Protection of the natural environment in international humanitarian law

Abstract

The provisions of international humanitarian law, the legal basis and the main source and effective in the process of providing the necessary legal protection of the natural environment and the preservation of resources and wealth in times of armed conflict .Reflected grounds of international protection of the environment in such circumstances, and those circumstances in many of the documents and agreements , consisting of international humanitarian law should protect the natural environment during armed conflicts and as pointed out by others of these provisions of the ban or restrict the use of means and methods of a particular during the intensification of the armed struggle and the need to take certain precautions and procedures with respect to objects and civilian facilities , especially including those facilities of a private nature , which involves an indirect way to protect the natural environment and lack of exposure to risk.