Chapter
2:
Concept
note
2.4
Toolkit
and
Guidance
for
Preventing
and
Managing
Land
and
Natural
Resources
Conflict
(EU-‐UN
partnership,
2012)
To
improve
capacity
for
land
and
natural
resource
management
(NRM)
and
conflict
prevention,
the
EU
partnered
with
the
UN
Framework
Team
in
late
2008.
The
aim
of
this
partnership
was
to
develop
and
implement
a
strategic
multi-‐agency
project
focused
on
building
the
capacity
of
national
stakeholders,
the
UN
system,
and
the
EU
to
prevent
land
and
natural
resources
from
contributing
to
violent
conflict.
Six
UN
agencies,
programmes
or
departments
have
been
involved,
including
UNDESA,
UNDP,
UNEP,
UN-‐HABITAT,
DPA
and
PBSO.
The
partnership
is
also
designed
to
enhance
policy
development
and
programme
coordination
between
key
actors
at
the
level
of
country
offices.
The
first
outcome
of
this
project
is
an
inventory
of
existing
tools
and
capacity
within
the
UN
system
and
a
set
of
four
Guidance
Notes
on
addressing
NRM
and
conflict
prevention.
These
Guidance
Notes
cover:
(i)
Land
and
Conflict
(ii)
Extractive
Industries
and
Conflict
(iii)
Renewable
Resources
and
Conflict,
and
(iv)
Strengthening
Capacity
for
Conflict-‐Sensitive
Natural
Resource
Management.
The
report
provides
a
useful
overview
of
conflict
over
renewable
natural
resources
that
drive,
reinforce
or
compound
other
stress
factors
(see
below).
Figure
2.5:
The
EU-‐UN
toolkit
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