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Why Can’t We All Just Get Along? Voices from Conservation Frontlines

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Trends in scientific data show environmental degradation and natural resource competition are increasing and these pressures are particularly intense in fragile and conflict affected countries. This session will offer case studies, lessons learned, and good practices for increasing conflict sensitivity and social and environmental sustainabilility.
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This session will provide an interactive, learning opportunity centered on the importance of integrating conflict and peace issues into landscape management and natural resources governance in order to ensure healthy ecosystems and promote human well-being. The session panelists will discuss how conflict sensitivity (CS) aides in addressing some of the issues outlined in the conference themes including forest conservation, water resource management and biodiversity conservation. The panel of NGO and community-based conservation and peacebuilding practitioners, industry representatives, and governmental personnel will share experiences, lessons and recommendations from their field-based conservation activities in Kenya, Colombia, and Papua New Guinea. Multiple perspectives about social conflicts will create dialogue between the key sectors that are critical to effective conservation and development. Opportunities for increasing skills in environmental peacebuilding will be discussed.

Session agenda

Moderator

Ms Janet EDMOND

Senior Director, Peace and Development Partnerships,
Conservation International
United States of America

welcome
11:00 - 12:30

Speaker

Mr Carl BRUCH

Director, International Programs,
Environmental Law Institute
United States of America

Overview of the Association and opportunities for engaging conservation and peacebuilding community in conflict sensitivity
11:00 - 12:30

Francine MADDEN

Executive Director,
Center for Conservation Peacebuilding (CPeace)
United States of America

Case study on conflict transformation
11:00 - 12:30

Hesta GROENEWALD

Associate Consultant,
PeaceNexus Foundation
France

Importance of conflict sensitivity agenda from a peacebuilding perspective
11:00 - 12:30

Ms Janet EDMOND

Senior Director, Peace and Development Partnerships,
Conservation International
United States of America

Introduction to peacebuilding topics
11:00 - 12:30

Joshua FISHER

Research Scientist,
United States of America

Case study on Papua New Guinea or Colombian Amazon based on research-practice initiatives that were conducted by scientists at the Earth Institute in partnership with policymakers and local stakeholders
11:00 - 12:30

Dr Juha SIIKAMAKI

Chief Economist,
IUCN
United States of America

Review of progress on IUCN Flagship report on Conflict, Migration and Nature and examples of conflict sensitivity outcomes
11:00 - 12:30

  • Conservation International [United States of America]
  • IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic, and Social Policy (CEESP)

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