Nile Basin Initiative (NBI), 83–84, 88, 197

Nile River, 62, 64, 66, 85, 87–88, 196

nitrous oxide (N2O). See also greenhouse gas (GHG), 145

nitrogen oxides (NOx). See also greenhouse gas (GHG), 151

North Africa. See also Africa, 21, 143, 154, 175

North Atlantic Treaty Organization. See also NATO, 202, 205

Aircraft Noise in a Modern Society, 206

Environmental Policy Statement for the Armed Forces, 206

Mediterranean Dialogue with North African nations, 205

Security Science Forum on Environment Security, 206

Nordistes, 94, 100

Ogaden, 68, 75, 79, 82

OKACOM. See also Permanent Okavango River Basin Water Commission, 221, 223–224

Okavango Delta, 221, 223

Okavango River, 221

Omar Hassan Ahmed El Bashir, 210

Operation Enduring Freedom-Trans Sahara, 208

Operation Murambatsvina, 137

Orange Free State, 112, 114

Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), 205

Oromo, 64, 68

Oxford University, 209

ozone (O3). See also greenhouse gas (GHG), 17, 145, 151, 157

Pakistan, 170, 172, 204

Peace Corps, 243

Peace Parks Foundation. See also PPF, 222, 224

Peace Research Institute of Oslo (PRIO), 63

perfluorocarbons (PFCs). See also greenhouse gas (GHG), 145

Permanent Okavango River Basin Water Commission. See also OKACOM, 221

Persian Gulf, 229, 240

pesticides, 153, 157

Philippines, Republic of the, 173

Phumelela, 119

piracy, 15, 207–208

policy indicators

agriculture, xiv, 28, 30, 33, 40, 48, 51, 67, 74–76, 89, 132, 142, 147–148, 153–154, 157, 177, 179, 185, 209

air pollution (ecosystems), 151–152

air pollution (humans), 150–151

biodiversity and habitat, 152

environmental burden of disease, xiv, 147–148, 150

fisheries, 153

water (ecosystems), 151–152

water (humans), 150

population growth, 14, 19, 25, 57, 59–61, 63, 66, 69–70, 73, 83, 141, 179–180, 192, 210, 217

Portuguese, 97, 99–101

postapartheid South Africa. See also South Africa, 120, 227

Post-Conflict & Disaster Management Branch (PCDMB), 204