Building Peace through Principle: 10 Access Rights and the Prevention of Environmental Conflict
Publisher: Quaker United Nations Office
Author(s): Ellie Roberts and Alexandra Pluss Encarnacion
Date: 2015
Topics: Conflict Prevention, Governance
Countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Honduras, Mexico, Peru
In Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), as elsewhere in the world, factors such as resource degradation, competing claims on resources and different understandings of resource use pose challenges to effective environmental management. The development of a LAC regional framework for the application of Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development creates an opportunity to provide a rightsbased response to these challenges in pursuit of sustainable development. By increasing transparency, inclusivity and participation in decision making processes, this framework will also make an important contribution to preventing destructive conflict relating to the environment.