Toolkits & Guidance

Community Based Problem Solving on Water Issues: Cross- Border “Priority Initiatives” of the Good Water Neighbors Project

2013 | EcoPeace and Friends of the Earth Middle East

This publication describes the 2013 efforts of the Good Water Neighbors project team to identify environmental challenges and provide feasible solutions for "Priority Initiatives" in…

Disclosing Government Payments

2013 | Ernst & Young

It is estimated that more than 3.5 billion people live in countries with extensive oil, natural gas and mineral resources. With good governance that fosters…

Integrated Trans - boundary Regional NGO Master Plan for the Lower Jordan River Basin

2013 | Royal Haskoning DHV, CORE Associates Palestine, MASAR Jordan, and DHVMED Israel

WEDO / Friend of the Earth Middle East assigned Royal HaskoningDHV / DHV B.V. on the 27th of August  2012 to undertake the Integrated Trans-boundary…

Conflict Financing: What’s Wrong with War Economies?

2013 | Mark B. Taylor (NOREF)

This report describes an approach to engaging in war economies in which informal economies meet irregular armed violence. International responses to the economic dimensions of…

Conflict Trade: Regulating Illicit Flows to and from War

2013 | Mark B. Taylor (NOREF)

This expert analysis note describes an emerging approach to regulating illicit flows of goods to and from conflict zones. The approach, based on norms of…

The Earth Security Index 2014

2013 | Earth Security Initiative

Our world is in the midst of a major geopolitical shift. New emerging powers are becoming important actors in a multi-polar international system, many of which are facing resource…

Conflict Minerals – An Evaluation of the Dodd-Frank Act and other Resource-related Measures

2013 | Institute for Applied Ecology

The analysis of the Dodd-Frank Act and further resource-related measures showed that the
root causes for conflicts in the eastern parts of the Democratic Republic…

Conservation in a Wicked Complex World: Challenges and Solutions

2013 | Edward T. Game, Erik Meijaard, Douglas Sheil, and Eve McDonald-Madden

Most conservation challenges are complex and possess all the characteristics of so called “wicked” problems. Despite widespread recognition of this complexity conservationists possess a legacy…

Do No Harm in Land Tenure and Property Rights

2013 | Nicole Goddard and Maureen Lempke (CDA)

In situations of scarcity and unequal access, the chances for conflict and violence increase significantly. Moreover, experience has shown that even the most localized conflicts…

The Shadow Economy in Conflict-Affected Countries

2013 | Brigitte Rohwerder

Targeting the shadow economy in conflict-affected contexts is a complex task about which little is known (expert comment). This rapid literature review uncovered little focusing on…

Free Flow: Reaching Water Security Through Cooperation

2013 | UNESCO
Jacqui Griffiths & Rebecca Lambert

Conceived on the occasion of the International Year of Water Cooperation, coordinated by UNESCO on behalf of UN-Water, this joint publication by UNESCO and Tudor…

Doing Business in Fragile States: The Private Sector, Natural Resources and Conflict in Africa

2013 | High Level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda
Hany Besada

One area of emerging consensus is the critical importance of governance – the deficiency or effectiveness of public and private sector institutions – as the…

Climate Change Adaptation and Peacebuilding Workshop Report: Developing Conflict-Sensitivity Guidelines for Adaptation Policy in Africa

2013 | Institute for Security Studies
Debay Tadesse, Aly Lyon

“From 14 to 16 October 2013, the Conflict Prevention and Risk Analysis division of ISS, Addis Ababa office, the Wilson Center, IRG/Engility, and ICF International…

OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas. Second Edition.

