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Environmental War and Peace
We’ll explore how war can devastate the environment, and how climate change and resource scarcity can lead to conflicts. Series produced by Nissa Thompson.
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1930s Dust Bowl and Climate Change  

Robert McLeman — Professor of Geography, University of Ottawa

Environmental Peacemaking  

Geoffrey Dabelko —Director of the Environmental Change and Security Program at Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Making the Korean Demilitarized Zone a Peace Park  
Hall Healy — President of the DMZ Forum
The Military and the Korean Demilitarized Zone  
James Card — Independent Journalist
Consequences of Marshall Islands Atomic Tests  
Richard Li — Counselor and Teacher at Marshall Islands High School
Land Distribution Problems and Conflict  
Thomas Homer-Dixon — Chair of Peace and Conflict Studies at the Trudeau Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Toronto; Author of the books Environment, Scarcity, and Violence AND The Upside of Down: Catastrophe, Creativity, and the Renewal of Civilization
Restoring War-torn Iraqi Marshlands  
Azzam Alwash — Founder and Director of Nature Iraq
Farmers Talk about Wind Project  
Kathy Verdon — Marseilles, IL Wind Farm Owner
Mark Bagnell — Marseilles, IL Wind Farm Owner
Anna Wicks— Marseilles, IL Wind Farm Owner
Tour of Wind Farm  
Joel Link — Vice President of Business Development, Invenergy
Web Exclusive: Full Interview with Simon Dalby  
Simon Dalby — Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada; Author of Environmental Security and the forthcoming book Security and Environmental Change
Putting the Environment on the National Security Agenda  
Simon Dalby — Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada; Author of Environmental Security and the forthcoming book Security and Environmental Change
Deforestation and Failing Agricultural Production Haiti  
Bob Maguire — Director of the Haiti Program at Trinity University, Washingtin, D.C.
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