ABSTRACT
This chapter addresses a significant aspect of resource extraction in post-conflict settings: the way in which extractive companies operate resource concessions. In the wake of conflict, there is a risk that resource extraction will have destabilizing impacts—by, for example, damaging the environment, preventing local people from accessing the resources that they depend on, or fostering tension about the distribution of jobs and other project benefits. Responsible resource extraction requires companies to minimize such risks, and thereby render their activities more likely to contribute to post-conflict stability and economic development.
