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Sudan’s Spreading Conflict: The Limits of Darfur’s Peace Process

2014 | International Crisis Group

This report from the International Crisis Group contains summary and analysis of recent developments in the Darfur peace process, and includes recommendations for the government…

Conflict and Co-existence in the Extractive Industries

2013 | Paul Stevens, Jaakko Kooroshy, Glada Lahn and Bernice Lee (Chatham House)

The purpose of the report is to provide both host-country and company stakeholders in the extractives sector with a clearer understanding of the characteristics of…

Transboundary Protected Areas for Peace and Co-operation

2001 | Trevor Sandwith, Claire Shrine, Lawrence Hamilton, and David Sheppard (IUCN)

Protected areas are vital for life on earth. They safeguard biological and cultural diversity, help to improve the livelihoods of local communities, provide the homelands…

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…

The Mesopotamian Marshlands: Demise of an Ecosystem

2000 | Hassan Partow (UNEP)

UNEP Study Sounds Alarm about the Disappearance of the Mesopotamian Marshlands Despite intermittent warnings against the imminent decline of the Mesopotamian marshlands, there has been…

Chapter 8: Building Peace Through Environmental Cooperation

2005 | Ken Conca, Alexander Carius, and Geoffrey D. Dabelko (Worldwatch Institute)

A growing array of initiatives—including peace parks, shared river basin management plans, regional seas agreements, and joint environmental monitoring programs—blend ecology and politics in the…

Understanding Environment, Conflict and Cooperation

2004 | UNEP

The present document represents UNEP’s response to the growing worldwide interest in further exploring the environment and security nexus and the contribution of timely and…

Water, Conflict and Cooperation

2004 | Carius, A., J. Dabelko, and A.T. Wolf (ECSP Report)

Water poses both a threat and an opportunity for the UN system. Increasing scarcity of clean fresh water impedes development, undercuts human health, and plays…

Environmental Cooperation as an Instrument of Crisis Prevention and Peacebuilding: Conditions for Success and Constraints

2007 | Alexander Carius

Since the beginning of this decade, the warnings of high ranking government officials and representatives of international organizations about future water wars and environmental refugees,…