Latvian Approach to the Environmental Issues in the Military Area and Unexploded Ordnance

Abstract

Following 5 decades since the World War II Latvia being occupied sequentially by Nazi and Soviet military powers suffered much from their military presence causing and activating also environmental problems into the places of direct location of German and Soviet troops and their military camps. Extremely high density of former Soviet military units and institutions in Latvia (approx. 700) caused the situation that a lot of dangerous explosives, anti-personnel mines, different emissions, damaged and defected ammunition, other hazardous materials are still polluting vast Latvian rural territories the clearance and neutralization of whom still challenge the Government being unable to allocate resources sufficient to these needs. Also problems concerning polluted water and soil in former Soviet military sites are not solved yet, then the storage and neutralization of hazardous waste including dangerous chemicals, petroleum based compounds, rocket fuel, huge stocks of municipal waste left by Soviet army units, polluted sites in Liepaja former military seaport area etc.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADP010595

Entities

People

  • Andris Gulbis

Organizations

  • Ministry of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Case Studies
  • Education
  • Environment
  • Environmental Management
  • Environmental Pollution
  • Environmental Protection
  • Governments
  • Hazardous Waste
  • Instructors
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • Law
  • Military Education
  • National Governments
  • National Security
  • Waste Management
  • Water Pollution

Readers

  • Environmental Engineering.
  • European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP).
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.