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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 …
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 …