Environmental Security and Ecoterrorism

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Alpas, Hami (Editor), Berkowicz, Simon M. (Editor), Ermakova, Irina (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2011.
• Series: NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security,
• Subjects: Environment.; Political science.; Ecosystems.; Environmental health.; Environment, general.; Political Science.; Environmental Health.

In recent years, the concept of environmental security has been adapted to include preparedness for acts of ecoterrorism. This latter term has now become synonymous with environmental terrorism where the perpetrator uses the environment as a weapon to harm an opponent. The intended outcome is usuall...

Table of Contents:

• Preface. Contributors. Food Chain Security Pilot Study: Findings and recommendations
• Food Chain Security and Vulnerability
• The Contribution of Food Safety Management Systems to the Prevention of Deliberate Food Contamination
• Issues of Food Chain Security and Case Studies in the Czech Army.-Food Chain Security in Romania.-New system of food control in Russia
• Food Chain Defense in the United States
• Food Safety Strategies in the Federal Republic of Germany
• Assessing security of supply – three methods used in Finland.-Food chain defense and its potential implications on traditional foods. The Portuguese case
• Subject Index.-.