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Myanmar: Ruby Rush: Myanmar Gem Hunters Exploit Law Change
May 24, 2019
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Agence France-Presse
Burrowing deep underground, thousands of informal miners risk their lives to find gleaming red gems as a law change spurs opportunity in Myanmar's "land of…
How Climate Change Can Fuel Wars
May 23, 2019
On the outskirts of Baga Sola, a small town in Chad not far from the border with Nigeria, is a refugee camp called Dar es Salaam.…
Chad/Mali: How Climate Change Can Fuel Wars
May 23, 2019
On the outskirts of Baga Sola, a small town in Chad not far from the border with Nigeria, is a refugee camp called Dar es Salaam.…
Afghanistan: Afghanistan Continues Efforts to Increase Domestic Energy Generation through Renewable Sources
May 23, 2019
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Wadsam
The Afghan Ministry of Energy and Water (MEW) and the Afghan-German Cooperation's Energy Sector Improvement Program (ESIP) signed a cooperation and implementation agreement aimed at…
Climate Change: How to Think about Global Warming and War
May 23, 2019
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Economist
No conflict occurs without leaders to give orders and soldiers to pull triggers. No atrocities are committed unless human beings choose to commit them.Nonetheless, future-gazers…
Liberia: ActionAid Trains 20 Journalists to Report Sexual and Gender-Based Violence
May 23, 2019
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Front Page Africa
Monrovia – In the wake of increased cases of Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) across the country, 20 Liberian journalists have begun benefiting from a…
Kenya: Women’s Land Rights Programme Assistant
May 22, 2019
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Oxfam
Oxfam International (OI) is a confederation of 17 organizations working together with over 3000 partners in more than 100 countries to find lasting solutions to…
Kenya: Women’s Land Rights Programme Officer
May 22, 2019
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Oxfam
Oxfam International (OI) is a confederation of 17 organizations working together with over 3000 partners in more than 100 countries to find lasting solutions to…
Request for Consultants – Health, Hunger, Hardship, Her & MERL
May 22, 2019
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Project Concern International
Background on PCI
Founded in 1961, PCI is an international non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing health, ending hunger, overcoming hardship, and advancing women and girls around…
Yemen: Technical Coordinator Food Security and Livelihoods – Sanaa
May 22, 2019
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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,…
Mali: Livelihoods Delegate
May 22, 2019
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Netherlands Red Cross
The Netherlands Red Cross Society seeks to prevent and alleviate human suffering and to improve the situation of vulnerable people. It was founded in 1867…
Iraq: Beyond Oil and ISIS
May 22, 2019
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Austin Bodetti
As Iraq continues its lengthy recovery from a ruinous four-year showdown between the Islamic State (ISIS or IS) and an American-led coalition, Iraqi officials are…
Lake Chad Crisis: Food Insecurity and Conflict are Creating a Feedback Loop of Destruction
May 22, 2019
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Phoebe Sleet
A report, recently released by Adelphi, has examined the linkages between climate change and conflict in the Lake Chad Basin. According to the report, conflict and…
Environmental Conservation in a Refugee Crisis: When Calling It a Cross-Cutting Issue Is Not Enough
May 22, 2019
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Haseeb Mb. Irfanullah
It’s hard for me to forget 21 January 2018 − the day I first entered the world’s largest refugee camp with my International Union for…
Persian Gulf Now Most Risky for Oil Tankers Since Last Iraq War
May 22, 2019
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Alex Longley, Bloomberg
Not since 2005 have the world’s insurers considered shipping in the Persian Gulf so dangerous for oil tankers.
Uganda: Human Activity Sparking off Wildlife Conflicts
May 22, 2019
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Bashir Hangi, Observer
Conflict between people and animals is one of the main threats to the continued survival of many species in different parts of the world, and…
CAR: Nobel Peace Laureate Muhammad Yunus Calls for a New Approach to Address Hunger and Conflict
May 22, 2019
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
Nobel Peace Laureate Muhammad Yunus today called for a complete change in the ways to address the often-related issues of hunger and conflict. He made…
EnPAx Interest Groups Continue to Expand
May 21, 2019
The Environmental Peacebuilding Association (EnPAx) has developed Interest Groups to provide Association members with the means to exchange, learn, and work around topics of shared interest. Initially, the Association…
Developments in the First EnPAx Conference
May 21, 2019
The First International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding starts in 5 months, and the preparations are well underway.
Following review of proposed panels, roundtables, presentations, and posters…
New UN Legal Report Addresses the Responsibility of States and Corporations for Environmental Damage in Conflict
May 21, 2019
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Stavros Pantazopoulos
Now in its sixth year, the International Law Commission’s project to enhance the legal framework protecting the environment in relation to armed conflicts is nearing…
Of Milk and Minorities: Equity and Consumption in Vietnam
May 21, 2019
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Jody Harris
Recently, I found myself sitting on a low stool in a small, neat home in the central highlands of Vietnam, talking to three young mothers…
Challenges for Female Peacekeepers Can Come from within UN Militaries
May 21, 2019
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Vanessa Newby
On 6 March 2019, Arizona Senator Martha McSally gave testimony at an armed services committee hearing that she had been raped by a senior officer while…
Libya: Water Supplies Restored to Besieged Libyan Capital
May 21, 2019
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Ayman al-Warfalli, Reuters
Water supplies to the 2.5 million residents of Tripoli were restored two days after they were cut off by gunmen, officials said on Tuesday, allowing…
Food Security: No Food Security without Peace, Says FAO chief
May 21, 2019
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IANS
Hunger and conflict are interlinked and sustaining impoverished rural communities can help break the cycle, United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation chief Jose Graziano da…
Liberia: Government Drafts Guidelines for Free, Prior Informed Consent
May 21, 2019
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FrontPage Africa
The government of Liberia and major stakeholders in the forestland sector are developing guidelines for rural communities to accept and reject concessions targeted for their…
Joanne Lebert
Executive Director
IMPACT
Canada
May 21, 2019
Joanne Lebert is the Executive Director for IMPACT (formerly known as Partnership Africa Canada), an organization that focuses on improving natural resource management in areas…
Growing Authoritarianism, Social Inequalities Often a Prelude to Conflict
May 20, 2019
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Margot Wallström
I want to talk about peacebuilding and inclusive peace. My main point is that peace begins in the minds of people, and people, communities, societies…
USIP Jennings Randolph Senior Fellowship 2019 Request for Proposal (RfP)
May 20, 2019
USIP has identified two thematic areas in which research investments would advance current Institute priorities.
Environment and Conflict – In a rapidly changing and more complex global…
Afghanistan: Taliban Ramp up Mining in Southern Afghan Region
May 20, 2019
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Mohammad Ilyas Dayee and Abubakar Siddique, Gandhara
Lawmakers and locals in a southern Afghan province say the illegal mining of gold and other precious minerals has dramatically increased in Taliban-controlled regions close…
Myanmar: Five from China Charged over Illegal Banana Plantation in Myanmar Protected Forest
May 20, 2019
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Radio Free Asia
The forestry department of northern Myanmar’s Kachin state has filed charges against five Chinese nationals and their company manager for allegedly expanding a banana plantation…