- American Civil War: An Environmental View
Looks at the war's impact on farmland and forests.
nationalhumanitiescenter.org/tserve/nattrans/ntuseland/essays/amcwar.htm
- Center for Arms Control, Energy and Environmental Studies
Non-governmental organization which studies problems of nuclear weapons reduction.
www.armscontrol.ru
- Conflict and War
Collection of articles and resources from the Sustainable Development Communications Network (SDCN) addressing environmental security and environmental degradation as the result of war.
sdgateway.net/topics/85.htm
- Containing the Cold War Mess
Offers excerpts from the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research report pertaining to the environmental management of the nuclear weapons.
www.ieer.org/reports/cleanup
- Depleted Uranium@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Weapons_and_Equipment/Depleted_Uranium
- DOE Office of Human Radiation Experiments
Tells the agency's Cold War story of radiation research using human subjects.
tis.eh.doe.gov/ohre
- Energy, Environment and War
NaturalSCIENCE commentary on the stark conflict between the need to protect the global environment and the industrialized world's energy requirements.
naturalscience.com/ns/articles/comment/ns_com05.html
- Environment and Health: Impact of War
Article from the Canadian Medical Association Journal examining the relationship of war and health, paying particular attention to the effects of urban aerial bombardment, nuclear testing, and landmines.
www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/163/9/1157?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFO...
- Environmental Impact of the War in Yugoslavia on South-East Europe
Report from the Council of Europe describing how the NATO 1999 bombing subjected ecosystems, surface water, groundwater, soil, and air in the Balkans to contamination involving over 100 toxic substances.
assembly.coe.int/Documents/WorkingDocs/doc01/EDOC8925.htm
- Green Cross Switzerland
Facilitates overcoming consequential damages caused by industrial and military disasters and the clean-up of contaminated sites from the period of the Cold War.
www.greencross.ch
- ICE Case Studies: Vietnam and Herbicides
Chronicles the destruction of Vietnam's countryside due to the extensive use of herbicides and defoliants.
www.american.edu/TED/ice/vietnam.htm
- Impact of the War on the Environment
Azerbaijan International article describing the effects of the Armenian land burning policy.
www.azer.com/aiweb/categories/magazine/23_folder/23_articles/23_warenvironm...
- UNEP Post-Conflict Assessment Unit (PCAU)@
dir.yahoo.com/.../UNEP_Post_Conflict_Assessment_Unit__PCAU_
- War and The Environment
Examines some of the ways that military actions can affect ecosystems.
www.ppu.org.uk/learn/infodocs/st_environment.html
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