Welcome to Environmental Peacebuilding Knowledge Platform

This site serves both as the home page for the Environmental Peacebuilding Association® (also known as EnPAx™), and as a repository for a wide range of information on environmental peacebuilding.

Environmental peacebuilding integrates natural resource management in conflict prevention, mitigation, resolution, and recovery to build resilience in communities affected by conflict. Join our growing global community of researchers, practitioners, and decision makers in sharing experiences and lessons from managing natural resources in conflict-affected settings, accessing new research on the topic, and participating in events to support the growing network of professionals active in environmental peacebuilding.

Books

This page includes links to key open-access books on environmental peacebuilding produced by the Environmental Peacebuilding Association and/or the Environmental Law Institute. The first six books are the product of an initiative between ELI, UNEP, McGill University, and the University of... Read More

Conflict-Sensitive Conservation

Editors: Carl Bruch, Geeta Batra, Anupam Anand

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High-Value Natural Resources and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding

Editors: Päivi Lujala, Siri Aas Rustad

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Assessing and Restoring Natural Resources in Post-Conflict Peacebuilding

Editors: David Jensen, Steve Lonergan

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Land and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding

Editors: Jon Unruh, Rhodri C. Williams

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Water and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding

Editors: Erika Weinthal, Jessica Troell, Mikiyasu Nakayama

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Livelihoods, Natural Resources, and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding

Editors: Helen Young, Lisa Goldman

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Governance, Natural Resources, and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding

Editors: Carl Bruch, Carroll Muffett, Sandra S. Nichols

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Too Hot to Handle: The Scorching Reality of Australia's Climate-Security Fa...

Australian Security Leaders Climate Group, 2024

ASLCG was formed in 2021 by a group of senior former military and intelligence leaders concerned that the security implications of climate change were not...

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What Is Climate Security and Why Is It Important?

UNDP Climate Promise, 2023

Climate security refers to the impacts of the climate crisis on peace and security, particularly in fragile and conflict-affected settings. Climate change can exacerbate food,...

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Responding to Civil War: Fisheries as a Safety Net and Lootable Resource on...

Maritime Studies, 2024

Research on conflict and fisheries has largely focused on conflict between resource users, rather than on how fisheries are affected by external conflict, including civil...

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Third International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding

Hybrid: Leiden University and Online, 19-21 June 2024

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"Environment and Security" Journal Premiere peer-reviewed journal on environment, conflict, and peace

Events

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2024 Global Gender Equality Conference

20 May 2024

Rethinking Climate Change Support in Violent Conflict-Affected States

29 May 2024

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Toolkit on Monitoring and Evaluation of Environmental Peacebuilding Now Ava...

16 May 2024

Remote: Social Inclusion Research Opportunity

14 May 2024

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Bankrupting Peace Spoilers: Can Peacekeepers Curtail Belligerents' Access t...

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Case Study from Vol. 1: High-Value Natural Resources and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding

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Diamonds in War, Diamonds for Peace: Diamond Sector Management and Kimberli...

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Case Study from Vol. 1: High-Value Natural Resources and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding

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