Environmental Assessment and Conflict-Affected Areas

Environmental Assessment and Conflict-Affected Areas: Before, During and After

In June 2007, ELI participated in a special Theme Forum on “Environmental Assessment and Conflict-Affected Areas: Before, During and After” at the 27th Annual Conference of the International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA) in Seoul, Korea. The forum addressed the role of environmental assessment throughout the stages of armed conflict, and included participants from Asia, Europe, Africa, and North America. ELI’s presentation addressed the interaction of conflict and environment, the role of environmental assessment in armed conflict, the work of UNEP’s Post-Conflict and Disaster Management Branch, and how natural resource management can facilitate a transition to peace in post-conflict countries such as Liberia, Afghanistan, and Nepal.

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)