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SOURCES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONFLICTS

SOURCES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONFLICTS. Prof.dr. Andjelka MIHAJLOV anmi@eunet.yu. SOURCES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONFLICTS ENVIRONMENT SECURITY . ENVIRONMENT eq. SYSTEM OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. ENVIRONMENT . Air Water Soil Biota

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SOURCES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONFLICTS

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  1. SOURCES OFENVIRONMENTAL CONFLICTS Prof.dr. Andjelka MIHAJLOV anmi@eunet.yu

  2. SOURCES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONFLICTSENVIRONMENT SECURITY

  3. ENVIRONMENT eq. SYSTEM OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

  4. ENVIRONMENT • Air • Water • Soil • Biota • Sustainable use of natural resources (mandatory)

  5. …. • With sub circles: • National security / defense / country internal conflicts • Foreign policy / politics / peace keeping • Democracy • Human security / humanitarian actions • Global environmental stability (proper management / mismanagement)

  6. and…..ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY and SOURCES OF ENVIRONMENTAL COMFLICTS

  7. The main environmental conflict causes • Interdependence of different subsystems of environmental security • Scarce natural resources • Goal incapability • Communication / data failures, individual differences, poorly designed reward system and not proper understanding of issues

  8. and new perspective • Political allies are not always environmental allies • Political stability is influencing environmental management / mismanagement and vise versa • Environmental conflicts are having some characteristics of terrorism (for example, not knowing who is the enemy, and what are conflict targets) • Environmental security is politically neutral issue? Specially in countries with economy in transition?

  9. and view • It is continuous need to support environmental security in SEE / Western Balkan countries as the tool for prevention on further possible conflicts and instrument for long-term conflicts solutions • Environmental security is challenge

  10. Four steps guide to managing environmental conflict • Make the environmental conflict visible • How? • Identify common environmental and security goals • Clarify, sort and value differences • Gain commitment to change

  11. Choose in resolving environmental conflicts….. Avoidance (not addressing the conflict, environmental diplomacy,…) Accepting the other party’s / sector view Win with power a conflict Do the compromise, each party gives up, lose/lose Collaboration / win/win- views of all parties / sectors included in solution

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