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Natural Resource Conflicts and Sustainable Development

Natural Resource Conflicts and Sustainable Development

Olsson, E. Gunilla Almered
Gooch, Pernille

Paperback

Series: Earthscan Studies in Natural Resource Management

Environmental StudiesGeneral Political Science

ISBN10: 1138576891
ISBN13: 9781138576896
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Apr 17 2019
Pages: 228
Weight: 0.76
Height: 0.51 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

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.

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