Civil wars are frequent in lesser-developed nations, wherein is harbored a disproportionate share of the world's biodiversity. These wars have had serious detrimental effects, direct and indirect, on conservation programs. From 2001 to 2005, we conducted site visits, personal interviews, and document searches bearing upon this problem as exemplified by Nepal's ongoing Maoist insurgency. Cases o...

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Abstract Can the global poor wage a just redistributive war against rich? The moral norms governing use of force are usually considered to be very strict. Nonetheless, some philosophers have recently argued that violating duties justice can cause for war. This paper discusses wars. It shows strength these arguments is contingent on underlying account distributive justice. focuses “doing harm ar...