The first comprehensive account of the linkage between natural resources and political and social conflict in Africa.

This book is a critical examination of the place and role of land in Africa, the role of land in political formation and national identification, and the land a

Research carried out by the World Bank on the root causes of conflict and civil war finds that a developing country's economic dependence on natural resources o

Provides a pan-African synthesis of community-based natural resource management (CBNRM), drawing on multiple authors and a wide range of documented experiences

This book brings to fruition the research done during the CEA-ISCTE project ‘’Monitoring Conflicts in the Horn of Africa’’, reference PTDC/AFR/100460/20