Revista internacional de silvicultura e industrias forestales

Revue internationale des forts et des industries forestires

An international journal of forestry and forest industries

Revista internacional de silvicultura e industrias forestales

An international journal of forestry and forest industries

Revista internacional de silvicultura e industrias forestales

Revue internationale des forts et des industries forestires

An international journal of forestry and forest industries

The recent spate of violence mostly in north-central and southern Nigeria, typically credited to conflicts between herders and farmers, and the reactions, narratives, and representations that have attended them, calls for an examination of core security questions: who or what is to be secured, from what threat and by what means. In fact, it could be further contextualized as: how is the conflict between farmers and herders constructed, framed, and represented as (in)security within the Nigerian context?

If 2009 was the end of the hinterland and the beginning of a new globalized forest era, 2010 was a year of pushback. Worldwide, the news was full of reports of forest communities and Indigenous Peoples pushing back at land grabs and shaping policy at the national and global levels, and of governments countering and trying to contain community rights. Some governments and private investors accepted or even embraced the new players at the table and began to promote fairer business and conservation models.

This publication has been developed by UN-Water as an advocacy guide ahead of the World Water Day 2011 (WWD 2011).

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/dec/14/kenya-samburu-people-evicted...