Environmental Effects of War

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Environmental Effects of War

• By, The Better Earthlings

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Agenda

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• Introduction
• Environmental damage during and after Conflicts
• Relocation
• Waste management 
• Environmental rules and regulations
• Refugee migrations 
• Summary
• About Us
• Contact Us

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Introduction

• "Scorched earth" has a variety of meanings in
  warfare. There is significant concern about the
  impact of military operations on the environment
  and the areas in which people live. That can
  suffer catastrophic harm as a result of
  the battle.
• Military action has the potential to contaminate
  water supplies and tear upland. Chemical, gas and
  other pollutants that can enter the ground have
  long-term effects, including toxicity.
• Environmental damage is an unavoidable outcome of
  war activities in any setting. Even in ancient
  times, the massing of soldiers "destroyed the
  crop and transformed the battlefield to muck,"
  according to historical studies.

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Environmental damage during and after Conflicts

• During wars, weapons and military equipment leave
  environmental imprints. Land mines, cluster
  bombs, and other explosive remains of war can
  restrict access to agricultural land and damage
  soils and water supplies.

• Large quantities of military scrap may be created
  or abandoned after significant conflicts. This
  can contain a variety of toxic compounds,
  poisoning soils, and groundwater, and exposing
  individuals who work on it to acute and chronic
  health concerns.

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Relocation

• Many wars result in human relocation. Camps for
  refugees and internally displaced persons can
  have significant environmental impacts.
  Especially if they are unplanned or lack basic
  facilities such as water, sanitation, and waste
  management. Their location is particularly
  crucial since camp occupants may be forced to
  consume local resources like firewood, putting
  local resources under strain. Internally
  displaced people may migrate to metropolitan
  areas as a result of war, causing population
  growth and straining local environmental
  services.

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Waste management 

• Waste management is a basic issue in both
  displacement camps and conflict-affected
  metropolitan areas. During times of conflict,
  systems frequently fail, resulting in increased
  garbage dumping and burning, poor waste
  management, and a lack of waste segregation.
  During wars, waste management systems are simply
  one aspect of environmental governance that may
  fail.

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Environmental rules and regulations

• Environmental rules and regulations may be
  disregarded on a local level. Local and national
  governments may lose their ability to monitor,
  analyze, and respond to environmental issues. New
  administrations may arise, with an approach to
  environmental management that differs
  significantly from that of the government. In
  recent years, there has been a rising tendency of
  using environmental data as a weapon during
  conflicts, resulting in greater politicization of
  environmental threats.

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Refugee migrations 

• Large-scale refugee migrations can have
  transboundary environmental consequences. As
  communities in neighboring nations struggle to
  cope with the inflow of people and provide their
  basic requirements.

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Summary

• While armed wars and military actions can result
  in or assist a variety of environmental harms,
  managing the environment during and after
  conflicts can help to build and preserve peace,
  as well as reshape society via long-term
  rehabilitation.
• Shared natural resources, as well as similar
  environmental hazards that go over human
  boundaries and borders. They might serve as a
  springboard for discussion between warring
  parties. Unpredictable energy supply during wars
  might drive a switch to solar power. While the
  destruction caused by hostilities can be a chance
  to rebuild greener or develop new domestic
  legislative frameworks to manage resources
  responsibly.

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About Us

• Our team is dedicated to curating best possible
  products and methods to reduce waste in your
  premises. We also make sure the little waste
  generated reaches the right destination.
• We do awareness programs as we believe in more
  and more people should start living less waste if
  not zero. We envision eliminating single-use
  plastic from our daily life. Unrealistic goal
  ever, right? (Not really if we think one stream
  at a time.) but you and The Better Earthlings are
  taking on it.
• Businesses create 10 times more waste than
  individuals. Our aim is to create awareness and
  eliminate plastic waste from businesses.

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Contact Us

• Phone [phone]
• Email info_at_thebetterearthlings.com
• Url https//thebetterearthlings.com/

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