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Security and Environment...Selected Sources

Books and Articles

University of Toronto Project on Environment, Population, and Security

Abdel Rahim, Nafissa et al. Greenwar, environment and conflict. London: Panos Institute, 1991. 156 p.

Barnaby, Frank (ed.). The Gaia peace atlas. New York: Doubleday, 1988. 271 p.

Bertrand, Maurice. Global security and risk management: ideological and institutional transformations at the end of the 20th [twentieth] century. Geneva: World Federation of United Nations Associations, 1991. 11 p.

Boutros-Ghali, Boutros. An agenda for peace: preventive diplomacy, peacemaking and peace-keeping. New York: United Nations, 1992. 53 p.

Notes: Report of the Secretary-General of the United Nations pursuant to the statement adopted by the Summit Meeting of the Security Council on 31 Jan. 1992.

Bower, Anthony G. and Peter D. Jacobson. A DOD strategy for pollution prevention. Federal Facilities Environmental Journal, Summer 1993: 185-201.

Bush, Kenneth. Climate change, global security, and international governance: a summary of proceedings of a conference [held] Ottawa, 11-12 April, 1990. Canadian Institute for International Peace and Security working paper no.23. Ottawa: The Canadian Institute for International Peace and Security, 1990. 59 p.

Conference on Climate Change and Global Security (1990 : Ottawa)

Abstract: Conference focused on the political, social and economic consequences of climate change and the linkage between the world's economy and ecology, in terms of how policy decisions are taken and their implications for ecological sustainability

Canada 21 (Twenty-one) Council and the University of Toronto Centre for International Studies. Canada and common security in the twenty-first century. Toronto: The Centre for International Studies, 1994. 93 p.

Cleveland, Harlan. Birth of a new world: an open moment for international leadership. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1993. 260 p.

Contents: "Cleveland analyzes what works and why in the politics of international security, trade, money, and the environment. Exploring topics from the Gulf War to the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro to Boris Yeltsin's efforts to cut nuclear arms, he outlines a detailed strategy for what must be done to 'make the world safe for diversity.'" He was assistant secretary of state in the Kennedy administration and U.S. ambassador to NATO under President Lyndon Johnson. Forward by Roberts McNamara.

Dalhousie University Centre for Foreign Policy Studies. Canadian marine policy and strategy project: phase one report on national requirements. Halifax: Dalhousie University Centre for Foreign Policy Studies, 1992. 198 p

Contents: 1. Long-term factors and trends in marine policy; 2. Environmental risks and management challenges; 3. Marine transportation challenges; 4. Potential threats to Canadian maritime security; 5.Technological advances for sustainable development; 6.Technological advances for marine transportation; 7. Technological advances for maritime security; 8. Foreseen tasks for sustainable development; 9. Foreseen tasks for marine transportation; 10. Foreseen tasks for maritime security. Includes bibliography.

Evteev, S.E. Ecological security of sustainable development. Development , 1989 no. 2/3: 112-115.

Gleick, Peter H. and Miriam E. Lowi. University of Toronto Peace and Conflict Studies Program and American Academy of Arts and Sciences International Security Studies Program. Water and conflict. Project on Environmental Change and Acute Conflict, occasional paper series no.1. Toronto: University of Toronto, 1992. 62 p.

Bound with "West Bank water resources and the resolution of conflict in the Middle East " by Lowi.

Hawley, T.M. Against the fire of hell: the environmental disaster of the Gulf War. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992. 208 p.

Hjort af Ornas, Anders and Sverre Lodgaard. The environment and international security. Uppsala: Uppsala University Research Programme on Environmental Policy and Society, 1992. 110 p.

Abstract: Environmental conflicts can be grouped into two main categories : (1) conflicts between man and nature, centering on sustainability, and (2) conflicts between man and man, centering on development. In recent years, the grand approach to environmental conflict resolution has been named "sustainable development". For the future, the contradictions between short-term economic growth and a sustainable global economy may become as fundamental as the contradiction between capitalism and communism was during the Cold War. Environmental degradation thus adds yet another dimension to many existing conflicts. This volume is an effort towards conceptualizing not one but many securities.

