A new report [by Rights and Resources Initiative] warns that conflict between companies and local groups in areas with insecure land tenure can be harmful for both parties… Analysts find that most conflicts that occur between development projects and local communities involve situations in which the communities lack rights to their land… These disputes could damage the financial bottom line of an operation, which may scare off future investment in a region… The report's authors say that this could serve as a wakeup call to governments, and provide further incentive to grant communities tenure to the land on which they have been living and depending for generations… Not only is [the] deficit putting wildlife habitat at risk, researchers say, it also is stymying the fight against poverty, hunger, and climate change.