WASHINGTON, Jun 2, 2010 (IPS) – The resources society derives from nature have been horribly mismanaged and this will lead to the children of the world's poorest people remaining in poverty, according to Paul Collier. The easiest of these resources to regulate is fish, but we have not even managed to get that right, he said.
The Oxford professor and development expert spoke Tuesday in Washington about his new book, "The Plundered Planet: Why We Must – and How We Can – Manage Nature for Global Prosperity".
One of its chapters discusses the failure of governments to effectively regulate fishing industries – which he says is a microcosm of the missteps we have taken in the management of natural resources.
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