Protecting the Forest Environment in Armed Conflict

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Assistant Professor, Department of Public and International Law, Chalous Branch, Islamic Azad University, Chalous, Iran.

Abstract

Forests, as the respiratory lung of the earth, play a significant role in the realization of the right to life, and are inextricably linked with other fundamental rights of mankind; forests, as one of the important elements of the natural environment, complete the right to a healthy human environment. And because of their unique characteristics, they have a decisive role in the victory or failure of hostile countries in the wars, and as a result, hostile parties use the forest as providing hostile aims, so they must be fully utilized and utilized. All existing capacities and capabilities are in keeping with it. Every day, the size of the wars increases, and equally one of the environmental resources that are at the true risk of destruction and falling from their scope are forests, so it must be created by building a proper structure with legal requirements to guarantee this God-given blessing Which is considered as an introduction to the enjoyment of human rights, takes coordinated action. This paper seeks to answer the question of how to protect the environment by exploring different international documents, in particular on how to promote the conservation of forest ecosystem resources using the ability of international institutions to formulate a global resolve. Provide the forest environment at a time of volatile conflicts?

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