| identifier | S0014 | ||
Author |
Mohamed Suliman |
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Title |
Ecology, Politics and Violent Conflict by Dr Mohamed Suliman |
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| File size | 14 kb | ||
| File type | html | ||
| Date | 2004 | ||
| Type |
Research Paper |
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Note |
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| Publisher |
IFAA |
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| Note | Sudan | ||
| Description | "One important message from ENCOP and ECOMAN is that environmental degradation, (environmental scarcity, or in a broader sense, environmental discriminationcan act as a cause of conflict only in interaction with other economic, social, and historical factors. It tells us that environmental scarcity of renewable resources, especially cropland, fresh water, marine resources, and forests, is becoming more and more significant as cause and/or catalyst of armed conflict, especially in the developing world. Scarcity of renewable resources such as soil, water, fauna, and flora does not inevitably lead to violent confrontation and could well bring about desirable cooperation among the affected parties. Yet, in situations where this scarcity is aggravated by social and economic upheavals, as is the case in many poor Third World and most sub-Saharan African countries, the conflictual aspect of environmental scarcity appears to gain predominance.." | ||
| Mode of Access |
No restriction |
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| Note | Rewritten June 2004 London UK |
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Subject |
Conflicts-Sudan | ||
| Subject | Ecology- Conflicts | ||
Subject |
Ethnic- tribal conflict | ||
| Subject | Conflicts, Horn of Africa | ||
Corporated body |
Institute For African Alternatives |
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