Conflict and Cooperation: Making the Case for Environmental Pathways to Peacebuilding in the Great Lakes Region
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Environmental Change and Security Program
Opportunities for environmental peacemaking in the Great Lakes Region have not yet been isolated, even though there are many examples of cooperation at the national, regional, sub-regional, and local levels. This brief examines the possibility of using environmental management as a pathway to peace in the region. With its prevalence of conflict and transboundary ecosystems, the Great Lakes Region could be a potential model for a future worldwide initiative in environmental peacemaking.
Author
Patricia Kameri-Mbote
OSI Africa Policy Scholar;
Senior Lecturer, Department of Private Law, University of Nairobi
Senior Lecturer, Department of Private Law, University of Nairobi
Environmental Change and Security Program
The Environmental Change and Security Program (ECSP) explores the connections between environmental change, health, and population dynamics and their links to conflict, human insecurity, and foreign policy. Read more
