Dispute Resolution/Mediation
Environmental peacebuilding can offer effective approaches and techniques for resolving conflicts related to natural resources, which can often be a source of tension and violence, by focusing on the shared interests of conflicting parties in natural resources, promoting cooperation, inclusion, and confidence-building measures to build a positive peace. In particular, tools such as water cooperation, peace parks, and environmental conservation can serve as a catalyst for political stability in conflict settings, especially in countries with border tensions.In this regard, M&E can help to assess the impact of these interventions and identify areas for improvement to ensure their long-term success in dispute resolution and mediation efforts in environmental peacebuilding. By monitoring and evaluating the progress and effectiveness of dispute resolution and mediation programs, it is possible to identify successes and areas for improvement, which can inform future initiatives. Additionally, M&E can help ensure that dispute resolution and mediation efforts are inclusive and transparent, and that they are benefiting all stakeholders, including marginalized and vulnerable groups. This approach can be particularly important in situations where environmental conflicts are linked to broader social and political issues.
There are 28 resources related to Dispute Resolution/Mediation.
Mediating Peace with Climate Change: Integrating Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies into Peace Processes
2021
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EcoPeace Middle East
Alex Grzybowski and Chanda Hunnie
This report builds on the recognition that climate change is a risk multiplier and destabilizing force, particularly in the most vulnerable regions of the world.…
Managing Environmental Conflict: An Earth Institute Sustainability Primer
2022
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Columbia University Press
Joshua D. Fisher
Conflicts frequently arise over environmental issues such as land use, natural resource management, and laws and regulation. This book is a primer on the drivers…
Directions for Research on Climate and Conflict
2020
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Earth's Future
Katharine J. Mach, W. Neil Adger, Halvard Buhaug, Marshall Burke, James D. Fearon, Christopher B. Field, Cullen S. Hendrix, Caroline M. Kraan,Jean‐Francois Maystadt, John O'Loughlin, Philip Roessler, Jürgen Scheffran,Kenneth A. Schultz, and Nina von Uexku
The potential links between climate and conflict are well studied, yet disagreement about the specific mechanisms and their significance for societies persists. Here, we build…
Resolving Industrial Plantation Conflicts in Indonesia: Can Mediation Deliver?
2018
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Forest Policy and Economics
Ahmad Dhiaulhaq, John F. McCarthy, and Yurdi Yasmi
During the expansion of industrial plantations across the Global South, forest and land conflicts have emerged on a very large scale. Despite recent reforms of resource…
Evaluating Environmental Conflict Resolution: Practitioners, Projects, and the Movement
2018
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Micah Fisher and Tina Sablan
Conflict Resolution Quarterly
Environmental conflict is complex and variable, and over time, a concerted field has developed to study processes for collaboration and resolution. This article examines the…
Evaluating Environmental Conflict Resolution: Practitioners, Projects, and the Movement
2018
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Conflict Resolution Quarterly
Micah Fisher and Tina Sablan
Environmental conflict is complex and variable, and over time, a concerted field has developed to study processes for collaboration and resolution. This article examines the…
Practical Guide: Mining and Communities
2016
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Communities First
Lien De Brouckere
Working in partnership with Kabinet Cisse (Guinea-based consultant) and more than a dozen authors, especially those affiliated with Insuco, Lien De Brouckere was the lead…
From Scarcity to Security, Water as a Potential Factor for Conflict and Cooperation in Southern Africa
2015
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South African Journal of International Affairs
Wanjiku Kaniaru
Water scarcity has emerged as a compelling non-military security issue that justifies an expanded human security agenda. This article argues that a buttressed notion of…
Practical Guide: Mines and Communities (abridged version)
2015
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American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative
The Republic of Guinea holds one-third of the world’s bauxite reserves, significant deposits of gold, diamonds, and some of the world’s most prized iron ore…
Guide Pratique: Mines & Communautés (version abrégée)
2015
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American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative
La République de Guinée possède 30 % de la réserve mondiale de bauxite, d’importantes réserves d’or et de diamants, ainsi que de dépôts de minerai…
Guide Pratique: Mines & Communautés
2015
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American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative
La République de Guinée possède 30 % de la réserve mondiale de bauxite, d’importantes réserves d’or et de diamants, ainsi que de dépôts de minerai…
Conflict-Sensitive Conservation: Field Report from Queen Elizabeth National Park
2009
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IISD
Rob Craig
The Conserving the Peace project is being implemented by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) with financial support from the MacArthur Foundation, and with…
Healing the Rift: Peace Building in and around Protected Areas in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Albertine Rift
2010
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Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) & International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
Kujirakwinja, D., Shamavu, P., Hammill, A., Crawford, A., Bamba, A., and Plumptre, AJ.
