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'''Environmental peacebuilding''' (frequently also termed environmental peacemaking) examines and advocates environmental protection and cooperation as a factor in creating more peaceful relations. [[Peacebuilding]] is both the theory and practice of identifying the conditions that can lead to a sustainable peace between past, current or potential future adversaries. At the most basic level, warfare devastates ecosystems and the livelihoods of those who depend on natural resources, and the anarchy of conflict situations leads to the uncontrolled, destructive exploitation of natural resources. Preventing these impacts allows for an easier movement to a sustainable peace.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Pugh|first=Jeffrey|date=December 2008|title=Challenges and opportunities of human conflict and environmental transformation in Ecuadorian highlands|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/44201034_Challenges_and_opportunities_of_human_conflict_and_environmental_transformation_in_Ecuadorian_highlands|journal=Pirineos|volume=163|pages=63–75|via=}}</ref> From a more positive perspective, environmental cooperation can be one of the places where hostile parties can sustain a dialogue, and sustainable development is a prerequisite for a sustainable peace.<ref>Carius, A. (2006). Environmental Peacebuilding: Cooperation as an Instrument of Crisis Prevention and Peacebuilding: Conditions for Success and Constraints. The German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development.</ref><ref>Halle, S. (Editor). (2009). From Conflict to Peacebuilding: The Role of Natural Resources and Environment. United Nations Environment Programme. Nairobi: Kenya.</ref> |
'''Environmental peacebuilding''' (frequently also termed environmental peacemaking) examines and advocates environmental protection and cooperation as a factor in creating more peaceful relations. [[Peacebuilding]] is both the theory and practice of identifying the conditions that can lead to a sustainable peace between past, current or potential future adversaries. At the most basic level, warfare devastates ecosystems and the livelihoods of those who depend on natural resources, and the anarchy of conflict situations leads to the uncontrolled, destructive exploitation of natural resources. Preventing these impacts allows for an easier movement to a sustainable peace.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Pugh|first=Jeffrey|date=December 2008|title=Challenges and opportunities of human conflict and environmental transformation in Ecuadorian highlands|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/44201034_Challenges_and_opportunities_of_human_conflict_and_environmental_transformation_in_Ecuadorian_highlands|journal=Pirineos|volume=163|pages=63–75|via=}}</ref> From a more positive perspective, environmental cooperation can be one of the places where hostile parties can sustain a dialogue, and sustainable development is a prerequisite for a sustainable [[peace]].<ref name=":0">Carius, A. (2006). Environmental Peacebuilding: Cooperation as an Instrument of Crisis Prevention and Peacebuilding: Conditions for Success and Constraints. The German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development.</ref><ref>Halle, S. (Editor). (2009). From Conflict to Peacebuilding: The Role of Natural Resources and Environment. United Nations Environment Programme. Nairobi: Kenya.</ref> |
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==Definitions== |
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The study of [[peacebuilding]] (a term coined by [[Johan Galtung|Galtung]], 1975)<ref>Galtung, Johan. 1975. "Three approaches to peace: peacekeeping, peacemaking and peacebuilding." In Peace, War and Defence - Essays in Peace Research Vol. 2, 282-304. Copenhagen: Christian Ejlers.</ref> develops from interest in identifying the conditions that lead beyond a temporary cessation of violence to sustainable processes of conflict management and mutual cooperation between those who have previously been adversaries or might engage in destructive conflicts in the future. As envisioned by key thinkers such as [[Johan Galtung|Galtung]] or [[John Paul Lederach|Lederach]], peacebuilding refers to a comprehensive and long-term transformation of a conflict situation towards negative and eventually positive forms of [[peace]].<ref>Lederach, John Paul. Building Peace: Sustainable Reconciliation in Divided Societies (Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace Press) 1997.</ref> Beginning with Secretary General [[Boutros Boutros-Ghali]] promoting [[An Agenda for Peace]] in 1992,<ref>UN Secretary-General. 1992. "An Agenda for peace: preventive diplomacy, peacemaking and peace-keeping." UN Doc. A/47/277. June 17.</ref> the [[United Nations]] adopted the language of peacebuilding and developed programs based on it. |
The study of [[peacebuilding]] (a term coined by [[Johan Galtung|Galtung]], 1975)<ref>Galtung, Johan. 1975. "Three approaches to peace: peacekeeping, peacemaking and peacebuilding." In Peace, War and Defence - Essays in Peace Research Vol. 2, 282-304. Copenhagen: Christian Ejlers.</ref> develops from interest in identifying the conditions that lead beyond a temporary cessation of violence to sustainable processes of conflict management and mutual cooperation between those who have previously been adversaries or might engage in destructive conflicts in the future. As envisioned by key thinkers such as [[Johan Galtung|Galtung]] or [[John Paul Lederach|Lederach]], peacebuilding refers to a comprehensive and long-term transformation of a conflict situation towards negative and eventually positive forms of [[peace]].<ref>Lederach, John Paul. Building Peace: Sustainable Reconciliation in Divided Societies (Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace Press) 1997.</ref> Beginning with Secretary General [[Boutros Boutros-Ghali]] promoting [[An Agenda for Peace]] in 1992,<ref>UN Secretary-General. 1992. "An Agenda for peace: preventive diplomacy, peacemaking and peace-keeping." UN Doc. A/47/277. June 17.</ref> the [[United Nations]] adopted the language of peacebuilding and developed programs based on it. |
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The exact definition of environmental peacebuilding varies between different academic and policy documents, and the term is often used interchangeably with concepts like environmental peacemaking, disaster diplomacy or [[peace ecology]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Ide|first=Tobias|date=2018-03-23|title=The Impact of Environmental Cooperation on Peacemaking: Definitions, Mechanisms, and Empirical Evidence|url=https://academic.oup.com/isr/advance-article/doi/10.1093/isr/viy014/4953251|journal=International Studies Review|doi=10.1093/isr/viy014|issn=1521-9488}}</ref> The Environmental Peacebuilding Association uses the following definition: "Environmental peacebuilding integrates natural resource management in conflict prevention, mitigation, resolution, and recovery to build resilience in communities affected by conflict."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://environmentalpeacebuilding.org/|title=Environmental Peacebuilding {{!}} Welcome to Environmental Peacebuilding|website=environmentalpeacebuilding.org|access-date=2019-02-18}}</ref> According to a literature review published in 2018, environmental peacebuilding "refers to all forms of cooperation on environmental issues between distinct social groups, which aim at and/or achieve creating less violent and more peaceful relations between these groups."<ref |
