As a discipline, environmental peacebuilding “integrates natural resource management in
conflict prevention, mitigation, resolution, and recovery to build resilience in communities …

In recent years, there has been growing interest in identifying robust indicators which
demonstrate the links between mining and development. This builds on an extensive body …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine blockchain's roles in promoting ethical
sourcing in the mineral and metal industry. Design/methodology/approach It analyzes …

This article lays out a set of arguments about natural resources, the material economy, and
resource geography. It explains the productive position resources occupy in the organization …

Land use conflicts are becoming increasingly apparent from local to global scales. Surface
gold mining is an extreme source of such a conflict, but mining impacts on local livelihoods …

In the late 1990s, natural resources such as oil, diamonds, and timber came under
increased scrutiny by conflict analysts and media outlets for their purported role in many …

Are natural resources a 'blessing'or a 'curse'for human development? This article attempts to
answer the question by distinguishing between a 'dependence'on natural resources and an …

For many, Africa is regarded as a place of mystery and negative images, where reports of
natural disasters and civil strife dominate media attention, with relatively little publicity given …

While artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) and its impact on socio-economic
development have produced voluminous studies, knowledge of the underlying migratory …

Geopolitical risks and natural resources governance have recently become the focus of
increasing scholarly attention. To provide a systematic analysis of the literature on this topic …