Seminar 8 - Conflict, Corruption, NRM and Poverty Reduction

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This final seminar in the series examines the roles conflict and corruption play in the distribution and management of natural resources that support local populations and lead them out of poverty. Interactions can lead in both directions, as the environment can both experience extreme degradation as a result of warfare and conflict, and be a tool of and catalyst for conflict, as well. Geoff Dabelko, with the Environmental Change and Security Project at the Woodrow Wilson Institute, will speak on Environment, Conflict and Cooperation: From threat to opportunity, looking at the use of environmental dialogue and cooperation as a lifeline to promote peace in times of conflict and tension. Nalin Kishor, with the World Bank, will address how to improve law enforcement and governance for better forest outcomes, looking towards actions that result in reforms to forest policy and lead to more science-based management, as well as means to reduce corruption and improve forest management. Finally, Miguel Schloss, managing partner at DAMConsult, Ltd., will discuss strategic planning, policy, regulatory, and governance issues related to resolving conflict.

Following the panel presentations, there will be an open discussion on themes presented in the seminar.

Presentations

• Geoffrey Dabelko: (5.982MB PPT)

• Nalin Kishor: (773KB PPT)

• Africa Biodiversity Collaborative Group: Conservation and Corruption - Strategies and Tools for Confronting Conservation-Related Corruption in Africa

• Conca, K. and G. Dabelko, ed. 2002. Environmental Peacemaking. Woodrow Wilson Center Press. 200 p.

• Conca, K. and G. Dabelko. 2004. 3rd ed. Green Planet Blues: Environmental Politics from Stockholm to Johannesburg. Westview Press.

• Kishor, N.M., and K.L. Rosenbaum. 2003. Indicators to monitor progress of forest law enforcement and governance initiatives to control illegal practices in the forest sector (657KB PDF). International Forestry Review 5(3):211-218.

• Program on Forests (PROFOR)

• Rosenbaum, K.L. 2005. Tools for Civil Society Action to Reduce Forest Corruption: Drawing lessons from Transparency International (238KB PDF). World Bank Group. Washington, D.C. 34 p.

• Schloss, M. Resolving Conflicts by Building Governance and Transparency (Where the Rubber Hits the Road) (393KB PDF)

• United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). 2004. Understanding Environment, Conflict and Cooperation (2.014MB PDF). Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars. Nairobi, Kenya. 60 p.

• UN Daily News. Issue DH/4353. UN News Centre: “Sustainable forest management can help avert conflicts,” says UN report (264KB PDF).

• USAID Office of Conflict Management and Mitigation. 2004. Land and Conflict: A toolkit for intervention (1.431MB PDF). Washington, DC. 28 p.

• USAID Office of Conflict Management and Mitigation. 2004. Minerals and Conflict: A toolkit for intervention (997KB PDF). Washington, DC. 24 p.

• World Bank. 2004. Sustaining Forests: A development strategy (4.68MB PDF). World Bank Group. Washington, D.C. 99 p.

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