| The perils of payoff: corruption as a threat to global biodiversity. | |
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PMID: 16701292 Owner: NLM Status: PubMed-not-MEDLINE |
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Corruption is a worldwide phenomenon, particularly in many developing countries, which contain a large proportion of global biodiversity. Most alarming, from a biodiversity-conservation perspective, is the frequent corruption of government officials who manage valuable natural resources, such as timber, oil and precious minerals. A recent study by Joyotee Smith and colleagues describes rampant corruption in the timber industry of Indonesia, and shifts in the prevalence of different types of corruption as the country has become destabilized politically. By placing corruption into a conceptual framework, Smith et al. provide important insights into how developing nations and their natural resources can be besieged by corruption. |
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William F Laurance |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Trends in ecology & evolution Volume: 19 ISSN: 0169-5347 ISO Abbreviation: Trends Ecol. Evol. (Amst.) Publication Date: 2004 Aug |
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Created Date: 2006-05-16 Completed Date: 2007-06-14 Revised Date: 2011-05-03 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8805125 Medline TA: Trends Ecol Evol Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 399-401 Citation Subset: - |
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Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Apartado 2072, Balboa, Republic of Panamá. laurancew@tivoli.si.edu |
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