“This report focus on Burundi, the Democratic
Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Sudan. The study solicited views and perspectives on
the role that natural resources and the environment can play in complex conflict situations. This report observed five
main challenges. The challenges relate first to the problem of natural resources and the
environment in complex conflict situations, and second, to the actors that can play a
constructive role in natural resource, environmental and conflict management.
These challenges are conflict management; a lack of viable alternatives, conflict-sensitive natural resource and environmental planning, government and civil society,and external actors. Finally, the report concludes with observations about renewable and non-renewable resources and environmental factors.”
