegian Refugee Council
The Norwegian Refugee Council is a humanitarian, non-governmental organisation that protects the rights of people affected by displacement.
The Norwegian Refugee Council launched an emergency response…
Myanmar: WASH Coordinator
Jul 12, 2020
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Solidarités International
Solidarités International has been in Myanmar since 2008. For the first 3 years, SI worked in the Delta in response to the devastating Cyclone Nargis.…
CAR: National Agro-Economist Consultant Specialist in Market Research
Jul 12, 2020
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger and…
South Sudan: National Forestry and Charcoal Value Chain Consultant
Jul 12, 2020
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger and…
Myanmar: Timber Smuggling Continues in Sagaing Despite Ban, Virus
Jul 10, 2020
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Khin Su Wai, Myanmar Times
The number of illegal logs seized in the first nine months of the fiscal year shows that timber smuggling remains rampant in Sagaing Region despite…
South Sudan: Tackling South Sudan’s Oil Spills in Court
Jul 10, 2020
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Ed Reed, Energy Voice
South Sudan is the outlier. A legal challenge mounted in late April by Hope for Humanity Africa in the East African Court of Justice, in…
Mali: 'A Drastic Loss': Satellite Imagery Reveals Mali's Farmers Forced off Land by Militias
Jul 10, 2020
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Kaamil Ahmed
A surge in fighting in central Mali has forced hundreds of villagers from farmland they depend on and could leave them without enough food to…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Glencore Restructures $500 Million Oil Loan With Iraqi Kurdistan
Jul 9, 2020
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Javier Blas and Jack Farchy, Bloomberg
Glencore Plc has restructured a $500 million oil-for-cash loan to Kurdistan in northern Iraq, reducing payments for 2020 as the semi-autonomous region struggles due to…
Afghanistan: Afghan Women Spin New Careers by Reviving Ancient Silk Road Crafts
Jul 9, 2020
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Stefanie Glinski, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Once an important Silk Road trading hub, the Afghan city of Herat has long been a cultural centre, but decades of war have ravaged its…
Colombia: Colombia Lost More Than 158,000 Hectares to Deforestation in 2019
Jul 9, 2020
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Reuters
Colombia lost 158,894 hectares (392,636 acres) of forest in 2019, a 19% drop from the previous year, the government reported on Thursday, amid fears that…
Myanmar: Efforts to Fix Myanmar’s Deadly Jade Mine Issue Face Obstacles
Jul 9, 2020
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Nan Lwin, Irrawaddy
In the wake of the disaster, the government has set up a committee to investigate the accident, while Myanmar’s military sacked the Kachin State security and border…
The Power of Women on Pathways to Net-Zero Emissions
Jul 9, 2020
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Linda Coady
When we think about transforming our energy systems, we need to make sure that transformation happens in a way that is not only innovative and…
Iraq: Shrinking Water Supplies Threaten to Put Fragile Iraq 'on the Edge'
Jul 8, 2020
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Laurie Goering, Thomson Reuters Foundation
As lower oil prices and a coronavirus-driven downturn batter Iraq's economy, availability of safe water is eroding and could fuel greater tensions, security experts warned…
Mainstreaming Gender When Incorporating Advanced Technology In Agriculture
Jul 8, 2020
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Novela Acharya
With the globalization, massive technological advancement has been observed which has revolutionized the whole world and transformed our daily lives. This digital revolution has not…
Climate Woes Growing for Women, Hit Worst By Displacement and Migration
Jul 7, 2020
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Megan Rowling
From sexual violence in displacement camps to extra farm work and greater risk of illness, women shoulder a bigger burden from worsening extreme weather and…
Why Investing in Women's Land Rights Helps Overall Gender Equality
Jul 7, 2020
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Karol Boudreaux
It is depressing, discouraging, infuriating – pick your word – to see the scale and scope of abuse and discrimination aimed at women and girls…
Indonesia: Women, Peace and Security and Indonesia's Foreign Policy
Jul 7, 2020
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Retno LP Marsudi
The issue of women, peace and security is one of the priorities of Indonesia’s foreign policy. This priority is manifested also in our support for…
Myanmar: Corruption, Weak Rule of Law Cited as Myanmar Probes Latest Jade Disaster
Jul 7, 2020
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Radio Free Asia
A team appointed by the Myanmar government to probe a massive landslide at a jade mine in northern Myanmar has begun its investigation into the…
Climate and Environmental Justice Issue Focus Landscape Mapper and Consultant
Jul 7, 2020
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Urgent Action Fund
Urgent Action Fund for Women’s Human Rights is a global women’s fund that protects, strengthens and sustains women and trans* human rights activists and the…
NORCAP Seeks Housing, Land and Property Advisers
Jul 7, 2020
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Norwegian Capacity
In countries with a high degree of displacement, conflict or unrest, issues of housing, land and property are of vital importance. People may be forcibly…
Falklands Land Grab: UK Sent Warning as South American States Rally around Argentina
Jul 7, 2020
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Brian McGleenon, Express
Argentina has reaffirmed its claim over the Falklands Islands and now the country has gained support from the South American common market of countries such…
Egypt and Ethiopia: The Curse of the Nile
Jul 7, 2020
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Marina Ottaway
A slow-motion crisis has been developing in the Nile Valley since the Ethiopian government announced the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on…
Depopulating Military Installations Because of Sea Level Rise
Jul 6, 2020
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Marc Kodack
In case you missed it, an audit of the U.S. Department of Defense’s installation climate resilience from last year, conducted by the Government Accountability Office, found that…
Liberia: Ministry of Internal Affairs Resolves Boundary Disagreement in Rivergee; as Minister Sirleaf Stresses Peaceful Co-Existence
Jul 6, 2020
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FrontPage Africa
Residents of two Districts of Rivergee County namely Chedepo and Potupo have finally settled their long-running boundary dispute, days after a dialogue initiated by the…
Countdown to a Bitter Battle Over the Water of the Nile?
Jul 6, 2020
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Ricard González
In the 1990s, after the collapse of the USSR, the idea that water would drive the wars of the future took hold among analysts and…
Iraq/Lebanon: Lebanon, Iraq Discuss Exchanging Oil for Food
Jul 4, 2020
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Middle East Monitor
Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab and Iraqi Oil Minister Ihsan Abdul Jabbar discussed on Friday exchanging Iraq’s oil with Lebanon’s food and other industries, news…
Myanmar: ‘I Thought I Would Die’: Inside Myanmar’s Risky Pursuit of Jade
Jul 3, 2020
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Saw Nang and Richard C. Paddock, New York Times
Mr. Aung Kyaw Htay was one of hundreds of unauthorized jade pickers scavenging on the edges of the Wai Khar open-pit mine in Kachin State,…
Unlocking the Biggest Resource We Have to Fight COVID-19 and Climate Change: Women in STEMM
Jul 2, 2020
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Anna Madlener and Natalie Unterstell
In times of the Covid-19 outbreak, social isolation is illuminating the gender gap perhaps like never before. Just count how many online “manels’’ (a panel…
Join Now: The Friends of CEOBS Community
Jul 2, 2020
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Conflict and Environment Observatory
The purpose of the voluntary Friends of CEOBS community is to increase CEOBS' technical capacity, and to give individuals an opportunity to become more involved…
Exploitation Of The Environment In War Or Armed Conflict Is Inevitable; Three Case Studies Including Gaza Strip, Yemen, And Iraq
Jul 2, 2020
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George Stacey
Any kind of war or armed conflict is a miserable thing as it kills numbers of innocent civilians. Conflict destroys communities, cultures, infrastructure, and most…