ABSTRACT
This chapter seeks to contribute to a theory of conflict-sensitive renewable natural resource development practice. It reviews experiences from a series of World Bank projects in Nigeria, which was concerned with tensions resulting during modifications to traditional land use. The chapter provides the basis for a critical discussion about opportunities and limitations of large donor organizations in contributing to the broader global development objective of peacebuilding. It draws from and builds on that analysis by tracing experience of the World Bank in addressing natural resources and conflict in Nigeria's highly productive plains located along its major river systems—known as the fadama lands. The chapter turns to the Second National Fadama Development Project (NFDP2) and examines how this effort sought to improve upon the previous development intervention. The chapter concludes with a discussion of the role of conflict-sensitive programming in fragile socioecological systems.
