Conflict Prevention, Mediation, & Recovery
As resources become scarce, including due to climate change, it becomes critical that nations work together to share the resources through mediation and resolution, and to prevent conflicts, especially as these conflicts can be due to multi-jurisdictional resources, such as water bodies crossing multiple borders, or localized resources.
There are 54 resources related to Conflict Prevention, Mediation, & Recovery.
Natural Resource Wars in the Shadow of the Future: Explaining Spatial Dynamics of Violence during Civil War
2018
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Journal of Peace Research
Kaisa H. Hinkkainen and Joakim Kreutz
Previous studies on natural resources and civil wars find that the presence of natural resources increases both civil conflict risk and duration. At the same…
Climate Change and Fragility: Improving Early Warning and Climate-Proofing Development and Conflict Interventions (chapter in "Handbook of Fragile States")
2023
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Elgar Handbooks in Political Science
Erin Sikorsky, Francesco Femia, and Brigitte Hugh
Climate change knows no political boundaries, yet political boundaries shape much of the response (or lack of response) to that change. In recent years, rapid…
The Power of Real-World Qualitative Assessments for Addressing Climate Security Risks
2023
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Climate Diplomacy
Hector Morales-Munoz
Qualitative research can uncover hidden drivers and connectors, reveal unintended consequences, and generate contextualised and actionable knowledge by delving into the lived experiences, perceptions, values,…
Violent Natural Resource Conflicts: From Definitions to Prevention
2020
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Stockholm University
Marie K. Schellens
General scientific consensus is growing that natural resources play an important role in violent conflicts. Both scarcity and abundance contribute to violent conflict, depending on…
Climate Security: The Role of Data and Disruptive Technologies for Climate Security
2020
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CGIAR
Alexandra Krendelsberger and Nam Nguyen
A systemic analysis of the role that climate, natural resource and food systems play in conflict and peace is key to design and implement interventions…
Assembling Drones, Activists and Oil Palms: Implications of a Multi-stakeholder Land Platform for State Formation in Myanmar
2020
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European Journal of Development Research
Joan Bastide, Lara Lundsgaard-Hansen, and Stefan Bächtold
Amid Myanmar’s political transition and despite its new government’s discourse of inclusion and dialogue, land conflicts have increased across the country’s ethnic-minority areas. We argue…
Complexity Analysis of Sustainable Peace: Mathematical Models and Data Science Measurements
2019
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New Journal of Physics
L. Liebovitch, P. Coleman, A. Bechhofer, C. Colon, J. Donahue, C. Eisenbach, L. Guzmán-Vargas, D. Jacobs, A. Khan, C Li, D. Maksumov, J Mucia, M. Persaud, M. Salimi, L. Schweiger, and Q. Wang
Peace is not merely the absence of war and violence, rather 'positive peace' is the political, economic, and social systems that generate and sustain peaceful…
Deforestation in Colombian Protected Areas Increased during Post-Conflict Periods
2020
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Scientific Reports
N. Clerici, D. Armenteras, P. Kareiva, R. Botero, J.P. Ramirez-Delgado, G. Forero-Medina, J. Ochoa, C. Pedraza, L. Schneider, C. Lora, C. Gomez, M. Linares, C. Hirashiki, and D. Biggs
Protected areas (PAs) are a foundational and essential strategy for reducing biodiversity loss. However, many PAs around the world exist on paper only; thus, while…
Fair and Equitable Approach Using GIS for Solving the Krishna River Conflict, India
2019
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University of Moratuwa
Siddharth Chaudhary, Durga Prasad Panday, and Duraprasad Panday
Conflict occurs between people in all kinds of human relationships and in all social settings. Because of the wide range of potential differences among people,…
Human Dimensions of Land Use and Land Cover Change Related to Civil Unrest in the Imatong Mountains of South Sudan
2012
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Applied Geography
Virginia Gorsevski, Martha Geores, and Eric Kasischke
Civil unrest disrupts not only the lives of people in the impacted area, but also the environment in ways not well understood. While armed conflict…
The Role of Land Records in Support of Post-Conflict Land Administration: A Case Study of Rwanda in Gasabo District
2014
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University of Twente
Jean Guillaume Manirakiza
Land records in post-conflict land administration are considered as proof of ownership right in land and boundaries. Therefore, this research has classified land records into…
Catalogue of Nature-Based Solutions for Peace
2024
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PAX and UNEP
As the connections between environmental degradation and conflict become increasingly clear, the potential of nature in peacebuilding is more significant than ever. This catalog of Nature-based…
Artificial Intelligence for Climate Security: Possibilities and Challenges
2023
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Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
Kyungmee Kim and Vincent Boulanin
Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI)—largely based on machine learning—offer possibilities for addressing climate-related security risks. AI can, for example, be used for developing disaster…
Artificial Intelligence for Climate Security: Possibilities and Challenges
2023
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SIPRI
Kyungmee Kim and Vincent Boulanin
Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI)—largely based on machine learning—offer possibilities for addressing climate-related security risks. AI can, for example, be used for developing disaster…
Blockchain for Environmental Peacebuilding: Application in Water Management
2023
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Digital Policy, Regulation and Governance
Fariz Huseynov and Jeanene Mitchell
The purpose of this paper is to spur further exploration of blockchain technologies for environmental peacebuilding, specifically through water management. Although the environmental peacebuilding field…
Projecting Long-Term Armed Conflict Risk: An Underappreciated Field of Inquiry?
