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Myanmar: Myanmar Court Fines Villagers, Chinese Mining Firm Employee in Waste Dispute

Oct 10, 2019 | Zarni Mann, Irrawaddy

The court in Salingyi Township of Sagaing Division on Wednesday imposed fines on both sides of a legal dispute between a group of residents of…

Kyrgyzstan/Uzbekistan/Tajikistan: Will a Central Asian Border Dispute Be Resolved Soon? [Video]

Oct 10, 2019 | Hoda Abdel-Hamid, Al Jazeera

A debate over who controls precious water resources has led to a 30-year-long border dispute between Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. A river canal network stretches…

Syria: Syrian Army Eyes Oil Fields across Euphrates as Turkey Begins Northern Syria Operation

Oct 10, 2019 | Al-Masdar News

The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) recently deployed several units of reinforcements to the Euphrates River Valley region of Deir Ezzor amid reports of a new…

Conflict Minerals: Global Lack of Reporting on Conflict Minerals and Cobalt Puts Investors at Risk

Oct 10, 2019 | Globe Newswire

Today, Responsible Sourcing Network, a project of As You Sow, released its annual report, Mining the Disclosures 2019: An Investor Guide to Conflict Minerals and…

China/Iraq: Iraq, China Launch 'Oil for Reconstruction' Agreement

Oct 10, 2019 | Salem Zidane, Al-Monitor

When Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi led a delegation to China in September, Baghdad and Beijing activated an "oil for reconstruction" and investment program. Under the arrangement, Chinese…

Water: Water Diplomacy Talks -- "The Geneva List of Principles on the Protection of Water Infrastructure"

Oct 10, 2019 | OOSKAnews

Contemporary armed conflicts have seen an increase in attacks against and the weaponization of water infrastructure. These acts have had severe consequences on the environment…

Colombia: Toxic River: Mining, Mercury and Murder Continue to Plague Colombia’s Atrato

Oct 10, 2019 | Frederick Gillingham and Melisa Valenzuela, Mongabay

Snaking its way through Colombia’s northwestern department of Choco, for centuries the Atrato River has been the lifeblood for Afro-Colombian and indigenous communities living along…

Security and Human Rights Grant 2019

Oct 10, 2019 | Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance

DCAF is pleased to launch today the Security and Human Rights Grant 2019. In 2016, DCAF set up the Security and Human Rights Implementation Mechanism…

South Sudan: South Sudan to Launch Auction of Licenses for Eight Oilfields

Oct 9, 2019 | Reuters

South Sudan will kick-start an auction of licenses to develop eight oilfields around the country later this month, an oil ministry official said on Wednesday.…

Sudan/South Sudan: Sudan and South Sudan to Renegotiate Oil Agreement

Oct 9, 2019 | Prensa Latina

South Sudanese Oil Minister Awou Daniel Chuang reported that he will renegotiate an oil agreement with Sudan, since South Sudan is unable to meet the…

Liberia: Denied for Decades, Women Lead Land Rights Campaign in Bong

Oct 9, 2019 | Mae Azango, Front Page Africa

Gormah Mulbah and her five children were thrown out of their home last year after her husband died. Her late husband’s family was angry she…

Fishing for Equality and Sustainability

Oct 9, 2019 | Jamie Wen-Besson and Catherine Wahlen

In a wooden boat on the estuary of the Densu River in Ghana, Cecila dips a salinator into the water and declares that the salinity…

Afghanistan: Potato Harvest in the Bamyan Province of Afghanistan to Reach 370.000 Tons

Oct 8, 2019 | Afghanistan Times

The Afghan Ministry of Agriculture Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL) has revealed that the potato harvest in the Bamyan Province would reach up to 370,000 tons…

China/Philippines/Russia/South China Sea: South China Sea Crisis: Russia and China on Collision Course over Philippine Oil Bid

Oct 8, 2019 | Simon Osbourne, Express

Moscow and Beijing could be on a collision course in the South China Sea after the Philippines invited Russian oil giant Rosneft to join it…

