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50 J.L. & Soc'y 1 (2019)

handle is hein.journals/jlsup50 and id is 1 raw text is: Journal of Law and Society Law College Vol. L, No. 74 University of Peshawar January 2019 ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION DURING ARMED CONFLICT AND THE ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW Bahadar Ali', Parveen Gui2 ABSTRACT It has been duly argued that a step change is required in the delivery of sustainable goals as how the International Community must deal the environmental dimension of an armed conflict. The resolution will be a starting point of a long and overdue debate and its great outcome might be that it could mark a moment where environmental protection at the times of an armed conflict might step-out from legal seminars into the political arenas. War, migration and environment are interconnected and interrelated, just as the horror of war often results in human migration and environmental degradation; hence it puts a great impact on the surrounding ecosystem as well. This nexus is very complex and requires to be dealt in a holistic way. Indeed, the armed conflict can have devastating consequences for the people and the environment. War is incredibly complex and is associated with military strategy which can affect wildlife and people through very diverse pathways. This theme suddenly arose in 1960-70s although it is much older topic then that, it arose in the Vietnam conflict it came in our minds in that conflict very vividly, it came again in 1991 in Saddam's oil leakage in the sea which caused almost irreparable loss to marine life. Keywords: Humanitarian Law, Armed Conflict and Environmental Protection. I Lecturer in Law, Department of Law, University of Malakand; Email ID: babakhail91@-gmail.com 2 Lecturer in Law, Department of Law, University of Malakand; Email ID: parveengul28gmail.com I