Natural Resources and Conflict Prevention in Africa | Madariaga

Maddalena Malgarini - From commodities revenues to real development bene

2009-08-24 18:54:18

The report of the working group on "From commodities revenues to real
development benefits", held in the framework of the Geneva Trade &
Development Forum (Crans-Montana, 17-20 September 2008 is available at the
address:
http://www.gtdforum.org/themes.php
?table=themes&theme_id=40&status=

The working group was chaired by Pierre
Defraigne and Claude Kabemba.

Véronique Aulagnon - Task Force on illegal exploitation of and trade in

2009-09-19 12:32:37

Please find below a short brief on the “Task Force on illegal exploitation of
and trade in natural resources in the Great Lakes Region”

1.
Rationale

Fighting illegal exploitation in the Great Lakes Region, amongst
others to stop the financing of armed conflict in the Region, is generally seen
as an essential contribution to improve the situation in Central
Africa.

Against this background, the EU and and other members of the
international community decided early 2009 to intensify its own efforts to fight
illegal exploitation of and trade in natural resources in the Great Lakes
Region. To this end, a "Task Force on illegal exploitation and trade of
natural resources in the Great Lakes region", bringing together key
international partners to the DRC, was set up in February 2009, to identify good
practices and formulate policy recommendations.

The three main objectives of
the work of the Task Force are t...

qahira - Analyst

2010-02-02 19:43:29

Hello Veronique,

Do you have access to and can you forward the full text of
the brief on the “Task Force on illegal exploitation of
and trade in natural
resources in the Great Lakes Region”.

Thank you,
qahira

Torrent Search Engine

2010-02-04 15:27:56

I thought this was a very interesting article because it shows not only the
connection between environmental stressors and how they can eventually lead to
conflict, but also shows how conflict has an adverse affect on the environment.
One thing I think is interesting is how when we look at places, specifically in
Africa, we always associate conflict with small undeveloped countries. Now more
than ever we have huge investments in Africa by Western Countries like the
United States and Eastern countries like China. What concerns me is the
potential for conflict in Africa based on competition for resources by the two
superpowers. In the global scheme of things there seems to be a lot of focus on
the potential conflict within undeveloped countries in Africa when there is an
even bigger possibility of conflict between developed countries with Africa as
the battleground.