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Peace parks : conservation and conflict resolution

An analysis of the potential for environmental cooperation in multijurisdictional conservation zones to contribute to political conflict resolution; includes case studies of existing parks and proposals for new ones. Although the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to a Kenyan environmentalist, few have considered whether environmental conservation can contribute to peace-building in conflict zones. Peace Parks explores this question, examining the ways in which environmental cooperation in multijurisdictional conservation areas may help resolve political and territorial conflicts. Its analyses and case studies of transboundary peace parks focus on how the sharing of physical space and management responsibilities can build and sustain peace among countries. The book examines the roles played by governments, the military, civil society, scientists, and conservationists, and their effects on both the ecological management and the potential for peace-building in these areas. Following a historical and theoretical overview that explores economic, political, and social theories that support the concept of peace parks and discussion of bioregional management for science and economic development, the book presents case studies of existing parks and proposals for future parks. After describing such real-life examples as the Selous-Niassa Wildlife Corridor in Africa and the Emerald Triangle conservation zone in Indochina, the book looks to the future, exploring the peace-building potential of envisioned parks in security-intensive spots including the U.S.-Mexican border, the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea, and the Mesopotamian marshlands between Iraq and Iran. With contributors from a variety of disciplines and diverse geographic regions, Peace Parks is not only a groundbreaking book in International Relations but a valuable resource for policy makers and environmentalists. ContributorsDrame-Yaye Aissetou, Saleem H. Ali, Rolf D. Baldus, Charles Besancon, Kent Biringer, Arthur G. Blundell, Niger Diallo Daouda Boubacar, K.C. (Nanda) Cariappa, Charles Chester, Tyler Christie, Sarah Dickinson DeLeon, Bill Dolan, Rosaleen Duffy, Christina Ellis, Wayne Freimund, Stephan Fuller, Rudolf Hahn, Anne Hammill, Bruce Hayden, Ke Chung Kim, Juliette Biao Koudenoukpo, Jason Lambacher, Raul Lejano, Maano Ramutsindela, Michael Schoon, Belinda Sifford, Anna Spenceley, Michelle L. Stevens, Randy Tanner, Yongyut Trisurat, Michele Zebich-Knos
eBook, English, ©2007
MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass., ©2007
1 online resource (xx, 406 pages) : illustrations, maps
9780262266970, 9781429499163, 9781282098701, 9780262012355, 0262266970, 1429499168, 1282098705, 0262012359
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Print version:
Series foreword / Nazli Choucri
Foreword / Julia Marton-Lefèvre
Introduction : A natural connection between ecology and peace? / Saleem H. Ali
Part 1. Environmental peace-building : theories and histories
1. Measuring peace park performance : definitions and experiences / Anne Hammill and Charles Besançon
2. Peace games : theorizing about transboundary conservation / Raul Lejano
3. Peace parks and global politics : the paradoxes and challenges of global governance / Rosaleen Duffy
4. Scaling peace and peacemakers in transboundary parks : understanding glocalization / Maano Ramutsindela
5. Peace parks as social ecological systems : testing environmental resilience in Southern Africa / Anna Spenceley and Michael Schoon
Part 2. Transboundary conservation in action : bioregional management for science and economic development
6. Connecting the world's largest elephant ranges : the Selous-Niassa corridor / Rolf D. Baldus, Rudolf Hahn, Christina Ellis, and Sara Dickinson DeLeon
7. The "W" International Peace Park : transforming conservation and conflict in West Africa / Aissetou Dramé-Yayé, Diallo Daouda Boubacar, and Juliette Koudénoukpo Biao. 8. The Emerald Triangle protected forests complex : an opportunity for regional collaboration on transboundary biodiversity conservation in Indochina / Yongyut Trisurat
9. Conflict avoidance and environmental protection : the Antarctic paradigm / Michele Zebich-Knos
10. The Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park : conservation amidst border security / Randy Tanner, Wayne Freimund, Brace Hayden, and Bill Dolan
Part 3. Peace parks and regional governance regimes : redefining security and realism
11. Bridging conservation across La Frontera : an unfinished agenda for peace parks along the US-Mexico divide / Belinda Sifford and Charles Chester
12. Liberia : securing the peace through parks / Arthur G. Blundell and Tyler Christie
13. Preserving Korea's demilitarized corridor for conservation : a green approach to conflict resolution / Ke Chung Kim
14. Nesting cranes : envisioning a Russo-Japanese peace park in the Kuril Islands / Jason Lambacher
15. The Siachen Peace Park proposal : reconfiguring the Kashmir conflict? / Kent Biringer and Air Marshall K.C. (Nanda) Cariappa
16. Linking Afghanistan with its neighbors through peace parks : challenges and prospects / Stephan Fuller
17. Iraq and Iran in ecological perspective : the Mesopotamian marshes and the Hawizeh-Azim Peace Park / Michelle L. Stevens
18. Conclusion : Implementing the vision of peace parks / Saleem H. Ali
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