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Call for Proposals: PEER Focus Area on Afghanistan/ Urban WASH and Transboundary Water

Dec 17, 2019 | USAID

Water is critical to peace, reconciliation, and stability in Afghanistan, one of the most water-stressed countries in the world.1 In a 2018 national survey of…

Calling All Professors, Trainers, and Teachers!

Dec 17, 2019 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association

On Monday, September 23, the Environmental Peacebuilding Association -- in partnership with UNEP, ELI, Columbia University, Duke University, UC Irvine, UNDP, and the SDG Academy…

Environmental Peacebuilding Association Takes Measures to Diversify Its Board of Directors

Dec 17, 2019 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association

At its quarterly meeting on December 13, the Board of Directors of the Environmental Peacebuilding Association unanimously approved amendments to the Association Bylaws designed to…

China/Vietnam: Vietnam Fights China's 'Nine-Dash Line' amid Old Enmities

Dec 17, 2019 | Sen Nguyen, Al Jazeera

It came as no surprise to Vietnamese student Doan Thanh Hai that China's infamous nine-dash line has been causing trouble in his country. China has…

Benefits of Gender Equality in Sustainable Ecosystem Management

Dec 17, 2019

Over the last several decades, principles of gender equality and women’s empowerment have permeated into numerous internationally agreed-upon goals. Ranging from commitments on human rights, peace and security, climate…

Climate Conferences are Male, Pale and Stale- It's Time to Bring in Women

Dec 16, 2019 | Maria Tanyang and Jacqui True

The COP25 climate meeting in Madrid concluded over the weekend. As in past meetings, the talks failed to make much progress on international climate action.…

Afghanistan: We Survived War in Afghanistan – but Kabul's Pollution Could Kill Us

Dec 16, 2019 | Stefanie Glinski, Telegraph

Between November and March, Afghanistan’s capital is wrapped in a thick blanket of choking smog. As temperatures drop in high altitude Kabul, sitting at almost…

China/Vietnam/South China Sea: Vietnam Hopes for Chinese Restraint in South China Sea in 2020

Dec 16, 2019 | Reuters

Vietnam said it hoped China would show restraint in the South China Sea next year after a Chinese oil survey vessel and its escorts spent…

Colombia: Death Threats for Defending Land and Water from a Coal Mine: Force of Wayúu Women in Colombia

Dec 16, 2019 | Land Rights Now

Members of the organization Fuerza de Mujeres Wayúu (Force of Wayúu Women) have received death threats and been subject to defamation and stigmatization for opposing…

Liberia: Liberia Risks Conflict over Natural Resources Governance – Says Greg Coleman

Dec 16, 2019 | Moses R. Quollin, Liberia Forest Media

Former Director General of the National Bureau of Concession, Gregory O. Coleman says Liberia current approach to managing investments, mostly the natural resources sector risks…

Environmental Peacebuilding: Recognizing Its Roots, Progress and Future Challenges

Dec 16, 2019 | Teresa Lappe-Osthege and Elaine Lan Yin Hsiao

Breaking from narratives that overemphasise the relationship between natural environments and violent conflict, environmental peacebuilding aims to explore and utilise cooperative mechanisms that can emerge…

Protecting the Protectors: Environmental Defenders and the Future of Environmental Peacebuilding

Dec 16, 2019 | Erika Weinthal

Early scholarship on environmental peacemaking recognized the important role that local civil-society can play in promoting regional cooperation while, at the same time, pressuring governments to protect…

South Sudan: GBV Coordinator

Dec 16, 2019 | International Medical Corps

International Medical Corps is a global humanitarian nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through health care training and relief and development programs.

Established…

Mali: GBV Coordinator

Dec 16, 2019 | International Medical Corps

International Medical Corps is a global humanitarian nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through health care training and relief and development programs.

