How to cite this journal: Author, Date of the post, WMO Conflict Insight, Title of the post, ISSN: 2628 6998, https://worldmediation.org/journal/ ABSTRACT * This article examines natural resource conflicts in Nepal and considers how mindful mediation might address them. After setting out the country’s poverty, rural dependence, caste hierarchy and the causes of the civil war, the author analyses three resource domains in turn: water, where irrigation, drinking supply, pollution and hydropower generate competing claims; forests, where community forestry has brought benefits but is held to favour wealthier groups while
excluding the landless; and biodiversity, where protected area designation has displaced communities into buffer zones. The article then…
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