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Nature, Guns & Money

Nature, Guns and Money (NGM) is a cross-sectoral policy forum for cutting-edge analysis of environmental crime as a foreign policy and national security issue. NGM’s starting point is that environmental crime demands a holistic response, beyond a conservationist lens. NGM is managed by RUSI and Focused Conservation.

 

Preventing Future Zoonotic Pandemics: US Pandemic Relief Bill

27 May, 2021
Dr Tim Wittig

The American Rescue Plan addresses the root cause of zoonotic pandemics like Covid-19 by clearly signalling that illegal wildlife trade (IWT) is an international security threat. On Thursday, 11 March, President Joe Biden signed into law the American Rescue Plan, a $1.9 Trillion pandemic relief and stimulus law for the US…

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