Transboundary Waters and Peacebuilding [Infographic]

Publisher: Environmental Law Institute and United Nations Environment Programme

Author(s): ELI and UNEP

Date: 2015

Topics: Cooperation, Renewable Resources

This infographic delves into the peace-keeping abilities of transboundary waters, highlighting which countries are conflict-affected and share a water basin and then illustrating the mechanisms by which peace can be worked towards. It aims to get away from the notion of conflict and instead show the peacekeeping capacities of transboundary waters through statistics, graphs, maps and mechanisms

This infographic was produced in collaboration with students from Dickinson College.

Source

Weinthal, Erika, Jessica Troell, and Mikiyasu Nakayama, eds. Water and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY: Earthscan, from Routledge, 2013.