The Use Of Alternative Dispute Resolution In Environmental And Community Disputes

The escalating global challenge of environmental and community disputes requires innovative conflict resolution strategies. Unregulated industrial activity, particularly resource exploitation, fuels ecological degradation, leading to armed conflict, political instability, and widespread insecurity.¹ Despite international protocols aimed at curbing environmentally damaging practices by states, corporations, and individuals, environmental stress persists, resulting in protracted conflicts and significant loss of life and property.² While developed nations demonstrate progress in regulating industry and holding multinational corporations accountable, many developing countries grapple with a cycle of resource-based conflicts.³