Greening the blue helmets: Environment, natural resources and UN peacekeeping operations (UNEP, DPKO & DFS, 2012)

Greening the blue helmets: Environment, natural resources and UN peacekeeping operations (UNEP, DPKO & DFS, 2012)
This report shows that peacekeeping operations not only have important natural resource implications, as well as significant impacts on the environment, but also that natural resources are often a fundamental aspect of conflict resolution, livelihoods and confidence-building at the local level.
Other Projects

Cutting our Losses? Reducing the Illegal Trade in Natural Resources (IISD 2004)
NATURE
Since independence, the self-governing nations of Melanesia – Papua New The illegal trade of natural resources, such as wildlife and tropical…

Aiding or Abetting? Dilemmas of foreign aid and political instability in Melanesia (IISD, 2005)
AIDE
Since independence, the self-governing nations of Melanesia – Papua New Guinea (PNG), the Solomon Islands, Fiji and Vanuatu – have…

Regional Trade Agreements and conflict: Promoting conflict or building peace (IISD, 2005)
DÉVELOPPEMENT
Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) have become defining features of the modern economy and a powerful force for globalization. By the…