ABSTRACT
Deployed personnel in peace and crisis-management operations regularly face an environment that has been negatively affected by the consequences of conflict (Waleij et al. 2005; UNEP 2009). Environmental challenges to such operations have three important aspects: first, potential environmental risks to the health of deployed personnel must be identified and mitigated; second, the overall operation must not cause further damage to the environment; and third, environmental drivers of the conflict or crisis, as well as potential flashpoints that may undermine mission security, must be understood.
