First, the term implies an exploitation of resources.
"I don't think the exploitation of resources of Congo is a core issue," he said.
"If people are really concerned about exploitation of resources, they should have started long ago to raise this issue.
Israeli officials said that international law allowed for such exploration, but not for exploitation of resources from disputed areas.
"This has led to the anarchic exploitation of resources and the pauperization of the local, rural population.
"There are laws in Congo about the exploitation of resources," said Mwinyihali. "These people can either respect those laws, or they can ignore them and commit criminal acts".
I wonder how our grandchildren will forgive our exploitation of resources and our careless use of S.U.V.'s and coal-fired power plants.
The pace of development slowed in the 1970s, in part because of growing opposition on the part of aboriginal groups to commercial exploitation of resources in the area.
Despite this history of environmental and social disaster, exploitation of resources in the Amazon in Ecuador and Peru is expanding rapidly.
Morales admits exploitation of resources "evidently causes some problems in some regions", but says it is a necessary step towards reducing poverty and reaching a level where the economy can diversify into cleaner, higher-value sectors.
