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Ken Conca
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American University
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Harnessing Natural Resources for Peacebuilding: Lessons From U.S. and Japanese Assistance
July 20, 2011 // 8:30am — 5:00pm
This symposium celebrates the development of Harnessing Natural Resources for Peacebuilding: Lessons from U.S. and Japanese Assistance. Several contributors discuss lessons for development and security practitioners on the roles of natural resource management in conflict and peacebuilding; lessons on conflict dynamics and power structures in post-conflict situations; and, development challenges in post-conflict natural resource management programs. more
Environmental Film Festival Screening: Drowned Out
March 25, 2004 // 11:00am — 1:00pm
A village in India fights the construction of a giant dam that threatens to flood it. ECSP Director Geoff Dabelko and Professor Ken Conca from the University of Maryland discuss. more
Understanding the Global Water Crisis: Insights from the GECHS Network
May 24, 2006 // 12:00pm — 2:00pm
Ken Conca, Patricia Kameri-Mbote, and Lyla Mehta discuss how water scarcity affects access and control to water during a two-day gathering by members of the Global Environmental Change and Human Security project. more
Environmental Challenges in War-Torn Societies: Sustainability and Human Security in Post-Conflict Reconstruction
November 29, 2006 // 8:00am — 4:00pm
A distinguished panel of scholars and practitioners discuss the role of the environment in post-conflict peace building and the reconstruction of war-torn societies at the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Duke University. more
From Environmental Security to Environmental Peacemaking
March 01, 2005 // 11:00pm
The authors in Worldwatch Institute's Worldwatch Magazine and State of the World 2005: Redefining Global Security suggest that environmental security is developing in new and dynamic directions more
Governing Water: Contentious Transnational Politics and Global Institution Building
June 15, 2006 // 12:00pm — 2:00pm
Ken Conca presents research from his new book: "The core question of the book is ‘What's the relationship between this sort of contentious politics, this sort of extra-institutional disruptive politics, and our approaches to global environmental governance?'" more
The New Face of Water Conflict (No. 3)
Jul 07, 2011Amid the talk of looming “water wars,” a less dramatic—but more immediate—link between water and violence is often ignored: the violence engendered by poor governance of water resources, says Ken Conca. more
Le nouveau visage des conflits a propos de l'eau (No. 3)
Jul 07, 2011Au milieu des discussions sur les menaces de « guerres de l’eau », un lien moins dramatique mais plus immédiat entre l’eau et la violence est souvent ignoré : la violence engendrée par la mauvaise gouvernance des ressources en eau. more
Navigating Peace Initiative: Water Conflict and Cooperation
Jul 07, 2011The Navigating Peace Initiative’s Water Conflict and Cooperation Working Group present four policy briefs to identify the current and emerging trends in water conflict and cooperation. more
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Harnessing Natural Resources for Peacebuilding: Lessons From U.S. and Japanese Assistance
July 20, 2011 // 8:30am — 5:00pm
This symposium celebrates the development of Harnessing Natural Resources for Peacebuilding: Lessons from U.S. and Japanese Assistance. Several contributors discuss lessons for development and security practitioners on the roles of natural resource management in conflict and peacebuilding; lessons on conflict dynamics and power structures in post-conflict situations; and, development challenges in post-conflict natural resource management programs.
Environmental Challenges in War-Torn Societies: Sustainability and Human Security in Post-Conflict Reconstruction
November 29, 2006 // 8:00am — 4:00pm
A distinguished panel of scholars and practitioners discuss the role of the environment in post-conflict peace building and the reconstruction of war-torn societies at the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Duke University.
Governing Water: Contentious Transnational Politics and Global Institution Building
June 15, 2006 // 12:00pm — 2:00pm
Ken Conca presents research from his new book: "The core question of the book is ‘What's the relationship between this sort of contentious politics, this sort of extra-institutional disruptive politics, and our approaches to global environmental governance?'"
Understanding the Global Water Crisis: Insights from the GECHS Network
May 24, 2006 // 12:00pm — 2:00pm
Ken Conca, Patricia Kameri-Mbote, and Lyla Mehta discuss how water scarcity affects access and control to water during a two-day gathering by members of the Global Environmental Change and Human Security project.
From Environmental Security to Environmental Peacemaking
March 01, 2005 // 11:00pm
The authors in Worldwatch Institute's Worldwatch Magazine and State of the World 2005: Redefining Global Security suggest that environmental security is developing in new and dynamic directions
Environmental Film Festival Screening: Drowned Out
March 25, 2004 // 11:00am — 1:00pm
A village in India fights the construction of a giant dam that threatens to flood it. ECSP Director Geoff Dabelko and Professor Ken Conca from the University of Maryland discuss.
Navigating Peace Initiative: Water Conflict and Cooperation
Jul 07, 2011The Navigating Peace Initiative’s Water Conflict and Cooperation Working Group present four policy briefs to identify the current and emerging trends in water conflict and cooperation.
The New Face of Water Conflict (No. 3)
Jul 07, 2011Amid the talk of looming “water wars,” a less dramatic—but more immediate—link between water and violence is often ignored: the violence engendered by poor governance of water resources, says Ken Conca.
Le nouveau visage des conflits a propos de l'eau (No. 3)
Jul 07, 2011Au milieu des discussions sur les menaces de « guerres de l’eau », un lien moins dramatique mais plus immédiat entre l’eau et la violence est souvent ignoré : la violence engendrée par la mauvaise gouvernance des ressources en eau.
A nova face do conflito da agua (No. 3)
Jul 07, 2011Entre todas as conversas de “guerras de água” iminentes, uma ligação menos dramática—mas mais imediata—entre a água e a violência é frequentemente ignorada: a violência desencadeada pela fraca governança dos recursos hídricos.
Environmental Peacemaking
Jul 07, 2011How can environmental cooperation be used to bolster regional peace? A large body of research suggests that environmental degradation may catalyze violent conflict. Environmental cooperation, in contrast, has gone almost unexplored as a means of peacemaking, even though it opens several effective channels: enhancing trust, establishing habits of cooperation, lengthening the time horizons of decisionmakers, forging cooperative trans-societal linkages, and creating shared regional norms and identities.More about this title can be found on the Wilson Center Press website.