Environmental Stewardship in the Global War on Terrorism

Abstract

After the Cold War, the Congress of the United States passed sweeping legislative reforms that obligated the military services to take a lead in cleaning up and preserving the environment. Unfortunately, the events of 9/11 and the subsequent Global War on Terrorism are taxing the nation's resources to the extent that the military must cut non-war related expenditures. However, despite these resource constraints, the Department of Defense (DoD) must continue to promote stewardship of the environment by marketing its environmental successes to the people of the United States and by recognizing the importance of environmental management as a significant diplomatic tool. Failure to do so will impede the attainment of the nation's security objectives, and lead to larger expenditures.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 07, 2006
Accession Number
ADA504098

Entities

People

  • J. D. Jowers

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Department Of Defense
  • Environment
  • Environmental Protection
  • Environmental Security
  • Foreign Policy
  • Government (Foreign)
  • Governments
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • Law
  • National Security
  • Nuclear Materials
  • Security
  • Terrorism
  • United States
  • War Colleges

Readers

  • Strategic Security Studies
  • Wetland-Land-Environmental Management.