Conflict management is an intrinsic element of natural resource management, and becomes increasingly important amid growing pressure on natural resources from local uses, as well as from external drivers such as climate change and international investment. If policymakers and practitioners aim to truly improve livelihood resilience and reduce vulnerabilities of poor rural households, issues of resource competition and conflict management cannot be ignored.

Dialogue to address the roots of resource competition: Lessons for policy and practice 


PROGRAM REPORT | 2014

An action research initiative in Cambodia, Zambia and Uganda explored how multistakeholder dialogue can address the roots of environmental resource competition and conflict. This synthesis report presents outcomes and lessons.