Cooperation in the ‘Fatal Transactions’ (FT) network, lobby and education work on the topic of resources and conflict

Status

closed

Topics

  • Violent Environments and Infrastructures

Natural resources, such as oil, gas, timber and minerals, have played an important role in armed conflict in about a dozen wars and armed conflicts over the past years. Natural resource deposits alone do not however necessarily result in a 'resource curse'. Whether or not there is such a resource curse seems to depend, in particular, on to what degree the wealth created by the revenues from the exploitation of natural resources is distributed justly and democratically. The "Fatal Transactions" campaign, supported by the EU, is an initiative by BICC, together with NIZA (Netherlands Institute for Southern Africa), Pax Christi Netherlands, and IPIS (International Peace Information Service, Belgium). Its goals are to raise and to create public awareness for these problems.

Project Leader

  • Wolf-Christian Paes

Project Team

  • Jolien Schure
  • Verena Kantel
  • Willem Jaspers

Funder

  • European Union

Duration of project

until 2009

Publications

Other publications

Kahl, M., & Kantel, V., & Paes, W., & Schure, J., & Weller, E.

Armer reicher Kontinent. Konfliktressourcen in Afrika.

(2007)

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bicc Annual report

Annual Report 2007

bicc , Bonn (2007)

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Other publications

Fatal transactions newsletter international.

(2009)

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Other publications

Guesnet, L., & Heinke, S., & Lebzien, A., & Paes, W., & Schure, J., & Jung, A.

Fatal transactions newsletter 2.

(2008)

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Other publications

Guesnet, L., & Heinke, S., & Paes, W.

Fatal transactions newsletter 3.

(2008)

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Other publications

Fatal transactions newsletter 4.

(2009)

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Other publications

Fatal transactions newsletter 5.

(2009)

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Other publications

Fatal transactions newsletter 6.

(2010)

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