Extractive Resources

Competition and Cooperation in the Exploitation of the Ground Water Resource

2018 | Decisions in Economics and Finance
Marta Biancardi and Lucia Maddalena

We study the exploitation of a common groundwater resource, first as a static and then as a differential game, in order to take into account…

Natural Resource Exploitation in Nigeria: Consequences of Human Actions and Best Practice for Environmental Sustainability--A Review

2019 | Sparkling International Journal of Multidisciplanary Studies
Angela O. Akanwa and F. Ikegbunam

The mining environment has been characterized by a number of risks and vulnerabilities with the implications for the attainment of the SDGs. One of these…

Globalisation, Governance, Accountability and the Natural Resource ‘Curse’: Implications for Socio-economic Growth of Oil-Rich Developing Countries

2019 | Resources Policy
Dawda Adams, Kweku Adams, Subhan Ullah, and Farid Ullah

Motivated by recent inconclusive debates on the natural resource ‘curse’ phenomenon, this paper reviews studies that have explored the causes and implications of natural resource…

Financial Development and Resource-Curse Hypothesis: Moderating Role of Internal and External Conflict in the MENA Region

2024 | Resources Policy
Kaixian Li, Dongyu Wang, Tong Xu, and Yuqi Zhang

The Politics of Extractivism: Mining, Institutional Responsiveness, and Social Resistance

2024 | World Development
Simon Bornschier and Manuel Vogt

Natural resource exploitation often generates negative externalities and fuels social conflict. Yet, patterns of social resistance against mining differ considerably within and across countries. What…

Negotiating Development at the Margins: Natural Resources, Conflicts, and People's Movements in Odisha

2024 | Routledge
Anshuman Behera and Hippu Salk Kristle Nathan

This book critically examines various facets of conflicts involving people and the state arising due to the uneven distribution of natural resources. It provides an…

The Politics of Extractivism: Mining, Institutional Responsiveness, and Social Resistance

2024 | World Development
Simon Bornschier and Manuel Vogt

Natural resource exploitation often generates negative externalities and fuels social conflict. Yet, patterns of social resistance against mining differ considerably within and across countries. What…

Preventing a “Green Curse” in Africa: Mitigating Conflict Risks in Renewable Energy and Mining Projects and Sectors

2024 | Peace Research Institute Oslo
Kendra Dupuy, Carl Bruch, and Tracy Stein

Africa is well positioned for the global green energy transition with its vast renewable energy resources and significant deposits of critical minerals needed to produce…

Security Risks from Climate Change: New (Old) Conflicts in Latin America

2016 | Climate, Energy, Security
Christian Hübner

Climate change has gained a firm hold on Latin America. Hurricanes, melting glaciers, droughts and flooding are the aspects that grab the media spotlight. The increasing risks to…

How ‘Traumatic Decarbonization’ Can Impact Political Stability and Peace

2024 | United States Institute of Peace
Aditya Sarkar and Alex de Waal

The process of decarbonization — that is, the replacement of fossil fuels with non-hydrocarbon-based forms of energy — is essential for the world to meet…

Environmental Peacebuilding: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

2024 | Journal of Social Encounters
Ken Conca

The field of environmental peacebuilding emerged as a counter to the idea that violent conflict was an inevitable byproduct of environmental change. Two decades ago,…

Mineral Wealth Paradox: Health Challenges and Environmental Risks in African Resource-Rich Areas

2024 | BMC Public Health
Emmanuel Adu Sarfo and Rabbi Tweneboah

Africa is blessed with vast arable land and enriched with valuable natural resources encompassing both renewable (like water, forests, and fisheries) and non-renewable (such as…

The Economic and Environmental Effects of Gold Panning in a Zone of Armed Confict in the Circle of Gao

2023 | International Journal of Environment, Agriculture, and Biotechnology
Abdoulkadri Oumarou Toure, Fatoumata Maiga, Baba Faradji N’diaye, Issa Ouattara, and Bamoussa Yalcouye

Since 2018, the Gao region has been the focus of a massive influx of people from all walks of life in search of the gold…

Environmental and Climate Justice, and the Dynamics of Violence in Latin America: Perspectives from a Regional Working Group on Climate Change, the Environment, Peace and Security in Latin America

2024 | Stockholm International Peace Research Institute and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
Caroline Delgado, Farah Hegazi, and Anniek Barnhoorn

The Latin American Regional Working Group was initiated by SIPRI and the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) Colombia office in 2022. The working group comprises 20 climate and…

Oil Theft and Violence in Mexico

2023 | Journal of Politics in Latin America
Edgar Franco-Vivanco, Cesar B. Martinez-Alvarez, and Ivan Flores Martínez

