African Environmental and Human Security in the 21st Century
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Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), 84, 209, 214, 242

dengue fever, 144, 179

desertification, 47, 97

Diamacoune. See also Father Augustin Diamacoune Senghor, 95–98, 100, 107–108

diamond fields, 190

diarrhea, 14, 61, 136, 150

Dieme, Magne, 102

Diori, Hamani, 18

Djibouti, 73, 75, 80, 178, 207

Diouf, Abdou, 95, 100–101

DOD 3000.05, Military Support for Stability, Security, Transition and Reconstruction and Stabilization. See also U.S. Department of Defense, 171

dracunculiasis (Dracunculus edinensis). See also Guinea worm disease (Dracunculus medinensis), 128, 133–136, 140

DRC. See also Democratic Republic of Congo, 186–190, 196, 199, 205, 209–210

drought, xii, 11, 13, 17–18, 23, 25, 28, 36, 40, 51, 59–61, 65, 68, 71, 73–78, 86–88, 132, 143, 150, 154, 175, 177–179, 191, 193, 195, 210

drylands, 60, 64, 67

ecocentric (environmental) approach, 218

ecological air pollution, 155, 158

Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), 102, 198

economic development, 12, 16, 20, 72, 74, 112, 116–117, 122, 154, 173, 198, 214, 220, 222–224, 234

Egypt, xiv, 61, 83–86, 88, 133, 154–155, 157–158, 165–166, 196–197, 207

Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, 176

elements of power, 55

Ellis, Stephen, 22

emerging diseases. See also reemerging diseases, 129

endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs), 118, 123

environment. See also ecocentric and anthropocentric environmental approaches, xii, 4–6, 9, 14, 16, 22, 29, 33, 38, 45, 47–48, 51–54, 56–58, 61, 63–64, 70–72, 74, 76, 82–83, 88, 97, 128, 131, 133, 139–140, 145, 154, 170–172, 176, 180, 185–186, 192–193, 195, 197, 202–206, 208, 211–212, 217–218, 224, 227–228, 230, 232–234, 239–241, 243

environmental security, xii–xiii, xv–xvi, 10, 43, 127–131, 140, 168–171, 173–181, 202–203, 205–206, 208–209, 211, 227–229, 231–233, 235, 239–241, 243–244, 246

environmental awareness in the armed forces, 206

Environmental Change and Security Program (ECSP). See also Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 232

Environment and Security Initiative (ENVSEC), 204

Environmental Performance Index (EPI), 147, 149, 157

EPI ratings, 154, 158, 164