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Supporting Environmental Recovery to Strengthen Stability
Conflicts and disasters go hand in hand with environmental degradation. At least 18 violent conflicts have been fuelled by the exploitation of natural resources since 1990. In addition, fewer than 25 percent of peace agreements for resource-related conflicts deal with natural resources. Many regions lack the tools to address the damage to their surroundings, which has a lasting affect on peace, stability and resource security.
To fill these voids, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) created the Post-Conflict & Disaster Management Branch (PCDMB). This branch creates and strengthens management capacities and programs in regions such as post-conflict Lebanon, disaster-affected Maldives and war-torn Sudan.
For example, in 2007, UNEP's Post-Conflict & Disaster Management Branch established the Sudan Program, dedicated to building peace and stability in the country and tackling issues like water, timber and energy resource management. The Sudan Program, one of many created by UNEP, also provides post-conflict environmental assessments and aid to the Darfur region for conflict resolution, recovery and development.
In 2008, UNEP formally established a comprehensive environmental recovery programme in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) with the aim of assessing the current state of the environment and natural resource management in the country.
UNEP has undertaken post-conflict assessment in Liberia, Iraq, Rwanda, Lebanon and others.
For more information, please visit http://www.unep.org/conflictsanddisasters/
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