Investing in multi-stakeholder dialogue to address natural resource competition and conflict

Figures & data

Figure 1. The three ecoregions targeted in the project.

Table 1. Outcomes of local innovations, as documented through participatory evaluation.

	Lake Victoria, Uganda	Lake Kariba, Zambia	Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia
Reduced conflict and improved collaboration among user groups	Improved attitudes toward intra-community collaboration and collective action.	Improved collaboration between artisanal and commercial fishers, and reduction in complaints.	Reduced conflict between fishers and dry-season rice farmers.
	Strengthened basis for co-management, including linkages with traditional and state authorities.	Improved community linkages with traditional authorities.	Improved collaboration of community fishery committees across management areas.
New resource management practices	Community-led sanitation.	New agreements on land and water access resulting from dialogue with private investors.	Piloting of community-based commercial production.
	Introduction of community-managed biogas facility.	Expanded use of EIA.	Negotiated agreement on water allocation for fisheries and rice cultivation.
Responsiveness of authorities	Improved attitudes toward collaboration.	Community access to legal rights through participation in mandated environmental impact assessment.	Implementation of joint patrolling to improve resource protection.
	Improved government engagement, reduced tensions between community and government officers.	Stronger community voice in decisions regarding land allocation to investors.	Fisheries Administration support to formalise resource management agreements reached at local level.
	Influence on local government, commitments to improve water supply, support from fisheries officers.	Mediation of disputes among fishers.
Scaling	New linkages for scaling out through international aid agencies regarding community-led development, ecosystem management, and public health.	New linkages for transboundary collaboration on trade and gender equity.	Government commitment to monitoring and evaluation of local innovations to promote learning across scales.
		Interest in lessons for national policy implementation regarding EIA and fisheries co-management.	Application of dialogue approach, indigenous people’s land rights and community forestry.