Threat level green: Conceding ecology for security in eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union

Schrad, Mark Lawrence

doi:10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2006.03.005

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“…The origin of ecological security resulted from expanding the definition of security: the impact of economic and social stability on environmental quality [19]. Ecosystem security refers to the security of natural and semi-natural ecosystems-a component of ecosystem health.…”

Section: Ecological Securitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Assessing Regional Ecosystem Conditions Using Geospatial Techniques—A Review

Zhang

Wang

Yue

et al. 2023

Sensors

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Ecosystem conditions at the regional level are critical factors for environmental management, public awareness, and land use decision making. Regional ecosystem conditions may be examined from the perspectives of ecosystem health, vulnerability, and security, as well as other conceptual frameworks. Vigor, organization, and resilience (VOR) and pressure–stress–response (PSR) are two commonly adopted conceptual models for indicator selection and organization. The analytical hierarchy process (AHP) is primarily used to determine model weights and indicator combinations. Although there have been many successful efforts in assessing regional ecosystems, they remain affected by a lack of spatially explicit data, weak integration of natural and human dimensions, and uncertain data quality and analyses. In the future, regional ecosystem condition assessments may be advanced by incorporating recent improvements in spatial big data and machine learning to create more operative indicators based on Earth observations and social metrics. The collaboration between ecologists, remote sensing scientists, data analysts, and scientists in other relevant disciplines is critical for the success of future assessments.

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Section: Ecological Securitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Assessing Regional Ecosystem Conditions Using Geospatial Techniques—A Review

Zhang

Wang

Yue

et al. 2023

Sensors

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“…The explicit notion that environmental change can create insecurity and possibly trigger violent conflict among peoples emerged as a significant proposition among social scientists and policy-makers during the late 1980s and early 1990s [35][36][37]. This reflected a confluence of factors, including declining Cold War security priorities and increasing concern about the possible impacts of pernicious environmental changes such as global warming, ozone depletion, desertification and tropical deforestation [38][39][40][41][42][43].…”

Section: Environment and Securitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Instead, these authors point out that environmental degradation and scarcity often create incentives for cooperation among different interests and may even foster pro-active peace-building initiatives between competing groups or nations [52][53][54]. The modern proliferation of international environmental agreements and the constructive mobilization of people in protection of threatened environmental resources in many settings is evidence to them that Hobbesian-type outcomes are not inevitable [40,55].…”

Section: Environment and Securitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Suffice to say here that some of the sharp differences in the perspectives outlined above reflect differences in the framing of environment and security issues; i.e. researchers are asking different questions about different things [40,56]. Serious theoretical and methodological criticisms have also been levelled at the environment and security literature, in general, including its imprecise use of concepts and terminology [39,[56][57][58] and its common tendency to bias evidence collection in favour of pre-determined models or theory [40,56,59,60].…”

Section: Environment and Securitymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Mangrove forests and human security.

Walters

2008

CABI Reviews

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This paper reviews concepts and theories of 'environment and security' and examines their relevance in understanding human-mangrove interactions. Scientists and decision-makers are increasingly interested in the relationship between environmental change and human security. Research on human-mangrove interactions suggests that mangrove forests illustrate this relationship well, at least in terms of the general framing of these issues. Mangroves and the diverse resources and services they provide (wood, food and fuel) are critical to the livelihood security of highly vulnerable coastal populations throughout the tropics. At the same time, their restricted coastal distribution, which is often proximate to population concentrations, makes them the frequent loci of conflict between competing human interests. Studies of mangrove planting and human settlement along the coast demonstrate the value of mangroves for protecting property and livelihood from storm impacts. Observations of the Asian tsunami of 2004 further highlight this protective role and provide a stark reminder that environmental sustainability and human security are often inseparable. Yet, broadly framed discussions of environment and security offer little concrete guidance to researchers and policy-makers tasked with understanding and better managing the relationships between people and mangrove forests in particular contexts.

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“…Land ecological security (LES) is the basis of regional ecological security. However, because of the continued overuse of land resources in many areas, land ecosystems have become dysfunctional [4][5][6][7][8]. A conflict between LES and economic development has always existed, restricting sustainable regional development.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Coupling Coordination and Interaction Mechanism of Land Ecological Security and High-Quality Economic Development in the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei Region

Guo,

Wang,

Zhong

et al. 2023

Sustainability

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Land ecological security (LES) and high-quality economic development (HED) are mutually influential. China has three world-class urban agglomerations; the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei (BTH) region is one of them. It is an important platform for participating in international competition and cooperation. To promote regional sustainable development, it is critical to study the coupling coordination and interaction mechanism of LES–HED subsystems over time and space in the BTH region. This study involved the construction of an aggregated index system to obtain a comprehensive understanding of the subsystems, and then investigated the coupling coordination degree (CCD) of the LES–HED subsystems from 2007 to 2018 using a CCD model. Additionally, a panel vector autoregressive (PVAR) model was applied to analyze the interactive mechanism of the LES–HED subsystems. Finally, a model of the degree of relative development was used to classify the types of regional development. The results showed that the CCD of the LES–HED subsystems in the BTH region had significant spatial and temporal differences. The spatial distribution could be characterized as low in the central area and high in the peripheral area, and the evolutionary law of CCD in the system was from lower to higher levels over time. In addition, improvements in LES promoted HED, but the impact of HED on LES was limited. The development patterns within the cities of the study area included three development types, including an slightly lagging type of LES, a slightly lagging type of HED, and a significantly lagging type of HED. Given the spatial variability of the coupled and coordinated development of LES–HED subsystems, it is necessary to implement different development strategies. This study can inform decisions promoting the coordinated development of LES–HED subsystems for sustainable regional development.

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Threat level green: Conceding ecology for security in eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union

Cited by 12 publications

References 62 publications

Assessing Regional Ecosystem Conditions Using Geospatial Techniques—A Review

Assessing Regional Ecosystem Conditions Using Geospatial Techniques—A Review

Mangrove forests and human security.

The Coupling Coordination and Interaction Mechanism of Land Ecological Security and High-Quality Economic Development in the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei Region

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