Environment and Peacebuilding in War-torn Societies: Lessons from the UN Environment Programme's Experience with Postconflict Assessment

被引:47
作者
Conca, Ken [1 ]
Wallace, Jennifer [2 ,3 ]
机构
[1] Univ Maryland, Harrison Program Future Global Agenda, College Pk, MD 20742 USA
[2] Univ Maryland, Dept Govt & Polit, College Pk, MD 20742 USA
[3] Geneva Ctr Secur Policy, Geneva, NY USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
Conflict; Environment; Natural resources; Peacebuilding; United Nations;
D O I
10.1163/19426720-01504008
中图分类号
D81 [国际关系];
学科分类号
030207 ;
摘要
Environmental challenges create high-stakes choices in war-torn societies. Handled well, they may create a solid foundation for peace and sustainable development; handled poorly, they risk undercutting an already tenuous peace. In this article, we identify patterns and lessons from the work of the UN Environment Programme's Post-Conflict and Disaster Management Branch, which has conducted postconflict assessments in several war-torn societies over the past decade. PCDMB's experience sheds considerable light on the nature of conflict-related environmental challenges, identifies possible entry points for environmental initiatives in peacebuilding, and suggests cautions about the requirements for environmental initiatives to be peacebuilding tools. We identify four themes emerging from their work: the multiple and often indirect links between violent conflict and environmental degradation; the political dimensions of environmental assessment as a confidence-building tool; resource and environmental linkages among the different segments of war-torn economies; and the environmental dimensions of reconstituting the state, regulation, and the rule of law. KEYWORDS: environment, United Nations, peacebuilding, conflict, natural resources.
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页码:485 / 504
页数:20
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