Sustainable Development Law and Policy: Exploring How Today´s Development Affects Future Generations Around the Globe Corporate author Washington College of Law Date 2011 Source IUCN (ID: MON-088296) Publisher | Place of publication American University, Washington College of Law | Washington, USA Pages 72 p. Document type Article in periodical Language English Field of application International Subject Environment gen., Mineral resources Keyword Minerals Water rights Access right Mining Abstract In This Issue: Natural Resource Conflicts 4 | Introductory Comments: The Pervasive, Persistent, and Profound Links Between Conflict and the Environment by Carroll Muffett and Carl Bruch 7 | Natural Resources Conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: A Question of Governance? by Clementine Burnley 13 | Bankrupting Peace Spoilers: What Role for UN Peacekeepers? by Philippe Le Billon 19 | High-value Natural Resources: A Blessing or a Curse for Peace? by Päivi Lujala and Siri Aas Rustad 24 | Liquid Challenges: Contested Water in Central Asia by Christine Bichsel 32 | Natural Resource “Conflicts” in the U.S. Southwest: A Story of Hype Over Substance by Laura Peterson, Jay C. Lininger, Marty Bergoffen, Bill Snape, and Curt Bradley 37 | Cuban Offshore Drilling: Preparation and Prevention Within the Framework of the United States’ Embargo by Richard Sadowski 41 | Threats to a Sustainable Future: Water Accumulation and Conflict in Latin America by Rutgerd Boelens, Mourik Bueno de Mesquita, Antonio Gaybor and Francisco Peña 46 | Collaboration and the Ecology of Democracy by Daniel Kemmis and Matthew McKinney Website www.wcl.american.edu