Through conducting dialogue and mediation, with a special focus on facilitating peace agreements and strengthening local capacities for environmental action, we aim to contribute to the prevention and resolution of violent conflicts related to natural resources and climate change, and to increased security in Nigeria’s Middle Belt region.
Ahmed Yassin Bwana, Lead Facilitator, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
To build people’s resilience against future climate and conflict risks, this project facilitates dialogues to prevent and resolve natural resource and climate-related conflicts between communities; strengthens the sustainability of natural resource peace agreements; and builds the capacity of local stakeholders on climate-related actions that promote adaptation and resilience among communities affected by climate change and conflict.
Building trust and confidence between conflict parties and communities is a priority of these dialogues, ultimately aiming to improve peaceful approaches to resource sharing and reducing the potential for conflict. For example, following mediation by HD, two communities from the Konshisha and Oju communities in the state of Benue reached a peace agreement on the shared use of water, farmland, forests and other resources, and the joint adaptation to climate change.
