Environmental Peacebuilding Events

March 2013: 

Inaugural Al Moumin Lecture on Environmental Peacebuilding Launched at American University

On March 19, UCLA Political Science Prof. Michael L. Ross delivered the inaugural Al Moumin Distinguished Lecture on Environmental Peacebuilding, which was hosted by the Environmental Law Institute (ELI), American University’s School of International Service, and the United Nations Environment Programme. More than 80 people attended the event held at American University. The annual lecture series is named for Mishkat Al Moumin, Iraq’s first Minister of Environment, a human rights and environment lawyer, and a Visiting Scholar at ELI. Click here to view the press release.

February 2013:

Book Launch:  Land and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding (edited by Jon Unruh and Rhodri Williams)

November 2012:

Book Launch:  Assessing and Restoring Natural Resources In Post-Conflict Peacebuilding (edited by David Jensen and Stephen Lonergan).

June 2012:

Sustainable Management of Natural Resources to Support Post-Conflict Peacebuilding
June 18, 2012, 10:00 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Organized by the Environmental Law Institute, the United Nations Environment Programme, the University of Tokyo, and McGill University United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

View  CCTV coverage of the event. (Coverage is in Chinese and starts at minute 32.

April 2012:

Making Environmental Law and Natural Resource Management Work: The Findings of the Post Conflict Natural Resource Management (PCNRM) Project
April 3, 2012
Monrovia, Liberia 

From Resource Curse to Prosperity: Lessons in Post-Conflict Peacebuilding and Natural Resource Management
April 24, 2012
UN Department of Political Affairs
New York, USA

Experiences from Post-Conflict Peacebuilding and Natural Resource Management: Lessons for Bolstering Mediation and Transparency
April 24, 2012
Finnish Mission to the United Nations
New York, USA

View the press release for these events here. 

Identifying Lessons for Natural Resource Management in Post-Conflict Peacebuilding Conference
April 25, 2012, 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Columbia University
New York, USA

Natural Resource Management in Peacebuilding Contexts: A Workshop on Teaching and Training Approaches
April 26 to April 27, 2012
Columbia University
New York, USA

May 2012:

Workshop on Using Post-Conflict Natural Resource Management Research Outputs for Education and Training
May 24, 2012, 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Organized by the Environmental Law Institute (ELI) and the University of Tokyo
Tokyo, Japan

Training Course: Introduction to Post-Conflict Natural Resource Management and Peacebuilding
May 25, 2012, 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Organized by Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development (FASID), Environmental Law Institute (ELI), and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Tokyo, Japan

March 2012:

Making Environmental Law and Natural Resource Management Work: The Findings of the Post Conflict Natural Resource Management (PCNRM) Project
March 27, 2012
Freetown, Sierra Leone

Technical Briefing on Post-Conflict Peacebuilding and Natural Resource Management
March 29, 2012
Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire