environmental security in nile basin countries: an econometric analysis

The concept of Environmental Security was firstly introduced in the 1994 UNDP report as a part of the definition of Human Security, reflecting the new threats that were added to the national security agendas of individual stats. Along with traditional military aspects, such components such as economic stability, rapid population growth, natural resource depletion and environment degradation became state security issues. Although Environmental Security concept is widely used, there is no generally approved definition for this concept. But it covers two main issues: First, the effect of environmental threats on the livelihood of human (economic, health, inequality, poverty ….). And secondly, the role of environmental factors in accelerating conflicts within and between stats. The aim of this paper is to investigate the role of environmental Issues in accelerating conflicts in Nile Basin Region using Tow Limits Tobit regression Analysis. The paper concludes that although the environmental issues is not the sole or the primary cause of conflict but with the proper circumstances (bad governance indicators, poverty, inequality…), it could cause the violence. The paper is divided to three parts, starting with the definition and scope of Environmental Security/Insecurity. The second part is the status of the Environmental Insecurity in theNileBasin. And finally the role of environmental factors in conflicts in this region.