Issue #4 – Mar 6, 2014

Library Resources

High-Value Natural Resources: Linking Wildlife Conservation to International Conflict, Insecurity, and Development Concerns

January 1, 2014
Leo R. Douglas and Kelvin Alie, Biological Conservation

The relationship between natural resources and conflict is well documented, except for wildlife.

UN-HABITAT Syria Regional Crisis Response

January 1, 2014
UN Habitat

After more than two years of intense fighting, the conflict in Syria has claimed over 100,000 lives and has injured another 575,000. An estimated 6.

Oil Sparks in the Amazon: Local Conflicts, Indigenous Populations, and Natural Resources

January 1, 2014
Patricia I. Vásquez, University of Georgia Press

For decades, studies of oil-related conflicts have focused on the effects of natural resource mismanagement, resulting in great economic booms and busts or violence as rebels fight ruling governments over their regions’ hydrocarbon…

Mitigating Human Rights Impacts

January 1, 2014
Ethical Corporation

A briefing outlining principled corporate management and digging deep to rebuild trust as mechanisms for mitigating human rights impacts and provides guidelines for creating human rights policies.

Pillage: Exploring the Link between Natural Resource Exploitation and Armed Conflict [Video]

January 1, 2014
American University Washington College of Law

Does the illegal exploitation of natural resources fuel and perpetuate conflicts? What are the relevant U. S. policies? Can international criminal law and voluntary initiatives prevent and mitigate damages?

Illicit Drugs and Peace Negotiations in Colombia: Challenges for the Government and the FARC

January 1, 2014
Mónica Serrano, Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre

This expert analysis critically assesses the political implications of the inclusion of the issue of illicit drugs in Colombia’s peace negotiations.

Disclosing Government Payments

January 1, 2013
Ernst & Young

It is estimated that more than 3. 5 billion people live in countries with extensive oil, natural gas and mineral resources.

Climate Change and Conflict in Africa and Latin America: Findings and Preliminary Lessons from Uganda, Ethiopia, and Peru

January 1, 2013
USAID, African and Latin American Resilience to Climate Change Project

Three preliminary country case studies were conducted with two main purposes: 1) to help fill the gap in knowledge regarding how climate-related vulnerabilities interact with the dynamics of fragility, instability, and conflict in…

Community Based Problem Solving on Water Issues: Cross- Border “Priority Initiatives” of the Good Water Neighbors Project

January 1, 2013
EcoPeace and Friends of the Earth Middle East

This publication describes the 2013 efforts of the Good Water Neighbors project team to identify environmental challenges and provide feasible solutions for "Priority Initiatives" in the participating communities.

Creating Jobs in Africa’s Fragile States

January 1, 2013
Nora Dudwick and Radhika Srinivasan, with Jose Cuesta and Dorsati Madani, The World Bank

In no part of the world does the need to generate employment combine more urgently with the need for stability than in Sub-Saharan Africa, home to the world’s largest cluster of fragile states.

International News

Enrollment for Limited-Capacity Sessions at the Third International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding (OPEN NOW)

April 12, 2024 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association

Enrollment in limited-capacity sessions is now open!

The vast majority of sessions at the Third International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding are open to all to attend.

Sandeshkhali: How Adapting to Ecological Distress Led to Landgrabs, Abuse and Economic Oppression

April 9, 2024 | Ambar Kumar Ghosh and Sayanangshu Modak

India’s recent political controversy in Sandeshkhali, West Bengal, highlights how adaptation to deal with rising salinity can go badly wrong: alleged landgrabs, economic oppression, and abuse.

Terms of Reference - Research Consultant: Policy and Practice on Peace and Security Dynamics of Climate-Related Urban Migration in the Horn of Afric

April 7, 2024 | Life & Peace Institute

This research initiative will take place under the Life & Peace Institute’s Horn of Africa Regional Programme and contribute to knowledge and understanding of peace and security dynamics associated with urban migration in…

Water Weaponization in Russia and Ukraine: A Conversation with Marcus King

March 22, 2024 | Wilson Center

Russia’s devastating invasion of Ukraine just over two years ago upset the larger foreign policy conversations surrounding global stability—and Russia’s role in it.

Water for Peace: Sustainable Water Management Can Play a Pivotal Role in Building and Maintaining Peace

March 21, 2024 | Vikrom Mathur

The growing demand for water resources induced by population growth, industrial development and climate change is increasing the vulnerability of communities across the world.

DRC Bleeds Conflict Minerals for Green Growth

March 19, 2024 | Alexandria Shaner

As violent militias rampage across the country, activists in the DRC are urgently calling for a green transition that puts justice first, not new revenue streams, and that dismantles colonial exploitation once and…

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