المسببات البيئية للصراعات الأهلية في حوض بحيرة تشاد

Abstract EN

Since 1960 s, the nexus between environment and conflict gained wide academic recognition, as a result of several research projects’ success in exploring the role of environmental changes in agitating ongoing conflicts and introducing new ones.

eco-violence theory introduced by Thomas homer-Dixon was one of the most prominent contributions in tracing the multi-phased chain of causality that starts with environmental changes leading to conflict.

over the past three decades, lake chad basin consisted an ideal case study in verifying eco-violence theory.

severe decrease in water level in lake chad accelerated desertification of vast areas in four countries (Nigeria, Cameroon, Niger and chad).

as a result of suffering from prolonged waves of drought and famine, lake chad basin witnessed significant increase in inter-communal tensions, and in intra-communal tensions as well.

quantitative and qualitative development of communal conflicts occurred through a path that made ethnic strife and economic competition more violent and less solvable, accompanied by extremely devastating long-term repercussions.

consequently, it gains more importance to integrate measures of mitigating negative effects of environmental changes to conflict resolution policies in lake chad basin in order to guarantee efficiency and sustainability.