UN Environment, Environmental Law Institute, the Earth Institute at Columbia University, Duke University
Conflicts over natural resources are among the greatest challenges in 21st century geopolitics, and present serious threats to human security. At least 40 per cent of all internal armed conflicts over the past 65 years have had an important natural resource dimension.
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