A local to global framework on resource governance and conflict

A local to global framework on resource governance and conflict

by Janpeter Schilling1, Christina Saulich2 & Nina Engwicht3

How do global schemes of resource certification and global demand for valuable resources like diamonds and land influence local conflicts? How do local resource and conflict dynamics influence global processes related to resource demand and certification? To address these questions, we have edited a special issue in the journal Conflict, Security and Development that introduces a local to global framework to examine resource governance and conflicts across scales.

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