Assessing and Restoring Natural Resources In Post-Conflict Peacebuilding
Edited by David Jensen ,  Steve Lonergan
Paper: 978 1 84971 234 7
Price: $84.95  

Publisher: Earthscan Publications Ltd.
February 2011 , 352 pp., 6 1/4" x 9 1/4"
Series: Peacebuilding and Natural Resources
Violent conflict invariably disrupts people's livelihoods, the natural environment, social and political institutions, and the economy at all levels. Restoring peace and rebuilding society can be arduous, but immediate action at the cessation of conflict is essential. From the outset, assessments must identify needs, estimate costs, prioritize interventions, and develop a plan for recovery and reconstruction. This book examines how conflicts degrade natural resources and addresses the consequences for human health, livelihoods, and security. It reviews lessons learned from remediating environmental hotspots, restoring damaged ecosystems, and reconstructing environmental services and infrastructure. Future peacebuilding efforts will benefit from these experiences and frameworks. This book provides a concise theoretical and practical framework for policymakers, researchers, practitioners, and students.

Assessing and Restoring Natural Resources in Post-Conflict Peacebuilding is part of a global initiative to identify and analyze lessons in post-conflict peacebuilding and natural resource management. The project has generated six volumes of case studies and analyses, with contributions by practitioners, policymakers, and researchers. Other volumes address high-value resources, land, water, livelihoods, and governance.

Table of Contents:
Acknowledgements
List of Figures and Tables
List of Acronyms
Foreword
Preface

Part I: Assessment
Post-Conflict Environmental Impact Assessment - Tools, Approaches, and Challenges; Moving from Environmental Assessments to Addressing Risks and Building Capacity: UNEP's Lessons Learned over 10 Years of Post-Conflict Operations; The Risks of Depleted Uranium Contamination in Post-Conflict Countries: Findings and Lessons Learned from UNEP Field Assessments

Part II: Remediation
Post-Conflict Construction and the Problems of Preexisting Hazardous Waste in Palestine; Remediation of Polluted Sites from Iraq, the Balkans, and Gaza

Part III: Restoration of Natural Resources
Restoration of Damaged Land in Post-Conflict Societies: The Case of Lebanon; From Restoration to Reconciliation in the Iraqi Marshes; Restoring Water Resource Management in the Iraqi Marshlands; De-mining and Access to Resources in Cambodia

Part IV: Infrastructure and Reconstruction
Investing in Infrastructure for Post-Conflict Recovery; Making Best Use of Domestic Energy Sources: Priority Production System for Coal Mining in Post World War II Japan; Natural Resources, Post-Conflict Reconstruction, and Regional Integration: Lessons from the Marshall Plan, Central America, and the Former Yugoslavia; The Role of Infrastructure (Re)development in Land-Based Resource Access and Use in Afghanistan; Utilizing Natural Resource Management to Green Post-Conflict Recovery and Reconstruction; Post-Tsunami Aceh: Successful Peacemaking, Uncertain Peacebuilding; Reconstructing Health: Lessons and Recommendations for Environmental Risks in Post-Conflict Regions

Part V: Lessons Learned and Way Forward
Natural Resources and Post-Conflict Restoration, Remediation, and Reconstruction

Appendix I: Glossary of Terms
Appendix II: Contributor Biographies
Appendix III: Tables of Contents for the Series
Index