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Linking Mining with Sustainable Development in Afghanistan: The Value of Community-Based Monitoring Approaches
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This research attempts to show that community-based monitoring in the mining sector is rooted in the unease about the negative social and environmental impacts of…
A Framework for Assessing the Impacts of Mining Development on Regional Water Resources in Colombia
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Developing its large-scale mining industry is an economic priority for Colombia. However, national capacity to assess and manage the water resource impacts of mining is…
Food Security and Conflict: Empirical Challenges and Future Opportunities for Research and Policy Making on Food Security and Conflict
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During the previous decade there has been an increased focus on the role of food security in conflict processes, both in the academic and policy…
Assessing Impact - Monitoring & Evaluation for Environmental Peacebuilding [Video]
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Effective and inclusive monitoring and evaluation systems are essential for assessing the effectiveness, impact, and sustainability of any programming, and are particularly critical in conflict-affected…
Environmental Cooperation as the Instrument of Conflict Transformation in East Asia
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East Asia is an area with high number of political militarized conflicts, but also with high biodiversity and fast environmental degradation. A decade ago there…
Resolving Industrial Plantation Conflicts in Indonesia: Can Mediation Deliver?
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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
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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
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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…
Conflict Minerals Disclosure Requirements and Corporate Social Responsibility: Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities
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Among the many topics of concern for companies and investors interested in social responsibility is the use of minerals sourced from war zones and countries…
Conflict-Sensitive Resource and Asset Management (COSERAM)
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Philippines, especially Mindanao, is marked by political and social unrest, often leading to armed violence. The conflict-affected areas are rich in natural resources – such…
Vegetation Monitoring in Refugee-Hosting Areas in South Sudan
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Mass population displacements put additional stress on the ecosystems and often lead to conflicts with the host communities, especially in the case of large refugee…
What the Environment Has to Do with Peacebuilding [Podcast]
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In this episode of “On Human Rights,” we have an interview from the recent Nature of Peace conference at Lund University. Our senior researcher Alejandro Fuentes interviews…
Water When It Counts: Reducing Scarcity through Irrigation Monitoring in Central Mozambique
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Management of common-pool resources in the absence of individual pricing can lead to suboptimal allocation. In the context of irrigation schemes, this can create water…
Participatory Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation of Multi-Stakeholder Platforms in Integrated Landscape Initiatives
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Integrated landscape initiatives typically aim to strengthen landscape governance by developing and facilitating multi-stakeholder platforms. These are institutional coordination mechanisms that enable discussions, negotiations, and…
Land in the New Urban Agenda: Opportunities, Challenges, and Way Forward
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Land governance underpins all key aspects of the New Urban Agenda (NUA) which was adopted at the closing plenary of the Habitat III, the United…
Integrating Knowledge Exchange and the Assessment of Dryland Management Alternatives -- A Learning-Centered Participatory Approach
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The adoption of sustainable land management strategies and practices that respond to current climate and human pressures requires both assessment tools that can lead to…
Facilitating Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue to Manage Natural Resource Competition: A Synthesis of Lessons from Uganda, Zambia, and Cambodia
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Rural development or natural resource management program planning and implementation frequently confront challenges of environmental resource competition and conflict, particularly where common pool resources are…
Efficacy of Informal Peace Committees to Peacebuilding: Evidence from Seke District, Zimbabwe
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In recent years, informal peace committees have rapidly made their mark either as precautionary or as response mechanisms to particular conflicts. Their main purpose is…
Design, Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning for Climate Resilience: A Guidance Paper for the Philippines
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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…
Blessing or a Burden? The Impact of Peace Services on Peace and Violence in Nepal
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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,…
Compliance Dynamics in Trans-Boundary Govenance of Natural Resources
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The extent to which resource users abide by rules is a fundamental question in the governance of conservation efforts, such as national parks, often challenged…
Development and Peacebuilding: Disparities, Similarities, and Overlapping Spaces
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The nexus between development and peacebuilding has been highly contested, yet to conflate these two fields of practice is disingenuous. Building on a case study…
Is "Good Enough" Peacebuilding Good Enough? The Potential and Pitfalls of the Local Turn in Peacebuilding in Timor-Leste
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There is a palpable sense of humility within the United Nations and other international institutions regarding peacebuilding. Rather than seeking to implement the liberal peace,…
Southern African Development Community Transfrontier Conservation Areas Monitoring and Evaluation Framework
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The Transfrontier Conservation Areas(TFCAs)Unit of the Directorate for Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources (FANR) of the Southern African Development Community(SADC) Secretariat was tasked to create…
Nick Parker Talks to BBC about Unexpected Impacts of U.S. Conflict Minerals Legislation [Audio]
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Dominic Parker, assistant professor of agricultural and applied economics, is interviewed twice on BBC World News’ Newsday program. The topic of conversation is Parker’s research…
Conflicts over Natural Resources in the Global South: Conceptual Approaches
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Inhabitants of poor, rural areas in the Global South heavily depend on natural resources in their immediate vicinity. Conflicts over and exploitation of these resources…
Mainstreaming Gender in Green Climate Fund Projects: A Practical Manual to Support the Integration of Gender Equality in Climate Change Interventions and Climate Finance
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Climate change is not only one of the greatest environmental and development challenges facing the world today, it is one that will have critical impacts…
Leaving No One Behind: Equality and Non-Discrimination at the Heart of Sustainable Development
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In April 2016, the members of the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination (CEB) committed to put the imperative to eliminate discrimination and…
Conflict-Sensitive Conservation in the Maiko-Tanya-Kahuzi-Biega Landscape
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Conflict-sensitive conservation (CSC) is conservation programming and implementation that takes into account the causes and impacts of conflict and the actors involved in order to…
Monitoring Ecological Change during Rapid Socio-Economic and Political Transitions: Colombian Ecosystems in the Post-Conflict Era
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After more than 50-years of armed conflict, Colombia is now transitioning to a more stable social and political climate due to a series of peace…