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The dynamics of resource conflict: Lessons from Nigeria and Malaysia

Since the emergence of environmental resource conflict on the international political discourse in the early 1980s, there has been growing concern that, resource conflicts in developing countries is likely to exacerbate conflicts originating in strenuous struggles over scarce resources due to popula...

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Main Authors: Ahmadu, Hamman J., Yusof, Rohana
Other Authors: Mohd Sani, Mohd Azizuddin
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Language:English
Published: College of Law, Government and International Studies, Universiti Utara Malaysia 2010
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JA Political science (General)
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spelling my.uum.repo.24892011-02-27T03:51:33Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/2489/ The dynamics of resource conflict: Lessons from Nigeria and Malaysia Ahmadu, Hamman J. Yusof, Rohana JA Political science (General) Since the emergence of environmental resource conflict on the international political discourse in the early 1980s, there has been growing concern that, resource conflicts in developing countries is likely to exacerbate conflicts originating in strenuous struggles over scarce resources due to population increase. The apparent manifestation of conflicts in the oil rich Niger Delta region in Southern Nigeria and Farmer-herder conflicts in Northern Nigeria to the lingering forest logging controversy in Malaysia is an upsurge of the coming resource “crisis” in these countries. The focus of this paper is to discuss issues on management of resource conflicts in developing countries like Nigeria and Malaysia. The paper suggests that, there is the need for commitment from the states and all stakeholders through institutionalization of proactive conflict resolution and peace building strategies, instead of resolution through the grave yards. Discussions are based on secondary data with examples from recent experiences from farmer-herder conflict, and Niger Delta crisis in Nigeria, and forest logging in Malaysia. College of Law, Government and International Studies, Universiti Utara Malaysia Mohd Sani, Mohd Azizuddin Ismail, Siti Zubaidah 2010 Book Section PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://repo.uum.edu.my/2489/1/Hamman_Jumba_-_The_Dynamics_of_Resource_Conflicts.pdf Ahmadu, Hamman J. and Yusof, Rohana (2010) The dynamics of resource conflict: Lessons from Nigeria and Malaysia. In: The Third International Conference on International Studies (ICIS 2010), 1st-2nd December 2010, Hotel Istana Kuala Lumpur. College of Law, Government and International Studies, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Sintok, pp. 1-15. ISBN 9789832078456 http://icis.uum.edu.my/
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The dynamics of resource conflict: Lessons from Nigeria and Malaysia
description Since the emergence of environmental resource conflict on the international political discourse in the early 1980s, there has been growing concern that, resource conflicts in developing countries is likely to exacerbate conflicts originating in strenuous struggles over scarce resources due to population increase. The apparent manifestation of conflicts in the oil rich Niger Delta region in Southern Nigeria and Farmer-herder conflicts in Northern Nigeria to the lingering forest logging controversy in Malaysia is an upsurge of the coming resource “crisis” in these countries. The focus of this paper is to discuss issues on management of resource conflicts in developing countries like Nigeria and Malaysia. The paper suggests that, there is the need for commitment from the states and all stakeholders through institutionalization of proactive conflict resolution and peace building strategies, instead of resolution through the grave yards. Discussions are based on secondary data with examples from recent experiences from farmer-herder conflict, and Niger Delta crisis in Nigeria, and forest logging in Malaysia.
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title The dynamics of resource conflict: Lessons from Nigeria and Malaysia
title_short The dynamics of resource conflict: Lessons from Nigeria and Malaysia
title_full The dynamics of resource conflict: Lessons from Nigeria and Malaysia
title_fullStr The dynamics of resource conflict: Lessons from Nigeria and Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed The dynamics of resource conflict: Lessons from Nigeria and Malaysia
title_sort dynamics of resource conflict: lessons from nigeria and malaysia
publisher College of Law, Government and International Studies, Universiti Utara Malaysia
publishDate 2010
url http://repo.uum.edu.my/2489/1/Hamman_Jumba_-_The_Dynamics_of_Resource_Conflicts.pdf
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