Military integrated environmental management programme of the South African National Defence Force

Magagula, Hezekiel Bheki

doi:10.1080/03736245.2019.1661873

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“…The SANDF has an ambitious Military Integrated Environmental Management Programme, comprising six sub-major programmes, viz "environmental research, environmental education and awareness training, cultural resources management, ecological management, base environmental management, and environmental planning" (Magagula, 2020, p. 170). However, Magagula (2020) argued that these programmes will only be successfully implemented if the military collaborates with relevant academic and research institutions and state organs for skills, expertise, knowledge and capacity development. Magagula (2020) also argued that environmental education and training is central to environmental management.…”

Section: Environmental Literacy Green Soldiering and The Fight Against Covid-19mentioning

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“…However, Magagula (2020) argued that these programmes will only be successfully implemented if the military collaborates with relevant academic and research institutions and state organs for skills, expertise, knowledge and capacity development. Magagula (2020) also argued that environmental education and training is central to environmental management. So far, unfortunately, the environmental education and training of SANDF soldiers has been found to be insufficient and superficial (Smit & Van der Merwe, 2018); with researchers arguing that the personnel needed more quality "environmental education and training" if they were to meaningfully contribute to the SANDF's environmental education agenda (Smit, 2018a).…”

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Viewpoint: Prospect of Military Educational Roles during Public Health Crises - Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic in South Africa

Agbedahin

2021

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This viewpoint paper examines the prospect of an effective educational role for the military during public health crises. Reflecting a broad understanding of environmental education as education to protect the public space, the authors argue that the military could provide this during times of crises. The response to the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa included the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), thus offering a unique opportunity to inquire into this contentious possibility. At the outset of the outbreak, some scholars deemed the SANDF unfit to make any meaningful contribution to the fight against the novel coronavirus. Leadership and coordination hurdles, a longstanding legitimacy crisis and inadequate training, may justify this pessimistic view. Based on available literature and document analysis, the authors propose the viewpoint that the military can play a progressive environmental educational role during crises if (1) its educational programmes such as green soldiering are intensified, widened and adequately informed by training; (2) if more is made of the experience, cultural insights and personnel gain during peacekeeping missions; (3) if healthy civil-military relations are prioritised, along with (4) military professionalism, supported by a deeper understanding in society of the diversity of roles and skills the military could offer. The military itself needs to recognise this and not train all personnel as if they are about to enter combat with an enemy. Should these elements be present, the security forces could indeed be a force for good during times of public health crises.Keywords: COVID-19, civil-military relations, environmental education, pandemics, SANDF

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Section: Environmental Literacy Green Soldiering and The Fight Against Covid-19mentioning

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Section: Environmental Literacy Green Soldiering and The Fight Against Covid-19mentioning

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Viewpoint: Prospect of Military Educational Roles during Public Health Crises - Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic in South Africa

Agbedahin

2021

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“…En la actualidad, se ha identificado la necesidad de incorporar competencias ambientales en la formación militar (Magagula, 2020;De Andrade, 2020). Esto, adaptando las habilidades profesionales con competencias ambientales, con el fin de atacar el problema de insostenibilidad asociado al hecho de que el daño al medioambiente está llegando a su límite (De Andrade, 2020) Asimismo, se ha resaltado la generación de conocimiento científico y técnico que permita el uso, aprovechamiento sostenible y protección de los mares colombianos y otros ecosistemas estratégicos (Ministerio de Defensa Nacional, 2018).…”

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“…Por otro lado, es importante resaltar que en los conflictos armados se ha causado un daño al medioambiente y los recursos naturales, en áreas de importancia ambiental como parques nacionales y áreas especiales de conservación (Smith, 2019;Kim & Mesquita, 2015). De igual forma, un sin número de actividades de las Fuerzas Militares también han originado diferentes impactos en el medioambiente (Magagula, 2020;Petre et al, 2016). En consecuencia, el sector defensa de cualquier país está llamado a diseñar programas para reducir el riesgo de degradación del medioambiente y, a la vez, garantizar la utilización sostenible los recursos naturales (Magagula, 2020)…”

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“…De igual forma, un sin número de actividades de las Fuerzas Militares también han originado diferentes impactos en el medioambiente (Magagula, 2020;Petre et al, 2016). En consecuencia, el sector defensa de cualquier país está llamado a diseñar programas para reducir el riesgo de degradación del medioambiente y, a la vez, garantizar la utilización sostenible los recursos naturales (Magagula, 2020)…”

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Educación ambiental para el cumplimiento de los objetivos del Ejército Nacional

Gutiérrez¹,

Calderón²

2020

Miradas De Innovación, Sostenibilidad Y Desarrollo en Torno a La Gestión Ambiental en El Ejército Nacional De Colombia

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Las Fuerzas Armadas deben velar en todo el territorio nacional por la protección y defensa del medioambiente y los recursos naturales renovables (Congreso de la República de Colombia, 1993). Como estrategia, el Ejército Nacional ha implementado diferentes planes dentro de su política, además, ha direccionado la investigación para dar soluciones científico-tecnológicas a los problemas relacionados con el área ambiental. El principal objetivo de esta investigación es diagnosticar el estado actual del panorama ambiental en el Ejército Nacional y de las capacidades de investigación y desarrollo tecnológico en el área ambiental. Todo ello, mediante una investigación de tipo descriptiva, en la cual se realizó una priorización, identificando los ejes y objetivos en el área ambiental por parte del Ejército Nacional, con el fin de realizar un direccionamiento, a través de las líneas de investigación en el sistema de educación, para así medir las capacidades de ciencia y tecnología. Se concluye que existe una estrecha relación entre la protección del medioambiente y la seguridad nacional. Para lograr el cumplimiento de los objetivos del Ejército Nacional deben fortalecerse las capacidades y aumentar los proyectos que apuntan a las líneas de investigación del área medioambiente y biodiversidad.

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Examining the impact of military training exercises on vegetation: case of the South African Army Combat Training Centre Lohatla

2020

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Military integrated environmental management programme of the South African National Defence Force

Cited by 10 publications

References 30 publications

Viewpoint: Prospect of Military Educational Roles during Public Health Crises - Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic in South Africa

Viewpoint: Prospect of Military Educational Roles during Public Health Crises - Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic in South Africa

Educación ambiental para el cumplimiento de los objetivos del Ejército Nacional

Examining the impact of military training exercises on vegetation: case of the South African Army Combat Training Centre Lohatla

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