Toolkits & Guidance

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…

Recursos renovables y conflictos (Renewable Resources and Conflict)

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…

Land and Conflict Prevention

2011 | John W. Bruce with Sally Holt (Initiative for Quiet Diplomacy)

Conflicts over land are not always the precursor to violence. Indeed they can be a positive force for catalytic change—when access is provided for the…

Natural Resource Governance Training Manual

2011 | Patti Moore, Xuemei Zhang, Ronnakorn Triraganon (IUCN, RECOFTC and SNV)

Natural resource governance, especially in the forest sector, has long been largely centralized and top-down, focusing primarily on conservation goals. The actual and potential role…

Transboundary Conservation and Peace-building: Lessons from Forest Biodiversity Conservation Projects

2011 | Saleem Ali

This policy document, jointly published by the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) and the United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS), sets out the…

Practice Note: Conflict-Sensitive Responses to Climate Change in South Asia

2011 | International Alert
Janani Vivekananda

“This note explains the importance of using a conflict-sensitive approach to respond to climate change in conflict- prone or conflict-affected contexts. It offers guidelines and…

Capacity Inventory

2010 | EU-UN Partnership on Land and Natural Resource Conflicts

“The following presents an investigation of available capacities for the Consensual and Sustainable Management of Land and Natural Resources within the UN system. This analysis…

Practice note 6: Natural Resource Governance in Conflict-Affected Contexts

2010 | Holger Grundel (International Alert)

This practice note offers options for economic development planners and practitioners for promoting accountable and conflict-sensitive governance of natural resource wealth. The presence of significant…

Negotiate: Reaching Agreements Over Water

2010 | IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature)
John Dore, Julia Robinson & Mark Smith

Around the world people are involved in negotiations about water. This is a book for practitioners committed to negotiations which lead to fair agreements about…

Negotiating Agreements in Multi-Party, Multi-Issue Contexts

2010 | Public Sector Digest
Dr Evan Hoffman

Multi-party, multi-issue negotiations involve situations in which there are multiple actors, each pursuing his or her distinct (usually divergent) agendas on a number of different topics…

Due Diligence Guidance: Towards Conflict-Free Mineral Supply Chains

2010 | OECD
OECD

This simplified guide explains the basics of due diligence in the supply chain of tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold from conflict-affected and high-risk areas in…

Guide OCDE sur le devoir de diligence pour des chaînes d’approvisionnement en minerais exemptes de lien avec un conflit

2010 | OECD
OECD

Cette version simplifiée du guide explique les grands principes du devoir de diligence à exercer dans la chaîne d’approvisionnement de l’étain, du tantale, du tungstène…

Do No Harm: Excluding Conflict Minerals from the Supply Chain

2010 | Global Witness
Global Witness

This paper argues that the due diligence that companies using minerals or metals originating from eastern DRC needs to undertake consists of:

A conflict minerals policySupply…

Conflict-Sensitive Conservation: Practitioners' Manual

2009 | Anne Hammill, Alec Crawford, Robert Craig, Robert Malpas, Richard Matthew (IISD)

The Albertine Rift is one of the most biodiverse and ecologically unique regions of Africa. Sadly it has also been the site of some of…

Recommended Strategy for Conflict Resolution of Competing High Pasture Claims of Settled and Nomadic Communities in Afghanistan

2009 | UNEP
Liz Alden Wily

This document lays out a possible road map for resolving the conflict between Pashtun nomads (Kuchi) and Hazara as to access to pastureland in the…

Livestock Emergency Guidelines and Standards

2009 | LEGS Project

The Livestock Emergency Guidelines and Standards (LEGS) are a set of international guidelines and standards for the design, implementation and assessment of livestock interventions to…

The Enabling State: Collaborating for Success

2008 | Lucian J. Hudson (UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office)

This report is both a comprehensive account of what makes for effective collaboration and partnership between and within organizations, and a contribution to the debate…

Environmental Guidebook on Military Operations

2008 | DoD Environmental, Safety and Occupational Health Network and Information Exchange (DENIX)
Hanna Uusitalo, Antti Kivipelto, Sara Kajander, Ava Sovijärvi, Carl-Gustav Ebbhagen, Svante Olsson, Annica Waleij, Birgitta Liljedahl, Åsa Scott Andersson, Timothy Bosetti, homas Schultheis, Susan Clark-Sestak & William Nicholls

This guidebook was developed by a multinational working group consisting of representatives from the defense organizations of Finland, Sweden, and the United States. It reflects…

Registering the Human Terrian: A Valuation of Cadastre

2008 | National Intelligence University
Douglas Batson

By tying a name to a place, a cadastre can answer the difficult “who” question: who is behind a given problem? A cadastre can also…

Natural Resources, Conflict, and Conflict Resolution

2007 | USIP

This study guide is designed to serve independent learners who want to find out more about international conflict and its resolution, as well as educators…

Land Tenure Alternative Conflict Management 

2006 | Adriana Herrera and Maria Guglielma da Passano (FAO)

The aim of this training manual is to acquaint practitioners with the main characteristics of a land tenure conflict, the context in which the conflict…