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The main culprit is the expansion of soya cultivation, especially in Santa Cruz department. The government pays lip service to the need to preserve the Amazon biome but adopts a…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB282778
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Anti-drugs rhetoric from senior Taliban figures is intended to allay such concerns, but a sustainable anti-opium strategy would be difficult and destabilising for the Taliban to…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB264651
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The Taliban have outlawed the production, use and trafficking of all illicit drugs. The opium ban surprised many observers who doubted that the Taliban would risk the detrimental…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB279968
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The rise has prompted the EU to announce increased financial support for drug eradication in Bolivia, though a lack of resources for eradication is not the key factor hindering…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB264055
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Coca politics.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB238182
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Outlook for Thailand's ties with other South-east Asian powers and the United States.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB198081
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The finding is symptomatic of an array of controversies surrounding the wider palm oil industry in the region, which is set for robust growth.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB212084
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Deforestation is continuing apace, although at a slower rate than in neighbouring Brazil. State presence in much of the region is, at best, precarious, and indigenous peoples are…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB271653
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Narcotics and corruption challenges.
The ‘Golden Triangle’ -- centred on the tripoint of Laos, Thailand and Myanmar -- has long been a hub for production of illicit drugs. The area is rife with drug cartels.