Photographer Jason Houston is curating an exhibition for the First International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding. Environmental stresses and related conflicts have created global humanitarian crises that have displaced 65 million people. Grievances over land and valuable natural resources both drive and fund global conflicts; since 1989, more than 35 major armed conflicts were funded by the extraction of resources as diverse as diamonds and timber, cocoa and coca, and ivory and marble. While the environment is a silent victim of many conflicts, it can also serve as the foundation of peace, as post-conflict recovery relies on natural resources to support livelihoods, enhance economic recovery, and reintegrate excombatants. Resources can also provide incentives and opportunities for communities to build trust. This conference will host hundreds of diverse and passionate leaders, practitioners, and researchers from around the globe to expand intersectional dialogue in the emerging — and critically important — field of environmental conflict and peacebuilding.

Note: There is no limit to how many times you may enter.

For complete details, please visit the conference website (will open in a new tab).

Fishermen, Mozambique © Jason houston