<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This paper describes a recently developed training module on the “ecosystem approach”, with the military as target group. Initiated by NATO-affiliated Civil-Military Co-operation Centre of Excellence (CIMIC COE), the module fits into a multidisciplinary new training approach, in which the military learns to integrate specific concepts into their missions, such as environmental issues. In developing the training module, a combination of the Rapid Ecological Assessment (REA) and Rapid Rural Appraisal (RRA) techniques has been formed into a stepwise approach for military to enable them to quickly scan and analyse important environmental issues in their mission environments. The result of the training module is an instructive publication and an attached instruction card, the latter being a tool commonly used by military</p></abstract>

This paper describes a recently developed training module on the “ecosystem approach”, with the military as target group. Initiated by NATO-affiliated Civil-Military Co-operation Centre of Excellence (CIMIC COE), the module fits into a multidisciplinary new training approach, in which the military learns to integrate specific concepts into their missions, such as environmental issues. In developing the training module, a combination of the Rapid Ecological Assessment (REA) and Rapid Rural Appraisal (RRA) techniques has been formed into a stepwise approach for military to enable them to quickly scan and analyse important environmental issues in their mission environments. The result of the training module is an instructive publication and an attached instruction card, the latter being a tool commonly used by military

The Ecosystem Approach in military operations: no security without ecological security, no stability without sustainability

Euroconsult/BMB Mott MacDonald, Amsterdamseweg 15, Arnhem, The Netherlands

Chair of the Commission on Ecosystem Management, IUCN Conservation Centre, Rue Mauverney 28, 1196, Gland, Switzerland

Forestry Studies

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

This paper describes a recently developed training module on the “ecosystem approach”, with the military as target group. Initiated by NATO-affiliated...

The Ecosystem Approach in military operations: no security without ecological security, no stability without sustainability

Published Online: Sep 19, 2014

Page range: 48 - 53

Received: Jan 31, 2011

Accepted: Jun 06, 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10132-011-0095-5

© 2014

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.