Hoagland, Sara and Susan Conbere. Environmental stress and national security. College Park, MD: University of Maryland Center for Global Change, 1991. 73 p.

Homer-Dixon, Thomas F. Environmental scarcities and violent conflict: evidence from cases. International Security, 19(1) : 5-40.

Homer-Dixon, Thomas F., Boutwell, Jeffrey H., Rathjens, George W. Environmental change and violent conflict: growing scarcities of renewable resources can contribute to social instability and civil strife. Scientific American: February 1993.

Homer-Dixon, Thomas F. On the threshold : environmental changes as causes of acute conflict. International Security, 16(2) : 76-116.

Human Rights Watch and Natural Resources Defence Council. Defending the earth: abuses of human rights and the environment. Washington,D.C.: Natural Resources Defence Council. 106 p.

Abstract: Examines the relationship, often causal, between human rights and environmental abuses. Includes case studes.

Kaplan, Robert D. The coming anarchy. Atlantic Monthly, February 1994: 44-76.

Abstract: A preview of the first decades of the twenty-first century: nations break up under the tidal flow of refugees from environmental and social disaster. As borders crumble, another type of boundary is erected - a wall of disease. Wars are fought over scarce resources, especially water, and war itself becomes continuous with crime, as armed bands of stateless marauders clash with the private security forces of the elites.

Kavanagh, Barbara and Stephen Lonergan. Environmental degradation, population displacement and global security: an overview of the issues. CSRD report no.1. Victoria, BC: The University of Victoria Centre for Sustainable Regional Development Centre, 1992. 65 p.

Kirton, John. Sustainable development as a focus for Canadian foreign policy. Working paper series.no..25. Ottawa: National Round Table on the Environment and Economy, 1994. 28 p.

Notes: Prepared for the NRTEE Task Force on Foreign Policy and Sustainability.

Contents: (Selected): Beyond trade and competitiveness: Canadian foreign policy in 1990s; The new economic agenda: strengthening trade-environment links; The new environmental agenda: pursuing the promise of Rio; The new development agenda: co-ordinating resource redeployment; The new politicial agenda: building social accountability; The new security agenda: fostering environmental security; Global governance: shaping the new internationalism. Appendix A: Core definitions, princiiples, and dimensions of sustainable development (including discussion on sustainable development and common security); Appendix B: Public opinion on sustainable development as a Canadian foreign policy priority (and tables from Angus Reid, Goldfarb, Decima and Harris)

Kothari, Rajni and United Nations University Programme on Peace and Global Transformation. Towards a liberating peace. New York: New Horizons Press, 1988. 167 p.

Lonergan, Steve. Environmental change and regional security in Southeast Asia. Directorate of Strategic Analysis project report no.PR 659. Ottawa: Canada Department of National Defence, 1994. 110 p.

Abstract: Explores the linkages between environmental change and security, focusing on resource scarcity problems, population displacement, and income disparities

Mungall, Constance and Digby McLaren. Planet under stress: the challenge of global change. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1990. 344 p.

Contents: (Selected): The changing atmosphere; The polar regions; The tempering seas; Fresh waters cycle; Forests: barometers of environment and economy; Grasslands into deserts?; Grounds for concern: environmental ethics in the face of global change; People pressure; From technological fix to appropriate technology; Surprise and opportunity: in evolution, in ecosystems, in society; Peace, security, and new forms of international governance

Myers, Norman. Ultimate security: the enviromental basis of political stability. New York: W.W. Norton, 1993. 308 p.

Abstract: "Environmental problems can figure as causes of conflict. If we continue on our road to environmental ruin worldwide, they will likely become predominant causes of conflict in the decades ahead. That is the essential message of this book." - Author.

Renner, Michael. National security: the economic and environmental dimensions. Worldwatch Paper no.89. Washington, DC: Worldwatch Institute, 1989.

