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Preface This book was the product of a workshop titled Reflections on Resource Scarcity and Degradation: Conflict, Cooperation, and the Environment, which took place at Florida International University (FIU) as part of the Ruth K. and Shepard Broad Educational Series. Inspired by the rich literature (both policy and academic) that considers the relationship between resource scarcity and international conflict, the workshop’s goal was to explore how scarcity, environmental degradation, and environmental change may also be a catalyst for cooperation across a number of natural resources and transboundary environmental issues. The workshop, which was convened on November 17, 2006, and sponsored by the Shepard Broad Foundation Inc. and the Jack D. Gordon Institute for Public Policy and Citizenship Studies, brought together a team of scholars, and originally featured the topics of climate change as well as freshwater, fisheries, and oceans pollution. Additional sessions considered the general relationship between scarcity and cooperation, the linkage between international negotiation and environmental cooperation , and the role of environmental cooperation in promoting peace. The papers presented at the workshop constituted the initial chapters for this edited volume. Other chapters were subsequently solicited from experts in the field based on the theme of the workshop. We are grateful to a number of individuals who provided invaluable feedback on the individual chapters or the workshop in general. They include Scott Barrett, Dag Herald Claes, Geoff Dabelko, Mark Giordano , Peter Jacques, Gordon Munro, David Simpson, Gunnar Sjöstedt, Marvin Soroos, John Tilton, and Kenneth Wilkening. We are also grateful to the three anonymous reviewers for their comments and suggestions on the manuscript. Likewise, we would like to thank Clay Morgan and the entire MIT editorial team for all their help. x Preface Our gratitude also goes to Jan Solomon and Monalisa Gangopadhyay (two hardworking graduate students) for providing logistical support for the workshop. Several FIU faculty and staff also deserve special thanks for their support of the workshop, including David Bray, John Clark, François Debrix, Sarah Mahler, Michael McClain, Brian Fonseca, George Philippidis, Lisa Prügl, John Stack, and Mark Szuchman. ...

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