Environmental Security in East Asia

Maddock, R. T.

doi:10.1355/cs17_1b

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“…In the system of pressure-state-response (PSR), pressure is the prime driver for ecosystem changes, while response is the measures adopted to adapt to the ecosystem changes [38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45] . So, watershed ecological security should accord with two conditions.…”

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Key issues on watershed ecological security assessment

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Based on analyses of key issues concerning watershed ecological security assessment including the subject, content, and methodology of assessment, this paper points out that ecological security should be assessed dynamically at different levels (e.g. watershed and ecosystem levels) with human being as the main assessment subject. Both the functional security and the structural security must be considered in watershed ecological security assessment. In order to reflect the overall and timely security status of the watershed, the PSR (pressure-state-response) method should be employed. Longitudinal Range-Gorge Region (LRGR) was researched as an example. An index system of watershed ecological security assessment has been proposed, which includes structural index, functional index, pressure and response index, and the state of ecological security is analyzed for LRGR in Yunnan Province. ecological security; assessment; Longitudinal Range-Gorge Region Ecological security is an important aspect of the national security, and more and more facts have shown that ecological security is one of the most important bases of national security [1][2][3] . As a result, countries all over the world, especially developing countries, have paid great attention to ecological security [4][5][6] . Since the 1990s, a great deal of research has been done in China to study ecological security assessment, and some important results have been obtained [7][8][9][10][11][12][13] . Nevertheless, research on ecological security is still at the level of constructing oconcept system and discussing assessment methods, and no good index system and assessment method have been established. The reason is that no consensus has been reached among different researchers regarding some basic questions such as the concept of ecological security, assessment scale, assessment subjects and assessment contents [13 -15] . The underlying reason is that no profound anatomy on key issues of ecological security.Thus, upon analysis at the scale of watershed, this paper raises a series of key issues concerning regional ecological security assessment, including scale, subject, method and index system of the assessment. This paper tries to propose a relatively comprehensive and consistent framework for watershed ecological security assessment, which hopefully may provide some basic theories and methods as guidance to full scale watershed ecological assessment in China. On top of the study on theories, this paper takes LRGR as a case study, where the theories are applied for analysis.

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“…investit, par exemple, au Vietnam pour y favoriser le développement des puits de carbone, une initiative qui est loin de faire l'unanimité scientifique (Lang, 2001), à juste titre. Tout en admettant à première vue que l'Europe de l'Ouest et l'Amérique du Nord puissent être les champions de l'ingérence (ce serait une hypothèse à vérifier), au moins la comparaison avec le cas japonais aurait-elle permis de conclure de façon moins catégorique (voir par exemple Dauvergne, 1993Dauvergne, et 1997Maddock, 1995;Katsumata, 1997 Dans cette optique, les travaux de Rodolphe De Koninck concernant les relations entre la paysannerie et l'État dans la gestion et l'occupation du territoire, relations qu'il qualifie de compromis territorial, permettent de comprendre certains comportement de l'État ou des populations paysannes et leurs conséquences sur l'évolution du territoire (De Koninck, 1984, 1986, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2000 1 . Car toute cette mise en cause du développement et de la place qu'y tient l'environnement masque en fait le réel problème, qu'évoque à peine G. Rossi (ex.…”

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Environnement et développement : un débat à poursuivre. ROSSI, Georges (2000) L’ingérence écologique. Environnement et développement rural du Nord au Sud. Paris, CNRS (Coll. « Espaces et milieux »), 248 p. (ISBN 2-271-05794-9)

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“…Not surpris ingly, Southeast Asia has been identified by Japanese policymakers as one of the four strate gically most important regions to Japan (Shibu sawa 1984; Olsen 1989; Maddock 1995). There Due to its geographical proximity, Southeast Asia is naturally an area of concern to Japanese policymakers ( Figure 1).…”

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“…Indeed, some commenta tors (e.g. Maddock 1995) see Japan as the only nation in the East Asian region capable of fil ling the role of an environmental security leader. For instance, Japan is a recognized inno vator in antipollution and low emission tech nology.…”

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