Around the world, non-state armed actors have been linked to the illegal extraction of energy resources. This research note explores the case of Mexico. Anecdotal…

The Scars beyond Bullets: Recognizing the Environmental Toll of War

2024 | International Journal of Science and Research Archive
Titilayo Aishat Otukoya

Warfare, throughout history, has not only shaped geopolitical landscapes but has left an indelible mark on the environment. The unintended consequences of armed conflicts extend…

Effects of Illegal Mining on Human Security in Ghana

2024 | Medicon Engineering Themes
Kwadwo Addo Tuffuor and Richard Babil Takora

The environmental and socioeconomic effects of mining and human security challenges are a source of worry to most govern- ments all over the world. It…

The Conflict Potential of Sand: Illegal Sand Mining on the African Continent

2024 | Environment and Security
Levke Aduda and Lina Bolf

Sand is mined illegally in numerous countries globally—with devastating consequences for the environment and the people living in the sand mining areas. In our contribution,…

Conflict Pollution Hotspots in Iraq

2024 | World Bank

Successive conflicts in Iraq were characterised by tactics to damage its oil and industrial assets that not only led to huge economic loss, but pollution…

Environmental Conflict and the Expansion of Renewable Energy in Central America: Exploring Canadian Participation

2023 | Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Simon Granovsky-Larsen and Paulina Larreátegui Benavides

As capacity to generate and distribute renewable energy expands across Central America, environmental conflict is on the rise, with communities confronting dispossession of water and…

Environmental Defenders in the Philippines: Ecological Grief, Loss, Trauma, Hope and Protection

2023 | Journal of Loss and Trauma
John Jamir Benzon R. Aruta

A letter published recently discussed the lack of attention to ecological grief, how Filipino youth are vulnerable such kind of grief, and proposed relevant ways…

Blood, Timber, and Plantations: The Violence of Enclosing Lives and Livelihoods in the Phillippines

2023 | Journal of Peasant Studies
Wolfram H. Dressler and Will Smith

This paper considers the relationship between authoritarian populism and extractivism by examining the violence against ‘environmental defenders’ in the Philippines. Since 2016, President Rodrigo Duterte’s…

Environmentalists' Struggles in Mexico and Their Human Cost

2022 | Voices of Mexico
Myriam Fracchia Figueiredo

Global expansion and the negative effects of the productive system on human beings and ecosystems have deepened the social crisis in Mexico. This is expressed…

Black Gold and Green BRI – A Grounded Analysis of Chinese Investment in Coal-Fired Power Plants in Indonesia

2024 | Extractive Industries and Society
Bowen Gu

From the “Going Out” strategy in the 2000s to the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) launched in 2013, China has increased its overseas investment and…

The Quest of Hydrocarbon Resources as a Catalyst of International Conflicts: An Epic Lesson from the Bakassi Question

2023 | Intergovernmental Research and Policy Journal
Bande Gulbert Mbah Tarh

Although recent research has increasingly questioned the link between natural resources and international conflict, the quest for hydrocarbons is peculiarly significant in igniting conflicts. Since…

Towards Sustainable Environment in Somalia: The Role of Conflicts, Urbanization, and Globalization on Environmental Degradation and Emissions

2023 | Journal of Cleaner Production
Abdimalik Ali Warsame, Abdikafi Hassan Abdi, Amir Yahya Amir, and W.N.W. Azman-Saini

Climate change is a global phenomenon in the 21st century. Hence, achieving environmental sustainability has become a global initiative to tackle the repercussions of climate…

Gendered Violence Martying Filipina Environmental Defenders

2023 | Extractive Industries and Society
Dalena Tran

This article contributes to discussions of extractive violence by exploring how gender influences violent circumstances under which women were assassinated during environmental conflicts. Partnership with…

Exploring Public Support for Extraterritorial Jurisdiction over Natural Resource Extraction: Survey Insights from the United States

2024 | Resources Policy
Martijn C. Vlaskamp

This paper investigates public support for national policies that hold companies accountable for their actions abroad, focusing on the extraction of natural resources. A survey…

Mining and Violence in Latin America: The State’s Coercive Responses to Anti-Mining Resistance

2024 | World Development
Moises Arce and Camilo Nieto-Matiz

The expansion of mining and conflict violence are closely related phenomena, but there is widespread variation in the coercive responses state actors embrace to subdue…

Violent Transitions: Towards a Political Ecology of Coal and Hydropower in India

2023 | Climate and Development
Mukul Kumar

The concept of just transition is often defined as a process of including particular kinds of fossil fuel workers in the transition towards low-carbon energy.…