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The practitioner’s literature on community mediation in extractive industries.

Written for the people doing this work, not as an academic survey, but as a field guide grounded in mandates across mining, oil & gas, and energy projects.

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Mediating Extractive Conflicts

A Practitioner’s Handbook for Company-Community Disputes

Built from 15 years of frontline practice and over 2,000 resolved claims across Africa, Europe, and Latin America. The field-tested handbook for resolving high-stakes disputes between extractive projects and the communities they affect.

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The Human Shock Absorber

A Survival Guide for Community Relations Practitioners

The first book written for the people who stand between companies and communities, absorbing the conflict so everyone else can keep operating. From the practitioner who mediated 2,000+ extractive sector claims across Sub-Saharan Africa, Europe, and Latin America.

Book cover for The Human Shock Absorber

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