Environmental Peacebuilding Association

Livelihoods

Financing Dispossession: China’s Opium Substitution Programme in Northern Burma

2012 | Tom Kramer & Kevin Woods

Northern Burma’s1 borderlands have undergone dramatic changes in the last two decades. Following decades of war, a series of cease-fire agreements concluded between the military…

The Sahel Crisis

2014 | Food and Agriculture Organization

Despite good and average harvests in 2012 and 2013, persistent high levels of food and nutrition insecurity reflect the chronic challenges faced by vulnerable populations…

Conflict, Climate Change and Politics: Why a Techno-centric Approach Fails the Resilience Challenge

2014 | Overseas Development Institute

This paper examines the general adherence to technocentric approaches in the resilience world, but most particularly in climate-related strategies (both adaptation and mitigation), by taking…

Rising Tempers, Rising Temperatures: A Look at Climate Change, Migration and Conflict and the Implications for Youth in the Sahel Region

2014 | Transitional Demobilization and Reintegration Program and World Bank

This paper investigates the causal chain between climate change, migration and conflict in the context of the Sahel region, with special focus on implications for…

The Security Challenges of Pastoralism in Central Africa

2014 | International Crisis Group

Pastoralism generates wealth and economic interdependence between farmers and cattle herders in some African countries, but it also causes tension and conflicts. Most of these…

Natural Resources and Peacebuilidng: Special Edition Newsletter

2014 | PBSO and UNEP

In many post-conﬂict countries and fragile contexts, natural resources are a cornerstone
for peacebuilding and development. The challenge lies in sustainably transforming a country’s natural…

After War, Launching Liberia’s Future

2014 | USAID

LAUNCH is working to empower tens of thousands of Liberia’s most vulnerable to lift themselves out of poverty. A USAID Food for Peace program, LAUNCH,…

Case Study on Land in Burma

2014 | Giles Henley (Evidence on Demand)

Burma is a fragile state undergoing a period of profound economic and political reform following a period of conflict and isolation. As the poorest country…

In the Eye of the Storm: An Analysis of Internal Conflict in South Sudan’s Jonglei State

2014 | Rachel Gordon (Feinstein International Center)

Climate change and environmental degradation have increased the competition of natural resources, exacerbating political violence and instability. Although climate change and violence are weakly linked,…

Contested Claims over Protected Area Resources in Rwanda

2014 | Anna Knox (USAID)

LAND Project is pleased to share with you the Policy Research Brief on Contested Claims over Protected Areas in Rwanda.The aim of this policy brief…

Participatory Impact Assessment: A Design Guide

2014 | Andy Catley, John Burns, Dawit Abebe, Omeno Suji

The Feinstein International Center has been developing and adapting participatory approaches to measure the impact of livelihoods based interventions since the early nineties. Originally released…

Conflicts Over Natural Resources in the Global South

2014 | Maarten Bavinck, Lorenzo Pellegrini & Erik Mostert, Eds. Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research

Conflicts over Natural Resources in the Global South: Conceptual Approaches is a joint publication of the CoCooN research programme. It presents the conceptual approaches of…

Local-Level Agreements in Darfur

2014 | UNEP

This report looks beyond international driven peacebuilding initiatives to the locally owned bottom-up efforts and building peace in Darfur. The report was researched in Darfur…

Greening in the Red Zone

2014 | Keith G. Tidball and Marianne E. Krasny

‘Greening in the red zone’ refers to post-catastrophe, community-based stewardship of nature, and how these often spontaneous, local stewardship actions serve as a source of…

Land Policy in Africa: West Africa Regional Assessment

2011 | The African Union Commission (AUC), the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), and the Africa Development Bank (AfDB)

The African Union Commission (AUC), the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the Africa Development Bank (AfDB), acting as a consortium, have launched…

Ending Conflict & Building Peace in Africa: A Call to Action

2014 | African Development Bank

The High-Level Panel on Fragile States in Africa was established on the initiative of President Kaberuka of the African Development Bank (AfDB or ‘the Bank’).…

The hoe, the cow and the gun - New research on transhumance in the DRC

2014 | Justine Brabant and Jean-Louis K. Nzweve (Life and Peace Institute)

This new research report published by Life and Peace Institute and its DRC programme includes an in-depth study of the phenomenon of transhumance which is…

Alluvial Diamond Resource Potential and Production Capacity Assessment of the Central African Republic

2010 | Peter G. Chirico, Francis Barthélémy, and François A. Ngbokoto (USGS)

This report presents the methodology and results of a diamond resource potential and production capacity assessment of the alluvial diamonds deposits of the Central African…

Standing Wealth: Pastoralist Livestock Production and Local Livelihoods in Sudan

2013 | Saverio Krätli, Omer Hassan El Dirani, Helen Young with Samira Mohammed Ahmed, Osman Mohammed Babiker, Musa Adam Ismail, Abdelazeem Hassan, Azharia El Bushra (UNEP and Tufts University)

At a time when Sudan is once again turning its attention to agriculture, this study takes a fresh look at what makes livestock production – the…

Livestock, Livelihoods, and Disaster Response: PART TWO - Three Case Studies of Livestock Emergency Programmes in Sudan, and Lessons Learned

2013 | Getachew Gebru, Hanan Yousif, Abdelhafiz Mohamed, Belihu Negesse, Helen Young (UNEP / Tufts)

UNEP, Tufts University and the Feinstein International Center are pleased to announce the publication of a two part review of emergency livestock interventions in Sudan.…

Livestock, Livelihoods, and Disaster Response: PART ONE - A Review of Livestock-Based Livelihood Projects in Sudan

2013 | Merry Fitzpatrick, Helen Young (UNEP / Tufts University)

UNEP, Tufts University and the Feinstein International Center are pleased to announce the publication of a two part review of emergency livestock interventions in Sudan.…

Pastoralism in Practice: Monitoring Livestock Mobility in Contemporary Sudan

2013 | Helen Young et al (UNEP / Tufts University)

This report highlights the importance of pastoralist livestock mobility for the resilience of pastoralist livelihood systems and for maximising productivity. Tufts and partners monitored camel,…

Taking Root: The Cash Crop Trade in Darfur

2013 | Margie Buchanan-Smith et al. (UNEP / Tufts University)

The purpose of the study is to understand the impact of a decade of conflict in Darfur on the trade in some of Darfur’s major…

Managing the Boom and Bust: Supporting Climate Resilient Livelihoods in the Sahel

2013 | Ced Hesse, Simon Anderson, Lorenzo Cotula, Jamie Skinner and Camilla Toulmin (IIED)

For decades the Sahel has been presented as suffering from irreversible degradation, leading to desert advancement and the impoverishment of the population. This issue paper…

Livelihoods and Economic Recovery in Crisis Situations

2013 | UNDP

Disasters and violent conflicts continue to claim lives and destroy livelihoods of far too many people around the world and undermine development achievements. This can…

Post-Conflict Land Tenure: Using a Sustainable Livelihoods Approach

2004 | Jon Unruh (FAO)

Access by the poor to natural resources (land, forests, water, fisheries, pastures, etc.), is essential for sustainable poverty reduction. The livelihoods of rural people without…

Conflict Management over Natural Resources: Capacity Building Programme Under the Community-based Rural Development Project

2006 | FAO

The purpose of this training manual is to provide a capacity building framework and tools to support the technical and operational implementation of the conflict…