Brendan Schwartz

Senior researcher, Natural Resources

Brendan’s work focuses on enhancing rural communities’ participation in shaping natural resource policies and practice.

Full biography

Expertise

Land tenure, mining, legal redress, legal empowerment, land-based investments, agriculture value chains.

Before IIED

Prior to joining IIED, Brendan worked for the University of Guelph as a research consultant on the study the politics of commodities in Central Africa. He has also consulted for international development institutions and NGOs in West and Central Africa.

Education
MSc Globalisation and Development, SOAS; BA International Relations, Connecticut College

Current work

Land tenure reform in Cameroon, agriculture value chains in Malawi, legal redress mechanisms, mining in Mali and under the sea.

Brendan Schwartz's projects

A water connection to link the Lobé river to Kribi harbour, South Region, Cameroon

LandCam: securing land and resource rights and improving governance in Cameroon

Project, May 2017

Brendan Schwartz's blog posts

Screengrab of a map of indigenous peoples’ territories in the Peruvian Amazon (Image: IBC Peru)

Creating a global 'land rights family': from knowledge to action

Blog, Mar 2018

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Brendan Schwartz

Current work

Brendan Schwartz's projects

LandCam: securing land and resource rights and improving governance in Cameroon

Brendan Schwartz's blog posts

Creating a global 'land rights family': from knowledge to action

Links to other sites

Managing fragility? Chad’s (il)liberal interventions and the making of a regional hegemon

Encroaching on ape habitat: deforestation and industrial agriculture in Cameroon, Liberia and on Borneo

Emerging trends in land-use conflicts in Cameroon (PDF)

Oil development on traditional lands of indigenous peoples: coinciding perceptions on two continents