Intro -- Dedication -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Maps -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Peacebuilding and Natural Resource Governance -- The Argument -- Methods -- The Structure of This Book -- References -- Part I: Natural Resources, Armed Conflict and Peacebuilding -- Chapter 2: International Peacebuilding: Origins, Development and Strategies -- The Evolution of International Peacebuilding -- Liberal Peacebuilding -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Natural Resources: A Catalyst for Conflict and Peace? -- The Rise of "Environmental Security" Discourse -- "Conflict Resources" and Civil Conflict -- Natural Resource Governance and Peacebuilding -- Conclusion -- References -- Part II: Conflict, Forests and Peacebuilding in Liberia -- Chapter 4: From Settlement and State Consolidation to Civil War and "Conflict Timber" -- Settlement and State Consolidation in Liberia (1822-1989) -- The Liberian Civil War (1989-2003) -- A Narrative Develops: Liberia and "Conflict Timber" -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5: International Intervention and Post-Conflict Forest Governance -- International Peacebuilding and Forest Governance Reforms -- A Period of Reform and the Lifting of UN Sanctions -- Addressing the Resource Curse: From "Conflict Timber" to "Peace Timber" -- Controversy over Forest Reforms -- Problems Restarting the Timber Sector -- Tension Over Ownership, Rights and Benefits -- Diminishing Confidence in Forest Reforms -- New Initiatives and Emergent Narratives -- Conclusion -- References -- Part III: Conflict, Diamonds, Minerals Peacebuilding in Sierra Leone -- Chapter 6: Colonialization and One-Party Rule to Civil War and "Conflict Diamonds" -- Sierra Leone's Diamond and Minerals in Historical Context -- War in Sierra Leone (1991-2002) -- The Emergence of "Conflict Diamonds" -- Conclusion -- References.

Chapter 7: International Intervention to Govern Diamonds and Minerals -- Securing Alluvial Diamonds and Their Revenue -- Diamond Mining for the People? -- Industrial and Large-Scale Mining Restarts -- Sierra Leone's Diamond and Mineral Reforms: Controversy and Contention -- Continued Controversy and Exclusion in Alluvial Diamond Mining -- Rising Tensions in Industrial Mining Sector -- Emergence of New Narratives and Policy Options -- Conclusion -- References -- Part IV: Transforming Conflict Resources into Peace Resources in Liberia and Sierra Leone -- Chapter 8: The Limits of Securing and Marketizing Natural Resources and a Way Forward -- The International Peacebuilding Problem: Conflict Resources -- The International Peacebuilding Solution: Peace Resources -- Natural Resource Governance Reforms in Liberia and Sierra Leone: Controversy and Contention -- The Limits of Securitization and Marketization Approaches to Natural Resource Governance -- Recreating Historical Conditions and Exacerbating New Tensions -- Unrealistic Expectations -- Inattention to the Environment -- New Understanding of Natural Resource Governance and Peacebuilding -- Conclusion: Strengthening Natural Resource Governance for Peace Beyond Liberia and Sierra Leone -- Beware of Simple Assumptions and Incorporate Local Voices -- Strengthen Rights-Based Approaches to Natural Resource Governance -- Enhance Prospects for Environmental Peacebuilding -- References -- Index.

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