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Prince Charles: Environment problems were 'significant' factor in Syrian war

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Prince Charles: Environmental problems were 'significant' factor in Syrian war

Prince Charles has told the Islamic Economic Forum that drought and the depletion of natural resources were "significant" contributors to the "social tension" in Syria 1:45PM GMT 30 Oct 2013

Failure to manage Earth's natural resources was a major hidden contributor to the Syrian crisis, Prince Charles said whilst speaking at the Islamic Economic Forum.

"The tragic conflict in Syria provides a terrifyingly graphic example, where a severe drought for the last seven years has decimated Syria's rural economy," he said.

"Driving many farmers off their fields and into cities where, already, food was in short supply.

"This depletion of natural capital, inexplicably, little reported in the media, was a significant contributor to the social tension that exploded with such desperate results."

He said Islamic banking, or alternative banking, could provide the answers where conventional" banking could not, given Islam's emphasis on the "moral economy".

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