Definition Of Environmental Peacebuilding
Civil Peace Service
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Abstract: This cross-continental reflection defines environmental peacebuilding (EnvPB) through lived experience narratives from Kenya, Colombia, Palestine, Bolivia, and others. Rather than a single definition, it presents EnvPB as a dynamic process integrating human-nature relationships, spiritual land connections, and sociopolitical systems. Indigenous knowledge, pastoralist values, community agency, and nature's role as connector are emphasized. Kenyan contributions focus on land conflict, sacred forest stewardship, and climate migration. The report champions ancestral land relationships, ecological justice, and participatory governance. Through collective storytelling, EnvPB is reframed as multi-dimensional ? embedding equity, sustainability, and resilience in post-conflict ecological restoration.