War, human rights and biodiversity: turning conflict into conservation

Alexandria Reid, ‘War, human rights and biodiversity: turning conflict into conservation’, The Ecologist, March 2017.

Biodiversity hotspots cover just 1.4 percent of the planet's surface, yet 80% of major armed conflicts between 1950 and 2000 occurred in these areas.

This figure should be striking, but the connections between the environment and conflict continue to be overlooked.

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