Need For Conflict Resolution On The Land Use Conflict...

1 Research Objective The need for conflict resolution in the land use conflict between concessions companies and community members of the Nimba County in Liberia cannot be over emphasized since the sustainability of most economies is predicated on the availability of natural resource of that country. Concessions companies are established to accomplish their set objectives which includes profit making and for these objectives to be attained stability and peaceful atmosphere must play a significant role. It is important to know that due to the present competition amongst investors around the globe there is the need for these concession companies to adapt the culture of consulting community stakeholders when it comes to dealings with their†¦show more content†¦The third chapter presents the methodology that focuses on land use conflict by concessions companies and its impacts on the community stakeholders and the Nimba community as a whole and examines its statistical properties, including paramete r constancy. Chapter four provides analysis of empirical results and discussion. Finally the fifth chapter is the conclusion. It also presents point for future research topics and makes recommendations which can be useful in enhancing a peaceful coexistence between concessions companies and community members in Nimba county and Liberia as a whole. 1.2.3 Personal Interviews Qualitative research employs a variety of techniques to explore and interpret the way in which a social actor experience or perceive the world and make meaning of the experience. According to (Sander et al 2007), in an exploratory study (like this), semi-structured interview is helpful in finding out what is happening in order to seek out new insight, hence its adoption. Interviews attempt to understand the world from the subjectivist’s point of view, to unfold the meaning of people’s experience, expectation and actions. Interviews therefore provide deep meaningful data that reveal each individual’s perspective. Semi-structured interviews allow the researcher to access another person’s opinion and discover