Books


This page includes links to key open-access books on environmental peacebuilding produced by the Environmental Peacebuilding Association and/or the Environmental Law Institute.

The first six books are the product of an initiative between ELI, UNEP, McGill University, and the University of Tokyo (published by Routledge). The books include 150 case studies and other analyses from 60 conflict-affected countries and territories, written by 225 researchers, practitioners, and decision makers from around the world. The books can be purchased online by clicking the links below. In addition, the individual chapters are available for download from this website.

For a complete list of all chapters/case studies, please click here. To search for a specific chapter/case study, please click here.

There are 7 resources in the library.

Conflict-Sensitive Conservation

2023 | Routledge
Carl Bruch, Geeta Batra, Anupam Anand

In recent years, rapid growth in practice and scholarship at the intersection of environment, conflict, and peace has given rise to the new field of…


Governance, Natural Resources, and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding

2016 | Routledge
Carl Bruch, Carroll Muffett, Sandra S. Nichols

Negotiating peace agreements, implementing humanitarian assistance, and developing legal frameworks are a few of the key issues involved in post-conflict natural resource management. What, indeed,…


Livelihoods, Natural Resources, and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding

2015 | Routledge
Helen Young, Lisa Goldman

In developing countries around the world, local natural resources – such as charcoal, wildlife, and fisheries – have strong microeconomic and cultural importance. So vital…


Water and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding

2014 | Routledge
Erika Weinthal, Jessica Troell, Mikiyasu Nakayama

Water is a basic human need, and the provision of safe water is thus among the highest priorities during post-conflict recovery and peacebuilding. Water, sanitation,…


Land and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding

2013 | Routledge
Jon Unruh, Rhodri C. Williams

Claims to land and territory are often a cause of conflict, and land issues present some of the most contentious problems for post-conflict peacebuilding. Among…