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How to Soften the Impact of Coronavirus During Conflict
Apr 20, 2020
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Gerardo Noto
The COVID-19 crisis will be felt in education, human rights and, in the most severe cases, basic food security and nutrition, especially for the estimated…
Colombia's Environmental Crisis Accelerates Under Duque
Apr 20, 2020
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Evan King and Samantha Wherry
On 16 February 2020, six gunmen fatally shot Albeiro Silva Mosquera and his brother Luis Hugo and severely injured Indigenous leader and activist Daniel Remigio…
CAR: Project Manager WASH and Infrastructures
Apr 20, 2020
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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,…
Jordan: Whole of Syria: WASH Technical Coordinator
Apr 20, 2020
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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,…
Myanmar: Resilient Asian Deltas (RAD) Initiative Lead
Apr 20, 2020
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World Wide 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…
Myanmar: Program Officer, Investment and Conflict
Apr 20, 2020
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US Institute of Peace
The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) is an American federal institution tasked with promoting conflict resolution and prevention worldwide. It provides research, analysis, and…
DRC: Environmental Safeguarding Officer – Kinshasa
Apr 20, 2020
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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,…
South Sudan: Program Director
Apr 20, 2020
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Tearfund
Tearfund is a UK Christian relief and development agency. It currently works in around 50 countries, with a primary focus on supporting those in poverty…
Iraq: International Water Accounting Specialist
Apr 20, 2020
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
The Regional Office for Near East and North Africa (FAO-RNE) leads a key Regional Initiative on Water Scarcity. Established in the second half of 2013,…
Myanmar: National Evaluation Consultant for Final Evaluation of Myanmar UN-REDD Programme
Apr 20, 2020
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UNDP
The UN-REDD Programme is the United Nations Joint collaborative initiative on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD+) in developing countries. The Programme was…
Colombia: Pacific REDD+ Coordinator
Apr 20, 2020
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Chemonics
Chemonics seeks a Pacific REDD+ coordinator to implement the Wildlife Works Carbon IQS for the USAID Páramos and Forests Activity in Colombia. The coordinator will…
Myanmar: International Evaluation Consultant (Team Leader) for Final Evaluation of Myanmar UN-REDD Programme
Apr 20, 2020
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UNDP
The UN-REDD Programme is the United Nations Joint collaborative initiative on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD+) in developing countries. The Programme was…
Iraq: Oil Price Drop Fuels Economic Crisis [Video]
Apr 19, 2020
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Simona Foltyn, Al Jazeera
Iraq has been hit by political instability that has effectively left it without a government. The country has also been caught in the middle of…
A Gender-Equal Ethiopian Parliament Can Improve the Lives of All Women
Apr 19, 2020
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James Jeffrey
Recent gains by women in the Ethiopian political landscape offer a chance to improve gender equality around the country and put an end to long-standing…
Afghanistan: Can the Afghan State Intervene Successfully In The Conflict Between Nomads And Settlers? – Analysis
Apr 19, 2020
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Antonio Giustozzi, Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit
The conflict between nomads and settlers is no longer limited to a few districts of Hazarajat. It has spread to many corners of the country…
DRC: Congo Mine Closures Would Cause Economic and Social Crisis, Minister Says
Apr 17, 2020
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Helen Reid and Hereward Holland, Reuters
Democratic Republic of Congo’s mining minister warned mine shutdowns due to the COVID-19 pandemic would trigger a “catastrophic” economic and social crisis in the country,…
COVID-19 Shows How Reckless Jordan Valley Annexation Would Be
Apr 17, 2020
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Gidon Bromberg, Yana Abu Taleb, and Nada Majdalani
“Cutting off the nose to spite the face” is an apt expression to describe the lack of rationale behind Israeli government policies calling for unilateral…
Request for Proposals: Environment and Conflict in Burma / Myanmar
Apr 17, 2020
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US Institute of Peace
The effects of climate change are appearing faster than anticipated around the world. The costs could have drastic and potentially catastrophic impacts on citizens, communities,…
Demilitarizing the Response to Climate Change
Apr 17, 2020
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Peace Science Digest
A range of policy options are available to countries to address and respond to climate change. Looking specifically at the U.S., the authors of this…
Conflict to Conservation: How Guerrilla Fighters Became Environmentalists
Apr 17, 2020
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Eleanor Whitworth
The unlikely protectors of Columbia’s wildlife and flora. They were guerrilla fighters in a lengthy civil war. Now they're protecting Colombia's pristine, richly biodiverse jungles and…
A Gender Lens for COVID-19
Apr 16, 2020
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Susan Papp and Marcy Hersh
When pandemics strike, world leaders and health responders must adapt quickly to the looming threat. Often the last factor they consider – if it makes…
A Gender-Sensitive Response is Missing From the COVID-19 Crisis
Apr 16, 2020
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Jamila Razzaq
Razia with her six children and a drug-addicted husband lives in one room in a three-room compound shared with 20 other people. Pre-COVID-19, all the…
South Sudan: US Watchdog Sounds Alarm on Mismanaged Mining Sector in South Sudan
Apr 16, 2020
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Ajifowoke Michael Gbenga, Ventures
Despite boasting of the potential to become a catalyst for major economic growth, South Sudan’s mining sector could, on the contrary, be the next source…
India: Agrobiodiversity Initiatives Open Women’s Horizons in Kerala
Apr 15, 2020
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Mahima Jain, Mongabay
Kaliamma Nanjan, 70, sings as she cuts through her farm in Kerala’s Western Ghats. She deftly navigates the slopes of Attappady in Palakkad district with…
China/Vietnam/South China Sea: US ‘Seriously Concerned’ over China Sinking Vietnamese Fishing Boat
Apr 15, 2020
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VNExpress
U.S. State Department spokesman Morgan Ortagus Monday condemned China for sinking a Vietnamese fishing boat, calling it an assertion of an "unlawful" claim. Ortagus said…
Myanmar: Myanmar Seizes 800 Tonnes of Illegal Timber in Single Week
Apr 15, 2020
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The Star
Myanmar's Forest Department recently seized over 846 tonnes of illegal timber in a week, according to the Information Ministry on Thursday (April 9).
East Africa: Two New Generations of Locusts are Set to Descend on East Africa Again -- 400 Times Stronger
Apr 15, 2020
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Neha Wadekar, Quartz Africa
This infestation of desert locusts first arrived in East Africa last June, feeding on hundreds of thousands of hectares of crops and pastureland and chomping…
DRC: Congo Governor Condemns Rising Insecurity at Mines in Gold Province
Apr 15, 2020
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Reuters
Illegal mining and trading are fuelling worsening violence on mine sites, the governor of Democratic Republic of Congo’s gold-rich Ituri province said, after armed robbers…
Colombia: Deforestation Surged Following End of Armed Conflict in Colombia
Apr 15, 2020
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Sonia Aronson, Phys.org
Deforestation is skyrocketing in the country with the world's second-highest number of species. The cause? Ineffective conservation in protected areas following decades of civil war.
China: Roses in the Battlefield: Rural Women Farmers Join the Fight against COVID-19 in China
Apr 15, 2020
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UN Women
In January 2020, the COVID-19 epidemic began spreading across China. Of the 42,600 medical workers dispatched to the hardest-hit Hubei Province, as of early March, two-thirds…