Landmines, Landscape Degradation and 'Proportionality'

TL;DRAbstract

In a recent contribution to this journal reviewing the
\nevolution of laws concerning the protection of the environment
\nduring armed conflict, Bothe raised a number of
\ninteresting issues related to the severity and persistence of
\nenvironmental harm. He also identified a number of unresolved
\nissues in the laws surrounding armed conflict, including
\nthe need for new laws to ensure protection of particular
\nspecial places during conflict, and the environmental
\nconsequences of specific weapons, including mines. The
\npresent contribution takes up these themes from the perspective
\nof the geosciences. It considers the impact of
\nlandmines upon nature conservation and environmentally
\nsustainable development, and the duration of their adverse
\nimpact on the environment, in the context of the “proportionality”
\nof military advantage obtained from deploying
\nland mines relative to the environmental harm that they&#13

Chat with Paper

AI Agents for this Paper