Palestine-Israel

Whose Brother's Keeper? International Trusteeship and the Search for Peace in the Palestinian Territories

2012 | Jeffrey D. Pugh

International trusteeship of post-conflict territories by multilateral institutions or foreign states received renewed attention in the wake of its application in Kosovo and East Timor…

Conflicts Over Natural Resources in the Global South

2014 | Maarten Bavinck, Lorenzo Pellegrini & Erik Mostert, Eds. Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research

Conflicts over Natural Resources in the Global South: Conceptual Approaches is a joint publication of the CoCooN research programme. It presents the conceptual approaches of…

Renewable Natural Resources: Practical Lessons for Conflict Sensitive Development

2009 | World Bank
Sandra Ruckstuhl

This paper explores how a “conflict and violence sensitive” framework in project assessment, design and implementation facilitates early identification and mitigation of negative consequences of…

Shared Waters: Conflict and Cooperation

2007 | Aaron T. Wolf

This review examines the state of conflict and cooperation over transboundary water resources from an environmental, political, and human development perspective. Although the potential for…

Linking Environment and Conflict Prevention: The Role of the United Nations.

2008 | Mason, S., A. Muller, A. Schnabel, R. Alluri, and C. Schmid (ETH Zurich and Swisspeace)

The relevance of how environmental factors influence violent conflicts tends to be either exaggerated or underestimated. Moreover, climate change and oil are often emphasized as…

Lebanon: Post-conflict Environmental Assessment

2007 | UNEP

“The conflict in Lebanon and in Israel, which began on 12 July 2006 and ended on 14 August with a ceasefire under UN Security Council…

Environmental Assessment of the Gaza Strip Following the Escalation of Hostilities in December 2008 – January 2009

2009 | UNEP

“The Gaza Strip has been a theatre of conflict for decades. Each of these conflicts has left its mark, and over time, a significant environmental…

Desk Study on the Environment in the Occupied Palestinian Territories

2003 | UNEP

“The Middle East is a meeting point of many escalating environmental threats. This is particularly the case in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Long-term environmental degradation…