The natural resource conflict dataset: 1946-2006 Version 1.0

The document is an appendix to a research paper that lists specific conflict episodes where natural resources played a role. It categorizes these links into mechanisms such as financing, distribution, and aggravation, providing brief descriptions of how resources like oil, diamonds, timber, and land influenced the conflicts across various global regions.

• The dataset identifies 'Financing' as a mechanism where natural resources fund insurgent groups, such as the use of diamonds to finance UNITA in Angola and 'conflict timber' (logging deals) to fund various insurgent groups in Burma.
• The 'Distribution' mechanism involves conflicts arising from disputes over the ownership or sharing of resource revenues, exemplified by separatist groups in Cabinda demanding a greater share of oil revenues and conflicts in El Salvador and Guatemala related to unequal land ownership.
• The 'Aggravation' mechanism describes how natural resources intensify existing conflicts, such as oil discoveries flaring up conflict in Oman or the strategic interest in oil and gas reserves aggravating the conflict in East Timor.
• Certain conflicts are driven by the desire for state or territorial control over resource rents, such as conflicts in Chad and Congo-Brazzaville where oil made government control a 'prize worth fighting for'.
• Environmental factors and land-use changes can act as conflict drivers, including desertification leading to Tuareg migration in Mali and cattle disease intensifying conflict in Madagascar.

APA

Rustad, S. A., & Binningsbø, H. M. (2012). The natural resource conflict dataset: 1946-2006 Version 1.0. Peace Research Institute Oslo. https://cdn.cloud.prio.org/files/bb952ad1-df93-4fde-88f5-622d08ee57de/Natresconfl_v1_appendix.pdf?inline=true

Chicago

Rustad, Siri Aas, and Helga Malmin Binningsbø. The natural resource conflict dataset: 1946-2006 Version 1.0. Peace Research Institute Oslo, 2012. https://cdn.cloud.prio.org/files/bb952ad1-df93-4fde-88f5-622d08ee57de/Natresconfl_v1_appendix.pdf?inline=true.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{rustad2012natural, author = {Rustad, Siri Aas and Binningsbø, Helga Malmin}, title = {{The natural resource conflict dataset: 1946-2006 Version 1.0}}, institution = {Peace Research Institute Oslo}, year = {2012}, month = aug, url = {https://cdn.cloud.prio.org/files/bb952ad1-df93-4fde-88f5-622d08ee57de/Natresconfl_v1_appendix.pdf?inline=true}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }