Review article
Defence System and Ecology - The North Atlantic Treaty Organization Role
Vladimir Prebilič
Kristina Ober
Abstract
A systematic research of direct and indirect influences of mankind on the environment started with the ecology. Accordingly, with the human's negative influence on the environment, the modern concepts of national security were broadened to include environmental threats. The military system was also put under this scrutiny because of its negative impacts on the environment. The result may be seen in the regulation of its activities and influences on the environment by international conventions and international agreements. However, the impact of the defence system on the environment, as a laboratory for training the armed forces and as the ultimate goal of the armed forces' activities, has not been studied sufficiently. Initial studies and research have been conducted by military experts only, but besides military experts international organizations, non-governmental organizations and academics are nowadays also involved in the studies of the consequences of defence system activities on the environment. NATO's Committee on the Challenges of Modern Society (CCMS) is taking a leading role in this area of research with its pilot studies on reducing aircraft noise, environmental restoration and clean-up of military bases etc. Development in this field indicates that of a new discipline of ecology e.g. the military ecology is being established.
Keywords
defence system; ecology; military ecology; NATO; military bases
Hrčak ID:
4722
URI
Publication date:
31.12.2005.
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