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Monthly Archives: December 2015

Revitalizing civil society support in the face of crisis and opportunity

2022-03-11T13:45:00+00:00December 14th, 2015|

By Cath Long Civil society organisations are under assault around the world. As recently described in The Guardian and by networks such as CIVICUS, the past several years have witnessed a surge in government efforts to restrict local organizations’ ability to operate or access external funds. At the same time, development aid often exacerbates constraints placed on civil society organizations by favouring short-term, restricted funding, curtailing investment in salaries and overheads, and imposing onerous reporting requirements. The 2015 CIVCUS annual report on the state of global civil society rightly observes that, “It is not surprising that domestic civil society does not [...]

Why do local people often end up losing their community lands and forests, and see little of the profit that companies make from exploiting natural resources?

2022-03-11T13:45:00+00:00December 11th, 2015|

Many conflicts around community rights in natural resource management are caused by competition between companies and communities over access to and control of natural resources. Commercial exploitation of natural resources deprives communities of access to the spaces and resources on which they depend for their livelihoods and well-being, and local people usually see little if any of the revenues generated by these resources. In April this year I participated in an international conference on Natural Resource Management and Community Rights in Cameroon in Yaoundé organised by the Centre for Environment and Development (CED). This was the first time I’d attended a [...]

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