War and nature the environmental consequences of war in a globalized world
The inherent dangers of war zones constrain even the most ardent researchers, with the consequence that little has been known for certain about the effects of war on stable environments. War and Nature sifts through the available data from past wars to evaluate the actual impact that combat has on n...
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Lanham, MD
AltaMira Press
2009
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| Series: | Globalization and the environment
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Globalization, nature, and war : 1.1. Natural resource consumption by armed forces ; 1.2. Nuclear war and nuclear weapons testing ; 1.3. Need and greed as causes of war ; 1.4. Measuring the environmental damage : Classifying war-related environmental damage ; The data: finding out what really happened ;1.5. The environment in international law of war ; Appendix: Why nuclear weapons?
- 2. The Vietnam War : 2.1. Bombing, bulldozing, and other nonherbicidal destruction ; 2.2. Herbicide attacks : Background ; Inland forests: terrestrial plant ecology and forestry ; Forest fauna: animal ecology ; Herbicide persistence, mobility, and soil ecology ; Coastal, marine, and aquatic ecology ; Long-term effects
- 3. The Persian Gulf War : 3.1. The Persian Gulf : Scientific missions and data gathering ; Geography and oceanography of the Western Persian Gulf ; 3.2. Marine environment : Supratidal and intertidal areas ; Benthic communities, fish, shrimp, coral reefs, and islands ; Marine mammals and turtles ; 3.3. Birds : Shorebirds ; seabirds
- 4. Civil war and borderland effects : 4.1. Rwanda and the Eastern Congo ; 4.2. Afghanistan and Pakistan : Afghanistan ; The effects of the Afghan wars on Pakistan
- 5. War and nature in a globalized world : 5.1. Findings : Big wars, small effects? Small wars, big effects? ; Firepower and mobility ; Refugees and returnees ; Conservation by default ; Benefits of war, costs of peace ; 5.2. A way forward : Perspectives and standards matter ; Continuous biomonitoring and rapid assessment matter ; Preparation and communication matter ; Incentives in a globalized world matter ; 5.3. In sum: Preventing war, preserving nature.