Natural Resources And Conflict

Author : E. Gunilla Almered Olsson,Pernille Gooch
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2019-04-12
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781351268639

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Natural Resource Conflicts and Sustainable Development by E. Gunilla Almered Olsson,Pernille Gooch Pdf

Providing both a theoretical background and practical examples of natural resource conflict, this volume explores the pressures on natural resources leading to scarcity and conflict. It is shown that the causes and driving forces behind natural resource conflicts are diverse, complex and often interlinked, including global economic growth, exploding consumption, poor governance, poverty, unequal access to resources and power. The different interpretations of nature-culture and the role of humans in the ecosystem are often at the centre of the conflict. Natural resource conflicts range from armed conflicts to conflicts of interest between stakeholders in the North as well as in the South. The varying driving forces behind such disputes at different levels and scales are critically analysed, and approaches to facilitate and enforce mediation, transformation and collaboration at these levels and scales are presented and discussed. In order to transform existing resource conflicts, as well as to decrease the risk of future conflicts, approaches that enhance and enforce collaboration for sustainable development at global, regional, national and local levels are reviewed, and sustainable pathways suggested. A range of global examples is presented including water resources, fisheries, forests, human–wildlife conflicts, urban environments and the consequences of climate change. It will be a valuable text for advanced students of natural resource management, environment and development studies and peace and conflict management. The book will also be of interest to practitioners in the field of natural resource management.

Author : International Development Research Centre (Canada),World Bank Institute
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Conflict management
ISBN : 9780889368996

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Cultivating Peace by International Development Research Centre (Canada),World Bank Institute Pdf

Cultivating Peace: Conflict and collaboration in natural resource management

Author : Päivi Lujala,Siri Aas Rustad
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2012-03-29
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781136536694

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High-Value Natural Resources and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding by Päivi Lujala,Siri Aas Rustad Pdf

For most post-conflict countries, the transition to peace is daunting. In countries with high-value natural resources – including oil, gas, diamonds, other minerals, and timber –the stakes are unusually high and peacebuilding is especially challenging. Resource-rich post-conflict countries face both unique problems and opportunities. They enter peacebuilding with an advantage that distinguishes them from other war-torn societies: access to natural resources that can yield substantial revenues for alleviating poverty, compensating victims, creating jobs, and rebuilding the country and the economy. Evidence shows, however, that this opportunity is often wasted. Resource-rich countries do not have a better record in sustaining peace. In fact, resource-related conflicts are more likely to relapse. Focusing on the relationship between high-value natural resources and peacebuilding in post-conflict settings, this book identifies opportunities and strategies for converting resource revenues to a peaceful future. Its thirty chapters draw on the experiences of forty-one researchers and practitioners – as well as the broader literature – and cover a range of key issues, including resource extraction, revenue sharing and allocation, and institution building. The book provides a concise theoretical and practical framework that policy makers, researchers, practitioners, and students can use to understand and address the complex interplay between the management of high-value resources and peace. High-Value Natural Resources and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding is part of a global initiative led by the Environmental Law Institute (ELI), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the University of Tokyo, and McGill University to identify and analyze lessons in natural resource management and post-conflict peacebuilding. The project has generated six edited books of case studies and analyses, with contributions from practitioners, policy makers, and researchers. Other books in the series address land; water; livelihoods; assessing and restoring natural resources; and governance.

Author : Abiodun Alao
Publisher : University Rochester Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1580462677

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Natural Resources and Conflict in Africa by Abiodun Alao Pdf

The first comprehensive account of the linkage between natural resources and political and social conflict in Africa.

Author : Carl Bruch,Carroll Muffett,Sandra S. Nichols
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Law
ISBN : 1138680966

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Governance, Natural Resources, and Post-conflict Peacebuilding by Carl Bruch,Carroll Muffett,Sandra S. Nichols Pdf

First Published in 2013. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : David Jensen,Stephen Colnon Lonergan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 519 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781849712347

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Assessing and Restoring Natural Resources in Post-conflict Peacebuilding by David Jensen,Stephen Colnon Lonergan Pdf

Violent conflict invariably disrupts people's livelihoods, the natural environment, social and political institutions, and the economy at all levels. Restoring peace and rebuilding society can be arduous, but immediate action at the cessation of conflict is essential. This book examines how conflicts degrade natural resources and addresses the consequences for human health, livelihoods, and security. This book provides a concise theoretical and practical framework for policymakers, researchers, practitioners, and students.

Author : Helen Young,Lisa Goldman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 469 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2015-04-10
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781136536489

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Livelihoods, Natural Resources, and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding by Helen Young,Lisa Goldman Pdf

Sustaining and strengthening local livelihoods is one of the most fundamental challenges faced by post-conflict countries. By degrading the natural resources that are essential to livelihoods and by significantly hindering access to those resources, conflict can wreak havoc on the ability of war-torn populations to survive and recover. This book explores how natural resource management initiatives in more than twenty countries and territories have supported livelihoods and facilitated post-conflict peacebuilding. Case studies and analyses identify lessons and opportunities for the more effective design of interventions to support the livelihoods that depend on natural resources – from land to agriculture, forestry, fisheries, and protected areas. The book also explores larger questions about how to structure livelihoods assistance as part of a coherent, integrated approach to post-conflict redevelopment. Livelihoods and Natural Resources in Post-Conflict Peacebuilding is part of a global initiative to identify and analyze lessons in post-conflict peacebuilding and natural resource management. The project has generated six books of case studies and analyses, with contributions from practitioners, policy makers, and researchers. Other books in this series address high value resources, land, water, assessing and restoring natural resources, and governance.

