Announcements

Environmental Peacebuilding Knowledge Platform Launches New Infographics Section, Seeks Suggestions

May 11, 2015 | ELI and UNEP

The Environmental Peacebuilding Knowledge Platform has expanded its Library to include infographics on environmental peacebuilding. This section showcases infographics made in collaboration with students from…

Commonwealth Professional Fellowship

May 7, 2015 | The Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations (CTPSR), Coventry University, England

The CTPSR has launched a six week ‘Improving Natural Resource Governance through Citizen Engagement’ fellowship programme (planned for mid-September to end-October 2015) for civil society…

Call for Abstracts: Reframing the Arctic: Cooperation, Not Conflict Workshop

Apr 28, 2015 | Institute for Environmental Diplomacy and Security

Too much of the popular narrative, in particular media framing, of polar politics is driven by the notion of inevitable conflict. The “Arctic cold war”…

Call for Abstracts: Rethinking Peace, Security and Development in Contemporary Africa

Apr 22, 2015 | University of Bradford

Dubbed as the year of Pan-Africanism and African Renaissance, 2013 saw many African countries celebrate their 50th anniversary of independence. Looking at its past, present…

Call for Abstracts: Peace Conference at Wageningen University

Apr 21, 2015 | Wageningen University

Natural resources often lie at the heart of wars and civil strife. At least forty percent of all intrastate conflicts over the past sixty years…

A New Climate for Peace Report

Apr 17, 2015 | adelphi, International Alert, The Wilson Center, and the European Union Institute for Security Studies

The executive summary of an independent report commissioned by the G7 Foreign Ministers was released on April 14th to coincide with the G7 Foreign Ministers’…

Apply Now! Practicum on Experiential Peacebuilding: The Environment

Apr 10, 2015 | Outward Bound Peacebuilding

Join an extraordinary journey in the Costa Rican cloud forest that integrates conflict resolution and leadership training in the context of natural resources via a…

Livelihoods Development Critical to Post-Conflict Peacebuilding and Economic Recovery – New Study

Apr 3, 2015 | ELI & UNEP

In the wake of armed conflict, rebuilding livelihoods is critical to peacebuilding and economic redevelopment, according to a new study launched today by the Environmental…

Seeking Input on the Definition of "Environmental Peacebuilding"

Mar 31, 2015 | Environmental Peacebuilding

For many years, we have brought together a wide range of researchers, practitioners, and decisionmakers working at the intersection of peacebuilding and natural resources and…

Livelihoods, Natural Resources, and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding Book to Be Published on April 3

Mar 30, 2015 | Helen Young and Lisa Goldman

In developing countries around the world, local natural resources – such as charcoal, wildlife, and fisheries – have strong microeconomic and cultural importance. So vital…

Early Registration for Environmental and Social Conflict Resolution in the Resources Sector

Mar 16, 2015 | EduMine

Registration with an early bird discount is now available for a three-part web-based course focused on improving participants' 1) understanding of the costs of conflict…

2015 Peacebuilders Fellowship

Mar 12, 2015 | Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey: Center for Conflict Studies

The Center's slogan "Knowledge as Action; Action as Change" drives the 2015 Peacebuilders Fellowship. The goal is learn first-hand from the people who are experiencing…

Call for Applications: The United Nations Mandated University for Peace is Now Accepting Applications for 2015-2016 Academic Year

Mar 2, 2015

UPEACE embraces an innovative and inter-disciplinary approach to both the pedagogy and content of post-secondary learning. Our nine master programmes offer specialized, multi-disciplinary courses and…

Register for Course in Natural Resource Management in Post-Conflict Countries

Feb 25, 2015 | United Nations Institute for Training and Research

At the end of the course, participants will be able to: describe how natural resources can contribute to or prolong conflict as well as undermine…

Apply to the Summer Institute on Conflict Transformation in Border Regions, Ecuador

Feb 19, 2015 | The McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies of the University of Massachusetts-Boston, FLACSO-Ecuador, and the Center for Mediation, Peace, and Resolution of Conflict (CEMPROC)

Border zones can be sites of conflict among states and transnational actors over currency and trade, migration and refugees, environmental threats, and contested sovereignty. Trained,…

Call for Papers: Humanitarian Evidence Programme

Feb 13, 2015 | Oxfam GB and the Feinstein International Center at Tufts University

