Natural resources
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- Latin American approaches to extractive industry conflict
- G. Damonte / Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2012
- The rapid expansion of extractive industries in Latin America is transforming the societies and territories in which it is occurring. This phenomenon has provoked social and environmental conflict, especially involving the rural and i...
- Small-scale and informal mining: a big problem for Latin American states
- J. Kuramoto / Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2012
- Latin America has experienced substantial growth and transformation in small-scale mining, meaning it is often no longer small or artisanal, instead it is characterised by high informality and an increasing potential to generate confl...
- The causes, impacts and management of land conflicts in Asia
- Y. Yasmi (ed); L. Kelley (ed); T. Enters (ed) / Regional Community Forestry Training Centre for Asia and the Pacific, 2010
- Tenure and claims over forests and land are highly contested throughout Asia where states retain full ownership of land. Competition for land for investment, resource extraction, and conservation is becoming more common. The conflict ...
- How can the environment be protected during armed conflict?
- E.M. Mrema; C. Bruch; J. Diamond / United Nations [UN] Environment Programme, 2009
- This report seeks to identify gaps and weaknesses in the current international legal framework for protecting the environment during armed conflict. It aims to understand how natural resources and the environment can be better pr...
- Does warming increase the risk of civil war in Africa?
- M.B. Burke; E. Miguel; S. Satyanath / Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 2009
- Armed conflict within nations has had disastrous humanitarian consequences throughout much of the world. This paper seeks to undertake the first comprehensive examination of the potential impact of global climate change on armed confl...
- Water shortages for Palestinians result from discriminatory policies and practices
- Amnesty International, 2009
- Lack of access to adequate, safe and clean water has been a longstanding problem for the Palestinian population of the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT). Though exacerbated in recent years by the impact of drought-induced water s...
- How can the economic dimensions of conflicts be included in the mediation process?
- M. Davis / Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, Switzerland, 2009
- This paper summarises the case for greater consideration of the economic dimensions of conflicts in mediation processes – particularly those concerning natural resources. The author highlights the recent United Nations...
- Can DR Congo's mineral wealth aid development rather than conflict?
- N. Garrett; H. Mitchell / Crisis States Research Centre, LSE, 2009
- This paper relays that the renewed outbreak of violence in North Kivu in the second half of 2008 saw the long running insecurity in Eastern DR Congo become the top global news story for two weeks as another humanitarian crisis un...
- What is the extent of rebel control of the DRC's mineral wealth?
- Global Witness, 2009
- This paper states that the militarisation of mining in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is prolonging the armed conflict which has been tearing the country apart for more than 12 years. In many parts of the provinces of Nort...
- How can illicit commodity flows be effectively controlled?
- H. Griffiths (ed); M. Bromley (ed) / Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, 2009
- The air trafficking of illicit goods is a major factor in the continuation of conflicts. However, air freigt operators that have been identified in the trafficking of such commodity flows have also been employed to provide servic...
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