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ILLICIT DRUG ECONOMIES AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Side Event at the 64th Commission on Narcotic Drugs

The purpose of this side event is to acquaint the CND with issues concerning the impact of illicit drug markets on the environment, as well as linkages to other illicit economies. The main results will stem from the special issue of the Journal of Illicit Economies and Development (JIED) to be published in spring 2021.

Daniel BrombacherHead of Project, GPDPD (GIZ) on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperationand Development (BMZ), Germany

Jean-Luc LemahieuDirector, Division for Policy Analysis and Public Affairs, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

María Alejandra VélezAssociate Professor and Director of the Centre for Studies on Security and Drugs (CESED), Universidad de los Andes “Introduction to the JIED Special Issue”

Juan Carlos Garzón VergaraThematic Researcher, Fundación Ideas Para la Paz (FIP) “Environmental protection and the legacy of the War on Drugs: What can we learn?”

Nicholas MaglioccaAssistant Professor, University of Alabama“Comparing Illicit Supply Networks: Cocaine, Wildlife, and Sand”

Mafalda PardalPostdoctoral Research Fellow and Assistant Professor, Institute for Social Drug Research, Ghent University“Environmental Impacts of Synthetic Drug Production in Belgium“

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Thursday, 15th April 2021

14:10–15:00 pm (CET)

DATE & LOCATION:

John Collins, JIEDDirector of Academic Engagement at Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC)

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