The exact definition of environmental peacebuilding varies between different academic and policy documents, and the term is often used interchangeably with concepts like environmental peacemaking, disaster diplomacy or [[peace ecology]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal|last=Ide|first=Tobias|date=2018-03-23|title=The Impact of Environmental Cooperation on Peacemaking: Definitions, Mechanisms, and Empirical Evidence|url=https://academic.oup.com/isr/advance-article/doi/10.1093/isr/viy014/4953251|journal=International Studies Review|doi=10.1093/isr/viy014|issn=1521-9488}}</ref> The Environmental Peacebuilding Association uses the following definition: "Environmental peacebuilding integrates natural resource management in conflict prevention, mitigation, resolution, and recovery to build resilience in communities affected by conflict."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://environmentalpeacebuilding.org/|title=Environmental Peacebuilding {{!}} Welcome to Environmental Peacebuilding|website=environmentalpeacebuilding.org|access-date=2019-02-18}}</ref> According to a literature review published in 2018, environmental peacebuilding "refers to all forms of cooperation on environmental issues between distinct social groups, which aim at and/or achieve creating less violent and more peaceful relations between these groups."<ref name=":1" /> In this context, peace is explicitly understood to refer to negative forms of peace (absence of violence) as well as to positive forms of peace (social justice and the inconceivability of violent conflict).<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|title=Environmental peacemaking|last=Conca|first=Ken|last2=Dabelko|first2=Geoffrey|publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press|year=2002|isbn=978-0-8018-7193-1|location=|pages=}}</ref> |
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==Mechanisms== |
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Environmental peacebuilding can result from unilateral efforts or from cooperation between two adversary parties. In the former case, actors such as international donors, governments or the civil society engage with environmental and resource management issues. These efforts can (intentionally or non-intentionally) result in more peaceful relations, for instance if water infrastructure is provided in post-war cities, former combatants receive support to build alternative [[livelihood]]s (e.g., land, sees and training for agriculture), or high-value resources (e.g., oil, gas) are managed to avoid grievances, environmental destruction and [[resource curse]] effects.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://environmentalpeacebuilding.org/publications/books/water-and-post-conflict-peacebuilding/|title=Environmental Peacebuilding {{!}} Water and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding|website=environmentalpeacebuilding.org|access-date=2019-02-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://environmentalpeacebuilding.org/publications/books/governance-natural-resources-and-post-conflict-peacebuilding/|title=Environmental Peacebuilding {{!}} Governance, Natural Resources, and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding|website=environmentalpeacebuilding.org|access-date=2019-02-18}}</ref> In line with this, the [[United Nations Environment Programme]] (UNEP) has placed environmental peacebuilding and conflict on its agenda since the 1990s,<ref>UNEP. (2004). Understanding Environment, Conflict, and Cooperation. Nairobi: Kenya.</ref> conducted environmental assessments of conflict zones and has recommended a stronger integration of environmental issues into the work of the [[Peacebuilding Commission|UN Peacebuilding Commission]].<ref>Halle, S. (Editor). (2009). From Conflict to Peacebuilding: The Role of Natural Resources and Environment. United Nations Environment Programme. Nairobi: Kenya.</ref><ref>Conca, K., & Wallace, J. (2009). Environment and Peacebuilding in War-torn Societies: Lessons from the UN Environment Programme's Experience with Postconflict Assessment. Global Governance, 15, 4, pp. 185-105.</ref> |
Environmental peacebuilding can result from unilateral efforts or from cooperation between two adversary parties. In the former case, actors such as international donors, governments or the civil society engage with environmental and resource management issues. These efforts can (intentionally or non-intentionally) result in more peaceful relations, for instance if water infrastructure is provided in post-war cities, former combatants receive support to build alternative [[livelihood]]s (e.g., land, sees and training for agriculture), or high-value resources (e.g., oil, gas) are managed to avoid grievances, environmental destruction and [[resource curse]] effects.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://environmentalpeacebuilding.org/publications/books/water-and-post-conflict-peacebuilding/|title=Environmental Peacebuilding {{!}} Water and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding|website=environmentalpeacebuilding.org|access-date=2019-02-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://environmentalpeacebuilding.org/publications/books/governance-natural-resources-and-post-conflict-peacebuilding/|title=Environmental Peacebuilding {{!}} Governance, Natural Resources, and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding|website=environmentalpeacebuilding.org|access-date=2019-02-18}}</ref> In line with this, the [[United Nations Environment Programme]] (UNEP) has placed environmental peacebuilding and conflict on its agenda since the 1990s,<ref>UNEP. (2004). Understanding Environment, Conflict, and Cooperation. Nairobi: Kenya.</ref> conducted environmental assessments of conflict zones and has recommended a stronger integration of environmental issues into the work of the [[Peacebuilding Commission|UN Peacebuilding Commission]].<ref>Halle, S. (Editor). (2009). From Conflict to Peacebuilding: The Role of Natural Resources and Environment. United Nations Environment Programme. Nairobi: Kenya.</ref><ref>Conca, K., & Wallace, J. (2009). Environment and Peacebuilding in War-torn Societies: Lessons from the UN Environment Programme's Experience with Postconflict Assessment. Global Governance, 15, 4, pp. 185-105.</ref> |
