Armed Conflict & the Environment Conferences

ELI Conferences, Seminars, and Workshops

In addition to speaking widely on armed conflict and the environment (including in Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America), ELI has convened several dialogues on the issue. These include:

Second Experts’ Meeting on Managing Natural Resources in Post-Conflict Societies — Tokyo, Japan (February 28, 2008)

Minerals, Timber, and Conflict in the DRC (ELI Brown Bag Lunch) — Washington, DC (September 24, 2007)

Managing Natural Resources in Post-Conflict Societies: Lessons in Making the Transition to Peace — Geneva, Switzerland (September 17-18, 2007)

Environmental Assessment and Conflict-Affected Areas: Before, During and After (Theme Forum, IAIA Annual Conference) — Seoul, Korea (June 2007)

Protecting the Environment in Times of War (ELI Associates Seminar) — Washington, DC (2006)

Meet the Former Iraqi Government Minister of the Environment Mishkat Al Moumin (ELI Associates Seminar) — Washington, DC (2006)

Improving Governance through Certification: The Potential and Limitations (ELI Associates Seminar) — Washington, DC (2003)

On February 11, 2003, ELI Senior Attorney Carl Bruch spoke with Jerry Kay on "Week In Review,"; about the possible harmful environmental consequences of the war in Iraq. Click here to listen to a recording of the program.

Environmental Consequences of War: The Kosovo Conflict (ELI Associates Seminar) — Washington, DC (1999)

First International Conference on Addressing Environmental Consequences of War: Legal, Economic, and Scientific Perspectives — Washington, DC (1998)

The ELI Armed Conflict and the Environment Program works with partners worldwide to better manage natural resources and the environment both during and after armed conflict. We strive to protect people and ecosystems by strengthening laws, policies, and institutions that:

effectively manage the natural resources that fuel armed conflict;
prevent, mitigate, and redress the environmental consequences of war; and
assist post-conflict countries in the transition to peace through strengthening post-conflict peacebuilding through natural resource management.

Program News

Submission of Draft Chapters (March 2009)

Review and Strategy Meeting on Managing Natural Resources in Post-Conflict Societies: Lessons in Making the Transition to Peace (Fourth Experts' Meeting) (IUCN World Conservation Congress in Barcelona, October 2008)

Third Experts' Meeting and Joint Forum on Managing Natural Resources in Post-Conflict Societies: Lessons in Making the Transitition to Peace (Columbia University, New York City, September 2008)

Second Experts’ Meeting on Managing Natural Resources in Post-Conflict Societies (February 2008)