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  2. Resource curse - Wikipedia

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    Arguments against the "resource curse" often claim economic benefits from the resource. The Purdue and Pavela case study reflects an example of negative economic impacts of this type of reliance on resource extraction; as even when the price of surface level coal goes up on the market, the poverty levels of people within those communities rises ...

  3. Exploitation of natural resources - Wikipedia

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    Advancing technology: Increasing technology sophistication enables faster rates of natural resource extraction. For example, in the past, it could take a long time to log a small amount of trees using only saws. Due to better technology, the rates of deforestation have greatly increased. [6]

  4. Resource justice - Wikipedia

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    Resource justice (also referred to as "resource equity" or "resource governance") is a term in environmentalism and in environmental ethics.It combines elements of distributive justice and environmental justice and is based on the observation that many countries rich in natural resources such as minerals and other raw materials nevertheless experience high levels of poverty (resource curse).

  5. What the Resource Curse Means for Afghanistan - AOL

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  6. Tragedy of the commons - Wikipedia

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    An example is a database that requires persistent maintenance, such as Wikipedia. As a non-profit, it survives on a network of people contributing to maintain a knowledge base without expectation of direct compensation. This digital resource will deplete as Wikipedia may only survive if it is contributed to and used as a commons.

  7. Extractivism - Wikipedia

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    Example of extractivism: open-pit mining in Russia Example of European extractivism: a quarry in the Apuan Alps, Italy. No Cav is an anti-extractivism movement fighting against this activity. Extractivism is the removal of natural resources particularly for export with minimal processing.

  8. The year female desire went mainstream - AOL

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    From Nicole Kidman’s erotic thriller “Babygirl,” to a book of sexual fantasies edited by Gillian Anderson, this was the year the female sex drive took the wheel in popular culture.

  9. Horse's Gentle Sniffs While Meeting Baby Donkey Are So Full ...

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    The horse really wanted to get up close and personal with the donkey in the footage.Who could blame him? The baby donk was positively precious. He looked like something out of a movie.