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Podcast: Building the Future: Freedom, Prosperity, and Foreign Policy with Dan Runde
Episode:

The Lethal Legacy of Landmines
Category: Government & Organizations
Duration: 00:23:48
Publish Date: 2020-04-01 08:00:00
Description:

In this episode of Building the Future, Dan Runde sits down with General James Cowan (CEO of the Halo Trust) to discuss the continuing devastation caused by landmines, and the work of the Halo Trust, the oldest and largest humanitarian landmine clearance organization in the world. General Cowan describes the history of landmines and the Halo Trust’s work in areas such as Colombia, Afghanistan, and the Balkans. Dan and General Cowan talk about the macroeconomic effect of landmine removal in boosting local economies in areas such as agriculture and tourism. General Cowan also discusses everything from Princess Diana’s role in landmine removal advocacy to the way landmines impact elephant migration in Angola.
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