2011 Year Human May Will Compete for More Resources
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Scarce mineral resources. Food and water. Arable land. Net forest than air. These are not only environmental issue, but also a potential source of conflict in the 21st century.
Determinants of the 21st century is not only competitive economic growth, as well as the lack of destructive phenomenon: the depletion of mineral resources; land desertification; pollution and excessive water use; climate change caused the fish deaths, farm barren.
Such factors of national security experts to define national security threat. Many forms of natural security risk, the following are several existing or anticipated situation.
Due to the rise of resource-hungry
Politics: as newly industrializing countries, or competition for resources, or export of the resources in the dispute for which a bargaining chip. China has both. Involved resources: oil, rare earth, stop, sea trade zones and sea-bed mining branches of a tree.
China in Asia, Africa and Latin America around the purchase of mineral rights, maintenance of the South China Sea 12 nautical miles outside the boundaries of a recognized sovereign, because buried for a wealth of rare metal resources.
In less than 40 years, China developed the world's second largest economy. Endless Chinese demand for minerals, sometimes surrounding countries such as Sudan and Iran (China buy their oil) policy differences with the west.
Scarcity of fishery resources and farmland
Political issues: climate change, poor countries contributed to the anarchy. Involved resources: arable land, water, oil, shipping lanes.
Multi-national warships in the prevention of Somali pirates. In these vessels from the fairway on the shuttle, transporting a third of the world's fuel. Meanwhile, in nearby Yemen, "base" organization planning terrorist plot quietly appear.
People will usually blame the government weak and lack of law and order. Few people realize that climate change is also one of the reasons of political authority collapsed.
Rich in resources, and have actually not achieve peace
Political issues: in the mineral-rich areas, pollution and mining activities result in complex local conflicts. Involved resources: oil, wetlands, fisheries, water.
Resource-rich Nigeria is Africa's second largest economy. However, the country suffered in the form of often violent political, ethnic and religious differences of the problems. Civilian government replaced the military government, but did not keep clear of corruption, fair sharing of oil and mineral wealth here and the commitment. Nigeria is an important oil-exporting country, but half the people of this state access to electricity.
Oil and gas activities are concentrated in ecologically fragile Niger Delta. For a long time, here there is no law at all: the rebels destroyed oil production facilities in foreign countries; local residents from the pipeline to steal oil. All of this led to serious pollution threat to fisheries and other livelihood. International Crisis Group said the explosive violence in the region for the region.
Open up new frontier
Political issues: the Arctic ice cap is melting under the ownership of the seabed. Involved resources: minerals, oil and gas exploration rights; fisheries.
In 2007, Russia sent two submarines to the Arctic Ocean at the end, where he planted a national flag. This reflects the competition for potential wealth of new competition arising. Canada, Denmark, Norway and the United States also have Arctic territory. How to divide, the management or protection of the Arctic Ocean seabed issue will certainly become Russia and other Arctic countries, the subject of disputes.
At the same time, changing the ecosystem of the Arctic pose a threat to fisheries. The new U.S. Center for Security Studies said in a report: "As the dwindling fish stocks making an already struggling global fisheries further trouble may occur geopolitical disputes." |
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2010-12-20 22:37:36 |
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