Climate models are predicting a hotter, drier and less predictable climate in the Middle East, a region already considered the world's most water-scarce and where, in many places, demand for water already outstrips supply. This report addresses the links between climate change, peace and conflict.
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Library Resourcejanvier, 2009République arabe syrienne, Jordanie, Israël, Liban, Palestine, Asie occidentale, Afrique septentrionale
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Library Resourcejanvier, 2009Soudan, Afrique sub-saharienne
Livelihoods in Darfur are intimately linked to the conflict. This document considers the livelihoods of the Northern Rizaygat, a group of Arabic-speaking, camel-herding nomads living in the Sudanese states of North, South, and West Darfur. The Northern Rizaygat have achieved notoriety for their role in the Janjaweed, the loose groupings of armed Arab tribesmen, who, since 2003, have been integral players in Darfur’s conflict and instrumental to the Sudanese government’s counterinsurgency campaign.
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Library Resourcejanvier, 2009Angola, Guinée équatoriale, Nigéria, Gabon, République démocratique du Congo, Tchad, Soudan du Sud, Soudan, Cameroun
Empirical studies have shown that oil-dependent countries are more likely to suffer from civil wars motivated by ‘grievances’ or ‘greed’ — and this is particularly true for states in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Library Resourcejanvier, 2009Afrique sub-saharienne, Afrique septentrionale, Asie occidentale
Although difficult to calculate systematically, forests play a significant economic role at the continental, regional, national and local levels in Africa. This paper sets out to provide an overview of key forest governance issues across the African continent. It focuses particularly on the experiences in western, central and, to a lesser extent, eastern subregions of the continent.
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Library Resourcejanvier, 2009Europe orientale, Afrique sub-saharienne, Afrique septentrionale, Asie orientale, Océanie, Asie occidentale, Amérique latine et Caraïbes
Conflicts associated with natural resources are twice as likely to relapse into conflict in the first five years, an imminent report suggests. Indeed the natural resource curse has been a primary determinant of intra-state conflict in terrible theatres of war such as the Democratic Republic of Congo and Liberia. Yet it extends far beyond the battle to acquire precious commodities.
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