The actions of states, or the multinational corporations working with the, contribute to a vicious cycle. The extraction of resources or placement of polluting industries or hazardous waste sites lead to resistance on the part of the native people. This conflict in turn results in the purchasing of arms by the state to fight the resistance. The cost of weaponry then leads to debt. This debt is countered by receiving a loan from a bank. However, to pay back the loan a restructuring is performed, which usually means resorting to the aforementioned extraction or pollution in order to repay the amount borrowed. It’s a self-perpetuating system that continually addresses a short-term agenda.
These are the resource wars.

In closing, perhaps Deborah Robinson, the executive director of International Possibilities Unlimited, can offer more insight. “There is a direct relationship between the increasing globalization of the economy and environmental degradation of habitats and the living spaces for many of the world’s peoples. In many places where black, minority, poor or indigenous peoples live oil, timber and minerals are extracted in such a way as to devastate ecosystems and destroy their culture and livelihood. Waste from both high-and-low tech industries, much of it toxic, has polluted groundwater, soil and the atmosphere.” (www.preamble.org)
 

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