Weinthal has studied environmental and natural resource governance in various world regions, including the
Middle East,
North Africa and
Central Asia. She has cooperated with the
United Nations Environment Programme to analyse the role of natural resources in post-conflict
peacebuilding. In particular, she showed how access to water can help to rebuild livelihoods and address grievances after
civil wars, while inadequate water management can fuel political tensions and undermine
peace. Together with Jeannie Sowers, Weinthal has collected data on attacks on food, water and health infrastructure in
Syria and
Yemen,
Gaza and the
West Bank, and
Libya. She shows that such attacks are increasing in frequency and are used by civil war parties to punish civilian populations, cause disruptions in enemy territory, and gain control over valuable resources. Recovering such infrastructure will be key to post-conflict
environmental peacebuilding. Weinthal formerly edited the journal
Global Environmental Politics She also served as the founding Vice-President and is currently the President of the Environmental Peacebuilding Association. ==References==