CULTIVATING PEACE Conflict and Collaboration in Natural Resource Management

CULTIVATING PEACE
Conflict and Collaboration in Natural Resource Management
Edited by Daniel Buckles
IDRC/World Bank 1999
ISBN 0-88936-899-6
e-ISBN 1-55250-251-1
300 pp.

   


Disponible en français / Disponible en español
Conflict over natural resources — such as land, water, and forests — has for ages been widespread. Whether it be a local dispute between farmers and ranchers or an international clash over shared resources, people everywhere compete for the natural resources they need to ensure or enhance their quality of life. The conflict may unfold as a simple war of words, or it may escalate to armed confrontation with massive loss of life.
While the dimensions, levels, and intensity of conflict can vary greatly, so too can the opportunities for conflict resolution. Cultivating Peace presents original case studies from Africa, Asia, and Latin America, interspersed with essays on the cultural dimensions of conflict, the meaning of stakeholder analysis, the impact of development interventions on peace and conflict, and the policy dimensions of conflict management. The case studies present important developing-world experience on moving from conflict to collaborative modes of management. The accompanying essays draw on the case studies, grounding theory in hard-won experience. This cross-fertilization of practical experience with conceptual insight creates a unique dialogue on lessons learned and identifies strategic gaps in our understanding of this complex and important issue.
Cultivating Peace will appeal to researchers, scholars,and students in political science, natural resource management, anthropology, development studies, and conflict resolution; donors, development organizations, and development practitioners working in the areas of natural resource management or conflict resolution; and citizens concerned with development issues, especially as they apply to the preservation of our natural resources and the increasing incidence of international conflict over access to natural resources.
THE EDITOR
Daniel Buckles is Senior Program Officer at the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) in Ottawa, Canada. He holds a PhD in rural sociology from Carleton University and has worked for The Rockefeller Foundation as a post-doctoral fellow and, later, for the InternationalMaize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), in Mexico, as a senior scientist. Dr Buckles' project-development work in Latin America and South Asia with IDRC emphasizes institutional and technological innovations in the managementof biodiversity, soils, and other natural resources and new approaches to managing and communicating research at the grassroots level. His previous publications include Cover Crops in Hillside Agriculture: Farmer Innovation with Mucuna (IDRC 1998, with B. Triomphe and G. Sain) and A Land Without Gods: Process Theory, Maldevelopment, and the Mexican Nahua (Zed 1995, with J. Chevalier).
Related IDRC Reports link:
Promoting a Community-based Approach to Watershed Resource Conflicts in Laos

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Document(s)

Foreword Maureen O'Neil and Vinod Thomas 1999


Acknowledgments Daniel Buckles 1999


Conflict and collaboration in natural resource management By Daniel Buckles and Gerett Rusnak 1999


CONCEPT: CULTURE
Chapter 1: Conflict management: A heterocultural perspective Jacques M. Chevalier and Daniel Buckles 1999


PART 1: FORESTRY
Chapter 2: Nam Ngum, Lao PDR: Community-based natural resource management and conflicts over watershed resources Philip Hirsch, Khamla Phanvilay, and Kaneungnit Tubtim 1999


PART 1: FORESTRY
Chapter 3: The Nusa Tenggara uplands, Indonesia: Multiple-site lessons in conflict management Larry Fisher, Ilya Moeliono, and Stefan Wodicka 1999


PART 1: FORESTRY
Chapter 4: Jabalpur District, Madhya Pradesh, India: Minimizing conflict in joint forest management Shashi Kant and Roshan Cooke 1999


CONCEPT: SOCIETY
Chapter 5: Stakeholder analysis and conflict management Ricardo Ramírez 1999


PART 2: COASTAL AREAS
Chapter 6: Cahuita, Limón, Costa Rica: From conflict to collaboration Viviane Weitzner and Marvin Fonseca Borrás 1999


PART 2: COASTAL AREAS
Chapter 7: Bolinao, northern Philippines: Participatory planning for coastal development Liana Talaue-McManus, Alexis C. Yambao, Severino G. Salmo III, and Porfirio M. Aliño 1999


PART 2: COASTAL AREAS
Chapter 8: The Galapagos Islands: Conflict management in conservation and sustainable resource management Paola Oviedo 1999


CONCEPT: PEACE
Chapter 9: Peace and conflict impact assessment Kenneth D. Bush and Robert J. Opp 1999


PART 3: LAND USE
Chapter 10: The Nuba Mountains of Sudan: Resource access, violent conflict, and identity Mohamed Suliman 1999


PART 3: LAND USE
Chapter 11: Copán, Honduras: Collaboration for identity, equity, and sustainability Jacqueline Chénier, Stephen Sherwood, and Tahnee Robertson 1999


PART 3: LAND USE
Chapter 12: The Laguna Merin Basin of Uruguay: From protecting natural heritage to managing sustainable development Carlos Pérez Arrarte and Guillermo Scarlato 1999


PART 3: LAND USE
Chapter 13: Matagalpa, Nicaragua: New paths for participatory management in the Calico River watershed Ronnie Vernooy and Jacqueline A. Ashby 1999


CONCEPT: POLICY
Chapter 14: Policy implications of natural resource conflict management Stephen R. Tyler 1999


APPENDIX 1. Contributing authors 1999


APPENDIX 2. Acronyms and abbreviations 1999


Appendix 3: The Publishers and the Editor 1999