Natural Resources and Conflict Report Launch: A Guide for Mediation Practitioners
In an effort to provide mediation professionals with good practicies and actual strategies for using mediation in preventing and resolving conflicts involving land and natural resources. DPA and UNEP have jointly produced this landmark publication.
The guide aims to inform mediators and stakeholders addressing conflicts over natural resources — whether those disagreements are violent, have the potential to turn violent, or are part of a larger political struggle, including within a peace process. It draws on the field experiences of mediators and mediation experts. It also features lessons learned from UNEP’s work on environmental diplomacy in different conflict affected countries, with a particular focus on how to use impartial technical knowledge to equalize stakeholder information in a mediation process. Helping to identify paths towards resolution through mediation and third-party involvement, the Guide can be applied for localized and transboundary conflicts, as well as natural resource disputes that arise in the context of broader peace negotiations.The launch of the DPA-UNEP Guide will take place Thursday, 19 February at 3pm – 4.30pm (followed by a reception) at The International Peace Institute (777 United Nations Plaza, 12th floor)
Please RSVP to: rsvp.yke@formin.fi by Friday, 13 February.