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Climate Change: Not All Military Bases Plan for Warming — GAO

Jun 13, 2019 | Mark K. Matthews, E&E News

The Defense Department may be aware of the risks of climate change, but it still needs to do a better job of preparing its facilities…

Syria: Beyond the Debris – The Environment Is a Major Victim of the Syrian Conflict

Jun 13, 2019 | Hanne-Mari Tarvonen, Crisis & Environment

The most significant environmental consequences of the conflict in Syria have been caused by makeshift oil refineries, destroyed infrastructure and debris, collapsed waste collection system…

Yemen: Economic Recovery and Development Coordinator

Jun 12, 2019 | International Rescue Committee

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at…

Somalia: Food Security and Livelihood Program Manager (Somalia - Hudur)

Jun 12, 2019 | Action Against Hunger

Action Contre la Faim (Action Against Hunger) has been conducting humanitarian programs in Somalia Since May 1992. Currently, Action Against Hunger is conducting its humanitarian…

Jordan: Livelihoods Team Lead

Jun 12, 2019 | Global Communities

Global Communities is an international non-profit organization that works closely with communities worldwide to bring about sustainable change that improves the lives and livelihoods of…

India: LTPR-Gender and Women’s Economic Empowerment Specialist– Integrated Land Resource Governance (ILRG), West Bengal, India

Jun 12, 2019 | Tetra Tech

Tetra Tech International Development Services, headquartered in Arlington, VA is currently accepting expressions of interest from qualified candidates for a Gender and Women’s Empowerment Specialist position…

Colombia: Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Advisor

Jun 12, 2019 | Cuso International

Cuso International is a development organization that works to eradicate poverty and inequality through the efforts of highly skilled volunteers, collaborative partnerships, and compassionate donors.…

Colombia's Land Disputes: What the Life and Death of Hugo George Taught Me

Jun 12, 2019 | Mariana Calvo

Hugo George is one of the hundreds of social leaders who have been murdered in Colombia during its peace process. He was also my friend.

I…

Inclusive Protection of Civilians During Conflicts: Making a Case for the Environment

Jun 12, 2019 | Wim Zwijnenburg

It is important to take an inclusive and tangible approach to protecting civilians by protecting the environment during armed conflicts. In recent decades, the link…

Cimate Change: How Much Does Climate Change Affect the Risk of Armed Conflict

Jun 12, 2019 | Stanford University, Science Daily

Intensifying climate change will increase the future risk of violent armed conflict within countries, according to a new study. Synthesizing views across experts, the study…

Liberia: Solidaridad to Launch New Programs to Benefit over 42,000 Cocoa, Oil Palm Farmers in Liberia

Jun 12, 2019 | Lennart Dodoo, FrontPage Africa

Solidaridad in Liberia will on Friday, June 14, 2019 launch two major programs to boost the sustainable production of cocoa and oil palm in the…

DRC: Commentators Differ on Impacts of DRC's Revised Mining Code

Jun 12, 2019 | Simone Liedtke, Creamer Media's Mining Weekly

Ivanhoe Mines Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) operations MD Louis Watum says the country’s new Mining Code has created uncertainty regarding the regulatory framework within the country,…

South Sudan: South Sudanese President Appoints New Oil Minister

Jun 12, 2019 | Denis Dumo, Reuters

The South Sudanese president has appointed a new petroleum minister, removing Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth, the presidential spokesman told Reuters on Wednesday, but the reasons for…

DRC: DRC Landscape Restoration Is Electrifying!

Jun 12, 2019 | Ahtziri Gonzalez, Forests News

For the 45 million people living in rural Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) there are few livelihood opportunities beyond the exploitation of forest resources.…

Viet Nam: Growing Vegetables against All Odds on Spratly Islands

Jun 11, 2019 | Hồng Minh, Viet Nam News

As the last-born in a four-children family with two brothers and one sister in the central province of Quảng Ngãi, 21-year-old Phan Gia Cường never…

Myanmar: Gov't Lifts Ban on Plantation Teak Exports

Jun 11, 2019 | Htun Htun, Irrawaddy

The Myanmar government will again allow the exportation of raw teak and timber from state and privately-owned plantations, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation…

Land: Touted as 'Development,' Land Grabs Hurt Local Communities, and Women Most of All

Jun 11, 2019 | Steve Lundeberg, Oregon State University

Large-scale land transactions in which nations sell huge, publicly owned parcels to foreign and domestic corporations negatively affect local women more than men, a new…

Iraq: Iraq May Soon Replace Oil Wells with Solar Panels

Jun 11, 2019 | Austin Bodetti, New Arab

While Iraq's long-term prosperity has remain intertwined with the petroleum industry since the country gained independence in 1932, Iraqi entrepreneurs, environmentalists, and officials anticipate their…

Myanmar: Regreening a Barren Rohingya Refugee Camp on Myanmar’s Border

Jun 11, 2019 | Kaamil Ahmed, Mongabay

Where a year ago there were only the desolate remains of a forest scythed from hills to house hundreds of thousands in the world’s largest…

India: Water Wars among Monkeys as Relentless Heat Dries Ponds in MP Forests

Jun 11, 2019 | Kashif Kakvi, Newsclick

Conflict among humans over water in summer is not new, but, conflict among animal has been unheard of till date. In a shocking incident, as…

The Nature of Social Justice Advocacy and Local Resistance to Land Concession in Liberia: Impact on Land Governance System, Customary Land Rights and State Response

Jun 10, 2019 | Baba Sillah

One of the decisive moments in social justice advocacies for land rights in the recent history of Liberia came in 2011, when rural communities, wrote…