1. Green security or militarized environment: An introduction / Jyrki Kakonen -- 2. In the name of sustainability: Peace studies and environmental discourse / Ken Conca -- 3. The politics of environmental security / Simon Dalby -- 4. Environmental dimensions of national security: The end of the Cold War / Odelia Funke -- 5. Why the military is good for the environment / Kent Hughes Butts -- 6. Armed forces and the conservation of biological diversity / Bruce A. Byers -- 7. Conversion and the environment / Nils Petter Gleditsch -- 8. The military and the environment: An Arctic case / Lassi Heininen -- 9. Global environmental degradation and the military / Matthias Finger