The Role of Land and Natural Resources in Negotiating Peace Agreements

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Author(s)Ali, Saleem H.
Author(s)Boyer, Nancy E.
Author(s)Mundaca, Gabriela
Author(s)de Silva, Lynette
Author(s)Jabalameli, Shaghayegh
Author(s)Taganova, Jahan
Date Accessioned2025-05-16T13:55:53Z
Date Available2025-05-16T13:55:53Z
Publication Date2025-03-27
DescriptionThis article was originally published in Negotiation Journal. The version of record is available at: https://doi.org/10.1162/ngtn_a_00017. © 2025 Presidents and Fellows of Harvard College. Published under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For a full description of the license, please visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode.
AbstractDrawing on the growing genre of literature on “environmental peacebuilding,” this article develops a qualitative model of how land and natural resources (including minerals, water, forests, and agricultural products) contribute to the framing of conflicts and how they might contribute to their resolution. We considered twelve cases of peace processes in which land and resources played a role and developed a causal link typology of the nexus between natural resources and conflict. Based on extensive archival research and interviews, we then developed a series of causal variables and pathways that were synthesized into our qualitative model—the Peace and Natural Resource Nexus (PNRN) Model. Our analysis suggests that there are opportunities for making peace through a nexus with natural resources and for making peace agreements more robust with greater attention to natural resource linkages even if they might not be the dominant cause of conflict. Attention to the role of natural resources in conflicts and the inclusion of environmental and natural resource factors in the negotiation of peace agreements are thus likely to be advantageous across a wide spectrum of conflicts.
CitationSaleem H. Ali, Nancy E. Boyer, Gabriela Mundaca, Lynette de Silva, Shaghayegh Jabalameli, Jahan Taganova; The Role of Land and Natural Resources in Negotiating Peace Agreements. Negotiation Journal 2025; 41 228–250. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/ngtn_a_00017
ISSN1571-9979
URLhttps://udspace.udel.edu/handle/19716/36157
Languageen_US
PublisherNegotiation Journal
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywordsconflict resolution
Keywordspeace agreements
Keywordsnatural resources
Keywordsenvironmental diplomacy
Keywordsminerals
Keywordsland rights
TitleThe Role of Land and Natural Resources in Negotiating Peace Agreements
TypeArticle
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