Climate variability, crop and conflict: Exploring the impacts of spatial concentration in agricultural production

Vesco, Paola; Kovačič, Matija; Mistry, Malcolm; Croicu, Mihai

doi:10.1177/0022343320971020

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“…According to their analysis, the growing season is generally a time of heightened conflict activity. Relatedly, Vesco et al (2021) identify spatial impacts on crop production as conditioning the link between drought and civil conflict onset in agriculture-dependent countries, where increasing concentration of agricultural production in parts of state territory reflects increasing economic inequalities.…”

Section: Contributions Of This Special Issue: Beyond the State Of The Artmentioning

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Security implications of climate change: A decade of scientific progress

Uexküll

Buhaug

2021

Journal of Peace Research

140

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The study of security implications of climate change has developed rapidly from a nascent area of academic inquiry into an important and thriving research field that traverses epistemological and disciplinary boundaries. Here, we take stock of scientific progress by benchmarking the latest decade of empirical research against seven core research priorities collectively emphasized in 35 recent literature reviews. On the basis of this evaluation, we discuss key contributions of this special issue. Overall, we find that the research community has made important strides in specifying and evaluating plausible indirect causal pathways between climatic conditions and a wide set of conflict-related outcomes and the scope conditions that shape this relationship. Contributions to this special issue push the research frontier further along these lines. Jointly, they demonstrate significant climate impacts on social unrest in urban settings; they point to the complexity of the climate–migration–unrest link; they identify how agricultural production patterns shape conflict risk; they investigate understudied outcomes in relation to climate change, such as interstate claims and individual trust; and they discuss the relevance of this research for user groups across academia and beyond. We find that the long-term implications of gradual climate change and conflict potential of policy responses are important remaining research gaps that should guide future research.

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Section: Contributions Of This Special Issue: Beyond the State Of The Artmentioning

confidence: 99%

Security implications of climate change: A decade of scientific progress

Uexküll

Buhaug

2021

Journal of Peace Research

140

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“…Second, the exclusion of small farmers and indigenous peoples from their cultural life, water, and land. The same thing was expressed by Tetreault (2015), Collado (2015), Vesco et al (2021), that conflicts that occur in mining areas are caused by dependence on agriculture and environmental degradation due to mining. In this context, Teijlingen and Hogenboom (2017) questions whether mining is suitable for development?…”

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Conflict Resolution in Mining Area: An Alternative Strategy of Community Empowerment

Sapar¹,

Syafruddin

2021

J. Ilmu Lingk.

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Penelitian ini menganalisis konflik di sekitar pertambangan dan merumuskan resolusi konflik sebagai strategi pemberdayaan masyarakat di Kabupaten Bombana, Sulawesi Tenggara. Penelitian ini dirancang dengan metode survei deskriptif. Populasi penelitian adalah rumah tangga yang tinggal di desa-desa sekitar wilayah pertambangan, baik di darat maupun di pulau-pulau. Teknik proportional cluster sampling digunakan untuk menentukan sampel. Analisis statistik dilakukan dengan menggunakan statistik deskriptif dan statistik inferensial. Uji statistik inferensial yang digunakan adalah analisis regresi berganda dan uji t untuk menganalisis perbedaan antara responden di daratan dan pulau-pulau. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa konflik antara perusahaan dengan masyarakat sekitar pertambangan di Kabupaten Bombana tergolong tinggi. Konflik tersebut meliputi proses pendudukan Sumber Daya Alam (SDA), dominasi perusahaan atas sumber daya alam, dan penanganan dampak negatif. Strategi pemberdayaan masyarakat sekitar pertambangan melalui pengelolaan konflik adalah: (1) Mempercepat penyelesaian konflik yang ada dengan pola musyawarah dan melibatkan semua pihak, termasuk masyarakat setempat, pemerintah, dan penegak hukum setempat. (2) Mendorong perusahaan pertambangan untuk meningkatkan pengelolaan lingkungan yang terkena dampak untuk mencegah kerusakan lingkungan. (3) Meningkatkan pola kerjasama antara perusahaan, pemerintah, dan masyarakat dalam pengelolaan sumber daya alam. (4) Mencegah konflik sosial. Upaya peningkatan pemberdayaan masyarakat sekitar pertambangan dapat dilakukan melalui kerjasama antara pemerintah, perusahaan, dan masyarakat. Pemerintah dan perusahaan memiliki sumber daya yang cukup untuk menginisiasi program pemberdayaan masyarakat sekitar pertambangan di Kabupaten Bombana. ABSTRACTThis study analyzes conflicts around mining and formulates conflict resolution as a strategy for community empowerment in Bombana Regency, Southeast Sulawesi. The study was designed with a descriptive survey method. The research population is the householder living in villages around the mining area, both on land and in the islands. The proportional cluster sampling technique does the determination of the sample. Statistical analysis was performed using descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. The inferential statistical test used is multiple regression analysis and t-test to analyze the differences between respondents on the mainland and the islands. The study results indicate that conflicts between companies and communities around mining in Bombana Regency are high. These conflicts include the process of occupation of Natural Resources (SDA), the domination of companies over natural resources, and the handling of negative impacts. Strategies for empowering communities around mining through conflict management are: (1) Accelerating the resolution of existing conflicts with a deliberation pattern and involving all parties, including the local community, government, and local law enforcement. (2) Encouraging mining companies to improve management of the affected environment to prevent environmental damage. (3) Improving the pattern of cooperation between companies, the government, and the community in the management of natural resources. (4) Preventing social conflicts. Efforts to increase the empowerment of communities around mining can be carried out through collaboration between the government, companies, and the community. The government and companies have sufficient resources to initiate community empowerment programs around mining in Bombana Regency.

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“…crop insurance) due to reduced tax revenues, increasing relative deprivation in society (Devlin & Hendrix, 2014). Countries more dependent on agricultural production face greater conflict risks in response to climate shocks (von Uexkull et al, 2016; Vesco et al, 2021). More broadly, climate variability generates uncertainty for land property rights (Gartzke, 2012) and increases new claims to territory as environmental changes turn productive farmland into deserts and harm fishing and farming through intensified salinization of water supplies.…”

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Climate bones of contention: How climate variability influences territorial, maritime, and river interstate conflicts

Schmidt

Lee

Mitchell

2021

Journal of Peace Research

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Many scholars examine the relationship between climate variability and intrastate conflict onset. While empirical findings in this literature are mixed, we know less about how climate changes increase the risks for conflicts between countries. This article studies climate variability using the issue approach to world politics. We examine whether climate variability influences the onset and militarization of interstate diplomatic conflicts and whether these effects are similar across issues that involve sovereignty claims for land (territory) or water (maritime, river). We focus on two theoretical mechanisms: scarcity ( abundance) and uncertainty. We measure these concepts empirically through climate deviation (e.g. droughts/floods, heat waves/cold spells) and climate volatility (greater short-term variance in precipitation/temperature). Analyses of issue claims in the Western Hemisphere and Europe (1901–2001) show that greater deviations and volatility in climate conditions increase risks for new diplomatic conflicts and militarization of ongoing issues and that climate change acts as a trigger for revisionist states.

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Climate variability, crop and conflict: Exploring the impacts of spatial concentration in agricultural production

Cited by 49 publications

References 74 publications

Security implications of climate change: A decade of scientific progress

Security implications of climate change: A decade of scientific progress

Conflict Resolution in Mining Area: An Alternative Strategy of Community Empowerment

Climate bones of contention: How climate variability influences territorial, maritime, and river interstate conflicts

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