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Modern-day slavery and environmental devastation go hand in hand

2016-01-21 02:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Grist: Slavery didn`t end with the Emancipation Proclamation. Despite slavery being illegal in every country on the planet, there are more enslaved people alive today than at any point in history. From fishing boats in Thailand to private homes in New York to diamond mines in Congo to rock quarries in India, there are an estimated 30 million people working in bondage right now. That`s right - 30 million. Modern slavery is the subject of Blood and Earth, a new book by Kevin Bales, who cofounded Free the...

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