Monitoring
Mapping Resource Conflicts with Probabilistic Network Models
2016
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Journal of Cleaner Production
Flaminia Musella, Maria Caterina Bramati, and Giorgio Alleva
Resource conflict management is an increasingly interesting topic for both scientific advancement and policy analysis. This study provides decision makers with a data-driven tool as a…
Social Capital, Conflict, and Adaptive Collaborative Governance: Exploring the Dialectic
2015
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Ecology and Society
Cynthia McDougall and Mani Ram Banjade
Previously lineal and centralized natural resource management and development paradigms have shifted toward the recognition of complexity and dynamism of social-ecological systems, and toward more…
Conflict-Sensitive Conservation in the Maiko-Tanya-Kahuzi-Biega Landscape
2017
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International Institute for Sustainable Development
Alec Crawford
Conflict-sensitive conservation (CSC) is conservation programming and implementation that takes into account the causes and impacts of conflict and the actors involved in order to…
Monitoring Ecological Change during Rapid Socio-Economic and Political Transitions: Colombian Ecosystems in the Post-Conflict Era
2017
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Science Direct
Carlos A. Sierra, Miguel Mahecha, Germán Poveda, Esteban Álvarez-Dávila, Víctor H. Gutierrez-Velez, Björn Reuf, Hannes Feilhauerg, Jesús Anáyah, Dolors Armenterasi, Ana M. Benavides, Corina Buendia, Álvaro Duquec, Lina M. Estupiñan-Suarez, and Catalina Go
After more than 50-years of armed conflict, Colombia is now transitioning to a more stable social and political climate due to a series of peace…
Toward Sustainable Peace: A New Research Agenda for Post-Conflict Natural Resource Management
2017
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Global Environmental Politics Journal
Florian Krampe
This forum reflects upon the current state of research on post-conflict natural resource management. It identifies two dominant perspectives on environmental peacebuilding in the literature:…
The 2016 Al-Mishraq Sulphur Plant Fire: Source and Health Risk Area Estimation
2017
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Atmospheric Environment Journal
Oscar Björnham, Håkan Grahn, Pontus von Schoenberg, Birgitta Liljedahl, Annica Waleij, and Niklas Brännström
On October 20, 2016, Daesh (Islamic State) set fire to the sulphur production site Al-Mishraq as the battle of Mosul in northern Iraq became more…
Food Security, Sustaining Peace and Gender Equality: Conceptual Framework and Future Directions
2017
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
The main objective of this study is to generate knowledge and make meaningful, evidence-based and actionable recommendations to governments and other stakeholders, particularly international organizations…
The Fifth Column: Understanding the Relationship between Corruption and Conflict
2017
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Transparancy International
Karolina MacLachlan, Dave Allen, Tobias Bock, Katherine Dixon, Rebecca Graves, Hilary Hurd, and Leah Wawro
At the end of the last century, the Western foreign policy consensus was that increases in global wealth, a more interconnected world, and ever greater…
Conflict Minerals: Information on Artisanal Mined Gold and Efforts to Encourage Responsible Sourcing in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
2017
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United States Government Accountability Office
United States Government Accountability Office
The supply chain for artisanal and small-scale mined (ASM) gold—a significant driver of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) economy—involves multiple actors, according to…
Conflict Timber: Dimensions of the Problem in Asia and Africa
2004
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USAID
Jamie Thomson and Ramzy Kanaan
Conflict timber—conflict financed or sustained through the harvest and sale of timber (Type 1), or conflict emerging as a result of competition over timber or…
Protecting Groundwater
2014
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EcoPeace Middle East
EcoPeace Middle East
Groundwater is the world’s most important source of freshwater, constituting 97% of the Earth’s freshwater reserves. However, in the Mediterranean Region, groundwater quality along the…
Using a Novel Climate-Water Conflict Vulnerability Index to Capture Double Exposures in Lake Chad
2017
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Regional Environmental Change
Uche T. Okpara, Lindsay C. Stringer, and Andrew J. Dougill
Climate variability is amongst an array of threats facing agricultural livelihoods, with its effects unevenly distributed. With resource conflict being increasingly recognised as one significant…
Land Reform in Afghanistan: Full Impact and Sustainability of $41.2 Million USAID Program is Unknown
2017
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Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR)
According to land reform experts, land reform is generally understood to be efforts to correct problems with land distribution and rights to its use. Since…
"We Have No Voice for That": Land Rights, Power, and Gender in Rural Sierra Leone
2015
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Journal of Human Rights
Gearoid Millar
Much attention has recently focused on the lease of land throughout the global south to nations and corporations in the global north. It is argued…
Practical Guide: Mining and Communities
2016
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Communities First
Lien De Brouckere
