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This paper analyzes the causal relationship between shocks to renewable natural resources, such as agricultural and forest lands, and the intensity of the Maoist conflict in India. Conducting an econometric analysis, the authors focus on over-time within-district variation in the intensity of conflict in the states where this conflict is primarily located. Using a novel data set of killings, they find that adverse renewable resource shocks have a robust, significant association with the intensity of conflict.