Links
The following links to websites and publications are offered for further information on the respective topics (listing does not imply endorsement of their content):
Post-Conflict Natural Resource Management and Peacebuilding
- The Environmental Law Institute (ELI) is partnering with the Global Infrastructure Fund (GIF) Research Foundation Japan —with the support of the Center for Global Partnership (CGP) of the Japan Foundation — to strengthen post-conflict security and diplomacy by integrating natural resource management and infrastructure redevelopment into U.S. and Japanese peacebuilding initiatives.
- United Nations Environment Programme’s (UNEP’s) Post Conflict and Disaster Management Branch: http://postconflict.unep.ch/ (including descriptions of current and past projects as well as post-conflict environmental assessments by regions and access to more than 50 publications)
- Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars – Environmental Change and Security Program: http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=topics.home&topic_id=1413 (access to several publications, event notifications, and natural resource and conflict information by region)
- International Institute for Sustainable Development – Security: http://www.iisd.org/security/ (links to more than 40 publications as well as information regarding links between conflict and trade, business, and the environment)
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations: http://www.fao.org/nr/index_en.htm (information regarding impact of numerous environmental factors on food security as well as publications on land tenure as a method of post-conflict reconstruction)
- Global Witness: http://www.globalwitness.org/index.php (information on campaigns that include natural resources in conflict, as well as a media library and links to several publications regarding natural resources, conflict, and corruption)
- USAID – Conflict Management: http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/cross-cutting_programs/conflict/focus_areas/natural_resources.html (information on natural resources and conflict management as well as links to several publications covering the same topic)
- The World Bank – Fragile and Conflict-Affected Areas: http://go.worldbank.org/BNFOS8V3S0 (information on fragile regions affected by conflict as well as numerous publications covering the same topic)
Environmental Consequences of War
- The Environmental Literacy Council – Conflict and Natural Resources: http://www.enviroliteracy.org/subcategory.php/222.html (information regarding conflict and natural resources, environmental consequences of war, and natural resources as weapons of war; links to other environment-conflict resources, several publications, and a classroom training module covering war and the environment)
Environmental Security
- The Mandala Projects – Inventory of Conflict and Environment: http://www.american.edu/TED/ice/ice.htm (numerous case studies on conflict and the environment as well as information on a Climate Change and Conflict Initiative)
- International Human Dimensions Programme – Global Environmental Change and Human Security: http://www.gechs.org/ (examining interactions between social processes and global environmental change as they affect human security; also including links to numerous publications and activities)
- Trudeau Center for Peace and Conflict Studies – Environmental Security Database: http://link.library.utoronto.ca/pcs/search.cfm (database of publications regarding environmental security)
- Institute for Environmental Security: http://www.envirosecurity.org/ (links to more than 20 publications on the environment and conflict, as well as links to program areas designed to focus attention on environmental security as a means of conflict prevention)
- Pacific Institute – Water and Conflict: http://www.pacinst.org/topics/water_and_sustainability/water_and_conflict/ (information on water and security, including a water and conflict chronology, techniques for reaching water-conflict agreements, and a searchable bibliography on water and conflict)
- Global Policy Forum – The Dark Side of Natural Resources: http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/docs/minindx.htm (examining the role of natural resources in conflict)
Environmental Conflict Management and Dispute Resolution
- The Environment, Development, and Sustainable Peace Initiative: http://www.sustainable-peace.org/content/fr_home.html (information on the initiative as well as links to policy briefs, related institutions, and events)
- Environment, Conflict, and Cooperation Platform: http://www.ecc-platform.org/ (clearinghouse and exchange platform for the environment, conflict, and cooperation; also including links to several conflict management publications)
The Fund for Peace: http://www.fundforpeace.org/web/index.php (exploring the interdependence between nations affected by four major world conditions; overpopulation, the “chaotic” status of human rights, unequal distribution of resources, and the deterioration of the environment).
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