Great expectations, not-so-great performance: Participant views of community-based natural resource management in Ghana, West Africa

Current Research in Environmental Sustainability, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 7, С. 100251 - 100251

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2024

Nature conservation and sustainable development goals are challenged by powerful economic incentives to exploit natural resources, particularly in many tropical countries. Community-based resource management (CBNRM) projects have been encouraged worldwide for over 40 years improve the sustainability of nature-based livelihoods facilitate governance accordance with cultural spiritual traditions. CBNRM has implemented Ghana, West Africa, 20 form Community Resource Management Areas (CREMAs), but their success supporting remains subject debate. We evaluated participant views 33 conservation, economic, sociocultural outcomes through 881 interviews people from 89 communities associated eight CREMAs. Participants reported highest expectations performance including awareness, increased food honey production, collective community action unity. However, perceived failed meet all outcomes. Expectation-performance gaps were largest such as reduced illegal logging, income, financial assistance, employment, constancy children's school attendance. Successfully addressing these will depend largely on external factors, government effectiveness controlling logging investments credit education. While this other approaches cannot stand alone achieve goals, sufficient support they can provide substantial benefits participants play a role buffers successful protected areas.

Язык: Английский

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“When We Believe in State Power, It Tends to Fail Us”: Insights Into the Management of Herder-Peasant Farmer Conflicts in Benue State, Nigeria

Journal of Asian and African Studies, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Апрель 15, 2024

This paper examines management of herder-peasant farmer conflicts and internal security challenges in Benue state, Nigeria. It relied mainly on descriptive cross-sectional survey designs. Four hundred seven participants were collated analyzed from 430 questionnaires distributed 10 Local Government Areas with an age range 20–79 years mean 42.84 years. A structured questionnaire was adopted for measuring farmer-herder analyzing the strategies deployed tackling conflict. The findings showed that certain laws policies government significantly contributed to onset protraction herder-farmer conflict F (5, 406) = 186.51; p < 0.05. Further show inherent contradictions different enacted by created obstructions land access utilization warring parties (herders farmers). Pursuant this, linked obduracy government’s poor handling land-based resources. To address conflict, article recommends should be unbundled limit influence federal state governments distribution control.

Язык: Английский

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The necropolitics of drone bases and use in the African context

Critical Studies on Terrorism, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown, С. 1 - 23

Опубликована: Июль 25, 2024

This paper critically evaluates the establishment of drone bases and use drones in several African countries territories. Despite significant financial commitments needed, external forces continue to invest heavily operations across continent, often promoted for security Africa. Using secondary sources, this employs concept "necropolitics" argue that these bases, along with technologies emanating from them – ostensibly counter-insurgencies or counter-piracy represent deployment "aerial domination". It posits such enable control airspaces determine who lives dies, thereby ensuring their acquiescence subjugation under aerial colonialism. challenges prevailing discourse primarily serve interests those its surveillance advocates pan-African partnerships guide against colonialism

Язык: Английский

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Perceptions of injustices in the struggle for scarce critical lands: Farmer-herder conflict and violence escalation in the Benue-Nasarawa borderland

World Development, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 186, С. 106824 - 106824

Опубликована: Ноя. 13, 2024

Язык: Английский

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‘We don’t have anything’: understanding the interaction between pastoralism and terrorism in Nigeria

Conflict Security and Development, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 22(4), С. 345 - 385

Опубликована: Июль 4, 2022

Since 2011, the Sahel has been bedevilled by insecurity spawned communal strife, social fragmentation, and religious extremism. Some of security conundrums in region are perpetrated some pastoralists who have turned criminals established strong ties with terrorist groups such as Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), Islamic State Greater Sahara (ISGS), West Africa Province (ISWAP), Boko Haram. Whilst reasons for emergence militant jihadism largely explored vast corpus on terrorism, less attention devoted to understanding-cum-explaining take up arms join groups. The few scholarly publications problematic posit that pastoralists’ resort terrorism lie political ecology pastoralist populism. In this article, I contend these dominant explanations sidestep socioeconomic context within which struggle eke out a bare existence well varied everyday abuses state non-state actors against pastoralists. Drawing relative deprivation conceptual framework advanced American scientist Ted Gurr, argue because they perceive discrepancies between their past present condition but also consequence marginalisation illustrate pastoralism-terrorism nexus crucial case Nigeria―Africa’s most populous largest economy.

