Project
Community-based Adaptive Learning in Management of Conflicts and Natural Resources in Bangladesh and Nepal
Period of research:
- Jan 2014 to Nov 2017
Funded by:
- The Business Growth Fund, Middlesex University, London (United Kingdom)
Objectives:
- to examine how climate change and policy responsesintensify conflict over natural resources;
- to generate evidence on the resilience of government and community bodies, and assess factors and tipping points which can lead to either co-operation and conflict;
- to produce a evidence and tool-sharing approaches to inform practice and policy by testing the scope for adaptive learning and networking among community organisations;
- to foster co-operation and conflict-management relating to the management of natural resources; and
- to inform initiatives at local, regional and national government levels.
Activities:
- selecting appropriate geographical area and orientation by the Flood Hazard Research Centre;
- conducting meetings with the local community and sharing project objectives with local government;
- conducting focus groups;
- collecting secondary information;
- preparinga checklist for profiling potential sites for intensive participatory action research; and
- evaluating community organisations’ activities.
Outcomes:
- new insights to what determines local conflict or co-operation; and the interactions between policies, policy processes and community-based adaptation.
- evidence and understanding on natural/ecological, economic, social and political factors underlying and explaining trends in co-operation and conflict in natural resource management under different institutional arrangements;
- understanding the current and potential impact of climate change and policy responses on community adaptation, co-management and potential conflict.