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Environmental cooperation between (past, current or potential) adversaries can lead to more peaceful relations through four main pathways: First, it can ''improve the environmental situation'', hence addressing environment-related grievances, mitigating environmental conflicts and improving livelihoods. Second, environmental cooperation can ''increase trust and understanding'' by encouraging adversaries to work together and by providing opportunities for win-win interactions. Third, such cooperation illustrates inter-dependencies between various parties and can provide an entry point for follow-up cooperation (e.g., when cooperation on flood management stimulates further collaboration on electricity or fishing), and is therefore ''cultivating interdependence''. Finally, environmental cooperation facilitates the ''building of institutions'' (such as the [[Nile Basin Initiative]] or the [[Mekong River Commission]]), which provide forums for conflict resolution and dialogue.<ref |
Environmental cooperation between (past, current or potential) adversaries can lead to more peaceful relations through four main pathways: First, it can ''improve the environmental situation'', hence addressing environment-related grievances, mitigating environmental conflicts and improving livelihoods. Second, environmental cooperation can ''increase trust and understanding'' by encouraging adversaries to work together and by providing opportunities for win-win interactions. Third, such cooperation illustrates inter-dependencies between various parties and can provide an entry point for follow-up cooperation (e.g., when cooperation on flood management stimulates further collaboration on electricity or fishing), and is therefore ''cultivating interdependence''. Finally, environmental cooperation facilitates the ''building of institutions'' (such as the [[Nile Basin Initiative]] or the [[Mekong River Commission]]), which provide forums for conflict resolution and dialogue.<ref name=":1" /> |
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== Results of quantitative research == |
== Results of quantitative research == |
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While there is a lot of case-based, qualitative research on specific environmental peacebuilding projects or initiatives (see "Environmental peacebuilding in the Middle East" and "Environmental peacebuilding in other world regions" belows), there are few cross-case, statistical studies on the issue. Various studies have shown that at the international stage, water cooperation is considerable more likely than water conflict.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Wolf|first=Aaron T.|last2=Yoffe|first2=Shira B.|last3=Giordano|first3=Mark|date=February 2003|title=International waters: identifying basins at risk|url=https://iwaponline.com/wp/article/5/1/29/11563/International-waters-identifying-basins-at-risk|journal=Water Policy|volume=5|issue=1|pages=29–60|doi=10.2166/wp.2003.0002|issn=1366-7017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Tir|first=Jaroslav|last2=Stinnett|first2=Douglas M|date=January 2012|title=Weathering climate change: Can institutions mitigate international water conflict?|url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0022343311427066|journal=Journal of Peace Research|volume=49|issue=1|pages=211–225|doi=10.1177/0022343311427066|issn=0022-3433}}</ref> But this indicates that water-related issues are solved in a cooperative manner rather than that water cooperation has a wider impact on peacebuilding. Barquet, Lujala and Rod find that militarised interstate disputes are less frequent among states that share a [[Transboundary protected area|trans-boundary protected area]],<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Barquet|first=Karina|last2=Lujala|first2=Päivi|last3=Rød|first3=Jan Ketil|date=September 2014|title=Transboundary conservation and militarized interstate disputes|url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0962629814000419|journal=Political Geography|volume=42|pages=1–11|doi=10.1016/j.polgeo.2014.05.003}}</ref> but again, such conservation cooperation could be a result (rather than a driver) of more peaceful interstate relations. |
While there is a lot of case-based, qualitative research on specific environmental peacebuilding projects or initiatives (see "Environmental peacebuilding in the Middle East" and "Environmental peacebuilding in other world regions" belows), there are few cross-case, statistical studies on the issue. Various studies have shown that at the international stage, water cooperation is considerable more likely than water conflict.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Wolf|first=Aaron T.|last2=Yoffe|first2=Shira B.|last3=Giordano|first3=Mark|date=February 2003|title=International waters: identifying basins at risk|url=https://iwaponline.com/wp/article/5/1/29/11563/International-waters-identifying-basins-at-risk|journal=Water Policy|volume=5|issue=1|pages=29–60|doi=10.2166/wp.2003.0002|issn=1366-7017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Tir|first=Jaroslav|last2=Stinnett|first2=Douglas M|date=January 2012|title=Weathering climate change: Can institutions mitigate international water conflict?|url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0022343311427066|journal=Journal of Peace Research|volume=49|issue=1|pages=211–225|doi=10.1177/0022343311427066|issn=0022-3433}}</ref> But this indicates that water-related issues are solved in a cooperative manner rather than that water cooperation has a wider impact on peacebuilding. Barquet, Lujala and Rod find that militarised interstate disputes are less frequent among states that share a [[Transboundary protected area|trans-boundary protected area]],<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Barquet|first=Karina|last2=Lujala|first2=Päivi|last3=Rød|first3=Jan Ketil|date=September 2014|title=Transboundary conservation and militarized interstate disputes|url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0962629814000419|journal=Political Geography|volume=42|pages=1–11|doi=10.1016/j.polgeo.2014.05.003}}</ref> but again, such conservation cooperation could be a result (rather than a driver) of more peaceful interstate relations. |
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Ide finds that substantial international cooperation on water and conservation facilitate the transformation of intense international conflicts in the following five-year period, but only if a number of scope conditions is present, especially high levels of environmental attention, internal political stability, a tradition of environmental cooperation, and already ongoing processes of reconciliation. The study uses the existing case literature to show how its positive cases are true instances of environmental peacebuilding.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Ide|first=Tobias|date=May 2018|title=Does environmental peacemaking between states work? Insights on cooperative environmental agreements and reconciliation in international rivalries|url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0022343317750216|journal=Journal of Peace Research|volume=55|issue=3|pages=351–365|doi=10.1177/0022343317750216|issn=0022-3433}}</ref> Another recent study uses refined datasets, but also finds that water-related cooperation increases the likelihood of more peaceful relations between states, especially over a time horizon of ten years and if the states are not in acute conflict with each other.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Ide|first=Tobias|last2=Detges|first2=Adrien|date=November 2018|title=International Water Cooperation and Environmental Peacemaking|url=https://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1162/glep_a_00478|journal=Global Environmental Politics|volume=18|issue=4|pages=63–84|doi=10.1162/glep_a_00478|issn=1526-3800}}</ref> |
