UNEP - Report “From Conflict to Peacebuilding - The Role of Natural Resources and the Environment.”

UNEP - Report “From Conflict to Peacebuilding - The Role of Natural Resources and the Environment.”

The report highlights that: without a focus on the environment and natural resources, intrastate conflicts are like to escalate; post-conflict and peacebuilding plans and activities need to account for linkages with the environment and natural resources; and natural resources can contribute to peace.

In addition, the report emphasizes that: compared to non-resource related conflicts, conflicts linked to natural resources are twice as likely to relapse within the first five years; over 40% of intrastate conflicts are linked to natural resource issues; and climate change could generate new conflicts, as a consequence of water and food shortages.

For information:

http://www.unep.org/Documents.Multilingual/Default.asp?DocumentID=562&ArticleID=6091&l=en&t=long

Fact Sheet:  http://www.unep.org/conflictsanddisasters/FactSheet/tabid/256/language/en-US/Default.aspx

The Report:

http://postconflict.unep.ch/publications/pcdmb_policy_01.pdf

 

Una sintesi in italiano:

http://www.greenreport.it/contenuti/leggi.php?id_cont=18144