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The rise of environmental crime - A growing threat to natural resources, peace, development and security
… tees and across the UN as a whole on the role of natural resource exploitation in conflicts and security in order to … Research 103, no. 2. 13. “Environmental Effect of Mineral Exploitation in Nigeria,” Interna- tional Journal of … Aigbedion, I and Iyayi, S. E. “Environmental Effect of Mineral Exploita- tion in Nigeria.” International Journal of …
The Enivronmental Crime Crisis - Threats to Sustainable Development from Illegal Exploitation and Trade in Wildlife and Forest Resources. A UNEP Rapid Assessment
… DRIV ERS GRID-Arendal and Zoï Environment Network, 2012. Resource depletion Gold, diamond, rare earth... Livelihoods … as the primary reason to continue to fight.61 Such “resource wars” stem from “armed conflict in which the control … directly implicated in illicit timber, charcoal, gold, and mineral trades and have been connected to serious human …
Strategic Report: Environment, Peace and Security - a Convergence of Threats
… Environmental Governance Chemical and Waste Resource Efficiency Environment Under Review. Instruments … purposes (e.g. phosphate, sand, limestone, gemstones); Mineral fuels: primarily destined for the energy sector, they … the rock and soil by mechanical methods82 to extract the mineral. Not only does surface mining involve substantial …
ASEAN Handbook on legal cooperation to combat wildlife crime
… the compilation of a set of ASEAN wildlife and forest resource protection mechanisms and relevant enforcement … water; e. possession or disposal of pollutants or mineral wastes in a protected area; f. establishing and … occupying any portion of the critical habitat; (iii) mineral exploration and/or extraction; (iv) burning; (v) …
Illicit wildlife trafficking: An environmental economic and social issue
… species, but wildlife crime reaches into many natural resource sectors; it negatively impacts economic development, … development should extend also to trade, natural resource extraction, taxation, illicit financial flows and … and by mainstreaming the environmental / natural resource portfolios to ensure policy coherence with other …
CITES and CBNRM. Proceedings of an international symposium on “The relevance of CBNRM to the conservation and sustainable use of CITES-listed species in exporting countries”
… symposium on “The relevance of community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) to the conservation and … through CBNRM Thomas Althaus Community-based natural resource management: an overview and definitions Dilys Roe … Matongo and Theunis Pietersen Community-based natural resource management in the Central Highlands of Ethiopia …
Significant Trade in Wildlife: A Review of selected species in CITES Appendix II - Volume 2 Reptiles and Invertibrates
… 1974), and this turtle has always been a valuable food resource for the human population, both the local inhabitants … is one of several turtles that provided a valuable food resource (also a medium of exchange and a source of raw … N.J.H. (1979). Aquatic turtles of Amazonia: an endangered resource. Biological Conservation 16(3): 165-176. Soini, P. …