All conservation managers have to manage conflict in their work. Whether it is dealing with a farmer who has lost a cow to a wolf…
Wicked Problems: Peacebuilding Evaluation Ethic
2016
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Peacebuilding Evaluation Consortium
Reina Neufeldt
An exchange like this is common in organizations and can be frustrating. The project manager feels like he or she is being asked for data…
The Role of Education in Peacebuilding: An Analysis of Five Change Theories in Sierra Leone
2014
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Compare - A Journal of Comparative and International Education
Christine S. Ellison
This paper raises a number of critical questions regarding the contribution of education to peacebuilding. Despite recent calls for greater collaboration between the two fields,…
Practical Approaches to Theories of Change in Conflict, Security, and Justice Programmes
2013
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UKAID
Vanessa Corlazzoli and Jonathan White
The goal of this document is to improve the effectiveness of DFID programmes and the measurement of their impacts by providing DFID Advisers with the…
Design, Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning for Climate Resilience: A Guidance Paper for the Philippines
2017
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ISET Relience and Research Group
Kenneth MacClune, Colleen McGinn, Furqan Asif and Kanmani Venkateswaran
Climate change and its negative effects are already being felt strongly around the world, and are projected to increase. The brunt of its effects will…
Community Defined Measures of Success and Inclusive Research in Peacebuilding
2018
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Proceedings of the African Futures Conference
Ella Duncan and Carlotta Fassiotti
Participatory research is a tool for community inclusion in peace and development programs. Participation is a popularly promoted concept, but rarely implemented in research. Search…
Blessing or a Burden? The Impact of Peace Services on Peace and Violence in Nepal
2017
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Journal of Peacebuilding & Development
Jeannine Suurmond, Alexandros Lordos, and Prakash M. Sharma
Recent literature highlights the potential of infrastructures for peace for peacebuilding and violence prevention. An increasing number of studies examine cases of infrastructures for peace,…
Battlefields of Method: Evaluating Norwegian Peace Efforts in Sri Lanka
2014
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Routledge
Jonathan Goodhand, Bart Klem, and Gunnar Sorbo
The chapter starts with a discussion of the research literature on peace processes and its relevance to the design and practice of evaluating such efforts.…
Environmental Peacebuilding - The Year in Review and the Year Ahead [Video]
2023
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Environmental Peacebuilding Association
The Environmental Peacebuilding Association hosted its annual year-in-review roundtable on “Environmental Peacebuilding: The Year in Review and the Year Ahead” on January 24, 2023. This…
Humanitarian Assistance and Peacebuilding
2013
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Integrated Peacebuilding: Innovative Approaches to Transforming Conflict
Mike Jobbins
This chapter explores the integration of humanitarian assistance and peacebuilding in conflict and immediate postconflict settings. It begins with a brief overview of international humanitarian…
Monitoring and evaluation of peacebuilding: the role of new media
2013
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Geneva Peacebuilding Platform
Sarah Költzow
This research paper compiles and elaborates on key challenges, opportunities and lessons for the use of new media monitoring and evaluating peacebuilding activities. It draws…
The (Im)possibilities of Disaster Risk Reduction in the Context of High-Intensity Conflict: The Case of Afghanistan
2020
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Environmental Hazards
Rodrigo Mena and Dorothea Hilhorst
Conflict aggravates disaster risk and impact through increased vulnerability and weakened response capacities. Disaster risk reduction (DRR) and disaster governance are needed – but often…
Needs Before Tools: Using Technology in Environmental Conflict Resolution
2014
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Conflict Resolution Quarterly
Amanda E. Cravens
Environmental conflict resolution practitioners have become increasingly interested in using information technology to work collaboratively across sectors. Discussions to date, however, have focused on specific…
Participatory Research Methodologies: Development and Post-Conflict Disaster/Conflict Reconstruction
2010
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Ashgate Publishing
Alpaslan Ozerdem and Richard Bowd
Participatory research methodologies have been used since the 1970s as a tool to garner accurate information about communities in which development practitioners operate. Their usefulness…
Toward Sustainable Peace: A New Research Agenda for Post-Conflict Natural Resource Management
2017
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Global Environmental Politics Journal
Florian Krampe
This forum reflects upon the current state of research on post-conflict natural resource management. It identifies two dominant perspectives on environmental peacebuilding in the literature:…
Food Security, Sustaining Peace and Gender Equality: Conceptual Framework and Future Directions
2017
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
The main objective of this study is to generate knowledge and make meaningful, evidence-based and actionable recommendations to governments and other stakeholders, particularly international organizations…