(Arlington, Virginia, Feb. 24, 2009) -- An urgent call to protect nature in the midst of violence and loss of human life may seem naïve...

(Arlington, Virginia, Feb. 24, 2009) -- An urgent call to protect nature in the midst of violence and loss of human life may seem naïve or misguided. But if you consider where most major armed conflicts take place, wartime conservation is one of the best hopes for wartime recovery. Our recently published paper "Warfare in Biodiversity Hotspots" reveals that 80 percent of the world's major armed conflicts have occurred in some of the most biologically diverse and threatened places on Earth. C

The Mayan calendar ends in December 2012. Add that to the worldwide economic crises, wars, violence and natural disasters and people wonder.