Environment, Peacebuilding and Transitional Justice: Southern Africa

Jun 30, 2021 | Bosch Alumni Network in partnership with the Environmental Peacebuilding Association
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Across communities and societies that have experienced conflicts where natural resources have been one of the factors, we find an undeniable link between the protection of the environment and the resources in question, and the protection of civilians. Damaged livelihoods that depend on the very environment and its resources for survival require rehabilitation and restoration as much as the human society requires rehabilitation and restoration.

Thus, this calls for the diverse actors involved in post conflict societies to adopt environmentally sensitive approaches in their initiatives. Mechanisms that are established to support stabilization and transition, including transitional justice mechanisms in their diversity, can no longer over look this nexus between environment, peace and stability.

These webinars will thus discuss matters relating to conflicts, environment, natural resources and transitional justice in the various African regions.

Panelists: 

Shamiso Mtisi: Shamiso Mtisi is the Deputy Director at the Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association and the global Coordinator of the Kimberley Process Civil Society Coalition that monitors trade of conflict diamonds around the world. Shamiso has 19 years of working, research, and advocacy experience in the extractive, mining and natural resources sector. 

Gloria Majiga Kamoto: Gloria Majiga Kamoto is a Programme Manager at the Center for Environmental Policy and Advocacy in Malawi. In 2021, she was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize, an environmental grassroots activist award for her role in reducing plastic waste in Malawi.

When: Jun 30, 2021 09:00 - 11:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Please find the recording here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfrT8kkxXDE&feature=youtu.be