Conflict-Sensitive Conservation: Lessons from the Global Environment Facility

This book provides an empirically formulated foundation for conflict-sensitive conservation, highlighting seven key case studies and examining how practitioners and sponsoring institutions can plan and implement their projects to avoid or mitigate these issues.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 232 pages
Publication date: 10 August 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This comprehensive book offers an empirical framework for conflict-sensitive conservation, a field that largely relies on anecdotal evidence in the existing literature. In an effort to enhance our understanding of the influence of conflict on the implementation and outcomes of environmental projects, the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Independent Evaluation Office and the Environmental Law Institute conducted an evaluation of GEF support to fragile and conflict-affected contexts. Through a qualitative and quantitative analysis of documents from over 4,000 projects, the research team unveiled a statistically significant negative correlation between a country's Fragile States Index score and the quality of environmental project implementation within that country.

In this book, the evaluation and research team delve into the intricacies of these groundbreaking findings, presenting seven key case studies: Afghanistan, the Albertine Rift, the Balkans, Cambodia, Colombia, Lebanon, and Mali. By incorporating additional research and interviews with GEF project implementation staff, the volume illustrates the pathways through which conflict and fragility frequently impact environmental projects. It also examines how practitioners and sponsoring institutions can strategically plan and execute their projects to mitigate these challenges and seize opportunities to promote peacebuilding through their environmental interventions.

Drawing upon data from 164 countries and territories, this innovative book holds immense appeal to students and scholars of environmental management, conservation, international development, and the rapidly evolving field of environmental peacebuilding. It serves as a valuable resource for practitioners engaged in these critical domains.

The Open Access version of this book, accessible at www.tay, ensures widespread accessibility and dissemination of knowledge to a broader audience.

Weight: 396g
Dimension: 154 x 235 x 17 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032397955