2022
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Global Environmental Change
Sophie P. de Bruin, Jannis M. Hoch, Nina von Uexkull, Halvard Buhaug, Jolle Demmers, Hans Visser, and Niko Wanders
Little research has been done on projecting long-term conflict risks. Such projections are currently neither included in the development of socioeconomic scenarios or climate change…
Understanding the Nexus of Energy, Environment and Conflict: An Overview
2021
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Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
Samuel W. Kerber, Alexander Q. Gilbert, Mark R. Deinert, and Morgan D. Bazilian
Energy, environment, and conflict are each the subject of significant research efforts. However, their nexus has received relatively little attention, and even less when climatic…
Food and Water Insecurity as Causes of Social Unrest: Evidence from Geolocated Twitter Data
2021
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Journal of Peace Research
Ore Koren, Benjamin E. Bagozzi, and Thomas S. Benson
Research often fails to account for the specific pathways by which climatic factors can cause social unrest. One challenge lies in understanding the distinct effects…
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…
Examining Gender Inequality and Armed Conflict at the Subnational Level
2020
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Journal of Global Security Studies
Erika Forsberg and Louise Olsson
A growing body of quantitative research points to a robust relationship between gender inequality and armed conflict. In order to progress our understanding of this…
Revisiting the Contested Role of Natural Resources in Violent Conflict Risk through Machine Learning
2020
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Sustainability
Marie K. Schellens and Salim Belyazid
The integrated character of the sustainable development goals in Agenda 2030, as well as research in environmental security, flag that sustainable peace requires sustainable and…
Reducing Deforestation through Value Chain Interventions in Countries Emerging from Conflict: The Case of the Colombian Cocoa Sector
2020
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Applied Geography
Augusto Castro-Nunez, Andres Charry, Fabio Castro-Llanos, Janelle Sylvester, and Vincent Bax
Sustainability commitments by private sector actors are emerging as interventions to help reduce global deforestation. Much attention is placed on the forest conservation impact of…
Satellite Imagery in Conflict-Affected Areas: How Technology Can Support WFP Emergency Response
2020
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World Food Programme
Laure Boudinand and Amadou Ibrahim
The past decade has witnessed a boom in the availability of satellite data whether from established space agencies or from the private sector. Unique in…
Experiential Education in the Context of Environmental Peacebuilding: A Case Study of Tejedores de Vida in Colombia
2020
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Malmo University
Romane Boyer
An innovative approach has emerged to consolidate peacebuilding efforts in conflict-affected context using experiential education with an environmental perspective. Yet, little research has explored the…
Yemen’s Disappearing Date Palms: Applied Environmental OSINT
2020
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bellingcat
Wim Zwijnenburg
The lush, idyllic region in Hudaydah, on the west coast of Yemen, featuring wadis and fertile valleys, was a place known for its date palm…
How Big Data and New Technologies Can Advance Climate Security [Audio]
2020
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UN Dispatch
Mark Leon Goldberg
How can data and novel technologies be put to better use in the service of peace building, resilience, and other aspects of climate security? In…
Soils of the Southern Syria – A Big Database for the Future Land Management Planning
2020
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Data in Brief
Safwan Mohammed, Hassan Habib, Haidar Ali, Sami AlHennaw, Samer Kiwan, Samar Ghanem, Karam Alsafadi, Eric C. Brevik, Magboul M. Suleiman, and Endre Harsányi
As non-renewable natural resources, restoring Syrian soil quality is a vital issue for sustainable future planning after conflict ends. The data provided in this research…
Leveraging Water Data in a Machine-Learning Based Model for Forecasting Violent Conflict
2020
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World Resources Institute
Samantha Kuzma, Peter Kerins, Elizabeth Saccoccia, Cayla Whiteside, Hannes Roos, and Charles Iceland
We present a methodology to forecast conflict (defined as organized violence resulting in at least 10 fatalities over a 12-month period) up to a year…
A Transdisciplinary-Based Coupled Approach for Vulnerability Assessment in the Context of Natural Resource-Based Conflicts Using Remote Sensing, Spatial Statistics and Fuzzy Logic Adapted Model
2019
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Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Lawrence Monday Ibeh
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) stated that across the globe, at least 40% of all conflicts in the last 60 years are linked to…
Land Titles and Violent Conflict in Rural Mexico
2020
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Journal of Development Economics
Paul Castaneda Dower and Tobias Pfutze
Better enforcement of property rights reduces the incentives to engage in violent competition over resources. At the same time, greater tenure security may disrupt a…