‘Nature Knows No Boundaries’: The Role of Nature Conservation in Peacebuilding
Publisher: Trends in Ecology & Evolution
Author(s): Alexandre Roulin, Mansour Abu Rashid, Baruch Spiegel, Motti Charter, Amélie N. Dreiss, and Yossi Leshem
Date: 2017
Topics: Cooperation, Renewable Resources
Countries: Israel, Jordan, Palestine
Humanity is facing a biodiversity crisis. To solve environmental problems, we bring people from Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinian Authority to the same table. Conservation efforts are beneficial for all communities and facilitate constructive dialog across divides in conflict zones. This pleads for the integration of nature conservation into peacebuilding interventions.