Case Study: Land as a Conflict Driver in Sierra Leone (Chapter 2.10 in Massive Open Online Course on Environmental Security & Sustaining Peace) [Video]
Publisher: UNEP, ELI, Columbia University, Duke University, University of California Irvine, UNDP, EnPAx, and SDG Academy
Author(s): Richard Matthew
Date: 2019
In this case study, learn how land – along with challenges such as ethnic and religious divisions and weak governance – shaped the civil war in Sierra Leone. It considers land as a contributing cause of violent conflict, addresses the effects of the conflict on the land tenure system, and overviews the challenges presented to post-conflict recovery by weak land governance.