Assessing and Restoring Natural Resources In Post-Conflict Peacebuilding

ISBN-13: 9781849712347 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 536 str.

Stephen C Lonergan

Opis

Violent conflict invariably disrupts people's livelihoods, the natural environment, social and political institutions, and the economy at all levels. Restoring peace and rebuilding society can be arduous, but immediate action at the cessation of conflict is essential. From the outset, assessments must identify needs, estimate costs, prioritize interventions, and develop a plan for recovery and reconstruction. This book examines how conflicts degrade natural resources and addresses the consequences for human health, livelihoods, and security. It reviews lessons learned from remediating environmental hotspots, restoring damaged ecosystems, and reconstructing environmental services and infrastructure. Future peacebuilding efforts will benefit from these experiences and frameworks. This book provides a concise theoretical and practical framework for policymakers, researchers, practitioners, and students. 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.

Spis treści

Foreword  Placing Environment and Natural Resource Risks, Impacts, and Opportunities on the Post-Conflict Peacebuilding Agenda  Part 1: Post-Conflict Environmental Assessments  Introduction 1. Evaluating the Impact of UNEP’s Post-Conflict Environmental Assessments  2. Environment and Peacebuilding in War-torn Societies: Lessons from the UN Environment Programme’s Experience with Post-Conflict Assessment  3. Medical and Environmental Intelligence in Peace and Crisis-Management Operations  4. Thinking Back-end: Improving Post-Conflict Analysis through Consulting, Adapting to Change, and Scenario Building  Part 2: Remediation of Environmental Hot Spots  Introduction  5. Salting the Earth: Environmental Health Challenges in Post-Conflict Reconstruction  6. Remediation of Polluted Sites in the Balkans, Iraq, and Sierra Leone  7. The Risks of Depleted Uranium Contamination in Post-Conflict Countries: Findings and Lessons learned from UNEP Field Assessments  8. Linking Demining to Post-Conflict Peacebuilding: A Case Study of Cambodia  Part 3: Restoration of Natural Resources and Ecosystems  Introduction  9. Restoration of Damaged Land in Societies Recovering from Conflict: The Case of Lebanon  10. Ecological Restoration and Peacebuilding: The Case of the Iraqi Marshes  11. Haiti: Lessons Learned and Way Forward in Natural Resource Management Projects  12. Peacebuilding and Adaptation to Climate Change  Part 4: Environmental Dimensions of Infrastructure and Reconstruction  Introduction  13. Addressing Infrastructure Needs in Post-Conflict Reconstruction: An Introduction to Alternative Planning Approaches  14. Mitigating the Environmental Impacts of Post-Conflict Assistance: Assessing USAID's Approach  15. Challenges and Opportunities for Mainstreaming Environmental Assessment Tools in Post-Conflict Settings  16. Environmental Assessment as a Tool for Peacebuilding and Development: Initial Lessons from Capacity Building in Sierra Leone  17. Natural Resources, Post-Conflict Reconstruction, and Regional Integration: Lessons from the Marshall Plan and other Regional Reconstruction Efforts  18. Making Best use of Domestic Energy Sources: The Priority Production System for Coal Mining and Steel Production in Post–World War II Japan  19. Road Infrastructure Reconstruction as a Peacebuilding Priority in Afghanistan: Negative Implications for Land Rights  20. Evaluating Post-Conflict Assistance  Part 5: Lessons Learned  21. Natural Resources and Post-Conflict Restoration, Remediation, and Reconstruction: Lessons and Way Forward