The Environmental Crime Crisis: Threats to Sustainable Development from Illegal Exploitation and Trade in Wildlife and Forest Resources

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dc.contributor.authorUnited Nations Environment Programme
dc.contributor.authorGRID-Arendal
dc.contributor.otherNellemann, Christian
dc.contributor.otherHenriksen, Rune
dc.contributor.otherRaxter, Patricia
dc.contributor.otherAsh, Neville
dc.contributor.otherMrema, Elizabeth
dc.coverage.spatialUnited Republic of Tanzania
dc.coverage.spatialIndia
dc.coverage.spatialLiberia
dc.coverage.spatialDemocratic Republic of the Congo
dc.date.accessioned2016-10-11T20:10:49Z
dc.date.available2016-10-11T20:10:49Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.descriptionThe consequences of the illegal trade in wildlife span environmental, societal (including security), and economic impacts – including affecting the resource base for local communities, and resulting in the theft of natural capital at national levels. The illegal trade in wildlife is therefore a barrier to sustainable development, involving a complex combination of weak environmental governance, unregulated trade, loopholes and laundering systems used to conduct serious transnational crime, and undermining government institutions and legitimate business.en
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dc.identifier.isbn978-82-7701-132-5
dc.identifier.urihttps://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/9120
dc.languageEnglish
dc.page.number108 p.
dc.publisherUnited Nations Environment Programme
dc.rights.accessLevelPublic
dc.subjectenvironmental crime
dc.subjectdeforestation
dc.subjectmining
dc.subjecthazardous waste
dc.subjecttoxic waste
dc.titleThe Environmental Crime Crisis: Threats to Sustainable Development from Illegal Exploitation and Trade in Wildlife and Forest Resourcesen
dc.typeTechnical report
wd.identifier.sdgiohttp://purl.unep.org/sdg/SDGIO_00000037

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