Ide finds that substantial international cooperation on water and conservation facilitate the transformation of intense international conflicts in the following five-year period, but only if a number of scope conditions is present, especially high levels of environmental attention, internal political stability, a tradition of environmental cooperation, and already ongoing processes of reconciliation. The study uses the existing case literature to show how its positive cases are true instances of environmental peacebuilding.<ref name=":3">{{Cite journal|last=Ide|first=Tobias|date=May 2018|title=Does environmental peacemaking between states work? Insights on cooperative environmental agreements and reconciliation in international rivalries|url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0022343317750216|journal=Journal of Peace Research|volume=55|issue=3|pages=351–365|doi=10.1177/0022343317750216|issn=0022-3433}}</ref> Another recent study uses refined datasets, but also finds that water-related cooperation increases the likelihood of more peaceful relations between states, especially over a time horizon of ten years and if the states are not in acute conflict with each other.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Ide|first=Tobias|last2=Detges|first2=Adrien|date=November 2018|title=International Water Cooperation and Environmental Peacemaking|url=https://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1162/glep_a_00478|journal=Global Environmental Politics|volume=18|issue=4|pages=63–84|doi=10.1162/glep_a_00478|issn=1526-3800}}</ref> |
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==Environmental peacebuilding in the Middle East== |
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The alumni division maintains active Yahoo and Facebook "groups." Alumni involvement is supplemented by the Arava Alumni Peace and Environment Network (AAPEN) which held its first meeting in Aqaba in 2005 and has held subsequent meetings and other activities. The institute has also developed as a research center. The institute participates in projects as partners with Palestinian and Jordanian researchers and research organizations. These projects have included developing a center for sustainable agriculture, developing policy options for the Dead Sea, transboundary stream restoration, and a study of health effects from exposure to airborne particles. These projects involve links to international networks of research funding, and have brought regional conferences to the institute on a regular basis. The institute has co-sponsored a conference on alternative energy and the supported the development of the solar power oriented Arava Power Corporation. |
The alumni division maintains active Yahoo and Facebook "groups." Alumni involvement is supplemented by the Arava Alumni Peace and Environment Network (AAPEN) which held its first meeting in Aqaba in 2005 and has held subsequent meetings and other activities. The institute has also developed as a research center. The institute participates in projects as partners with Palestinian and Jordanian researchers and research organizations. These projects have included developing a center for sustainable agriculture, developing policy options for the Dead Sea, transboundary stream restoration, and a study of health effects from exposure to airborne particles. These projects involve links to international networks of research funding, and have brought regional conferences to the institute on a regular basis. The institute has co-sponsored a conference on alternative energy and the supported the development of the solar power oriented Arava Power Corporation. |
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==== Migrating Birds Know No Boundaries ==== |
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The initiative aims to preserve trans-boundary bird life in the region. In order to do so, it brings together Israelis, Jordanians and Palestinians, hence also facilitating trans-boundary exchange and cooperation, for instance to put up nesting boxes for [[Barn owl|barn owls]]. Other activities include the lobbying to decision makers, workshops with farmers and education projects in schools. Migrating Birds Know No Boundaries was founded by [[Tel Aviv University]] scientist [[Yossi Leshem]] and is supported by prominent decision makers such as former IDF general Baruch Spiegel and the retired Jordanian general Mansour Abu Rashid.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Roulin|first=Alexandre|last2=Abu Rashid|first2=Mansour|last3=Spiegel|first3=Baruch|last4=Charter|first4=Motti|last5=Dreiss|first5=Amélie N.|last6=Leshem|first6=Yossi|date=2017-5|title=‘Nature Knows No Boundaries’: The Role of Nature Conservation in Peacebuilding|url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0169534717300575|journal=Trends in Ecology & Evolution|language=en|volume=32|issue=5|pages=305–310|doi=10.1016/j.tree.2017.02.018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Glausiusz|first=Josie|date=2018-02-01|title=Owls for peace: how conservation science is reaching across borders in the Middle East|url=http://www.nature.com/doifinder/10.1038/d41586-018-01388-5|journal=Nature|volume=554|issue=7690|pages=22–23|doi=10.1038/d41586-018-01388-5|issn=0028-0836}}</ref> |
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== Environmental peacebuilding in other world regions == |
== Environmental peacebuilding in other world regions == |
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Environmental peacebuilding projects have been conducted in other world regions as well. |
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Environmental peacebuilding projects have been conducted in other world regions, including several [[peace parks]] initiatives in Southern Africa,<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Ramutsindela|first=Maano|date=January 2017|title=Greening Africa's borderlands: The symbiotic politics of land and borders in peace parks|url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0962629816302323|journal=Political Geography|volume=56|pages=106–113|doi=10.1016/j.polgeo.2016.11.012}}</ref> cross-border cooperation on the divided island of [[Cyprus]],<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Akçalı|first=Emel|last2=Antonsich|first2=Marco|date=2009-10-30|title="Nature Knows No Boundaries": A Critical Reading of UNDP Environmental Peacemaking in Cyprus|url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00045600903245938|journal=Annals of the Association of American Geographers|volume=99|issue=5|pages=940–947|doi=10.1080/00045600903245938|issn=0004-5608}}</ref> and cross-border, peace-enhancing cooperation between the DR Congo, Rwanda and Uganda.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Martin|first=Adrian|last2=Rutagarama|first2=Eugene|last3=Cascão|first3=Ana|last4=Gray|first4=Maryke|last5=Chhotray|first5=Vasudha|date=September 2011|title=Understanding the co-existence of conflict and cooperation: Transboundary ecosystem management in the Virunga Massif|url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0022343311412410|journal=Journal of Peace Research|volume=48|issue=5|pages=621–635|doi=10.1177/0022343311412410|issn=0022-3433}}</ref> |
