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    The silent dangers of quarrying

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2001
    Quarrying contributes significantly to the Philippines' infrastructure and overall economic development. Notwithstanding its importance, however, it is a major natural resource extractive sector that causes significant environmental problems. And the sooner we understand the nature and extent of its destruction and be able to do something to address it, the better.
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    Violating rights and threatening lives: the Camisea Gas Project and indigenous peoples in voluntary isolation

    Forest Peoples Programme, 2014
    This report highlights the existing impacts of the Camisea gas project in the south-east Peruvian Amazon on indigenous peoples living in ‘voluntary isolation’ (‘isolated peoples’) in the Kugapakori-Nahua-Nanti and Others’ Reserve.
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    Peru’s deadly environment: the rise in killings of environmental and land defenders

    Global Witness, 2014
    The world’s attention was be on Peru December 2014, as governments from 195 countries convened in the capital Lima for the UN Climate Conference. As delegates negotiated a global deal aimed at averting catastrophic climate change, a parallel human rights crisis is still unfolding in Peru and around the world.
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    What is legal? Formalising artisanal and small-scale mining in Colombia

    International Institute for Environment and Development, 2014
    Colombia’s mining sector is characterised by widespread informality. A recent census revealed that 72 per cent of all mining operations in Colombia are classed as ‘artisanal and small-scale mining’ (ASM), and 63 per cent are ‘informal’, lacking a legal mining concession or title. Large-scale mining (LSM) comprises only one per cent of operations.
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    Land governance in Brazil: a geo-historical review

    International Land Coalition, 2012
    This paper examines the paradoxes of land governance in Brazil by putting them in their historical context, highlighting in particular the continuing subordination of peasant farmers’ interests to those of large landholders.
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    Natural resources, the environment and conflict

    African Centre for Constructive Resolution of Disputes, 2011
    This report emanates from an exploratory study conducted in 2009 by the African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD), in collaboration with the Madariaga-College of Europe Foundation.
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    Climate change and conflict: lessons for conflict resolution from the Southern Sahel of Sudan

    African Centre for Constructive Resolution of Disputes, 2011
    Using a human security perspective, this report identifies and analyses local and international non-governmental organisation (NGO) interventions in cases of conflicts related to the environment and environmental change in the southern Sahel of Sudan.
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    Water wars: enduring myth or impending reality

    African Centre for Constructive Resolution of Disputes, 2000
    Within the context of the South, water security does not simply translate into economic development, but also food security, and the very survival of states and their citizens. Under these circumstances, it is hardly surprising that the World Commission on the Environment and Development (WCED) has concluded that such resource conflicts are likely to increase as those resources become scarcer.
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    The next Gulf? Oil politics, environmental apocalypse and rising tension in the Niger Delta

    African Centre for Constructive Resolution of Disputes, 2006
    Nigeria has a huge deposit of crude oil that ranks among the best quality in the world. The oil resources are located in the Niger Delta area of the country. Many argue that Nigeria should have reduced or eliminated poverty. With prudent management of resources, it should rank among the richest countries of the world. Paradoxically, Nigeria ranks among the poorest countries of the world.
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    Better land use, better future for all: partnering with civil society to enhance sustainable land management in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, 2013
    Land degradation is a serious problem in Sub-Saharan Africa, where up to two-thirds of the productive land area is reported to be degraded to some extent.  Local communities suffer the most from the degradation of their land and they are therefore fundamental to the widespread adoption of sustainable land management (SLM) techniques.

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