Environmental warfare

Environmental warfare means waging warfare by means of deliberate environmental destruction or alteration, in order to repel enemy assault, as well as to hinder, hamper or injure the opponent.

Bergan oil field fire during the Gulf War, 1991

Not to be confused with environmental impact of war.

Operations, which fall under environmental welfare can include hydrogeological, physical, and/ or chemical processes or substances. The goal of environmental warfare is not to kill the enemies but to generate a partial health damage for their societies or to distract the enemy in order to prevent or hinder attacks.^[1]

Examples

• Employment of the herbicide Agent Orange, 1965, Vietnam War
• Gulf War oil spill, 1991, Gulf War

See also

• Ecocide
• Environmental Modification Convention

References

1. Fakron, Malik M. A. (2024). "Environmental Warfare Operation Principles". Applied Sciences Research Periodicals. 2 (2): 10–15. Retrieved 2024-03-14.

Sources

• Kreike, Emmanuel (2021). Scorched Earth: Environmental Warfare as a Crime Against Humanity and Nature. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-13742-1.