Stepping Stones to Peace? Natural Resource Provisions in Peace Agreements

Author(s): Simon Mason, Damiano Sguaitamatti, Maria del Pilar Ramirez Gröbli
Editor(s): Carl Bruch, Carroll Muffett, Sandra S. Nichols
Book Title: Governance, Natural Resources, and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding
Series: Earthscan from Routledge
Pages: 71-120
Publisher(s): Routledge
Publication Year: 2016

To what extent can provisions on natural resources in peace agreements be “stepping stones” on the path from violent conflict to post-conflict natural resource management? In an effort to help answer this question, this chapter provides an overview of natural resource provisions in ninety-four peace agreements from twenty-seven countries and regions. It then examines the cases of Guatemala, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Sierra Leone, and Sudan in more depth.

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