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[Job Opportunity] Technical Hub Coordinator - Global Disability Fund

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Ivan PISETA
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Deadline for application: 23/04/2025, 05:59 AM Organisation: UNDP Location: New York, United States Duration: Fixed Term Job level: P4 Short job description: The Global Disability Fund (Formerly UNPRPD) is seeking a highly...

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USA: New GCoM Badges 2023

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Jose Manuel Moreno Gonzalez
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New Badges recognition for local governments advances on climate action in the US in the 2023 cycle The Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy (GCoM), a project funded by the European Union in the United States...

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Smithsonian Moves Toward Returning Benin Bronzes

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elisabetta AIRAGHI
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The institution’s National Museum of African Art says it has removed the artworks from display. It is the latest museum to begin a process that could lead to the return of the works to Nigeria. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2021...

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Ze ALVES-PEREIRA
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Powering the Blue Economy: an American anthology exploring opportunities for marine renewable energy in maritime markets (DOE, April 2019)

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Toxic Trade: Forest Crime in Gabon and the Republic of Congo and Contamination of the US Market

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AD Anne DELVAUX
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A new report from the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) – Toxic Trade: Forest Crime in Gabon and the Republic of Congo and the Contamination of the US Market – documents how illegally extracted African timber emerges as...

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US flooring giant buying tropical wood from Brazilian firm at centre of illegal timber scandal

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A recent crackdown by Brazilian police and environmental authorities resulted in Latin American flooring giant Indusparquet being fined hundreds of thousands of dollars and being partially banned from operating for allegedly using...

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Are US investors aware of the legal risks of forest crime?

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This analysis by Climate Advisers examines the potential for investors in the US to be prosecuted for forest crimes that took place in other jurisdictions. It draws upon a six-month legal review involving finance professionals and...

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Using existing EU and US laws to strengthen action on illegal timber trade

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AD Anne DELVAUX
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The following Environmental Investigation Agency report from February 2018 on the relationship between EUTR and US Lacey Act is an interesting reading: https://eia-international.org/wp-content/uploads/A-Tale-of-Two-Laws-FIN…

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