Environment and peacebuilding in war-torn societies: Lessons from the UN environment programme’s experience with post-conflict assessment

Assessing and Restoring Natural Resources in Post-Conflict Peacebuilding

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 63-84

  Conca, Ken ^a   Wallace, Jennifer ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Harrison Program on the Future Global Agenda   (United States)

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EID: 84908111230     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203550199     Document Type: Chapter

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