Environment and conflict: New principles for environmental conduct
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[Choucri] 1992 Environment and Conflict-New Principles for Environmental Conduct.pdf
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Final published version.
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Author(s)
Choucri, Nazli
Date Issued
1992
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© United Nations
Citation
Choucri, N. (1992). Environment and conflict: New principles for environmental conduct. Disarmament, XV(1), 67–78.
Version
Final published version.
Abstract
The crucial connections between environment and conflict among nations continue to escape political scrutiny. The international community as yet pays little attention to such connections, thereby missing the opportunity for both preventive measures and effective responses to managing the consequences after the outbreak of war. Such acute international myopia serves neither global welfare nor efforts to design a better world for the twenty-first century. This article addresses some crucial connections. However compelling they may be, facts alone are seldom enough. Facts must be interpreted and decisions based on coherent analysis; only then can we consider the merits of alternative policy options-and choose among the best.
By definition, conflict damages natural environments; ecological costs are always incurred; degradation leads to more degradation and invariably to environmental damage-and the vicious cycle can go on and on. Environ- mental damage in the Middle East following the Gulf war is among the most compelling cases to date.
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