Environment Critical to Peace

WASHINGTON, March 23, 2009 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ ----Civil wars are likely to escalate without a stronger focus on the environment during the peacebuilding process, says a new report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP: undefined, undefined, undefined%), From Conflict to Peacebuilding: The Role of Natural Resources and the Environment. http://postconflict.unep.ch/publications/pcdmb_policy_01.pdf

On Tuesday, March 24, at 6:30 p.m., UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner will discuss the report's implications for conflict prevention and peacekeeping operations: