Welcome to Environmental Peacebuilding Knowledge Platform

This site serves both as the home page for the Environmental Peacebuilding Association® (also known as EnPAx™), and as a repository for a wide range of information on environmental peacebuilding.

Environmental peacebuilding integrates natural resource management in conflict prevention, mitigation, resolution, and recovery to build resilience in communities affected by conflict. Join our growing global community of researchers, practitioners, and decision makers in sharing experiences and lessons from managing natural resources in conflict-affected settings, accessing new research on the topic, and participating in events to support the growing network of professionals active in environmental peacebuilding.

Books

This page includes links to key open-access books on environmental peacebuilding produced by the Environmental Peacebuilding Association and/or the Environmental Law Institute. The first six books are the product of an initiative between ELI, UNEP, McGill University, and the University of... Read More

Conflict-Sensitive Conservation

Editors: Carl Bruch, Geeta Batra, Anupam Anand

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High-Value Natural Resources and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding

Editors: Päivi Lujala, Siri Aas Rustad

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Assessing and Restoring Natural Resources in Post-Conflict Peacebuilding

Editors: David Jensen, Steve Lonergan

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Land and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding

Editors: Jon Unruh, Rhodri C. Williams

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Water and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding

Editors: Erika Weinthal, Jessica Troell, Mikiyasu Nakayama

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Livelihoods, Natural Resources, and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding

Editors: Helen Young, Lisa Goldman

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Governance, Natural Resources, and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding

Editors: Carl Bruch, Carroll Muffett, Sandra S. Nichols

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Recent Library Additions

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Weathering the Storm: Reducing the Impact of Climate Risks and Environmenta...

International Committee of the Red Cross, 2023

Countries enduring armed conflict and violence are particularly vulnerable to growing climate and environmental risks because the adaptive capacity of people, systems and institutions already...

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Navigating the Complexity across the Peace–Sustainability–Climate Security ...

Routledge, 2023

Promoting peace and sustainability in human development while accounting for the risks associated with the impact of climate change on society has become more imperative...

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Knowledge Gaps in the Nexus of Climate, Peace and Security

Cairo International Center for Conflict Resolution, Peacekeeping & Peacebuilding, 2023

There is a growing body of research on the relationship between climate change and peace and security. Research shows that the effects of climate change...

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