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Advocacy/Communications Job in Ethiopia about Protection and Human Rights, requiring 5-9 years of experience, from NRC; closing on 06 Jun 2021

No-deforestation supply chains still belong at the top of the agenda and at the heart of responsible business as we move into a new decade of sustainability action. Ensuring supply chains are protective of forests, other natural ecosystems and land rights is often the clearest route to achieving a range of other sustainability priorities. The Accountability Framework initiative is ensuring the infrastructure built to support no-deforestation goals is integrated with the sustainability tools com...

English Evaluation and Lessons Learned on World about Gender, Health and more; published on 20 May 2021 by IASC and UN Women

Global soy traders are not doing enough to prevent the devastating impacts of soy production on forests and other crucial ecosystems, nor do they adequately tackle human rights abuses in soy supply chains, according to a new Scorecard launched today by World Wildlife Fund (WWF) in collaboration with Global Canopy. This first-of-its-kind Scorecard measures the commitments and actions taken by 22 of the world’s biggest soy traders to address critical environmental and social issues occurring in...

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No-deforestation supply chains still belong at the top of the agenda and at the heart of responsible business as we move into a new decade of sustainability action. Ensuring supply chains are protective of forests, other natural ecosystems and land rights is often the clearest route to achieving a range of other sustainability priorities. The Accountability Framework initiative is ensuring the infrastructure built to support no-deforestation goals is integrated with the sustainability tools com...

April 27, 2021 You are here: Home / World Economic Forum / Ensuring supply chains are deforestation-free is still a priority. This is why Ensuring supply chains are deforestation-free is still a priority. This is why (Credit: Unsplash) This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Jeff Milder, Director of Global Programs, Rainforest Alliance & Leah Samberg, Senior Scientist, Rainforest Alliance No-deforestation supply...

Unit: CARE Emergency Group, CARE International Secretariat Location: WEST AFRICA / similar time zone. Background: As part of CARE’s priority to strengthen its humanitarian preparedness and response globally, region-based humanitarian coordinator positions have been established in major regions where CARE operates. Regional Humanitarian Coordinators support CARE offices and regions in the initial phases of an emergency response, rapid escalations of needs in needs, humanitarian programming and...

Neglected Forests and the Role of Collaboration in Driving Restoration Apr 08, 2021 A marmoset in the Atlantic Forest, which stretches over 500,000 square miles across Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay.  The Atlantic Forest  runs along the eastern coast of Brazil and inland into Argentina and Paraguay. The region includes major cities like Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, and it is home to more than 148 million people. It’s also responsible for 70 percent of Brazil’s gross domestic product. T...