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In Southern Africa, several trans-boundary [[Peace parks|peace parks]] have been established with the support of the [[Peace Parks Foundation]] since the 1990s, such as the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park ([[Mozambique]], [[South Africa]], [[Zimbabwe]]), the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park ([[Botswana]], [[South Africa]]), the Maloti-Drakensberg Transfrontier Conservation and Development Area ([[Lesotho]], [[South Africa]]) and the Lubombo Conservancy ([[Eswatini]], [[Mozambique]], [[South Africa]]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.peaceparks.org/|title=Peace Parks Foundation|website=Peace Parks Foundation|language=en-ZA|access-date=2019-02-19}}</ref> Assessments of these projects often highlight several negative aspects, such as the dominance of South Africa, the exclusion of local populations vis-a-vis state and business interests, and a low impact on peaceful international relations.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Ramutsindela|first=Maano|date=January 2017|title=Greening Africa's borderlands: The symbiotic politics of land and borders in peace parks|url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0962629816302323|journal=Political Geography|volume=56|pages=106–113|doi=10.1016/j.polgeo.2016.11.012}}</ref> Conservation cooperation between the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|DR Congo]], [[Rwanda]] and [[Uganda]] in the [[Virunga Mountains|Virunga]] region, by contrast, has yielded some conservation and peace benefits even though it took place in an environment characterized by political instability and low economic development.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Martin|first=Adrian|last2=Rutagarama|first2=Eugene|last3=Cascão|first3=Ana|last4=Gray|first4=Maryke|last5=Chhotray|first5=Vasudha|date=September 2011|title=Understanding the co-existence of conflict and cooperation: Transboundary ecosystem management in the Virunga Massif|url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0022343311412410|journal=Journal of Peace Research|volume=48|issue=5|pages=621–635|doi=10.1177/0022343311412410|issn=0022-3433}}</ref> There are also bottom-up dynamics of environmental cooperation amidst conflict between pastoralists and farmers in several African countries, including [[Ghana]]<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Bukari|first=Kaderi Noagah|last2=Sow|first2=Papa|last3=Scheffran|first3=Jürgen|date=2018-7|title=Cooperation and Co-Existence Between Farmers and Herders in the Midst of Violent Farmer-Herder Conflicts in Ghana|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S000202061700124X/type/journal_article|journal=African Studies Review|language=en|volume=61|issue=02|pages=78–102|doi=10.1017/asr.2017.124|issn=0002-0206}}</ref> and [[Kenya]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Adano|first=Wario R|last2=Dietz|first2=Ton|last3=Witsenburg|first3=Karen|last4=Zaal|first4=Fred|date=2012-1|title=Climate change, violent conflict and local institutions in Kenya’s drylands|url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0022343311427344|journal=Journal of Peace Research|language=en|volume=49|issue=1|pages=65–80|doi=10.1177/0022343311427344|issn=0022-3433}}</ref> |
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In Europe, environmental peacebuilding took place on the divided island of [[Cyprus]]<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Akçalı|first=Emel|last2=Antonsich|first2=Marco|date=2009-10-30|title="Nature Knows No Boundaries": A Critical Reading of UNDP Environmental Peacemaking in Cyprus|url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00045600903245938|journal=Annals of the Association of American Geographers|volume=99|issue=5|pages=940–947|doi=10.1080/00045600903245938|issn=0004-5608}}</ref> and in the [[Kosovo]]<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Krampe|first=Florian|date=2017-6|title=Water for peace? Post-conflict water resource management in Kosovo|url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0010836716652428|journal=Cooperation and Conflict|language=en|volume=52|issue=2|pages=147–165|doi=10.1177/0010836716652428|issn=0010-8367}}</ref>, especially to manage shared water resources across political boundaries. A trans-boundary peace park for the [[Balkans|Balkan]] region has also been suggested.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Livelihoods, natural resources and post-conflict peacebuilding|last=Young|first=Helen|last2=Young|first2=Lisa|publisher=Earthscan|year=2015|isbn=|location=London|pages=}}</ref> So far, these initiatives have stimulated exchange and civil society cooperation between (former) conflict parties, but had little impact on formal peace processes. |
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Latin America is home to two of the so far most successful environmental peacebuilding projects. The establishment of a conservation area and demilitarized zone in the [[Cordillera del Cóndor]] supported [[Ecuador]] and [[Peru]] in resolving their long-standing conflict in 1998.<ref name=":0" /> Similarly, environmental cooperation in the context of the [[Central American Commission for Environment and Development]] (CCAD) and especially in the [[Trifinio biosphere reserve|Trifinio]] region was instrumental to the termination of the rivalry between [[El Salvador]] and [[Honduras]] in the early 1990s.<ref name=":3" /> |
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Asia has seen a great variety of environmental peacebuilding initiatives. Water cooperation along the [[Aral Sea]] served to consolidate interstate relations in the 1990s, but could not stop the environmental disaster in the region.<ref name=":2" /> Similarly, the [[Permanent Indus Commission]] and the [[Mekong River Commission]] allowed for environment-related cooperation and exchange even during times of conflict, though the impact on wider international relations remained limited.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Zawahri|first=Neda A.|date=2011-03-31|title=Using freshwater resources to rehabilitate refugees and build transboundary cooperation|url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02508060.2011.557994|journal=Water International|language=en|volume=36|issue=2|pages=167–177|doi=10.1080/02508060.2011.557994|issn=0250-8060}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Jacobs|first=Jeffrey W.|date=2002-12|title=The Mekong River Commission: transboundary water resources planning and regional security|url=http://doi.wiley.com/10.1111/j.0016-7398.2002.00061.x|journal=The Geographical Journal|language=en|volume=168|issue=4|pages=354–364|doi=10.1111/j.0016-7398.2002.00061.x|issn=0016-7398}}</ref> A recent study compares environmental cooperation dynamics between three pairs of states in conflict ([[China]]-[[Taiwan]], [[North Korea]]-[[South Korea]], [[Cambodia]]-[[Thailand]]) and finds that such cooperation is usually weak or moderate in intensity and should be considered as an outcome rather than as a driver of more peaceful relations.