Blood Diamonds by Sean Dolezalek MIYAMOTO https://padlet.com/2114785_2/alib8nrhw351 Buy now en-us 2017-12-01 01:50:04 UTC 2017-12-05 02:51:37 UTC hello@padlet.com 25 Things You Should Know About Blood Diamonds 2114785_2 https://padlet.com/2114785_2/alib8nrhw351/wish/212129435 1. Also known as conflict diamonds, hot diamonds, and war diamonds, blood diamonds are mined in war zones and sold to finance insurgencies

2. include central and west African countries

3. Warlords use extreme violence to force the locals into extracting diamonds
 
4. during the civil war in Sierra Leone the RUF killed, threatened, and cut off the arms of people in the diamond villages until they took control of the mines

5. In Sierra Leone, 20,000 people were mutilated and millions fled the country

6.According to National Geographic News blood diamonds are responsible for 4 million deaths.

7.The problem wasn't really made known to the public until Leonard DiCaprio starred in the movie Blood Diamond

8.The Diamond Industry responded to the movie with successful PR campaigns -- people kept buying.

9.Several years earlier in 2002 the Kimberly Process Certification Scheme was created to regulate diamond trading and prevent legitimate diamonds from entering the market

10.It was envisioned by diamond industry and instated by the United Nations

11.De Beers and the rest of the diamond industry now claim that 99.8% of diamonds are conflict-free.

12. In 2006, however, the United Nations and the US government released reports showing that nearly $23 million of blood diamonds from the Ivory Coast were smuggled into Kimberly Process countries

13. How is this possible? The Kimberly Process relies on the hopelessly corrupt governments of diamond producing countries to check and certify their diamonds are legitimate.

14.These certifications are then attached and sealed along with the diamonds as they are exported

15.In 2006, the United Nations and the US government released reports showing that nearly $23 million of blood diamonds from the Ivory Coast were smuggled into Kimberly

16. Many times government officials get paid off to let diamonds through or they get smuggled across borders into legitimate trading channels.

17.One of the founders of the Kimberly Process, Ian Smillie, resigned from the group not long ago citing its ineffectiveness.

18.Diamond Trade is not all bad. Legal diamonds promote development in underdeveloped nations.

19.The Kimberly Process did, at least initially, managed to curb a significant amount of violence related to blood diamonds.

20. As a consumer, There really isn't any way to know where the diamond came from.

21. you could try synthetic diamonds. good ones are chemically indistinguishable.

22. You could fly to Africa and see if diamonds are legit 

23.try to stay informed about how the things you buy every day get onto store shelves 

24. At any rate, the diamond industry continues to grow every year

25. this provides underdeveloped economies with jobs and corrupt political systems with money]]> 2017-12-01 02:00:29 UTC https://padlet.com/2114785_2/alib8nrhw351/wish/212129435 Player 1 2114785_2 https://padlet.com/2114785_2/alib8nrhw351/wish/212132733
Who: Child soldiers
Represent: They are the kids who fight with the bad side. 

Short Term impacts: 
-Psychological Trauma
-Substance addiction
-culture with negative impacts
-Injuries/amputation

Long Term impacts: 
-PTSD
-Deindividuation
-They will become murders in the further
-anxiety disorders
-Culture and economy will fall when more children become soldiers
-Missing limbs 
-Non productive member of society (no education)
-No education---> Unemployment goes up ---->GDP goes down
]]> 2017-12-01 02:28:37 UTC https://padlet.com/2114785_2/alib8nrhw351/wish/212132733 Player 2 2114785_2 https://padlet.com/2114785_2/alib8nrhw351/wish/212132751 Who: Debeers Company chairman 

Facts:
-Debeers Controls 95% of the worlds diamond mines (monopoly)
-Created False Scarcity

Represent: He represents the owner for some diamond company]]> 2017-12-01 02:28:46 UTC https://padlet.com/2114785_2/alib8nrhw351/wish/212132751 Player 3 2114785_2 https://padlet.com/2114785_2/alib8nrhw351/wish/212132793 Who: The RUF or the people who are fighting against the RUF
Represent: Represents the fighters fighting because of blood diamonds]]> 2017-12-01 02:28:58 UTC https://padlet.com/2114785_2/alib8nrhw351/wish/212132793 Player 4 2114785_2 https://padlet.com/2114785_2/alib8nrhw351/wish/212132804 Who: Kanye West/Consumer
Represents: the people who buy diamonds

]]> 2017-12-01 02:29:04 UTC https://padlet.com/2114785_2/alib8nrhw351/wish/212132804 Player 5 2114785_2 https://padlet.com/2114785_2/alib8nrhw351/wish/212132812 Who: Upset villager who lost his hands because of the rebel/terrorist groups
Represents: the poor villagers

]]> 2017-12-01 02:29:11 UTC https://padlet.com/2114785_2/alib8nrhw351/wish/212132812 Who's Responsible for Blood Diamonds 2114785_2 https://padlet.com/2114785_2/alib8nrhw351/wish/212132865 The buyers are responsible for the blood diamonds as they are the ones who fund the civil war and the cruelty. The violence from the diamonds start from people purchasing the diamonds, which then funds rebels to buy weapons to cause havoc. ]]> 2017-12-01 02:29:37 UTC https://padlet.com/2114785_2/alib8nrhw351/wish/212132865 PROBLEMS LINKED TO BLOOD DIAMONDS 2114785_2 https://padlet.com/2114785_2/alib8nrhw351/wish/213133022 -Violence against population
-Civil War
-Child Soldiers]]> 2017-12-05 02:28:33 UTC https://padlet.com/2114785_2/alib8nrhw351/wish/213133022