Environmental and Social Impact of Global

Illicit FlowsLiliana M. Dávalos, Ecology and Evolution

Paul Gootenberg, History

Drugs!Much of the discussion centers on social issues in consumer countries

Rees, D. 2001 Get Your War On

Drugs come from somewhereProduction, processing, trafficking, War on Drugs have consequences

Leonardo Correa/SIMCI

Illegal drugs have a history,

geography, and ecology

Gootenberg 2009

Environmental consequences

are vast

Dávalos & Bejarano 2008 State of the Wild

Connects Andean landscapes to global markets

Links migration flows

Commodity chains

To ecosystems

Carbon storage

Biodiversity

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