Question

Highlight on 'Relations between war & Environment'.

Answer 1

War is waged differently today, of course, and has widespread environmental impacts that last far longer. "The technology has changed, and the potential effects of the technology are very different," says Carl Bruch, co-director of international programs at the Environmental Law Institute in Washington, D.C.

Bruch, who is also the co-author of "The Environmental Consequences of War: Legal, Economic, and Scientific Perspectives," notes that modern chemical, biological, and nuclear warfare has the potential to wreak unprecedented environmental havoc that, fortunately, we haven't seen—yet. "This is a great threat," Bruch says.