Author : Ian Bannon,Paul Collier
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0821355031

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Natural Resources and Violent Conflict by Ian Bannon,Paul Collier Pdf

Research carried out by the World Bank on the root causes of conflict and civil war finds that a developing country's economic dependence on natural resources or other primary commodities is strongly associated with the risk level for violent conflict. This book brings together a collection of reports and case studies that explore what the international community in particular can do to reduce this risk.; The text explains the links between natural resources and conflict and examines the impact of resource dependence on economic performance, governance, secessionist movements and revel financing. It then explores avenues for international action - from financial and resource reporting procedures and policy recommendations to commodity tracking systems and enforcement instruments, including sanctions, certification requirements, aid conditionality, legislative and judicial instruments.

Author : Daniëlla Dam-de Jong
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 515 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2015-06-26
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781107093836

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International Law and Governance of Natural Resources in Conflict and Post-Conflict Situations by Daniëlla Dam-de Jong Pdf

An assessment of the role of international law in preventing natural resources from fuelling armed conflict and improving their governance.

Author : Kylie McKenna
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2015-10-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317667384

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Corporate Social Responsibility and Natural Resource Conflict by Kylie McKenna Pdf

This book examines the possibilities and limitations of corporate social responsibility in minimising the violent conflict often associated with natural resource exploitation. Through detailed and penetrating empirical analysis, the author skilfully asks why previous corporate social responsibility practices have not always achieved their aims. This theme is explored though an analysis of two of the most complex and protracted conflicts linked to natural resources in the Asia Pacific region: Bougainville (Papua New Guinea) and West Papua (Indonesia). Drawing on first-hand accounts of corporate executives and communities affected by resource conflict, this book documents the translation of global corporate social responsibility into local peace. Covering topics as diverse as post-colonialism, law, revenue distribution, security, the environment and customary reconciliation, this ambitious text reveals how and why current corporate social responsibility initiatives may be unable to assist extractive companies avoid social conflict. The study concludes that this is attributable to the failure of extractive companies to respond to the social and environmental issues of most concern to local host communities. The idea is that extractive companies could actively contribute to peace building if they were to engage with the interdependencies between business activity and the root causes of conflict. What sets this book apart is that it offers a holistic framework for extractive companies to engage with the complexity of resource conflict. ‘Interdependent Engagement’ is an integrated model of corporate social responsibility that encourages extractive companies to deal with the underlying causes of resource conflict, rather than applying solutions or critiques of their symptoms.

Author : Maarten Bavinck,Amalendu Jyotishi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2014-10-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781135048990

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Conflict, Negotiations and Natural Resource Management by Maarten Bavinck,Amalendu Jyotishi Pdf

Conflicts over natural resources abound in India, where much of the population is dependent on these resources for their livelihoods. Issues of governance and management are complicated by the competing claims of parallel legal systems, including state, customary, religious, project and local laws. Whereas much has been written about property rights, this unique collection takes a legal anthropological perspective to explore how the coexistence and interaction between multiple legal orders provide bases for claiming property rights. It examines how hybrid legal institutions have developed over time in India and how these impact on justice in the governance and distribution of natural resources. The book brings together original case studies that offer fresh perspectives on the governance of forests, water, fisheries and agricultural land in a diverse range of social and spatial contexts. This brand new research provides a timely and persuasive overview of the fundamental role of parallel legal systems in shaping how people manage natural resources. It will be of interest to scholars and practitioners of environmental law, property law, environmental politics, anthropology, sociology and geography.

Author : Philippe Le Billon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2013-06-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136592874

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Fuelling War by Philippe Le Billon Pdf

A generous endowment of natural resources should favour rapid economic and social development. The experience of countries like Angola and Iraq, however, suggests that resource wealth often proves a curse rather than a blessing. Billions of dollars from resource exploitation benefit repressive regimes and rebel groups, at a massive cost for local populations. This Adelphi Paper analyses the economic and political vulnerability of resource-dependent countries; assesses how resources influence the likelihood and course of conflicts; and discusses current initiatives to improve resource governance in the interest of peace. It concludes that long-term stability in resource-exporting regions will depend on their developmental outcomes, and calls for a broad reform agenda prioritising the basic needs and security of local populations.

Author : United Nations Publications
Publisher : UN
Page : 101 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9280734334

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Natural Resources and Conflict by United Nations Publications Pdf

This guide collects and summarizes good practices on the successful mediation of resource conflicts. It draws on the field experiences of mediators and mediation experts, specifically those with natural resource expertise. It also features lessons learned from UNEP's work on environmental diplomacy in different conflict-affected countries, with a particular focus on how to use impartial technical knowledge to equalize stakeholder information in a mediation process.

Author : Okechukwu Ukaga,Ukoha O. Ukiwo,Ibaba Samuel Ibaba
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2012-05-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136317095

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Natural Resources, Conflict, and Sustainable Development by Okechukwu Ukaga,Ukoha O. Ukiwo,Ibaba Samuel Ibaba Pdf

The Niger Delta Region has in the past two decades experienced protracted violent conflicts. At the roots of these violent conflicts are the genuine quests of the people for sustainable development that is based on social justice, equity, fairness and environmental protection. Although richly endowed, the region is hopelessly poor. This paradox of poverty in the midst of plenty has been attributed to a myriad of factors ranging from Nigeria’s centralized federalism, to ethno-regional domination, corruption, poor governance, and oil-related environmental degradation. Development in the Niger Delta is vital not only to the stability and prosperity of Nigeria, but also to global energy security. This book provides unique insights into the challenges of development and peace building in the Niger Delta, and insights into other resource-rich but poverty-stricken, conflict-prone regions of the world.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Environmental policy
ISBN : OCLC:878114465

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Conflicts Over Natural Resources in the Global South by Anonim Pdf