Working in partnership with Kabinet Cisse (Guinea-based consultant) and more than a dozen authors, especially those affiliated with Insuco, Lien De Brouckere was the lead…
Refugees and Host Environments -- A Review of Current and Related Literature
1995
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University of Oxford
Thomas Hoerz
The natural environment of refugee hosting areas - or better: the neglect of it - is not only a sad chapter in the annals of…
In Search of Protection and Livelihoods: Socio-economic and Environmental Impacts of Dadaab Refugee Camps on Host Communities
2010
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Government of Kenya, Government of Denmark, Government of Norway
The Dadaab refugee complex in Kenya’s North Eastern Province comprises the three camps of Dagahaley, Hagadera and Ifo, which officially accommodate around 270.000 predominantly Somali…
(Brundtland Report) Our Common Future, Chapter 11: Peace, Security, Development, and the Environment
1987
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United Nations
World Commission on Environment and Development
1. Among the dangers facing the environment, the possibility of nuclear war, or military conflict of a lesser scale involving weapons of mass destruction, is…
Análisis, Prevención y Resolución de Conflictos por el Aqua en América Latin y el Caribe
2015
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United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean - Natural Resources and Infrastructure Division
Liber Martin and Juan Bautisto Justo
Conflicts over water in Latin America and the Caribbean have increased considerably in recent years, reaching high levels of complexity and impacts on economies, the…
Afghanistan Environmental Data Centre
2016
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GISC
Sara Hodges
The Afghanistan Environmental Data Centre (AEDC), a co-operative venture between UNEP and the National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA), funded by UK Department for International Development…
Peace and Conflict Impact Assessment of the Palestinian–Israeli Water Situation
2014
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Journal of Peacebuilding & Development
Marwan Haddad
This paper examines and discusses the prolonged Palestinian–Israeli water conflict, taking into consideration recent formal and informal water negotiations and emphasising the future of water-based…
Online Identification of Conflict Related Environmental Damage
2015
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Bellingcat
Wim Zwijnenburg
With the conflict in Syria soon to enter its fifth year, large parts of the country have been laid to waste by intense fighting, bombardment…
From Scarcity to Security, Water as a Potential Factor for Conflict and Cooperation in Southern Africa
2015
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South African Journal of International Affairs
Wanjiku Kaniaru
Water scarcity has emerged as a compelling non-military security issue that justifies an expanded human security agenda. This article argues that a buttressed notion of…
Building for the Longterm: Avoiding the Resource Curse in Afghanistan
2014
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Global Witness
Afghanistan’s natural resources offer both hope and risk. Many people look to mining and oil to drive development as the international presence winds down. But…
Water and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding
2015
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Hydrological Sciences Journal
Ashok Swain
Water-management issues cut across all sectors of governance and have a critical bearing on many post-conflict challenges. The imperative of adequate water supply, and the…
Contestation and Reconstruction: Natural Capital and Post-Conflict Development in Borderland Regions
2014
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Stability: International Journal of Security and Development
Roger Zetter and Brad Blitz
Though often remote and underdeveloped, borderlands are contested territories. The incorporation of borderlands into the post-conflict state highlights many important land-related paradigms, including the conversion…
Promoting Climate-Resilient Peacebuilding in Fragile States
2015
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International Institute for Sustainable Development
Alec Crawford, Angie Dazé, Anne Hammill, Jo-Ellen Parry, and Alicia Natalia Zamudio
Efforts to help fragile states move onto a path toward stability and sustainability continue to face enormous challenges. Climate change is one of these challenges.…
Fortalecimiento de las capacidades de gestión de los recursos naturales susceptibles de generar conflictos
2012
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United Nations Interagency Framework Team for Preventive Action
Administrar la tierra y los recursos naturales constituye uno de los desafíos más importantes a los que actualmente se enfrentan los países en desarrollo. La…
Renforcement des capacités pour la gestion harmonieuse et pacifique des ressources naturelles
2012
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United Nations Interagency Framework Team for Preventive Action
La gestion des terres et des ressources naturelles compte parmi les défis critiques auxquels les pays en développement sont confrontés aujourd’hui. L’exploitation de ressources naturelles…
Strengthening Capacity for Conflict-Sensitive Natural Resource Management
2012
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United Nations Interagency Framework Team for Preventive Action
The management of land and natural resources is one of the most critical challenges facing developing countries today. The exploitation of high-value natural resources, including…