Institute for Environmental Security
An international non-profit non-governmental organisation established in 2002, it has established a " "knowledge and action network" ... to increase political attention to environmental security as a means to help prevent conflict, instability and unrest."
The Institute's mission is: "To advance global environmental security by promoting the maintenance of the regenerative capacity of life-supporting eco-systems."
Its multidisciplinary approach integrates the fields of science, diplomacy, law, finance and education. Activities are designed to provide policy-makers with a methodology to tackle environmental security risks in time, in order to safeguard essential conditions for peace and sustainable development."
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Offenses against the environment
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A campaign has begun to make Ecocide, serious environmental damage, the 5th International Crime Against Peace.
UNODC's first World Wildlife Crime Report "takes stock of the present wildlife crime situation with a focus on illicit trafficking of specific protected species of wild fauna and flora, and provides a broad assessment of the nature and extent of the problem at the global level. It includes a quantitative market assessment and a series of in-depth illicit trade case studies."