Assessment
Conflict-Sensitive Business Practice: Towards the Integration of Conflict Assessment and Prevention in Extractive Industry Practice
2004
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R. Goldwyn and J. Switzer
For oil, gas and mining companies operating in areas of potential or open conflict, there are clear bottom-line and ethical drivers compelling them to manage…
Land and Conflict
2005
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USAID
UNEP in Haiti: 2010 Year in Review
2011
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UNEP
“The massive earthquake that hit Haiti on 12 January 2010 left in its wake a plethora of environmental problems to compound the devastation and human…
Sudan: Post-Conflict Environmental Assessment
2007
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UNEP
"In January 2005, the Sudanese Government and the Sudan People’s Liberation Army signed a Comprehensive Peace Agreement, putting an end to twenty-two years of continuous…
Sierra Leone: Environment, Conflict and Peacebuilding Assessment
2010
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UNEP
“In Sierra Leone, the environmental causes and consequences of war have been prominent for the past 20 years. Inequitable benefits-sharing of natural resource wealth was…
Rwanda: From Post-Conflict to Environmentally Sustainable Development
2011
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UNEP
“More than a decade after the war and genocide of 1990-1994, Rwanda today is a resurgent nation that is stable, engaged in pursuing innovative reconciliation…
Post-Conflict Environmental Assessment – FYR of Macedonia
2000
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UNEP
“During the past ten years, Southeastern Europe has experienced upheaval and instability. Conflicts were fought, and communities divided. Many fled their homes and their countries…
Post-Conflict Environmental Assessment – Albania
2000
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UNEP
“In the aftermath of conflict lie opportunities for regeneration. During the past ten years, South Eastern Europe has experiences upheaval and instability. Conflicts were fought,…
Lebanon: Post-conflict Environmental Assessment
2007
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UNEP
“The conflict in Lebanon and in Israel, which began on 12 July 2006 and ended on 14 August with a ceasefire under UN Security Council…
The Kosovo Conflict: Consequences for the Environment and Human Settlements
1999
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UNEP, UNCHS (Habitat)
“Perhaps the most endangered natural resource in times of war is truth. This became very evident during the Kosovo Conflict When the Rambouillet accord failed…
Livelihoods, Power and Choice: The Vulnerability of the Northern Rizaygat, Darfur, Sudan
2009
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Helen Young, Abdal Monium Osman, Ahmed Malik Abusin, Michael Asher, and Omer Egemi (UNEP and Tufts University)
“Livelihoods in Darfur are intimately linked to the conflict, none more so than the livelihoods of the Northern Rizaygat—a group of Arabic- speaking, camel-herding nomads…
History of Environmental Change in the Sistan Basin – Based on Satellite Image Analysis: 1976 - 2005
2006
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UNEP
“The Sistan area is located at the tail end of a large closed inland (endorheic) basin, in one of the driest regions of the world.…
Environmental Assessment of the Gaza Strip Following the Escalation of Hostilities in December 2008 – January 2009
2009
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UNEP
“The Gaza Strip has been a theatre of conflict for decades. Each of these conflicts has left its mark, and over time, a significant environmental…
Environmental Assessment of Ogoniland
2011
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UNEP
“Covering around 1,000 km2 in Rivers State, southern Nigeria, Ogoniland has been the site of oil industry operations since the late 1950s. Ogoniland has a…
Desk Study on the Environment in the Occupied Palestinian Territories
2003
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UNEP
“The Middle East is a meeting point of many escalating environmental threats. This is particularly the case in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Long-term environmental degradation…
Desk Study on the Environment in Liberia
2004
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UNEP
“In Liberia, direct linkages are apparent between environment and security, as well as between environment and development. Poor management and overexploitation of Liberia’s natural resources…
Desk Study on the Environment in Iraq
2003
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UNEP
“This Desk Study has been prepared by UNEP as a contribution to tackling the immediate post-conflict humanitarian situation in Iraq, and the subsequent rebuilding of…
The Democratic Republic of the Congo: Post-Conflict Environmental Assessment – Synthesis for Policy Makers
2011
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UNEP
“Since the 2002 peace accords, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has been emerging from a long period of State decline and protracted crisis,…
Assessment of Energy, Water and Waste Reduction Options for the Proposed AMISOM HQ Camp in Mogadishu, Somalia and the Support Base in Mombasa, Kenya
2010
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UNEP, DFS, UNOSA
“The Environmental Policy for UN Field Missions, applying to both the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) and the Department of Field Support (DFS), came into…
Afghanistan: Post-Conflict Environmental Assessment
2003
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UNEP
”In the capital of Afghanistan there is a saying: May Kabul be without gold than without snow. For most of the country’s people e land,…
Land and Conflict
2012
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EU-UN Partnership on Land and Natural Resource Conflicts
“The role of land and natural resources in conflict is attracting increased international attention. The changing nature of violent conflict, combined with long-term demographic, economic…
Capacity Inventory
2010
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EU-UN Partnership on Land and Natural Resource Conflicts
“The following presents an investigation of available capacities for the Consensual and Sustainable Management of Land and Natural Resources within the UN system. This analysis…