concerns and instigate local conflict. The more sustainably a peace operation can deploy,
the more this can contribute to conflict prevention instead of exacerbating a situation.
Event Description.
This lesson is primarily based on:
“Greening Peacekeeping: The Environmental Impact of UN Peace Operations,” L.
Maertens and M. Shoshan, International Peace Institute (IPI), Providing for
Peacekeeping No. 17, (April 2018). Found at:
https://www.ipinst.org/2018/04/greening-peacekeeping-the-environmental-impact-of-
un-peace-operations
“Environmental Good Practice: 2017 Implementation of the DFS Environment
Strategy in Field Missions,” Department of Field Support, UN Field Support,
(November 2017). Found at:
https://peacekeeping.un.org/sites/default/files/171117_environmental_strategy_good
_practices.pdf
Other useful resources include:
“DFS Environment Strategy,” UN Dept of Field Support, (April 2017). Found at:
http://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/publications/UNDFS_Environment_Strategy_Exe
cSum_vF.pdf
“Greening the Blue Helmets: Environment, Natural Resources and UN Peace-
keeping Operations,” UN Environment Programme (UNEP), (2012). Found at:
http://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/publications/UNEP_greening_blue_helmets.pdf
Lesson Author: Katrina Gehman, Lessons Learned Analyst (Ctr), PKSOI.
3. CONCLUSION
The lessons in this publication offer recommendations from researchers, analysts, and
peacekeeping practitioners to address various complexities. Key among them:
For protecting peacekeepers against an array of asymmetric threats:
o improve and integrate information and intelligence gathering and
sharing within missions before deployment and at the tactical level
especially during operations
o provide equipment and training appropriate to the operational environ-
ment; for example, consider IED-resistant vehicles, counter-IED and IED
awareness training, and counterinsurgency training
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