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International humanitarian law (IHL) has consistently come up short in delivering environmental protection on the battlefield. Whether harm is caused directly by bullets and bombs, through the seepage of toxic chemicals into rivers and soils, the ground-churning tracks of tanks, or the ‘conservation vacuum’ the result is often the same - severe, possibly permanent, ecological change.

Biodiversity and nature are severely impacted by armed conflict, particularly those fought in biodiversity-rich environments.