Written by Opeoluwa Ogunsola
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When war occurs, when nations declare periods of armed conflict, certain rules still guide such periods.
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Such rules are called International Humanitarian Law. (IHL). International Humanitarian Law is defined as a set of rules whose purpose is to lessen the effect of war or armed conflict for humanitarian reasons. It sets out the acts that countries that are at war must not do.
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One of the aspects governed by International Humanitarian Law is the protection of the environment during armed conflict. This provides for rules whose purpose is to lessen the damage to the environment during armed conflict.
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It is very important to protect the Earth during armed conflict because humans and animals depend on the environment for survival.
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The effects of war on the environment lasts for decades even after war and armed conflict ends. Examples of the damages that war does to the environment are; destruction of forests, pollution of rivers, killing and displacement of animals, use of chemical weapons, use of explosives.
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The 2 key international instruments that protect the environment during war and armed conflict are: The Geneva Convention and Additional Protocol 1, and the ENMOD Convention.
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The international rules that guide the environment during war or armed conflict state that, during armed conflict:
- warring countries must avoid destroying the environment,
- They must prevent pollution of the environment,
- they must protect natural resources,
- they must not harm the forests, rivers, farmland,
- When the war ends, they must remove any hazardous remnants of the war.
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That protection of the environment during armed conflict would :
- help communities rebuild faster
- prevent health problems
- ensure that there is safe water for drinking and safe food to eat
- ensure that future generations have good land.