Conflict
Peace – or at least the absence of overt conflict – is essential to achieving social health, economic development, and environmental protection and restoration.
Despite the end of the Cold War, there are some 30 "high-intensity" wars raging around the planet – virtually all between factions within states – and dozens of more localized conflicts.
These conflicts cause millions of casualties, as well as social and economic disruptions that threaten food supplies, health, local environments and political stability in many regions.
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