NATO Advanced Research Workshop
Warfare Ecology: Synthesis, Priorities and Policy Implications for Peace and Security
December 10-12, 2009
Vieques, Puerto Rico, USA
Among human activities causing ecological change, war is both intensive and far-reaching. Warfare ecology extends to the three stages of warfare – preparations, war, and postwar activities. It treats biophysical and socioeconomic systems as coupled systems. Warfare ecology advances knowledge for improved peace and security.
Warfare Ecology: Synthesis, Priorities and Policy Implications for Peace and Security is an Advanced Research Workshop sponsored by NATO’s Science for Peace and Security Program, the College of Natural Resources, University of Idaho, and Warner College of Natural Resources, Colorado State University. The invitation-only workshop will be held on Vieques, Puerto Rico from December 10 - 12, 2009.
The purpose of this invitation-only workshop is to assist in the advancement of the emerging field of warfare ecology. For an overview of warfare ecology, see "Warfare Ecology," G. E. Machlis and T. Hanson, Bioscience, Vol. 58. No.8.
The workshop will bring together leading ecologists, social scientists, environmental scientists and policy makers from NATO, Partner and Mediterranean Dialogue countries. Presentations and discussions will include summaries of existing knowledge, examination of case studies, synthesis of findings from multiple disciplines, and discussion of policy implications for peace and security. Specific emphasis at the workshop will be placed on predictive models to study and mitigate war-related conditions and events at local and global levels, theory, and methods to help predict the relationships between environmental trends (e.g., climate change, biodiversity loss, soil and water pollution) and the effects of warfare. It will also examine replicable techniques to mitigate, restore and rehabilitate war-dominated ecosystems to promote peace and security. Several sessions of the workshop are open to the public.
In addition to advancing the field of warfare ecology, this workshop will also encourage collaboration and networking among academics, policy makers and professionals in NATO, its partner countries, and countries of NATO’s Mediterranean Dialogue.
December 10-12, 2009
Vieques, Puerto Rico, USA
Among human activities causing ecological change, war is both intensive and far-reaching. Warfare ecology extends to the three stages of warfare – preparations, war, and postwar activities. It treats biophysical and socioeconomic systems as coupled systems. Warfare ecology advances knowledge for improved peace and security.
Warfare Ecology: Synthesis, Priorities and Policy Implications for Peace and Security is an Advanced Research Workshop sponsored by NATO’s Science for Peace and Security Program, the College of Natural Resources, University of Idaho, and Warner College of Natural Resources, Colorado State University. The invitation-only workshop will be held on Vieques, Puerto Rico from December 10 - 12, 2009.
The purpose of this invitation-only workshop is to assist in the advancement of the emerging field of warfare ecology. For an overview of warfare ecology, see "Warfare Ecology," G. E. Machlis and T. Hanson, Bioscience, Vol. 58. No.8.
The workshop will bring together leading ecologists, social scientists, environmental scientists and policy makers from NATO, Partner and Mediterranean Dialogue countries. Presentations and discussions will include summaries of existing knowledge, examination of case studies, synthesis of findings from multiple disciplines, and discussion of policy implications for peace and security. Specific emphasis at the workshop will be placed on predictive models to study and mitigate war-related conditions and events at local and global levels, theory, and methods to help predict the relationships between environmental trends (e.g., climate change, biodiversity loss, soil and water pollution) and the effects of warfare. It will also examine replicable techniques to mitigate, restore and rehabilitate war-dominated ecosystems to promote peace and security. Several sessions of the workshop are open to the public.
In addition to advancing the field of warfare ecology, this workshop will also encourage collaboration and networking among academics, policy makers and professionals in NATO, its partner countries, and countries of NATO’s Mediterranean Dialogue.