Corruption
Corruption undermines democracy and reduces economic growth. It diverts
public funds to serve the private interests of some public officials. It
breeds poverty and public mistrust of impartial justice and the
government. In the environmental and natural resources sector, public
sector corruption serves the private interests of bureaucrats and
criminals by taking away from citizens their rights to clean and
complete environment, misallocating environmental resources, and
diverting funds from conservation and preservation.
Corruption impacts:
- Establishes environmentally damaging policies and practices to enrich bureaucrats and criminals;
- Allocates environmental resources in an unfair manner allowing environmentally damaging practices;
- Diverts funds allocated for environmental programs to private pockets (embezzlement, bribery);
- Allows trafficking in wildlife and other natural resources;
- Allows depletion of natural resources and pollution of environment through bribery in environmental inspections and permitting system.
The multi-country surveys on corruption have shown that a very high correlation between the level of corruption and environmental outcomes the higher the level of corruption in a country, the lower level of environmental sustainability.
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