ABSTRACT
This chapter examines how natural resources are integrated into peace agreements, and how far such provisions represent a "stepping stone" on the way to peacebuilding and sustainable management of natural resources. It discusses the significance of natural resources in peace processes from a conceptual point of view, outlining the issues that will be the focus of the case studies. The chapter also examines a list of peace agreements based on the list of peace agreements in armed conflicts between 1989 and 2004 compiled by Stina Hogbladh. It considers how land, lootable resources, and oil are dealt with in the peace agreements of Guatemala, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Sierra Leone, and Sudan. The peace agreements in three of the cases examined—Guatemala, the DRC, and Sudan—had provisions to remedy the mismanagement of the natural resources that was part of the root cause of the conflict.
