Expanding Peace Ecology collects peer-reviewed chapters by scholars from Australia, Canada, Germany, Japan, Mexico, Nigeria and the USA that were presented to the Ecology and Peace Commission of the International Peace Research Association in Nov. 2012 in Japan.
The chapters in Expanding Peace Ecology address the following themes: Sustainable Peace During a Sustainable Transition Process; Security and Peace Impacts of the Climate Paradox; Transnational Crime and Nigeria's National Security: Combating Trafficking in Women and Children; Peace Research and Greening in the Red Zone: Community-based Ecological Restoration to Enhance Resilience and Transitions Toward Peace; Transforming Consciousness Through Peace Environmental Education; Building Peace by Rebuilding Community; Mobile Learning, Rebuilding Community By Building Communities; Supporting Community Capacities Following Natural Disaster Experiences; Converting the Forces of Nature Into a Cultural Force: An Invitation to Pursue the Study of Satoyamas; and Ability Expectations and Peace.