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Climate change and slavery: the perfect storm?
2013-12-13 18:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: For years, researchers in a variety of sectors have known two key concepts about the intersection of poverty and the environment. The first is that unsustainable use of natural resources can and does cause poverty. The second is that poverty can, and does, cause environmental degradation. But many anti-slavery activists and climate change researchers are making more connections. Increasingly it seems that there's a link between a damaged environment and growth in modern-day slavery. According...
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