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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 … on food insecurity by impoverished villagers16 to natural resource exploitation by transnational organized criminals … of mined gold was illegal in five South America countries, accounting alone for 7 billion USD on gold alone in five …
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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 … weapons as essen- tial economic assets after years of resource predation and are often unwilling to surrender them …
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Wildlife and Forest Crime Toolkit (Revised Edition)

… of the CITES Secretariat; William B. Magrath, Lead Natural Resource Economist for Rural Development and Natural … . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 1.3 Resource analysis and monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … uses of wildlife and forest products, and natural resource management systems and other preventive mechanisms. …
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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 …
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World Wildlife Crime Report - Trafficking in protected species

… almost 100 seizures of over 500 kilograms were made, accounting for the bulk of the ivory seized. At 2014 prices, … not controlled, by mankind. Their harvest makes use of a resource that is renewable, but only if not overex- ploited. … the world’s fish supply came from the wild (Fig. 1). This resource is of immense importance to humanity, as a source of …
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Wildlife protection and trafficking assessment in Kenya - Drivers and trends of transnational wildlife crime in Kenya and its role as a transit point for trafficked species in East Africa

… DRC Democratic Republic of the Congo DRSRS Directorate of Resource Survey and Remote Sensing EAC East African Community … Area 3: Public Awareness and community-Based Natural Resource Management 1 Finalize regulations that govern … 2015). Tourism is the second biggest contributor to GDP, accounting for 21% of the total foreign exchange earnings and …
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Promoting external international responsibility with regard to the impacts on global biodiversity

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Significant Trade in Wildlife: A Review of selected species in CITES Appendix II - Volume 1 Mammals

… of Nature (PHl'A) sees primates as an important ulilisable resource, and is keen to encourage the trade on a sustained … found that rodents were the most important prey items, accounting for 70-75% of the total, though rabbits … M.A. (1986). Mexico: Caught in a labyrinth of natural resource problems. Traffic (USA) 6(4): 5/9. Salas, J.B. …
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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 … Virtually all the exports were from the Comoro Islands, accounting for 97% of animals in trade over the period …
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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 … 56 59 60 (1) (2) (3) (4) (1) (2) (3) (5) (6) (1) Natural resource offences are criminal offences that are specially … authentic copies and dossier, including bank statement, accounting transactions, records of concerned institution, …
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