International Organisations

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International Organisations

• Co-operation around environment and security

Fiona Borthwick PhD Candidate, Central European
University, Budapest Lecturer in Environmental
Management, Scottish Agricultural College,
Edinburgh
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Introduction and methods

• Environment and security initiative (ENVSEC)
• Based on 3 years research
• Participant observation, interviews, document
  analysis

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ENVSEC assessment results

• Links between environment and security identified
  by ENVSEC assessments
• Resource distribution - linked to the
  Homer-Dixsonian view of resource scarcity,
  capture and marginalisation
• Environmental mismanagement - such as pollution
  and poor planning
• Vulnerability to environmental change related to
  human security
• Poor governance - including a lack of legal
  instruments at the national and regional level to
  protect against environmental harms or deal with
  them if they arise
• Economic transition the results of economic
  transition on investment in industry and
  infrastructure, and on the question of land
  tenure
• Effects of conflict on the environment land
  mines, depleted uranium, munitions dumps.

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Institutional features of ENVSEC
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Role of ENVSEC in peace building/maintenance
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Role of ENVSEC in peace building/maintenance
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Role of ENVSEC in peace building/maintenance
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Role of ENVSEC in peace building/maintenance
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Role of ENVSEC in peace building/maintenance
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Factors influencing successful co-operation

• Donor push for IOs to co-operate,
• High level support both for co-operation and to
  mainstream the link between environment and
  security,
• High degree of operational overlap between IOs,
• Strong bonds of friendship and trust between mid
  and lower management in IOS