The aim of this research project is to assess the integration of natural resource management (NRM) into USAID peacebuilding initiatives, with specific focus on post-conflict Asian forest communities. This external review comes following the completion of USAIDs nearly 4-year Forest Conflict Project, which analyzed the types and causes of forest conflict, as well as methods to reduce conflict and to communicate the seriousness of the problem to various stakeholders. Outputs of the USAID initiative included workshops, stakeholder partnerships, and the development of a methodology for forest conflict assessment that each serve as peacebuilding tools for local communities and international donors. This research project will include a comprehensive review of the role and integration of forest management in USAID peacebuilding projects in the region, as well as a more focused assessment in three case study countries. The review will allow us to determine whether NRM and peacebuilding goals were met through coordinated action by USAID staff to address the roots of violent conflict across political, social and economic dimensions that allow for the recovery from violent conflict. The primary method of research in the initial phase of the project will be interviews with USAID staff in Washington DC and surveys of the staff at the local field offices in the case-study countries, with follow-on field work intended to supplement initial research efforts.