"The environment and natural resources are crucial in consolidating peace within and between war-torn societies... Protecting the environment can help countries create employment opportunities, promote development and avoid a relapse into armed conflict."

- United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon

 

Livelihoods, Natural Resources and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding

Edited by Helen Young and Lisa Goldman

Foreword by Jan Egeland, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs and former UN Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator

 

Managing natural resources for livelihoods: Helping post-conflict communities survive and thrive

Lisa Goldman, Tufts University (USA)
Helen Young, Environmental Law Institute ( USA)

PART 1: NATURAL RESOURCE CONFLICTS, LIVELIHOODS, AND PEACEBUILDING APPROACHES

Introduction

 

Social Identity, Natural Resources, and Peacebuilding

Arthur Green, McGill University (USA)

Swords into Ploughshares? Access to Natural Resources and Securing Agricultural Livelihoods in Rural Afghanistan

Alan Roe (Australia)

Forest Resources in Cambodia's Transition to Peace: Lessons for Peacebuilding

Srey Chanthy (Cambodia)
Jim Schweithelm, Associates for Rural Development (USA)

Post-Tsunami Aceh: Successful Peacemaking, Uncertain Peacebuilding

Michael Renner, Worldwatch Institute (Germany)

Manufacturing Peace in "No Man's Land": Livestock and Access to Natural Resources in the Karimojong Cluster of Kenya and Uganda

Jeremy Lind, University of Sussex (UK)

Resolving Natural Resource Conflicts to Help Prevent War: A Case from Afghanistan

Liz Alden Wily

PART 2: INNOVATIVE LIVELIHOODS APPROACHES IN POST-CONFLICT SETTINGS

Introduction

 

The opportunities and challenges of protected areas for post-conflict peacebuilding

Carol Westrik, Netherlands National Commission for UNESCO ( Netherlands)

A peace park in the Balkans: Cross-border cooperation and livelihood creation through coordinated environmental conservation

J. Todd Walters, International Peace Parks Expeditions (USA)

Mountain Gorilla Ecotourism: Supporting Macroeconomic Growth and Providing Local Livelihoods

Miko Watanabe, United Nations Development Programme (Japan)
Annette Lanjouw, Arcus Foundation (Netherlands)
Eugène Rutagarama, International Gorilla Conservation Program (Rwanda)
Douglas Sharp, Environmental Law Institute (USA)

The Interface between Natural Resources and Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration: Enhancing Human Security in Post-Conflict Settings

Glaucia Boyer, United Nations Development Programme (Brazil/Switzerland)
Adrienne Stork, United Nations Development Programme/United Nations Environment Programme (USA)

Demobilized Combatants as Park Rangers: Post-Conflict Natural Resource Management in Gorongosa National Park

Matthew Pritchard, McGill University (Canada)

Utilizaing Alternative Livelihood Schemes to Solve Conflict Problems in Sierra Leone's Artisanal Mining Industry

Andrew Keili, CEMMATS Group (Sierra Leone)
Bocar Thiam (Guinea)

Linking Value Chains with Peacebuilding and Biodiversity: Case Studies from Asia and Latin America

Lorena Jaramillo Castro, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Ecuador)
Adrienne Stork, United Nations Development Programme/United Nations Environment Programme (USA)

PART 3: THE INSTITUTIONAL AND POLICY CONTEXT

Introduction

 

Fisheries Policies and the Problem of Instituting Sustainable Management: The Case of Occupied Japan

Harry N. Scheiber, UC-Berkeley (USA)
Benjamin Jones, UC-Berkeley (USA)

Developing Capacity for Natural Resource Managament in Afghanistan: Process, Challenges, and Lessons Learned by UNEP

Belinda Bowling, United Nations Environment Programme
Asif Zaidi, United Nations Environment Programme (Pakistan)

Buidling Resilience in Rural Livelihood Systems as an Investment in Conflict Prevention

Blake Ratner, WorldFish Center (USA)

Improving Natural Resource Governance and Building Peace and Stability in Mindanao, Philippines*

Cynthia Brady, US Agency for International Development (USA)
Oliver Agoncillo, US Agency for International Development (Philippines)
Maria Zita Butardo-Turibio, US Agency for International Development-Environmental Governance Project (Philippines)
Buenaventura Dolom, US Agency for International Development-Environmental Governance Project (Philippines)
Casimiro V. Olvida, US Agency for International Development-Environmental Governance Project (Philippines)

Commerce in the Chaos: Charcoal, Bananas, Fisheries, and Conflict in Somalia

Christian Webersik, University of Agder (Germany)
Alec Crawford, International Institute for Sustainable Development (Canada)

PART 4: LESSONS LEARNED

Managing natural resources for livelihoods in post-conflict societies: Lessons learned

Lisa Goldman, Environmental Law Institute (USA)
Helen Young, Tufts University (USA)

 

*denotes contributions supported by the Center for Global Partnership (CGP) of the Japan Foundation. See http://www.eli.org/Program_Areas/SPCSD/index.cfm.