Nature in action for peace: challenges and opportunities to address environmental dimensions of conflict through nature-based solutions
This issue of perspectives, looks at how using Nature-based Solutions (NbS) and broader nature-positive approaches can minimize and mitigate negative impacts on the environment, and how it can be an instrument for conflict prevention. The improved understanding of the environmental dimensions of armed conflict and their link with peace and security raises the question of how to address such impacts. In response to the growing awareness that environmental, climatic and societal challenges require integrated approaches, the recent introduction of the Nature-based Solutions (NbS) framework has gained momentum. Though environmental degradation from military activities and environmentally harmful coping mechanisms of local and displaced communities can be broad and complex, the use of NbS and broader nature-positive approaches, bring the potential to minimise and mitigate direct impacts and can be an instrument for conflict prevention through shared natural resource management.
