Post-Conflict Peacebuilding and Natural Resource Management

Description

Post-conflict peacebuilding efforts can fail if they do not pay sufficient attention to natural resources. Natural resources -- diamonds, oil, and minerals -- are frequently at the heart of historic grievances, and have caused or funded at least eighteen conflicts since 1990. The same resources can play a central role in post-conflict peacebuilding, providing revenue for cash-starved governments, basic services for collapsed economies, and means for restoring livelihoods. To date, there is a striking gap in knowledge of what works, what does not, and how to improve peacebuilding through more effective and systematic management of natural resources. Peacebuilding and Natural Resources addresses this gap by examining the growing literature on the topic and surveying experiences across more than forty post-conflict countries. The six-volume series includes more than 130 chapters from over 200 researchers, practitioners, and policymakers.

The Series Editors are Carl Bruch, David Jensen, Mikiyasu Nakayama, and Jon Unruh Carl Bruch is a Senior Attorney and Co-Director of International Programs at the Environmental Law Institute. David Jensen manages the Environmental Cooperation for Peacebuilding Programme of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). Mikiyasu Nakayama is a Professor in the Department of International Studies at the Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo. Jon Unruh is an Associate Professor of Geography at McGill University in Montreal.