Trying to end the war on the world: the campaign to proscribe military ecocide

Military ecocide, the destruction of the natural environment in the course of fighting or preparing for war, has a long history and remains a regular feature of contemporary conflicts. Efforts to prohibit this in international law were initiated after the US' notorious defoliation campaign in t...

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Published in:Global security (Abingdon, England) England), 2016-01, Vol.1 (1), p.10-22
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Agent Orange
Armed forces
Defoliation
Ecocide
Environmental impact
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War
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Armed forces
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Ecocide
Environmental impact
Environmental protection
International law
Offenses
Scientists
scorched earth
Vietnam War
War
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