More than global corporations or countries, illegal production and trade groups have successfully adopted the much-advocated innovative practices of flattening, self-organizing, adapting and scaling.
In February last year, two illegal biodiesel production plants were shut down in Peterhead, Scotland.
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In October 2009 a UN report said Afghanistan's illegal opium production had devastating global consequences.
Deforestation and habitat loss in Virunga because of illegal charcoal production continue to threaten key gorilla habitat.
The omnibus trade act also extended duty-free access for farm (and now textile) exports from the Andean countries (except Venezuela), seen as alternatives to illegal drug production.
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We are ready to continue active support of efforts undertaken by the international community to counteract illicit production and illegal trafficking and consumption of drugs.
And then the question becomes, as it is for other anti-narcotics policies: should ending the consumption and production of illegal drugs be the be-all and end-all of all public policy, or are there important trade-offs that may not be receiving the attention they deserve?
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How can a trade of a thing (carbon), which was produced by illegal ways (the process of production against the sustainable development), be a solution for the level of environmental degradation?
Officials at the plant said the strike was illegal because those taking part were occupying the production line and blocking non-strikers from entering the building.
"Equivalent refined platinum production decreased by 29% owing to the illegal strike action at the Rustenburg, Amandelbult and Union mines, " the company said in a statement.
Production at the Rustenburg mine was disrupted for eight weeks in 2012 following illegal strike action.
Those opposing the production of foie gras have succeeded in getting California to adopt a law that will make it illegal to serve or produce in 2012.
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