Environmental Peacebuilding Events
The Power of Local Natural Resource Governance in Conflict Contexts
February 28, 2008 // 11:00am — 1:00pm
Environmental Change and Security Program
Panelists discuss how local natural resource management efforts can strengthen local governance and help prevent violent conflict from erupting. The event is the second in ECSP's "New Horizons at the Nexus of Conflict, Natural Resources, and Health" meeting series.
Innovative Partnerships for Peace: The Role of Extractive Industries in Resource-Based Conflict Prevention and Mitigation
January 09, 2008 // 11:00am — 1:00pm
Environmental Change and Security Program
Panelists analyze existing frameworks for preventing resource-based conflict and present Latin American case studies in which extractive industry companies have attempted to promote peace and stability.
Book Discussion: Peace Parks: Conservation and Conflict Resolution
November 07, 2007 // 2:00pm — 4:00pm
Environmental Change and Security Program
Peace Parks seeks to rigorously examine one way in which the environment can be harnessed to resolve disputes or build peace: transboundary peace parks.
Examining Environmental Links to Peace and Conflict in Sudan: The UN Environment Programme's Sudan Post-Conflict Environmental Assessment
September 21, 2007 // 10:00am — 12:00pm
Environmental Change and Security Program
Efforts to end the ongoing violence in Darfur and build on the 2005 peace agreement must consider how environmental problems such as deforestation, drought, and desertification affect the balance between peace and conflict.
Creating Opportunities for Peace Through Regional Trade in the African Great Lakes Region
September 10, 2007 // 10:00am — 12:00pm
Environmental Change and Security Program
There is a strong regional and international market for the minerals and forest products extracted from the Great Lakes countries. The challenge is for this lucrative trade to directly benefit the majority of the people living in the region, rather than the corrupt few who have typically exploited these resources.
Beyond Disasters: Creating Opportunities for Peace
June 28, 2007 // 12:00pm — 2:00pm
Environmental Change and Security Program
Co-authors of the new Worldwatch report, Beyond Disasters: Creating Opportunities for Peace, presented some of their main findings on how natural disasters in conflict zones can foster or hinder peace.
Reception: Environment, Conflict, and Cooperation Exhibition
April 03, 2007 // 5:30pm — 7:30pm
Environmental Change and Security Program
Environmental issues have played a part in some of world's worst conflicts, but they can also help build peace. These issues are the focus of a multimedia exhibit created by Berlin's Adelphi Research.
Environment, Conflict, and Cooperation
April 03, 2007 // 3:30pm — 5:30pm
Environmental Change and Security Program
Better management of natural resources could pave a path for peace in war-torn societies, or, conversely, mismanagement could trigger a relapse back into conflict.
Environmental Challenges in War-Torn Societies: Sustainability and Human Security in Post-Conflict Reconstruction
November 29, 2006 // 8:00am — 4:00pm
Environmental Change and Security Program
A distinguished panel of scholars and practitioners discuss the role of the environment in post-conflict peace building and the reconstruction of war-torn societies at the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Duke University.
Minerals, Forests, and Conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
October 04, 2006 // 3:00pm — 5:00pm
Environmental Change and Security Program
The forest and mineral wealth of the DRC is critical to the country and its people's political, economic, and social future. John Katunga explores the interconnections between natural resource wealth and stability.