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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Mine Action and Climate Change: The Legacy of Explosive Ordnance Contaminat...

Climate.Changes.Security. – Navigating Climate Change and Security Challenges in the OSCE Region, 2024

Land contaminated by landmines and other explosive remnants of war poses a significant and long-term threat to communities living in conflict or post-conflict areas. These...

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Oiling up the Field: Forced Internal Displacement and the Expansion of Palm...

World Development, 2023

Widespread analysis of the link between natural resources and conflicts has shown how positive income shocks in agriculture usually reduce violence (opportunity cost effect), while...

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The Politics of Extractivism: Mining, Institutional Responsiveness, and Soc...

World Development, 2024

Natural resource exploitation often generates negative externalities and fuels social conflict. Yet, patterns of social resistance against mining differ considerably within and across countries. What...

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Third International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding

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

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Warfare, Environment, Social Inequality, and Pro-Sociability (WESIPS) 2024 ...

4 June 2024

Seville, Spain

The Gender Pay Gap and Violence – Two Sides of the Same Coin

5 June 2024

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Climate Change Doesn't Have to Result in Greater Gender Inequity in the Car...

29 May 2024

Opportunity to Contribute to a "Glossary of Environmental Peacebuilding Ter...

28 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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