Worldwide Emerging Environmental Issues Affecting the U.S. Military. March 2009

Switzerland and Italy are cooperating in redrawing their national borders in the Matterhorn mountain area, due to melting Alpine glaciers that previously set the border lines. The new proposal considers the rocks rather than glaciers as border criteria. The Swiss-Italian border change will not affec...

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Other Authors: FEDERATION OF UN ASSOCIATIONS WASHINGTON DC MILLENNIUM PROJECT
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2009
Subjects:
Meteorology
Geography
Hydrology
Limnology and Potamology
Environmental Health and Safety
*ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
*CLIMATE
*ARCTIC REGIONS
*GLACIERS
*ANTARCTIC REGIONS
*ECOSYSTEMS
*OCEAN ENVIRONMENTS
PURIFICATION
MOUNTAINS
HEATING
ORGANIC MATERIALS
MELTING
FRANCE
SAFETY
ITALY
POLLUTANTS
CLEANING
SHORTAGES
SWITZERLAND
NANOTECHNOLOGY
WATER TREATMENT
BOUNDARIES
AIR POLLUTION
GLOBAL
RADIATION
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
MILITARY FORCES(UNITED STATES)
SOURCES
Antarctic
Arctic
Matterhorn
Antarc*
Climate change
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Summary:Switzerland and Italy are cooperating in redrawing their national borders in the Matterhorn mountain area, due to melting Alpine glaciers that previously set the border lines. The new proposal considers the rocks rather than glaciers as border criteria. The Swiss-Italian border change will not affect any inhabited area. Franco Narducci, of Italy's opposition Democratic Party, who is preparing the bill for redefining the frontier, said that similar negotiations will be proposed to France and Austria. Redrawing these borders creates a precedent with implications for other effects of climate change in other regions such as the Arctic and Antarctic regions, and the Low-lying Island States.

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