The “curse” of the "blessed" natural resources: governance, corruption, ICTs and environmental rule of law

Environmental degradation/depletion, corruption, digital information and communication technologies (ICTs) are persistent and crucial topics within the current debate on governance and compliance. In fact, significant political, economic and social dynamics reflect the use and consumption of natural resources, in many cases fostering corruption from local to state and international level. Taking into account all the aforementioned critical dimensions, this paper aims at highlighting new challenges and opportunities that the interconnections of natural resources policies, anti-corruption measures and ICTs have posed for assessing the implementation or decline of the environmental rule of law.