Natural Resources Project

Assignment:

Write a report based on a specific example showing how natural resources lead to armed conflict between groups or nations.

Due:

Friday, 2/20


Requirements:

- 300 Word Report
- Typed, double-spaced, size 12 font
- Heading: Name, Date, Class
- Title
- A bibliography: 3 citations of the articles you used for your report. Use this website (http://citationmachine.net/index2.php?reqstyleid=2) to create your citations, and then copy and paste them onto a separate page labeled "Bibliography."

Directions:

Read through the following articles and choose one topic to report on. The news articles are to give you a start. Your report needs to reference three articles if you want full credit. Once you have targeted a topic, use Google News and http://access.newspaperarchive.com to get you going.

Rush for natural resources still fuels war in Congo
http://www.alertnet.org/thefacts/reliefresources/109232454075.htm

Background of conflicts over resources in the Middle East
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/globalconnections/mideast/questions/resource/index.html

Tons of links to articles on resource-based conflict in Africa
http://www.pacweb.org/e/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=47&Itemid=70

China Stokes Furnace in Iron Ore War
http://www.asiamoney.com/Article/2054760/Channel/18883/NATURAL-RESOURCES-China-stokes-furnace-in-iron-ore-war.html

Natural Resources are Fueling a New Cold War
http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,429968,00.html