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On 9/10/2012 2:02:03 PM LTC David Knellinger wrote
Central Africa Region Environmental Security Symposium
The Central Africa Region Environmental Security Symposium, hosted by the United States Africa Command Environmental Security Program and the United Nations Environmental Programme -- Abidjan Convention Secretariat, was conducted on September 4-6, 2012, in Libreville, Gabon.
The Symposium attracted 56 military and civilian stakeholders from Gabon, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, and Sao Tome and Principle and guest speakers from Cote d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Bangladesh, and the United States. International organizations were represented by the United Nations, the African Union, international oil corporations, and non-governmental organizations. Key note speakers included the U.S. Ambassador to Gabon, Ambassador Eric Benjaminson, Samuel Kame-Domguia from the African Union, Abou Bamba from the United Nations Environmental Program, and Louis Leandre Ebobola Tsibah from Gabon Ministry of Environmental Protection.
The mission of the U.S. Department of Defense Environmental Security (EnSec) program is to promote interagency and multinational cooperation between military and non-military stakeholders in environmental security. By introducing international military concepts, values, and culture in the area of environmental security to partner nations and encouraging dialogue between regional partners, EnSec will raise awareness of environmental and engineering issues and assist nations in their efforts to enhance their capabilities.
The purpose of this workshop was to increase awareness and exchange experiences with various environmental security challenges in the region. Topics of the symposium ranged from global to regional environmental security challenges including: implications of climate change on international security, water security, roles of international militaries and non-military stakeholders in conflict prevention, disaster preparedness and response, peace support operations, cooperation between military and other stakeholders on environmental security issues, as well as more detailed technical discussions dealing with waste management, water and wastewater, contaminated land assessment and cleanup and unexploded ordinance site assessment and cleanup.
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