Renewable Natural Resources : Practical Lessons for Conflict-Sensitive Development
This paper explores how a 'conflict and violence sensitive' framework in project assessment, design and implementation facilitates early identification and mitigation of negative consequences of competition and dispute, an...
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Format: | Working Paper |
Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2017
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Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/464071468148150921/Renewable-natural-resources-practical-lessons-for-conflict-sensitive-development http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28150 |
Summary: | This paper explores how a 'conflict
and violence sensitive' framework in project
assessment, design and implementation facilitates early
identification and mitigation of negative consequences
of competition and dispute, and promotes sustainable
development over the longer term. It discusses the role of
renewable resources in perpetuating conflict and violence,
and distills lessons from selected development programming
experiences in managing conflict risks associated with these
dynamics. The study emphasizes that building capacity to
productively address conflict and to improve community
resilience to ecological change decreases vulnerability to
violence, and improves livelihoods particularly for the
world's poorest communities. The study draws on a
range of development experience and specifically examines
six case studies: three from the World Bank portfolio and
three external to the Bank. Of the World Bank projects, the
paper considers Andhra Pradesh Community Forest Management
Project (India), Land Conflict and Vulnerability Pilot
Project (Afghanistan), and Second Fadama Development Project
(Nigeria). The paper also studies three external cases:
conservation of managed indigenous areas (Ecuador) and
Building the Capacity of Institut Congolais pour la
Conservation de la Nature (ICCN) to Resolve and Manage
Environmental Conflicts in Virunga National Park (DRC), both
financed by U.S. Agency for International Development
(USAID); and the Community Development Component of German
Technical Cooperation's (GTZ's) Palestinian Water
Program (West Bank). The concluding chapter outlines good
practice and lessons learned from experience, emphasizing
principals for building institutional and organizational
capacity that support constructive conflict management. |
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