International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict – Wednesday November 6

“Though mankind has always counted its war casualties in terms of dead and wounded soldiers and civilians, destroyed cities and livelihoods, the environment has often remained the unpublicised victim of war. Water wells have been polluted, crops torched, forests cut down, soils poisoned, and animals killed to gain military advantage.” Furthermore, the United Nations Environment Continue Reading