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Cabada|first=Ladislav|last2=Waisova|first2=Sarka|date=2018|title=Environmental Cooperation as the Instrument of Conflict Transformation in East Asia|url=|journal=Journal of Comparative Politics|volume=|pages=|via=}}</ref> Relatedly, Ide finds no case of successful environmental peacemaking between states in Asia.<ref name=":3" /> But [[United Nations Environment Programme|UNEP]]'s efforts to rehabilitate the [[Iraq|Iraqi]] Marshlands indirectly contributed to peacebuilding by restoring livelihoods in the region.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Aoki|first=Chizuru|last2=Al-Lami|first2=Ali|last3=Kugaprasatham|first3=Sivapragasam|date=2011-03-31|title=Lessons learned from environmental management of the Iraqi marshlands in the post-conflict period|url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02508060.2011.561770|journal=Water International|language=en|volume=36|issue=2|pages=197–206|doi=10.1080/02508060.2011.561770|issn=0250-8060}}</ref> Also, just like in various African states, there are well-documented cases of bottom-up environmental peacebuilding, for instance around water resources in Yemen.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Taher|first=Taha|last2=Bruns|first2=Bryan|last3=Bamaga|first3=Omar|last4=Al-Weshali|first4=Adel|last5=Van Steenbergen|first5=Frank|date=2012|title=Local groundwater governance in Yemen: Building on traditions and enabling communities to craft new rules|url=http://www.yemenwater.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Local-groundwater-governance-in-Yemen-Hydrogeology-Journal.pdf|journal=Hydrogeology Journal|volume=20|pages=1177-1188|via=}}</ref> |
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The Environmental Peacebuilding Association seeks to further exchange, research and training on environmental peacebuilding. It conducts conferences and workshops on the issue and also sponsors several awards, including the Al-Moumin Award and Distinguished Lecture on Environmental Peacebuilding.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://environmentalpeacebuilding.org/|title=Environmental Peacebuilding {{!}} Welcome to Environmental Peacebuilding|website=environmentalpeacebuilding.org|access-date=2019-02-18}}</ref> It has also developed a [[Massive open online course|MOOC]] on environmental peacebuilding.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://environmentalpeacebuilding.org/education/mooc/|title=Environmental Peacebuilding {{!}} MOOC: Environmental Security and Sustaining Peace|website=environmentalpeacebuilding.org|access-date=2019-02-18}}</ref> "Land and Environment" is one of the ten themes of the [http://www.peacebuildingportal.org/index.asp?pgid=3&undb_orgfocus=6 United Nations Peacebuilding Portal.] The University for Peace, sponsored by the United Nations, includes [http://www.upeace.org/academic/masters/ESP.cfm “Environmental Security and Peace”] as one of its eight graduate programs. Governmental and civil society organizations have also explored the role of environmental issues in peacebuilding. The EU sponsored [http://www.initiativeforpeacebuilding.eu/index.php Initiative for Peacebuilding] has produced a series of [http://www.initiativeforpeacebuilding.eu/publications/index.php?c=2 papers on environmental peacebuilding.] The International Crisis Group includes [http://www.crisisgroup.org/en/key-issues/climate-change-and-conflict.aspx Climate Change and Conflict] as one of its key areas. |
The Environmental Peacebuilding Association seeks to further exchange, research and training on environmental peacebuilding. It conducts conferences and workshops on the issue and also sponsors several awards, including the Al-Moumin Award and Distinguished Lecture on Environmental Peacebuilding.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://environmentalpeacebuilding.org/|title=Environmental Peacebuilding {{!}} Welcome to Environmental Peacebuilding|website=environmentalpeacebuilding.org|access-date=2019-02-18}}</ref> It has also developed a [[Massive open online course|MOOC]] on environmental peacebuilding.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://environmentalpeacebuilding.org/education/mooc/|title=Environmental Peacebuilding {{!}} MOOC: Environmental Security and Sustaining Peace|website=environmentalpeacebuilding.org|access-date=2019-02-18}}</ref> "Land and Environment" is one of the ten themes of the [http://www.peacebuildingportal.org/index.asp?pgid=3&undb_orgfocus=6 United Nations Peacebuilding Portal.] The University for Peace, sponsored by the United Nations, includes [http://www.upeace.org/academic/masters/ESP.cfm “Environmental Security and Peace”] as one of its eight graduate programs. Governmental and civil society organizations have also explored the role of environmental issues in peacebuilding. The EU sponsored [http://www.initiativeforpeacebuilding.eu/index.php Initiative for Peacebuilding] has produced a series of [http://www.initiativeforpeacebuilding.eu/publications/index.php?c=2 papers on environmental peacebuilding.] The International Crisis Group includes [http://www.crisisgroup.org/en/key-issues/climate-change-and-conflict.aspx Climate Change and Conflict] as one of its key areas. |
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Environmental peacebuilding (frequently also termed environmental peacemaking) examines and advocates environmental protection and cooperation as a factor in creating more peaceful relations. Peacebuilding is both the theory and practice of identifying the conditions that can lead to a sustainable peace between past, current or potential future adversaries. At the most basic level, warfare devastates ecosystems and the livelihoods of those who depend on natural resources, and the anarchy of conflict situations leads to the uncontrolled, destructive exploitation of natural resources. Preventing these impacts allows for an easier movement to a sustainable peace.[1] From a more positive perspective, environmental cooperation can be one of the places where hostile parties can sustain a dialogue, and sustainable development is a prerequisite for a sustainable peace.[2][3]
The study of peacebuilding (a term coined by Galtung, 1975)[4] develops from interest in identifying the conditions that lead beyond a temporary cessation of violence to sustainable processes of conflict management and mutual cooperation between those who have previously been adversaries or might engage in destructive conflicts in the future. As envisioned by key thinkers such as GaltungorLederach, peacebuilding refers to a comprehensive and long-term transformation of a conflict situation towards negative and eventually positive forms of peace.[5] Beginning with Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali promoting An Agenda for Peace in 1992,[6] the United Nations adopted the language of peacebuilding and developed programs based on it.
