GC103
Tracking Environmental Consequences of Armed Conflict Across Scales and Systems
Tracking Environmental Consequences of Armed Conflict Across Scales and Systems
Session ID#: 252590
Session Description:
Now in its third year, this AGU session addresses the mounting yet often under-documented environmental consequences of armed conflict. While some impacts such as forest and cropland burning or village destruction are spatially discrete and immediate, others unfold more gradually, shaped by ecological feedbacks, disruptions to environmental governance, and human decisions. This session invites contributions that employ advanced remote sensing and mixed-methods approaches to assess acute and long-term environmental effects of armed conflict on land use, hydrological systems, ecosystems and biodiversity, and atmospheric conditions. We especially welcome research that examines how conflict-related impacts propagate across interconnected Earth systems and compound with other stressors, including climate change, displacement, and involuntary immobility. The session aims to foster interdisciplinary dialogue across scientific, policy, and humanitarian domains to strengthen environmental accountability and support recovery in conflict-affected regions. Presenters will be invited to contribute to a forthcoming special issue in Environmental Research Letters.
Co-Sponsor(s):
- EP - Earth and Planetary Surface Processes
- NH - Natural Hazards
- SY - Science and Society
Index Terms:
1632 Land cover change [GLOBAL CHANGE]
1640 Remote sensing [GLOBAL CHANGE]
4323 Human impact [NATURAL HAZARDS]
Primary Convener: Jamon Van Den Hoek, Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, United States and Conflict and Environment Academic Network (CEAN)
Conveners: Emnet Negash, Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, OR, United States, He Yin, Kent State University, Department of Geography, Kent, United States, Iryna Dronova, University of California Berkeley, Depts. of Environmental Science, Policy & Management and Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning, Berkeley, CA, United States and Conflict and Environment Academic Network (CEAN)
Student/Early Career Convener: Corey Scher, Oregon State University, Geography Program, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, United States and Conflict and Environment Academic Network (CEAN)
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