2013 | OECD
OECD

The OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas (“the Guidance”) is the first example of a collaborative…

Guía de debida diligencia de la OECD para cadenas de suministro responsables de minerals en las áreas de conflicto o de alto riesgo

2013 | OECD
OECD

La Guía de Debida Diligencia de la OCDE para Cadenas de Suministro Responsables de Minerales en las Áreas de Conflicto o de Alto Riesgo (“La…

Guide OCDE sur le devoir de diligence pour des chaînes d’approvisionnement responsables en minerais provenant de zones de conflit ou à haut risque

2013 | OECD
OECD

Le Guide OCDE sur le devoir de diligence pour des chaînes d’approvisionnement responsables en minerais provenant de zones de conflit ou à haut risque (ci-après…

Reasonable Practices to Identify Sources of Conflict Minerals: Practical Guidance for Downstream Companies

2013 | The Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative (cfsi)
The Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative (cfsi)

This “Reasonable Practices” white paper is intended as a practical guide for downstream companies that have reporting obligations about conflict minerals that may be used…

Strengthening Capacity for Conflict-Sensitive Natural Resource Management

2012 | EU-UN Partnership on Land and Natural Resource Conflicts

“Conflict arises when two or more groups believe their interests are incompatible. Conflict is not in itself a negative phenomenon. Non-violent conflict can be an…

Conflict Prevention in Resource-Rich Economies

2012 | EU-UN Partnership on Land and Natural Resource Conflicts

“Natural resource exports such as oil, diamonds and copper provide opportunities to drive growth and human development. However, extraction of these commodities can also result…

Land and Conflict

2012 | EU-UN Partnership on Land and Natural Resource Conflicts

“The role of land and natural resources in conflict is attracting increased international attention. The changing nature of violent conflict, combined with long-term demographic, economic…

Renewable Resources and Conflict

2012 | EU-UN Partnership on Land and Natural Resource Conflicts

“Managing conflicts that are related to natural resources is now more critical than ever before. As economic and population growth increase levels of global consumption,…

Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure Of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security

2012 | FAO

The purpose of these Voluntary Guidelines is to serve as a reference and to provide guidance to improve the governance of tenure of land, fisheries…

Fact Sheet: A Methodology for Conducting National-Scale Alluvial Diamond Resource Potential and Production Capacity Assessments, with a Focus on Artisanal Mining

2012 | Peter G. Chirico and Katherine C. Malpeli (USGS)

This Fact Sheet summarizes the methodology used by the USGS to conduct alluvial diamond resource potential and production capacity assessments in support of the Kimberly…

Fact Sheet: Summary of the Diamond Resource Potential and Production Capacity Assessment of Guinea

2012 | Peter G. Chirico and Katherine C. Malpeli (USGS)

This Fact Sheet summarizes the methodology and results of the diamond resource potential and production capacity assessment of Guinea conducted by the USGS from 2010-2012,…

Fact Sheet: Summary of the Reconnaissance Investigation of the Diamond Resource Potential and Production Capacity of Côte d’Ivoire

2012 | Peter G. Chirico and Katherine C. Malpeli (USGS)

This Fact Sheet summarizes the methodology and results of the reconnaissance investigation of the diamond deposits of Côte d’Ivoire conducted by the USGS in support…

Whose Brother's Keeper? International Trusteeship and the Search for Peace in the Palestinian Territories

2012 | Jeffrey D. Pugh

International trusteeship of post-conflict territories by multilateral institutions or foreign states received renewed attention in the wake of its application in Kosovo and East Timor…

How to Guide to Conflict Sensitivity

2012 | Conflict Sensitivity Consortium

 

This increased recognition of the importance of conflict sensitivity led to the formation of the Conflict Sensitivity Consortium in 2008, which brought together a broad…

Coping with Water Scarcity: An Action Framework for Agriculture and Food Security

2012 | FAO

The report aims to provide a conceptual framework to address food security under conditions of water scarcity in agriculture. It has been prepared by a…

Industrias extractivas y conflicto (Extractive Industries and Conflict)

2012 | Alianza UE-ONU
Alianza UE-ONU

“La gestión de la tierra y los recursos naturales es uno de los desafíos más importantes que enfrentan actualmente los países en desarrollo. Con frecuencia…

"Fortalecimiento de las capacidades de gestión de los recursos naturales susceptibles de generar conflictos (Strengthening Capacity for Conflict-Sensitive Natural Resource Management)"

2012 | Alianza UE-ONU
Alianza UE-ONU

“Administrar la tierra y los recursos naturales constituye uno de los desafíos más importantes a los que actualmente se enfrentan los países en desarrollo. La…