July 8, 2008

Ecosystems and Peace

This was a comment to a question: Any other ideas or stories out there about how environmental collaboration in the Middle East can lead to peace?
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Ecosystems (un)fortunately don’t appreciate political borders. When a border happens to separate two people even for a long period of time, it certainly fails to stop eco-interactions.

You mentioned sewage system and air pollution. There are certainly many more examples of this kind. For example, when two nations share a lake or jungle, they have to come to understand that the safety of this ecosystem is dependent on a collective effort. Caspian Sea is an example; or Nile may be a more telling story which is somehow associated with the life of many people in various African countries. When people learn that they should cooperate so as to save the ecosystem in addition to improving their own lives, one may say 'Ecosystems fortunately don’t appreciate political borders.'

However, the story of shared ecosystems is not an all-good one. For example, Hamoon wetland in southern east of Iran is enlisted as an 'endangered ecosystem', for building several dams on Hirmand River (the main supplier of water for Hamoon) in Afghanistan as well as recent droughts have turned this area of about 600 thousand acres into desert [source]. Some experts believe that Hamoon Wetland will be a fiction after this summer, unless some heavy raining helps it survive. If this piece of land turns into desert, Iran won't be the only victim: the desert will be expanding to east threatening Pakistan and Afghanistan, a big desert (instead of wetland) would certainly lead to reduction in rain in neighboring areas, etc.

Thus, one may conclude that ecosystems essentially need long-term planning and strategic perspectives. And short-termism, as a relatively new phenomenon in contemporary management, is a grave mistake, regarding Nature as a whole. This is why one might say: 'Ecosystems unfortunately don’t appreciate political borders.'

So, environmental collaboration would only lead to peace if we come to recognize some key measures such as sharing benefits of ecosystems with neighbors, mutual respect for mother nature, paying attention to long-term planning, and probably most important issue is that: Nature is not a weapon capable of defending a nation; rather it's more of a static grenade that will turn the whole area into dust should it be exploded.

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

سلام
ما برای یادداشت قبلی هم م یخواستیم نظر بگذاریم اما صفحه باز نمی شد.بگذریم.
خیلی خوشحالیم که تصمیم به مسافرت گرفتید.جای ما را هم حسابی خالی کنید.
در مورد اکوسیستم ها هم حرف بسیار است.
فقط یک سئوال دارم: چرا انگلیسی می نویسید؟آیا زبان فارسی پتانسیل لازم را برای ارائه مطالبتان ندارد؟

Anonymous said...

سلام
کامنت = پست ولی پست # کامنت
# = مخالف !
موفق باشید

Anonymous said...

hi
I think that ecosystemes ... [گریه]
سلام
من فکر می کنم اکوسیستم ها در خطر هستند . انسان با دخالت های بی مورد در طبیعت و استفاده های بیش از حد از منابع طبیعی دارد نابود می کند اکوسیستم ها را . باید کاری کرد .

Anonymous said...

سلام
منظورم این بود که کامنت را می توان به عنوان پست گذاشت ولی پست را نمی توان به عنوان کامنت گذاشت
می خواستم یک لطیفه باشد ، شاید هم از نوع بدون شرحش !

Anonymous said...

salam
man koli neveshtam par zad...bara chi??
moltamese doa im
va inke naghde shahid avini ra nakhonadam...

Anonymous said...

salam
man koli neveshtam par zad...bara chi??
moltamese doa im
va inke naghde shahid avini ra nakhonadam...

Anonymous said...

ممنون بابت كامنتتون
كاكتوس كم از ياس دارد خوبش هم دارد كاكتوس تيغ تيغي است نمي شود در دست گرفت و نوازشش كرد ولي ياس را ميشود..مي شود ياس را بوييد و غرق تقدس شد..
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اما در مورد اكو سيستم!
راستش زياد ازين موضوع ها خوشم نمياد!
ولي اگه همين جنگل هاو رودهايي كه داريم
رو با ريختن زباله آلوده نكنيم كلي كار انجام داده ايم!
شادزي يا حق

Anonymous said...

مي دانيد انجا كه پروفسوران!جامعه شناسي و روانشناسي باز مي مانند انجاست كه ديگر ان پسر بچه در ان مكان هيچ وقت با ترازويش رويت نشد!
پس طبعا نميخواسته دوباره بهش مراجعه كنند!اگر ميخواست دوباره همانجا مي اومد..
و اگر اين پروفسوران خودشان مي توانند در ان هواي سرد ،با ان دغدغه با ان گرسنگي با ان خستگي با ان فشار زندگي به ياد تاثير روي ديگران باشند،واقعا موجودات عجيب الخلقه اي هستند!
يا حق

Anonymous said...

براي دنيا آرزو مي كنم كه حالش خوب شود
براي خودم آرزو مي كنم خدا دستم را بگيرد و ببرد.

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