ABSTRACT
This chapter examines a multiyear initiative within the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) that was designed to promote greater awareness of forest-related conflict and encourage a more conflict-sensitive approach to natural resource management (NRM). The initiative consisted of two separate projects: the Conflict Timber Project (CTP), which was undertaken in 2002–2003 and was designed to obtain a clearer picture of timber-related conflict and its drivers in Asia and Africa; and Managing Conflict in Asian Forest Communities (MCAFC), which was undertaken between 2003 and 2007 and sought “to analyze the types and causes of forest conflict; identify approaches to reducing conflict; and communicate the seriousness of this problem to governments, the private sector, the donor community, and the US public” (USAID 2007, 1). Guide to Abbreviations ANE
USAID Bureau for Asia and the Near East
ARDAssociatoes in Rural Development
CTPConflict Timber Project
DCHAUSAID Bureau for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance
MCAFCManaging Conflict in Asian Forest Communities
NRMnatural resource management
OTIUSAID Office of Transition Initiatives
RAFTResponsible Asia Forestry and Trade program
TFDThe Forests Dialogue
USAIDU.S. Agency for International Development
