It's interesting the author points out the effects on the environment and economies, but completely omits how much violent conflicts are direct drivers of pover

It's interesting the author points out the effects on the environment and economies, but completely omits how much violent conflicts are direct drivers of poverty. https://microconflict.wordpress.com/2011/04/27/conflict-traps-how-does-poverty-cause-war-and-how-does-war-cause-poverty/ https://microconflict.wordpress.com/2011/04/27/conflict-trap... This year’s World Development Report, published a couple of weeks ago, emphasises the fact that one of the biggest drivers of poverty in the developing world is violent conflict. One of the biggest risks for developing countries, it argues, is that of being caught in a conflict trap – a vicious circle whereby poverty stokes conflict, and conflict in turn increases poverty. Not sure how eating less meat is going to compete with social and religious conflicts which cause and sustain far more poverty.