The Humanitarian Evidence Program has launched a Call for Proposals to synthesize evidence on the topics of (1) acute malnutrition, (2) market support interventions, and (3)…

Call for Papers: The 8th International Spatial Socio-Cultural Knowledge Workshop: Defence Regional Engagement - The Role of Human Geography in Enabling Defence Engagement

Jan 30, 2015 | The Defence Academy of the United Kingdom and Cranfield University

Proposals for presentations, based on one of the workshop objectives (listed below), are invited from interested parties. Presentations will be 30 minutes in length. Presentations…

Call for Papers: International Association for Conflict Management 2015 Conference

Jan 28, 2015 | The International Association for Conflict Management and the University of Michigan, Ross School of Business

The 28th annual conference for the International Association for Conflict Management will address – among other issues – how to manage disputes related to natural…

Register for Conflict, Collaboration and Consensus in Natural Resources

Jan 23, 2015 | Michigan State University Extension

Do you work with natural resource-based groups or individuals who often find themselves in conflict situations?  Michigan State University Extension offers an intensive program designed…

Course: 2015 Balkans Academic Expedition Environmental Peacebuilding & Sustainability: A Peace Park in the Balkans?

Jan 21, 2015 | International Peace Park Expeditions

This accredited academic expedition will provide students with a unique, adventure based, experiential learning opportunity in one of the most beautiful places on Earth, one of…

Green Star Awards: Nominations Extended to Feb. 15

Jan 9, 2015 | Green Cross, UNEP, and OCHA

The biennial Green Star Awards recognize individuals, organizations, governments and companies who have demonstrated achievements in prevention, preparedness and response to environmental emergencies.

Environmental emergencies result…

Year in Review: Environmental Peacebuilding in 2014

Jan 6, 2015 | ELI, UNEP, McGill University & University of Tokyo

In 2014, there was dramatic growth in the field of environmental peacebuilding.  We are pleased to share with you some highlights from the Environmental Peacebuilding…

"Livelihoods, Natural Resources, and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding" to be published in February

Jan 6, 2015 | ELI, UNEP, McGill University & University of Tokyo

The Environmental Law Institute, United Nations Environment Programme, McGill University, and the University of Tokyo are delighted to announce the completion of "Livelihoods, Natural Resources…

Course: Competing Claims on Natural Resources

Jan 5, 2015 | Wageningen University Centre for Development Innovation, Netherlands

Competition over land and natural resources is increasingly overstretching the multi-functionality of landscapes, whether it is at local or at global level. With the ambition…

Call for Papers: Human Migration and the Environment: Futures, Policies, Invention

Jan 4, 2015 | Durham University, UK

Human migration and the environment are two of the most pressing issues of our times. But what is stake when these two phenomena are articulated…

Video Now Available: Jon Barnett, 2nd Al-Moumin Distinguished Lecture on Environmental Peacebuilding

Dec 22, 2014 | ELI & UNEP

On October 8th, Professor Jon Barnett delivered the Second Annual Al-Moumin Distinguished Lecture on Environmental Peacebuilding, on the topic “Climate Change and Security: From Vicious…

Experiential Learning: Conflict Sensitive Conservation, Community Organizations & Coffee

Dec 10, 2014 | International Peace Park Expeditions

Students will have a unique opportunity to explore Conflict Sensitive Conservation initiatives in a UNESCO World Heritage Site - Parque Internacional La Amistad (International Friendship…

Environmental Peacebuilding Announces Logo Contest Results

Dec 9, 2014 | ELI, UNEP, McGill University & University of Tokyo

The Environmental Law Institute, United Nations Environment Programme, McGill University, and the University of Tokyo are pleased to announce the adoption of a new logo…

Call for Papers: Notre Dame Student Peace Conference 2015

Nov 20, 2014 | Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at Notre Dame

The conference committee seeks submissions from undergraduate and graduate students for paper or poster presentations, workshops, roundtable discussions, panels, media displays or artwork, and other…

Environmental Peacebuilding Platform Marks Its First Anniversary

Nov 6, 2014 | ELI, UNEP, McGill University & University of Tokyo

WASHINGTON, DC and GENEVA, 6 November 2014 ‒ The Environmental Peacebuilding Global Knowledge Platform, the leading knowledge source on natural resources, conflict, and peace, celebrated its one-year…