Environmental Security Publications
From Conflict to Peacebuilding: UNEP's Role in Environmental Assessment and Recovery
Jul 07, 2011"UNEP seeks to ensure that countries rebuilding from conflict identify the sustainable use of natural resources as a fundamental prerequisite and guiding principle of their reconstruction and recovery," says David Jensen, of the UN Environment Programme. more
ECSP Report 5: Foreword and Table of Contents
Jul 07, 2011The 1999 issue of the ECSP Report includes features on population, urbanization, environment, and security; agriculture and conflict; and environmental change, security, and social conflicts in the Brazilian Amazon. Foreword and Table of Contents. more
Conflict and Cooperation: Making the Case for Environmental Pathways to Peacebuilding in the Great Lakes Region
Jul 07, 2011The Great Lakes Region could be a potential model for a future worldwide initiative in environmental peacemaking, according to Patricia Kameri-Mbote. more
ECSP Report 4: Update and Resources
Jul 07, 2011This update section highlights the environment, population, and security activities of foundations, nongovernmental organizations, academic programs, and government offices, and includes a list of Internet sites and forums which may facilitate research and policy efforts. more
Parks for Peace or Peace for Parks? Issues in Practice and Policy
Jul 07, 2011An upcoming ECSP publication—based on a conference held in September 2005 at the Wilson Center—will explore the rhetoric and reality of peace parks, including their goals and the factors that determine their success or failure. more
Chapter Three: Early Warning and Assessment of Environment, Conflict, and Cooperation
Jul 07, 2011Marc Levy and Patrick Philippe Meier recommend that assessments and early warning systems integrate environmental variables more completely and effectively. The authors assert that the international system has little capacity to monitor and assess conflict and cooperation on environmental issues. more
A Southern African Perspective on Transboundary Water Resource Management
Jul 07, 2011Southern Africa’s transboundary rivers and their associated ecosystems could become either drivers of peace and economic integration or sources of endemic conflict, writes Anthony Turton. more
Reflection Paper - Pathways to Peace: Defining Community in the Age of Globalization
Jul 07, 2011Paper contribution to January 2010 seminar on environmental peacebuilding. more
Environmental Stress and Human Security in Northern Pakistan
Jul 07, 2011Environmental and social factors are generating high levels of conflict and insecurity in Northern Pakistan. more
