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In an era of heightened concern for global security, old questions take on new urgency: How do environmental scarcities cause or exacerbate conflicts?
What impact do warfare and terrorism have on the environment? What constitutes environmental security?
Full introduction to the chapter Go
Selections in this chapter:
- Robert Kaplan, from “The Coming Anarchy” (1994), [216] Go
- Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), “Water and Security in the Middle East” (1999), [225]Go
- Jeffrey A. McNeely, from “Biodiversity, War, and Tropical Forests” (2003), [227] Go
- Elizabeth L. Chalecki, from “A New Vigilance: Identifying and Reducing the Risks of Environmental Terrorism” (2002), [232] Go
- Amory B. Lovins and L. Hunter Lovins, “What Is Real Security?” (2002), [237] Go
- Jeremy Rifkin, from The Hydrogen Economy (2002), [240]Â Go
- Gordon West and John Wilson (U.S. Agency for International Development), from “The United States and the Iraqi Marshlands: An Environmental Response,” Testimony Before U.S. Congress (2004), [244] Go
INTERCONNECTIONS--supplementary readings from other chapters of the anthology   - Rodney R. White, from “Water Supply” in North, South and the Environmental Crisis (1993) (13), [486] Go
- Michael B. McElroy, from “Industrial Growth, Air Pollution, and Environmental Damage: Complex Challenges for China” (1998) (14), [518] Go
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Kate Soper, from What Is Nature? Culture, Politics, and the Non-Human (1995) (17), [596] Go - Ken Saro-Wiwa, from Genocide in Nigeria: The Ogoni Tragedy (1992) (21), [712] Go
- Richard N. L. Andrews, from Managing the Environment, Managing Ourselves: A History of American Environmental Policy (1999) (21), [715] Go
- Robert D. Bullard, from “Environmental Justice for All” in Unequal Protection: Environmental Justice and Communities of Color (1994) (22), [766] Go
- Thomas R. Malthus, from An Essay on the Principle of Population (1798, revised 1826) (24), [808] Go
- Jared Diamond, from “Lethal Gift of Livestock” in Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (1997) (24), [823] Go
- Joel E. Cohen, from How Many People Can the Earth Support? (1995)Â (24), [827]Â Go
- Joe Kane, from “With Spears from All Sides” (1993) (25), [837] Go
- Helen Corbett, “The Rights of Indigenous Peoples” (1996) (25), [849] Go
- U.N. Convention on Environment and Development, Earth Charter Preamble (1991) (26), [884] Go
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Pt I. Concepts & Case Studies 
