Human Rights-Based and Conflict Sensitive Approaches in Forestry – Cases From Myanmar and Indonesia (A Road to Geneva Event)

Dec 10, 2020 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN and Environmental Peacebuilding Association Forest Interest Group
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This event was recorded and can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d38PFL7MALA&feature=emb_title

Natural resources are one of a country’s most critical assets for peacebuilding. Land, forests, minerals, oil, water, and other resources are the foundations for livelihoods of local people as well as for national economies. They provide jobs for reintegrating former combatants and efforts to address corruption and improve governance often focus on natural resources and their revenues. Environmental peacebuilding integrates natural resource management in conflict prevention, mitigation, resolution, and recovery to build resilience in communities affected by conflict. Hence, environmental peacebuilding contributes to the development of strategies to support inclusive security, humanitarian, and development objectives.

To share experiences and lessons from managing natural resources in conflict-affected settings and to discuss new research on the topic, FAO and EnPax will host a webinar on “Human Rights-based Approaches and Conflict Sensitivity - Cases of Forest Monitoring and Management from Myanmar and Indonesia”. Held on the occasion of the Human Rights Day, the event will provide a unique platform for panellists and participants to share information and raise awareness about the importance of conflict and gender-sensitive approaches for development while expanding the network of people working/interested in environmental peacebuilding and conflict-sensitive development approaches.

FIG and FAO will initiate the event with three presentations followed by an open discussion: 

Register Here: https://fao.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ibInilcGTf6hk99Fd_AEqw

When: 1:00 PM CET/ 7:00 AM EST