Blog and animation from the ICRC ahead of its launch of updated environmental guidelines for militaries in late 2019.
The impact of armed conflict on the natural environment is often acknowledged, but its scale is largely underestimated. From 1946 to 2010, conflict was the single most important predictor of declines in certain wildlife populations. This blog from the ICRC explains how international humanitarian law protects the natural environment and aims to limit the damage caused to it, not only because the environment sustains human life, but because of its intrinsic value.
