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Acts that result in the depletion or degradation of natural resources (ICCS 1004)
Acts that result in the unlawful exploitation or depletion of natural resources, fauna or flora species, land, water or air.
INCLUSIONS: Illegal logging; illegal slash and burn; illegal sand mining; Illegal hunting, illegal fishing, poaching; trafficking of precious minerals; illegal mining; mining in the absence of land rights or mining licences; mining in violation of environmental or safety standards; other acts depleting natural resources not described or classified in previous categories.
EXCLUSIONS: Acts that result in the pollution of the natural environment not amounting to depletion or degradation (1001)

[Source:International Classification of Crime for Statistical Purposes (ICCS), UNODC, Mar 2015, pp. 92]