Seager, Joni. Earth follies: coming to feminist terms with the global environmental crisis. New York: Routledge, 1993. 332 p.

Contents: Up in arms against the environment: the military; Business as usual; The eco-fringe: deep ecology and ecofeminism.

Smil, Vaclav. Environmental change as a source of conflict and economic losses in China. Project on Environmental Change and Acute Conflict Occasional paper no. 2. Cambridge, MA: Committee on International Security Studies of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1992. 60 p.

Notes: Papers presented at a workshop on environmental change, economic decline, and civil strife, held at the Institute for Strategic and International Studies, Kuala Lumpur, Nov 1991.

Bound with "Imminent political conflicts arising from China's environmental crisis", by Jack A. Goldstone.

Suhrke, Astri. Pressure points: environmental degradation, migration and conflict. Project on Environmental Change and Acute Conflict Occasional paper no.3. Cambridge, MA: Committee on International Security Studies of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1993. 67 p.

Notes: Includes bibliography. Papers prepared for a workshop on environmental change, population displacement and acute conflict, held at the Institute for Research on Public Policy in Ottawa in June 1991

Bound with "Bangladesh and Assam : land pressures, migration and ethnic conflict", by Sanjoy Hazarika.

Suzuki, David. Inventing the future: reflections on science, technology and nature. Toronto: Stoddart, 1989. 247 p.

Contents (selected): the knowledge of good and evil; Technology's double-edge sword; Science and the military: an unholy alliance; The environment: the scope of the problem.

Thomas, Caroline. The environment in international relations. London: Royal Institute of International Affairs, 1992. 291 p.

Contents: (Selected): The environment on the security agenda; Case studies: Global warming, Ozone depletion, Deforestation

World Commission on Environment and Development. Our common future : the report of the World Commission on Environment and Development. New York: Oxford University Press, 1987. 400 p.

Contents: Known as the "Brundtland Report". The mandate of the World Commission on Environment and Development was to formulate " a global agenda for change". Chaired by Gro Harlem Brundtland.

Wykle, Lucinda, Ward Morehouse and David Dembo. Worker empowerment in a changing economy: jobs, military production, and the environment. Croton-on-Hudson, NY: Apex Press, 1991. 84 p.

Bibliographies

Holtzman, Joan. Selected economic conversion resources: 1990-1993. Mountain View, CA: Center for Economic Conversion, 1993. 11 p.

Lowe, Judy, John M. Miller and Pat Kenoyer. Selected bibliography : impacts of the military on the environment. United Nations Subcommittee on the Military and Environment of the Undergraduate Prototype Committee, 1994. 11 p.

Internet Sources

OZ.ATTITUDES

Examines attitudes that hinder peace and environmental reforms.

Network Host: APC Network

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Organizations

Canadian Institute for Peace and Security.

Created by an act of the Parliament of Canada in 1984 to increase knowledge and understanding of the issues relating to international peace and security from a Canadian perspective.

360 Albert Street, Suite 900, Ottawa, Ontario, K1R 7X7

Phone: 613-990-1593 Fax: 613-563-0894

Center for Economic Conversion

The Center for Economic Conversion is dedicated to building a sustainable peace-oriented economy. The Center educates the public about positive alternatives to military dependency, and serves as a resource for government, organizaitons, individuals, and businesses interested in creating an economy which meets social and environmental needs.

222 View Street, Suite C, Mountain View, CA., 94041.1344

Phone: 415-968-8798. Fax: 415-968-1126

Greenpeace Canada

185 Spadina Ave., 6th. Floor, Toronto, Ontario

Phone: 416-345-8408 Fax: 416-345-8422

United Nations Association in Canada

63 Sparks Street, Suite 808, Ottawa, Ontario, K1P 5A6

Phone: 613-232-5751 Fax: 613-563-2455

Date Posted: February 1, 1995

Compiled by Marlene Roy, Project Officer, International Institute for Sustainable Development. email: mroy@iisdpost.iisd.ca

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