Identifying Teaching and Training Tools on Peacebuilding, Fragile States and Natural Resource Management

This blog was originally posted to the State of the Planet blog by Alex Fischer of the Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN). 

On the eve of a new academic year with students returning to campus to begin new courses and degree programs, there is a renewed effort to identify the need for state-of-the-art teaching techniques to address some of the world’s ongoing social, economic and environmental challenges. The Earth Institute at Columbia University hosted a two-day workshop that brought together practitioners, trainers and academics to explore innovative approaches to teaching and training on natural resources management in fragile states and peacebuilding contexts…read the full article at State of the Planet