When a country emerges from violent conflict, the management of the
environment and natural resources has important implications for short-term
peacebuilding and long-term stability, particularly if natural resources were a
factor in the conflict, play a major role in the national economy, or broadly
support livelihoods. Only recently, however, have the assessment, harnessing,
and restoration of the natural resource base become essential components of
postconflict peacebuilding.
This book, by thirty-five authors, examines the experiences of more than
twenty countries and territories in assessing post-conflict environmental damage
and natural resource degradation and their implications for human health,
livelihoods, and security. The book also illustrates how an understanding of
both the risks and opportunities associated with natural resources can help
decision makers manage natural resources in ways that create jobs, sustain
livelihoods, and contribute to economic recovery and reconciliation, without
creating new grievances or significant environmental degradation. Finally, the
book offers lessons from the remediation of environmental hot spots, restoration
of damaged ecosystems, and reconstruction of the environmental services and
infrastructure necessary for a sustainable peace.
Assessing and Restoring Natural Resources in Post-Conflict Peacebuilding is
part of a global initiative to identify and analyze lessons in post-conflict
peacebuilding and natural resource management. The project has generated six
books of case studies and analyses, with contributions by practitioners, policy
makers, and researchers. Other books address highvalue resources, land, water,
livelihoods, and governance.
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