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The supply chain of violence

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posted on 2023-06-09, 20:09 authored by Nathalie Butt, Frances Lambrick, Mary Silva Menton, Anna Renwick
Every year, more people are killed defending the environment than are soldiers from the United Kingdom and Australia on overseas deployments in war zones combined. During the last 15 years, the number of both deaths of environmental defenders, and the countries where they occur, have increased. Recorded deaths have increased from two per week to four per week over this period. These deaths are primarily related to conflict over natural resources, across a range of sectors. Of 683 total deaths, >230 were related to mining and agribusiness between 2014 and 2017. We find that rule of law and corruption indices are closely linked to patterns of killings. Using spatial data, we investigate the drivers of these conflicts and violence and seek to identify who may be most at risk and why. We argue that businesses, investors and national governments at both ends of the chain of violence need to be more accountable.

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  • Published

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  • Accepted version

Journal

Nature Sustainability

ISSN

2398-9629

Publisher

Nature Research

Issue

886

Volume

2

Page range

742-747

Department affiliated with

  • Evolution, Behaviour and Environment Publications

Research groups affiliated with

  • Sussex Sustainability Research Programme Publications

Full text available

  • Yes

Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2020-01-08

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2020-02-06

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2020-01-09

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