Established…

Ghana: National Peace Council Trains Members on Gender Roles in Peacebuilding

Dec 15, 2019 | Modern Ghana

As part of the mandate of the National Peace Council to facilitate measures to prevent, manage and resolve issues that threaten the development and peace…

Afghanistan: Saffron Processing Center Built in Afghanistan's Badghis Province

Dec 15, 2019 | Xinhua

A saffron processing center was recently built in the western Baghis province, as the precious plant cultivation is gradually expanding across the mostly poppy growing…

Head of Natural Resource Management & Climate Change

Dec 14, 2019 | International Alert

International Alert is looking for a dynamic leader for the post of Head of Natural Resource Management and Climate Change on a 12-month maternity leave…

Advances for Gender Equality at COP25

Dec 13, 2019 | Women’s Environment and Development Organization

After nearly two weeks of negotiations at COP 25 climate negotiations in Madrid, Spain, the governments have adopted a new 5-year Gender Action Plan (GAP)…

Syria: Why Syria’s Small Oil Reserves Have become the Linchpin for Political Control in the Region

Dec 13, 2019 | Justin Higginbottom, CNBC

Times have changed in Syria. The oil has attracted another foreign power — the U.S. military — and Kurdish-led forces are the ones controlling the…

International Consultant to Conduct a Scoping Exercise for Designing a New Climate Change Adaptation Project

Dec 12, 2019 | UNDP

The United Nations Development Programme is the United Nations' global development network. It advocates for change and connects countries to knowledge, experience and resources to…

Liberia: A Forest of Obstacles for Liberia’s Palm Oil Industry

Dec 12, 2019 | Lucinda Rouse, Business Day

Palm oil is the most widely used vegetable oil in the world, contained in products that range from bread to shampoo and biofuels, and demand…

Bangladesh: WASH Coordinator

Dec 12, 2019 | Solidarités International

Solidarités International (SI) is a humanitarian organization that provides aid and assistance to victims of war or natural disaster. Since 1980, the association has concentrated its…

Sudan: Head of Mission

Dec 12, 2019 | Cooperazione Internazionale

Cooperazione Internazionale (COOPI) is an Italian humanitarian non-governmental organization founded in Milan in 1965. COOPI aims to help the world’s poorest to improve their access…

Conflict Minerals: Switzerland Probes Illegal Trading of Coltan by Swiss Trader during DRC Civil War

Dec 12, 2019 | William Clowes, Business Day

Swiss prosecutors are investigating a trader of one of the world’s most sought-after-minerals over allegations he illegally dealt in metals during Democratic Republic of Congo’s…

Nepal: Rickshaw Drivers Break Stereotypes in Nepal

Dec 12, 2019 | UN Women

Hira Kumari Sewa is among the few female rickshaw drivers in Nepal. Service is literally in her name.

Myanmar: Project Manager / Chief Technical Advisor, Governance for Resilience and Sustainability Project (GRSP)

Dec 12, 2019 | UNDP

The United Nations Development Programme is the United Nations' global development network. It advocates for change and connects countries to knowledge, experience and resources to…

Sierra Leone Needs Stability, It's Blessed with Resources

Dec 12, 2019 | Neil De Beer

Sierra Leone, like many of its African compatriots, is richly blessed with many natural resources like diamonds, iron, and gold. On February 14, 1972, the…

What Is the Fate of Baghdad-Erbil's Oil-for-Budget Agreement amid Ongoing Protests?

Dec 12, 2019 | Dana Taib Menmy

The Kurdistan Region of Iraq has vast proven oil and gas resources; however, mismanagement, corruption and ruling parties’ monopoly on power have brought the region to the brink of financial…

Communications Consultancy

Dec 12, 2019 | Global Witness

Global Witness investigates and campaigns to stop human rights and environmental abuses caused by corruption and the exploitation of natural resources.

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Serbia: Nature-based Solutions Senior Project Officer

Dec 12, 2019 | International Union for Conservation of Nature

IUCN is a membership Union uniquely composed of both government and civil society organisations. It provides public, private and non-governmental organisations with the knowledge and…