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From Conflict to Peacebuilding: The Role of Natural Resources and the Environment
From Conflict to Peacebuilding The Role of Natural Resources and the Environment Author:United Nations Environment Programme This United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report aims to summarize current knowledge on the links between environment, conflict and peacebuilding through thirteen field-based case studies. Based on its analysis, UNEP's report draws three key conclusions for future UN peacemaking and peacebuilding operations: Natural resources and the envi... more »ronment can be involved in all phases of the conflict cycle - from contributing to the outbreak and perpetuation of conflict and to spoiling the prospects for peace. The way that natural resources and the environment are governed has a determining influence on peace and security.« less