Comprehensive Security for the Baltic
An Environmental Approach
1st Edition
Published on 6. October 1989
Book
Hardback
168 pages
978-0-8039-8218-5 (ISBN)
Description
Comprehensive Security for the Baltic explores the extent to which regional cooperation on environmental protection and natural-resource utilization serves as a confidence-building measure that fosters comprehensive international security.
The contributors first provide an overview of the concept of regional political security and the extent to which environmental security might contribute to the former. They then give a detailed overview of the Baltic, examining the formal mechanisms and organizations for regional environmental cooperation, and formulating the means for building regional confidence. Finally they consider the extent to which regional security contributes to a sustainable future, not only at the regional level, but also, ultimately, at the global level.
The contributors first provide an overview of the concept of regional political security and the extent to which environmental security might contribute to the former. They then give a detailed overview of the Baltic, examining the formal mechanisms and organizations for regional environmental cooperation, and formulating the means for building regional confidence. Finally they consider the extent to which regional security contributes to a sustainable future, not only at the regional level, but also, ultimately, at the global level.
Reviews / Votes
`It provides a detailed and valuable survey of the agencies for international cooperation' - Global Environmental Change`As I read this book, the news media frequently reminded me that the oil wells of Kuwait were still burning ferociously, spreading pollution in the air and contaminating the desert, several months after the cessation of hostilities in the Gulf. The book was written and published before the war started, but its timeliness and the importance of the subject matter have been emphasized by what happened in the Middle East in the early months of 1991. The book ends on an optimistic note, in putting great faith in the development of an understanding amongst the world's peoples that the destruction of the environment can be in no one's best interest. I am still not sure that the Gulf war has brought such an understanding any closer' - Medicine and War
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Content
Introduction
Environmental Approaches to Regional Security - Arthur H Westing
The Geography of the Baltic Region - Tynis O Kaasik
The Baltic Region in its Historical Context - Boleslaw A Boczek
Political Security in the Baltic Region - Unto J Vesa
Environmental Quality in the Baltic Region - Ludwik Zmudzinski
Fishery Resources of the Baltic Region - Fritz Thurow
Multilateral Agreements in the Baltic Region - Bengt Broms
International Baltic Sea Fishery Commission - Arthur H Westing
Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission - Harald A Velner
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea - Bernt I Dybern and Janet F Pawlak
Nongovernmental Scientific Organizations Relevant to the Baltic Region - Bernt I Dybern
Lessons from the UNEP Regional Seas Programme - Naigzy Gebremedhin
Confidence Building in the Baltic Region - Sverre Lodgaard
Regional Security in a Wider Context - Arthur H Westing
Environmental Approaches to Regional Security - Arthur H Westing
The Geography of the Baltic Region - Tynis O Kaasik
The Baltic Region in its Historical Context - Boleslaw A Boczek
Political Security in the Baltic Region - Unto J Vesa
Environmental Quality in the Baltic Region - Ludwik Zmudzinski
Fishery Resources of the Baltic Region - Fritz Thurow
Multilateral Agreements in the Baltic Region - Bengt Broms
International Baltic Sea Fishery Commission - Arthur H Westing
Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission - Harald A Velner
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea - Bernt I Dybern and Janet F Pawlak
Nongovernmental Scientific Organizations Relevant to the Baltic Region - Bernt I Dybern
Lessons from the UNEP Regional Seas Programme - Naigzy Gebremedhin
Confidence Building in the Baltic Region - Sverre Lodgaard
Regional Security in a Wider Context - Arthur H Westing