Palestine: Empowering Women as Sustainable Energy Leaders in Palestine

Oct 8, 2019 | Mariam Barghouti

In an office just a few minutes away from the city centre in Ramallah, Dr. Ayman Rabi scurries to submit a report on the latest…

Bomb Cyclones and Breadbaskets: How Climate, Food, and Political Unrest Intersect

Oct 8, 2019 | David Harary and Sunny Petzinger

The torrential downpour, ice, and eventual flooding of the US plains on March 15 and 16 left ranchers stunned. The aptly named "Bomb Cyclone”—the official…

Afghanistan: Meet the Afghan Women Taking Their Country Back — One Land Mine at a Time

Oct 8, 2019 | Kern Hendricks, Foreign Policy

Along with 39 other women, Layegha Marfat is a member of Afghanistan’s first all-female demining team. Inaugurated in 2018 by the United Nations Mine Action…

LAST CALL to Register for the First International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding

Oct 8, 2019 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association

The First International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding is only 2 weeks away!  We have a full and exciting agenda, and registration is filling up.  People…

Environmental Peacebuilding Association Announces Recipients of 2019 Environmental Peacebuilding Awards

Oct 8, 2019 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association

The Environmental Peacebuilding Association announced the five recipients of the 2019 Awards to be presented at the First International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding. These awards…

Environmental Peacebuilding Association’s 2019 Annual Membership Meeting

Oct 8, 2019 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association

The Environmental Peacebuilding Association (EnPAx) will hold the annual meeting of its membership during the First International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding in Irvine, CA on…

Liberia: Denied for Decades, Women Lead Land Rights Campaign in Bong

Oct 8, 2019 | Mae Azango

Gormah Mulbah and her five children were thrown out of their home last year after her husband died. Her late husband’s family was angry she…

Slate of Candidates for the EnPAx Board of Directors Now Available

Oct 7, 2019 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association

The Environmental Peacebuilding Association (EnPAx) has announced the candidates running for open seats on its Board of Directors. The slate of candidates for the inaugural election…

South Sudan: South Sudan Warns of More Oil Spills after Pipeline Rupture

Oct 7, 2019 | Phys.org

South Sudan's petroleum ministry warned Monday of more oil spills from poorly maintained facilities, after a pipeline leaked 2,000 barrels of oil in the north…

Empowering Africa's Women Farmers

Oct 7, 2019 | Ruth Meinzen-Dick

More than 60% of all employed women in Africa south of the Sahara work in agriculture. Yet the region’s women farmers often reap a meager…

Counterpart's Approach to Women, Peace and Security

Oct 7, 2019 | Counterpart International

International development is increasingly shaped by fragility, conflict, and violence (FCV). The World Bank projects that by 2030, the number of countries affected by FCV will…

Land Reform Has Failed the Women of South Africa

Oct 7, 2019 | Sobantu Mzwakali

The government’s plan to combat the plight of women’s landlessness has been shown to have borne little fruit thus far, when the report of the…

Myanmar: WASH Coordinator

Oct 7, 2019 | Oxfam

Oxfam is a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty. It is a confederation of 20 independent charitable organizations focusing on…

Cambodia: International Environmental Expert for Drafting the State of the Environment Report

Oct 7, 2019 | UNDP

The Royal Government of Cambodia has adopted a National Strategic Development Plan 2019-2023. A cornerstone of this strategy is to improve the environment and protect…

Liberia: Protected Areas Project Manager

Oct 7, 2019 | Conservation International

Conservation International (CI) has been protecting nature for the benefit of all for over 30 years. Through science, policy, and partnerships, CI is helping build…

DRC: Chief of Party, Okapi Wildlife Reserve

Oct 7, 2019 | Wildlife Conservation Society

Wildlife Conservation Society is a New York City-based organization that currently works to conserve more than two million square miles of wild places around the…