Assessing and restoring natural resources in post-conflict peacebuilding/ Jensen, David [ed.]

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; List of figures and tables; Preface; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Placing environment and natural resource risks, impacts, and opportunities on the post-conflict peace building agenda; Part 1: Post-conflict environmental assessments; Introduction; Evaluating the impact of UNEP's post-conflict environmental assessments; Environment and peace building in war-torn societies: Lessons from the UN Environment Programme's experience with post-conflict assessment; Medical and environmental intelligence in peace and crisis-management operations. Thinking back-end: Improving post-conflict analysis through consulting, adapting to change, and scenario building Part 2: Remediation of environmental hot spots; Introduction; Salting the Earth: Environmental health challenges in post-conflict reconstruction; Remediation of polluted sites in the Balkans, Iraq, and Sierra Leone; The risks of depleted uranium contamination in post-conflict countries: Findings and lessons learned from UNEP field assessments; Linking demining to post-conflict peace building: A case study of Cambodia; Part 3: Restoration of natural resources and ecosystems. Introduction Restoration of damaged land in societies recovering from conflict: The case of Lebanon; Ecological restoration and peace building: The case of the Iraqi marshes; Haiti: Lessons learned and way forward in natural resource management projects; Peace building and adaptation to climate change; Part 4: Environmental dimensions of infrastructure and reconstruction; Introduction; Addressing infrastructure needs in post-conflict reconstruction: An introduction to alternative planning approaches; Mitigating the environmental impacts of post-conflict assistance: Assessing USAID's approach. Challenges and opportunities for mainstreaming environmental assessment tools in post-conflict settings Environmental assessment as a tool for peace building and development: Initial lessons from capacity building in Sierra Leone; Natural resources, post-conflict reconstruction, and regional integration: Lessons from the Marshall Plan and other reconstruction efforts; Making best use of domestic energy sources: The Priority Production System for coal mining and steel production in post-World War II Japan. Road infrastructure reconstruction as a peace building priority in Afghanistan: Negative implications for land rights Evaluating post-conflict assistance; Part 5: Lessons learned; Natural resources and post-conflict assessment, remediation, restoration, and reconstruction: Lessons and emerging issues; Appendices; Appendix 1: List of abbreviations; Appendix 2: Author biographies; Appendix 3: Table of contents for Post-conflict peace building and natural resource management; Index.