Язык: Английский

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Anchored in History: Understanding the Persistence of Eco-Violence in Nigeria’s Middle Belt through Collective Memory

Genealogy, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 7(3), С. 45 - 45

Опубликована: Июль 13, 2023

The Nigerian Middle Belt is the epicentre of violent conflicts between Fulani herders and sedentary farmers over land agricultural resources called eco-violence; existing research has not adequately addressed persistence these conflicts. Using Social Representations Theory (SRT), this paper examines empirical case studies conducted in April 2018 May 2022 Benue State, Nigeria, to determine why persist. argues that contending parties anchor, objectify, socially represent past contestations pre-colonial, colonial, post-colonial Nigeria present-day realities events Belt, leading re-experience collective memories their consequences on people’s behaviour. Consequently, people resort violence redress present grievances viewed through prism events. To promote sustainable peace when tackling deeply-rooted conflicts, it essential comprehend historical context significance memory while employing a comprehensive strategy for conflict resolution. Implementing Cognitive Reappraisal Technique address issues related critical approach.

Язык: Английский

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Herder-farmer conflict in sub-Saharan Africa and corporate social responsibility in Nigeria’s oil host communities

Local Environment, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 29(9), С. 1244 - 1263

Опубликована: Май 31, 2024

There have been increasing demands on multinational oil companies (MOCs) to provide community development programmes and security their host communities in Nigeria. This is mainly because developmental projects are lacking most of these the time they not provided by government. Thus, we set out examine impact MOCs' Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) model cutting main drivers cum prompters herder-farmer violence Niger Delta expanse Results from use both propensity score matching logit indicate that, though a very skimpy part CSR intervention specifically aimed at alleviating conflict, has made momentous drops land deprivation, social disparities, pressure over as well better people's lives region. The finding suggests that MOCs positioned tackle triggers farmer-herder when investment cluster boards (CDBs) designed improve management infrastructure, train local leaders dispute resolution techniques prioritise trust between forces. implies business an obligation help solving problems public concern.

Язык: Английский

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Herders without borders: transhumance securitisation and the challenges of national security in Ghana and Nigeria

Security Journal, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 38(1)

Опубликована: Ноя. 27, 2024

Abstract As an enduring agricultural practice in Africa, transboundary herding has remained a major source of conflict among agro-land users, especially between the Fulani nomadic pastoralists and peasant farmers/host communities. Although extant studies broadly agree that this is prone to violence, actual factors which predispose violence vary across studies, ranging from climate change environmental security, population growth urbanisation, manipulation cultural ethnic identities, insecurity Lake Chad area, free movement persons goods protocols. However, these have glossed over how securitisation transhumance contributes herders farmers West Africa—which focus present study. Data for study were sourced documentary evidence, including scholarly literature, media reports, official documents relevant protocols Economic Community African States. Relying on basic assumptions theory, found as default state response strategy against use conflicts become counterproductive Africa.

Язык: Английский

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The Necropolitics of Drone Bases and Use in the African Context

Опубликована: Фев. 2, 2024

This paper critically evaluates the establishment of drone bases and use drones in several countries Africa by Western Arab nations. Despite significant financial commitments needed, external forces continue to invest heavily operations across continent, often promoted for security Africans. Using secondary sources, this employs concept ‘necropolitics’ argue that these bases, along with technologies emanating from them represent deployment ‘necropolitical domination’. The posits such enable control African airspaces determine who lives dies, thereby ensuring their acquiescence subjugation under ‘aerial colonialism’. challenges prevailing discourse primarily serve interests, advocating a critical reassessment renegotiation partnerships guided pan-African strategy protocol countries.

Язык: Английский

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The Necropolitics of Drone Bases and Use in the African Context

Опубликована: Март 21, 2024

This paper critically evaluates the establishment of drone bases and use drones in several countries Africa by Western Arab nations. Despite significant financial commitments needed, external forces continue to invest heavily operations across continent, often promoted for security Africans. Using secondary sources, this employs concept ‘necropolitics’ argue that these bases, along with technologies emanating from them – ostensibly counter-insurgencies or counter-piracy regions like Sahel Horn represent deployment ‘necropolitical domination’. The posits such enable control African airspaces determine who lives dies, thereby ensuring their acquiescence subjugation under ‘aerial colonialism’. challenges prevailing discourse primarily serve interests, advocating a critical reassessment renegotiation partnerships guided pan-African strategy protocol countries.

Язык: Английский

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