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The Role of Religious and Traditional Institutions during Conflict and in Peacebuilding

Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Liberia, Vol. 3: Appendices, Title IV: "The Conflict, Religion and Tradition"

Journal Articles & Books
November, 2011
Liberia
Land Conflicts
land conflicts
land governance
local communities
research
The Conflict in Liberia and subsequent trarnsitional justice process through means of a truth and reconciliation commission provide a unique opportunity to examine how the exploitation of religious and traditional identities/institutions became a means to fuel and perpetuate the conflict. Likewise, it also offers an example of how the strength and credibility of a religious community can be instrumental in facilitating formal peace processes.
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Enclosure, dispossession, and the green economy: new contours of internal displacement in Liberia and Sierra Leone?

Journal Articles & Books
June, 2017
Liberia, Sierra Leone
Land in post-conflict settings
displacement
dispossession
land conflicts
land governance
local communities
natural disasters
natural resources management
Through a review of recent writings in political ecology and agrarian studies, this paper appraises the potential for emerging forms of ‘green economy’ initiatives to catalyze new forms of internal displacement in West Africa, with specific emphasis on the postwar contexts of Liberia and Sierra Leone.
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Armed conflict and mining induced land-use transition in northern Nimba County, Liberia

Reports & Research
January, 2019
Liberia
Land Conflicts
Land in post-conflict settings
land governance
environment
deforestation
land use
land use change
mining
natural resources management
land conflicts
local communities
This study determined pre-conflict, conflict and post-conflict land use change and analysed the impact of armed conflict on the intensity of land use change in northern Nimba County. Landsat images of 1986, 1990, 2002 and 2016 were classif
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Peacebuilding and Natural Resource Governance After Armed Conflict

Journal Articles & Books
August, 2019
Liberia, Sierra Leone
Land in post-conflict settings
land governance
land policies
environment
natural resources management
land conflicts
land dispute
local communities
This book argues that a set of persuasive narratives about the links between natural resource, armed conflict and peacebuilding have strongly influenced the natural resource interventions pursued by international peacebuilders. The author shows how international peacebuilders active in Liberia and Sierra Leone pursued a collective strategy to transform “conflict resources” into “peace resources” vis-à-vis a policy agenda that promoted “securitization” and “marketization” of natural resources.
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In the Face of Threats and Invasions in the Forests, Communities Defend and Reclaim Their Life Spaces

WRM Bulletin 254 – Jan/Feb 2021

Policy Papers & Briefs
January, 2021
Mozambique, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Liberia, Nigeria, Brazil, Ecuador, Venezuela, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Gender
Land & Investments
gender equity
poverty
sustainable development
land-use planning
environment
climate change
fisheries
deforestation
forest conservation
forest management plans
mining
land dispute
community land rights
customary tenure
tenure security
Indigenous Peoples
land rights activists
local communities
extractive industries
women
The articles in this Bulletin are written by the following organizations and individuals: National Coordinator for the Defense of the Mangrove Ecosystem (C-CONDEM), Ecuador; Yayasan Pusaka Bentala Rakya (Bentala Raya Heritage Foundation), Indonesia; Venezuelan Observatory of Political Ecology and members of the WRM international secretariat in close collaboration with several allies who are part of grassroots groups in different countries.