The exact definition of environmental peacebuilding varies between different academic and policy documents, and the term is often used interchangeably with concepts like environmental peacemaking, disaster diplomacy or peace ecology.[7] The Environmental Peacebuilding Association uses the following definition: "Environmental peacebuilding integrates natural resource management in conflict prevention, mitigation, resolution, and recovery to build resilience in communities affected by conflict."[8] According to a literature review published in 2018, environmental peacebuilding "refers to all forms of cooperation on environmental issues between distinct social groups, which aim at and/or achieve creating less violent and more peaceful relations between these groups."[7] In this context, peace is explicitly understood to refer to negative forms of peace (absence of violence) as well as to positive forms of peace (social justice and the inconceivability of violent conflict).[9]
Environmental peacebuilding can result from unilateral efforts or from cooperation between two adversary parties. In the former case, actors such as international donors, governments or the civil society engage with environmental and resource management issues. These efforts can (intentionally or non-intentionally) result in more peaceful relations, for instance if water infrastructure is provided in post-war cities, former combatants receive support to build alternative livelihoods (e.g., land, sees and training for agriculture), or high-value resources (e.g., oil, gas) are managed to avoid grievances, environmental destruction and resource curse effects.[10][11] In line with this, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has placed environmental peacebuilding and conflict on its agenda since the 1990s,[12] conducted environmental assessments of conflict zones and has recommended a stronger integration of environmental issues into the work of the UN Peacebuilding Commission.[13][14]
Environmental cooperation between (past, current or potential) adversaries can lead to more peaceful relations through four main pathways: First, it can improve the environmental situation, hence addressing environment-related grievances, mitigating environmental conflicts and improving livelihoods. Second, environmental cooperation can increase trust and understanding by encouraging adversaries to work together and by providing opportunities for win-win interactions. Third, such cooperation illustrates inter-dependencies between various parties and can provide an entry point for follow-up cooperation (e.g., when cooperation on flood management stimulates further collaboration on electricity or fishing), and is therefore cultivating interdependence. Finally, environmental cooperation facilitates the building of institutions (such as the Nile Basin Initiative or the Mekong River Commission), which provide forums for conflict resolution and dialogue.[7]
While there is a lot of case-based, qualitative research on specific environmental peacebuilding projects or initiatives (see "Environmental peacebuilding in the Middle East" and "Environmental peacebuilding in other world regions" belows), there are few cross-case, statistical studies on the issue. Various studies have shown that at the international stage, water cooperation is considerable more likely than water conflict.[15][16] But this indicates that water-related issues are solved in a cooperative manner rather than that water cooperation has a wider impact on peacebuilding. Barquet, Lujala and Rod find that militarised interstate disputes are less frequent among states that share a trans-boundary protected area,[17] but again, such conservation cooperation could be a result (rather than a driver) of more peaceful interstate relations.
Ide finds that substantial international cooperation on water and conservation facilitate the transformation of intense international conflicts in the following five-year period, but only if a number of scope conditions is present, especially high levels of environmental attention, internal political stability, a tradition of environmental cooperation, and already ongoing processes of reconciliation. The study uses the existing case literature to show how its positive cases are true instances of environmental peacebuilding.[18] Another recent study uses refined datasets, but also finds that water-related cooperation increases the likelihood of more peaceful relations between states, especially over a time horizon of ten years and if the states are not in acute conflict with each other.[19]
The 1991 Madrid Conference, co-sponsored by the United States and the USSR, brought together representatives of the governments of Israel, Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan, and a Palestinian delegation within the Jordanian delegation. The conference established working groups on refugees, regional security, economic development, water, and environment. The working groups on water and environment, and to some extent the one on economic development as well, had the agenda of bringing environmental cooperation and sustainable development into the formulation of a path to a sustainable Middle East peace.
The subsequent Oslo Accords between Israel and the Palestinian Liberation Organization and the Peace treaty between Jordan and Israel each had sections that envisioned joint committees on water, environmental cooperation and economic development. When negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority stalled and relations again became strongly adversarial, progress towards cooperation on water, the environment and sustainable development also stalled. At the formal level there are contacts across adversarial lines between government officials and experts, water infrastructure was kept out of the violence of the Second Intifadah, and there is some degree of cooperation – not widely publicized - on urgent water and environmental concerns. Cooperative relations between Jordan and Israel have been maintained but progress is limited by the effects of the unresolved Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
Diplomatic work on environmental peacebuilding in the region has been supplemented by the development of a small network of civil society organizations that promote and practice regional environmental cooperation.[20][21]
IPCRI opened in 1989 during the first Intifada under joint Israeli and Palestinian directors. IPCRI established the Water and Environment division in 1992. A 1993 edited book presented Palestinian and Israeli perspectives on water cooperation. Three IPCRI workshops held between 1994-6 on "Our Shared Environment" were followed by three volumes of papers from the workshops. The IPCRI Water and Environment division took the lead in organizing a 2004 Israeli-Palestinian International "Water for Life" Conference, co-chaired by Israeli and Palestinian professors, held in Turkey, where over five days about 130 participants from the region were joined by about 50 international water experts.
Subsequently, working with Israeli and Palestinian experts, IPCRI undertook a study of the management of the trans-boundary Nahal Alexander / Wadi Zomer basin. IPCRI is a partner in the "GLOWA Jordan River" study of the impact of climate change on the Jordan basin, and has undertaken, with the support of the Government of Japan, work designed to provide a model for low cost sanitation to a West Bank village.
EcoPeace / FoEME was founded in 1994 as a meeting place for Palestinian, Egyptian, Jordanian and Israeli environmental NGOs and became an affiliate of Friends of the Earth in 1998. FOEME has a wide range of projects – organized around particular geographic areas (the Jordan River valley, the Dead Sea, the Gulf of Aqaba / Eilat), water (Good Water Neighbors, the Red Sea-Dead Sea Conduit, the mountain aquifer, "water, peace and the environment," water privatization), and environmental policy (sustainable development, climate change, "violent conflicts and the environment," trade and environment, solar power and healthy food). FoEME has promoted protection rather than development of the Dead Sea and its designation as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, advocated the establishment of a "peace park" along the Jordan River, and vigorously questioned the proposed mega-project to channel water from the Read Sea to the Dead Sea. The NGO circulates a monthly "environmental peacemaking" newsletter.
