Land Degradation and Conflict: Case studies from Sudan, Jordan and Niger

The research conducted by UN-Habitat and the Global Land Tool Network (GLTN) “Land Degradation and Conflict: Case studies from Sudan, Jordan and Niger” describes the nexus between land degradation and conflict, its main features and how it plays out in the three countries examined as case studies.

The report found that “land degradation is often the manifestation of deeper root causes of conflict, such as population pressure, scarce natural resources, cross-border dynamics, weak governance, dysfunctional land administration, politics of exclusion, and plural legal systems. In the presence of root causes of conflict, land degradation can be the triggering factor of conflicts and violence, particularly in situations of mass displacement and migration, food insecurity and competition over land use by different groups.”