TOOLS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PEACEBUILDERS
Marvin S.
Soroos
Abstract
Scholars and activists promoting peace and environmental values have tended to work independently of
one another, even though their goals and agendas are interrelated.
Inspired by Chadwick...
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TOOLS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PEACEBUILDERS
Marvin S.
Soroos
Abstract
Scholars and activists promoting peace and environmental values have tended to work independently of
one another, even though their goals and agendas are interrelated.
Inspired by Chadwick Alger’s
metaphor of a tool chest for peacebuilders, this article proposes twenty-four tools for environmental
peacebuilding.
These tools are organized into four categories (or drawers): (a) international law, (b)
international governmental organizations (IGOs), (c) concepts and principles, and (d) non-governmental
organizations (NGOs) and global civil society.
Collectively, they can contribute to peace not only by
ameliorating resource scarcities and environmental stresses that may lead to violent conflict, but also by
fostering cooperative relations among IGOs, national governments, and non-governmental groups, while
addressing environmental related social injustices.
Introduction
Peace and ecological well-being are mutually reinfo
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