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Afghanistan: Efforts Underway to Prevent Illegal Coal Mining [Video]

Aug 21, 2019 | TOLOnews

The Ministry of Mines and Petroleum has called for the National Security Council's help to limit illegal mining in coal deposits in the northern parts…

Afghanistan: All Ministry of Mines & Petroleum Sections Computerized

Aug 21, 2019 | Daily Outlook Afghanistan

Ministry of Mines and Petroleum (MoMP) officials say all systems of the ministry have been computerized to ensure transparency, accountability, speedy administration and reduce corruption.…

Liberia: Mass Protest Hangs over Loggings Activities in Liberia

Aug 21, 2019 | FrontPage Africa

Section 19 of the National Forestry Reform Law of 2006 makes provision with respect to a fair and transparent procedure for allocating and distributing financial…

3 PhD Positions for ERC Project on Land Politics in Colombia, Ethiopia and Myanmar

Aug 20, 2019 | Erasmus University Rotterdam

Recent global commodity rushes have profoundly influenced societies across the globe. At least a quarter of a billion hectares of land have been affected, reshaping…

In Myanmar, Better Oversight of Forests a Vital Step in Transition to Rule of Law

Aug 20, 2019 | Art Blundell

For the first time, the Myanmar Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (MEITI) has opened the books to share information with the public on revenue Myanmar’s government collects…

Saudi Arabia/Yemen: Yemeni Rebel Drone Attack Targets Remote Saudi Oil Field

Aug 20, 2019 | Environment & Energy News

Drones launched by Yemen's Houthi rebels attacked a massive oil and gas field deep inside Saudi Arabia's sprawling desert on Saturday, causing what the kingdom…

Why Legal Principles on War and Environment Matter

Aug 20, 2019 | UN Environment

On 8 July 2019 the International Law Commission adopted 28 draft legal principles on first reading to enhance protection of the environment before, during and…

Myanmar: Natural Disasters Take a Heavy Toll This Year

Aug 20, 2019 | Myat Moe Aung, Myanmar Times

Government officials announced on Monday that 82 people have been killed and about 200,000 displaced by landslides and flooding in Myanmar since June 25. Another…

Liberia: VPA Gets Another 3-Year Mandate

Aug 20, 2019 | Observer

The lifespan of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) between the European Union (EU) and the Government of Liberia (GoL) through the Forestry Development Authority (FDA),…

Myanmar: Fatal Landslide Raises Alarms over Myanmar’s Natural Disaster Preparedness

Aug 20, 2019 | San Yamin Aung, Irrawaddy

In the blink of an eye, a massive landslide washed it all away: homes, vehicles, people—all buried deep beneath the mud at the base of…

Myanmar: Indigenous Communities in Myanmar Take Action against Top-Down Conservation

Aug 20, 2019 | Anirudha Nagar, Diplomat

The need to put indigenous peoples at the center of conservation efforts could not be clearer. Evidence is mounting that indigenous stewardship of natural resources is key…

Gender-based Violence Service Expert (Canadians Only)

Aug 19, 2019 | CUSO International

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Intern - Disasters and Conflicts Programme

Aug 19, 2019 | UN Environment

The United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) is the leading global environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda, promotes the coherent implementation of the…

Intern - Programme Support

Aug 19, 2019 | United Nations Environment Programme

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The United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) is the leading global environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda, promotes the coherent…

Intern - Programme Support

Aug 19, 2019 | United Nations Environment Programme

Org. Setting and Reporting
The United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) is the leading global environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda, promotes the coherent…

Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning Officer (Gender Focus)

Aug 19, 2019 | EarthRights International

EarthRights International is a nongovernmental, nonprofit organization that combines the power of law and the power of people in defense of human rights and the…

Gender for evaluation of Islamic Relief Afghanistan’s home based education for women project

Aug 19, 2019 | Islamic Relief

Islamic Relief implements a wide range of education projects globally in humanitarian, conflict and development contexts. Examples of type of education related projects and interventions…

Of Pine Trees & Payloads: Environmental Damage during an Armed Conflict

Aug 19, 2019 | Sonia Ahmad

Following the recent armed stand-off between two nuclear-armed states with a combined population of 1.5 billion people earlier this year, the felling of 15 pine…

Colombia: Indigenous Yukpa Besieged by Deforestation and Armed Conflict

Aug 19, 2019 | Julián Sáenz and Semana Sostenible, Mongabay

There is still hope in the innocent eyes of Yukpa children. They play, laugh, and jump about, despite the difficulties their people face. However, the…

Liberia: Solidaridad Certificates Young Graduates as Oil Palm Facilitators

Aug 19, 2019 | George Harris, Observer

Oil-palm is one of the emerging sectors attracting investor attention to Liberia from around the globe. The country’s oil palm market has seen an average…

DRC: Woman Killed in DR Congo Illegal Mining Crackdown

Aug 19, 2019 | Agence France-Presse

A woman was killed in clashes between subsistence miners and security forces at a Chinese-owned mine in southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, sources said on…

Colombia: Meet the Chocolate Company That Is Reforming ex-Cocaine Producers through Blockchain

Aug 18, 2019 | Business Leader

Choco4Peace (C4P) is a multi-institutional movement that supports constructing and sustaining peace by generating positive socio-economic and environmental outcomes in post-conflict regions through the empowerment…

Myanmar: Microgrids Could End Energy Scarcity

Aug 16, 2019 | Samikchhya Kafle, Myanmar Times

Nyaungshwe township in southern Shan State is in dire need of clean, adequate energy. Households in Nyaungshwe make use of solar home systems for lighting…

DRC: China's Huayou Pulls out of Congo Cobalt Mine Investment after Price Slump

Aug 16, 2019 | Reuters

China’s biggest cobalt refiner Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt said on Thursday its overseas unit is pulling out a deal to invest $66.3 million in a cobalt…

South Sudan: Latest Images Reveal a Global Hotspot for Biodiversity

Aug 16, 2019 | Nathan Williams, Fauna & Flora International

Fauna & FIora International (FFI) began working in South Sudan (when it was still part of Sudan) in 2010, and over the ensuing decade has…

Myanmar: Myanmar’s Trade in Jade Now Dominated by Chinese Buyers Online

Aug 16, 2019 | Radio Free Asia

Myanmar’s trade in jade is now dominated by direct sales online, with the highly valuable stone often smuggled untaxed across the border to Chinese buyers,…

Iraq and Kuwait Are Beginning a Beautiful Friendship

Aug 15, 2019 | Bobby Gosh

Last month, Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi declared that “the future prospects are far greater than the fears and obstacles between the two countries.” Earlier…

A Generation in Limbo: Protracted Refugee Situations in Kenya Must Be Addressed

Aug 15, 2019 | John Thon Majok

The 1951 Refugee Convention spells out refugee rights, including the right to freedom of movement. Yet 68 years later, 15.9 million people are trapped in prolonged exile,…

Afghanistan: Pomegranate Products Increase in Afghanistan's Poppy Growing Helmand Province

Aug 15, 2019 | Xinhua

The products of pomegranate is going to increase in the poppy growing Helmand province. The product of pomegranate in Helmand, would increase from 20,000 tons…

Myanmar: A Deadly Fight in Magway Region for the Ayeyarwady’s 'Gold'

Aug 15, 2019 | Hein Thar, Frontier Myanmar

Villagers in Magway Region have blamed a riverside clash that left at least 30 people dead on an inadequate response by government officials to a…