Since 2001 the FoEME Good Water Neighbors project has been working with Israeli, Palestinian and Jordanian communities that are mutually dependent on shared water resources. Each community is partnered with a neighboring community. Good Water Neighbors works with local community members on water education, awareness and development. GWN uses dependence on shared water sources as a basis for dialogue and cooperation between partnered communities.
FoEME has published its own study of environmental peacebuilding.[22] External research on FoEME and especially the Good Water Neigbors largely provide positive evaluations, considering them as providing a small, yet realistic and important contribution to both peacebuilding and environmental protection in the Middle East.[23][24][25] There are a few skeptical voices, however, highlighting the limited impact on the ground and a de-politicisation of the wider conflict situation.[26]
The institute opened in the 1996-7 academic year. For one or two semesters students from Israel, Jordan, Palestine, Egypt and overseas live and study together on Kibbutz Ketura (in a remote part of the Negev desert south of the West Bank and just across the valley from Jordan) and receive university credit.[27] Enrolment, which is capped at 45, has varied. From 1996 to 2010, about 600 students have studied at the institute. University credit is now received through Ben Gurion University, and the institute co-sponsors a Master's program with Ben Gurion, in which some of its alumni have studied.
The alumni division maintains active Yahoo and Facebook "groups." Alumni involvement is supplemented by the Arava Alumni Peace and Environment Network (AAPEN) which held its first meeting in Aqaba in 2005 and has held subsequent meetings and other activities. The institute has also developed as a research center. The institute participates in projects as partners with Palestinian and Jordanian researchers and research organizations. These projects have included developing a center for sustainable agriculture, developing policy options for the Dead Sea, transboundary stream restoration, and a study of health effects from exposure to airborne particles. These projects involve links to international networks of research funding, and have brought regional conferences to the institute on a regular basis. The institute has co-sponsored a conference on alternative energy and the supported the development of the solar power oriented Arava Power Corporation.
The initiative aims to preserve trans-boundary bird life in the region. In order to do so, it brings together Israelis, Jordanians and Palestinians, hence also facilitating trans-boundary exchange and cooperation, for instance to put up nesting boxes for barn owls. Other activities include the lobbying to decision makers, workshops with farmers and education projects in schools. Migrating Birds Know No Boundaries was founded by Tel Aviv University scientist Yossi Leshem and is supported by prominent decision makers such as former IDF general Baruch Spiegel and the retired Jordanian general Mansour Abu Rashid.[28][29]
Environmental peacebuilding projects have been conducted in other world regions as well.
In Southern Africa, several trans-boundary peace parks have been established with the support of the Peace Parks Foundation since the 1990s, such as the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park (Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe), the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (Botswana, South Africa), the Maloti-Drakensberg Transfrontier Conservation and Development Area (Lesotho, South Africa) and the Lubombo Conservancy (Eswatini, Mozambique, South Africa).[30] Assessments of these projects often highlight several negative aspects, such as the dominance of South Africa, the exclusion of local populations vis-a-vis state and business interests, and a low impact on peaceful international relations.[31] Conservation cooperation between the DR Congo, Rwanda and Uganda in the Virunga region, by contrast, has yielded some conservation and peace benefits even though it took place in an environment characterized by political instability and low economic development.[32] There are also bottom-up dynamics of environmental cooperation amidst conflict between pastoralists and farmers in several African countries, including Ghana[33] and Kenya.[34]
In Europe, environmental peacebuilding took place on the divided island of Cyprus[35] and in the Kosovo[36], especially to manage shared water resources across political boundaries. A trans-boundary peace park for the Balkan region has also been suggested.[37] So far, these initiatives have stimulated exchange and civil society cooperation between (former) conflict parties, but had little impact on formal peace processes.
Latin America is home to two of the so far most successful environmental peacebuilding projects. The establishment of a conservation area and demilitarized zone in the Cordillera del Cóndor supported Ecuador and Peru in resolving their long-standing conflict in 1998.[2] Similarly, environmental cooperation in the context of the Central American Commission for Environment and Development (CCAD) and especially in the Trifinio region was instrumental to the termination of the rivalry between El Salvador and Honduras in the early 1990s.[18]
Asia has seen a great variety of environmental peacebuilding initiatives. Water cooperation along the Aral Sea served to consolidate interstate relations in the 1990s, but could not stop the environmental disaster in the region.[9] Similarly, the Permanent Indus Commission and the Mekong River Commission allowed for environment-related cooperation and exchange even during times of conflict, though the impact on wider international relations remained limited.[38][39] A recent study compares environmental cooperation dynamics between three pairs of states in conflict (China-Taiwan, North Korea-South Korea, Cambodia-Thailand) and finds that such cooperation is usually weak or moderate in intensity and should be considered as an outcome rather than as a driver of more peaceful relations.[40] Relatedly, Ide finds no case of successful environmental peacemaking between states in Asia.[18] But UNEP's efforts to rehabilitate the Iraqi Marshlands indirectly contributed to peacebuilding by restoring livelihoods in the region.[41] Also, just like in various African states, there are well-documented cases of bottom-up environmental peacebuilding, for instance around water resources in Yemen.[42]
The Environmental Peacebuilding Association seeks to further exchange, research and training on environmental peacebuilding. It conducts conferences and workshops on the issue and also sponsors several awards, including the Al-Moumin Award and Distinguished Lecture on Environmental Peacebuilding.[43] It has also developed a MOOC on environmental peacebuilding.[44] "Land and Environment" is one of the ten themes of the United Nations Peacebuilding Portal. The University for Peace, sponsored by the United Nations, includes “Environmental Security and Peace” as one of its eight graduate programs. Governmental and civil society organizations have also explored the role of environmental issues in peacebuilding. The EU sponsored Initiative for Peacebuilding has produced a series of papers on environmental peacebuilding. The International Crisis Group includes Climate Change and Conflict as one of its key areas.
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