The Southern Tier

Abstract

Like the northern tier CEE states, the southern tier states suffer from a number of transboundary environmental disputes that threaten public health, degrade the environment and inhibit the normal conduct of international relations. Also, like the northern tier states, the southern tier disputes involve the pollution of transboundary watercourses, extensive air pollution, the destruction of biodiversity, the transport and storage of hazardous and radioactive waste, the siting and operation of nuclear facilities, and the land based and sea based pollution of regional seas. It should be noted the first dispute discussed, that of the environmental legacy of Soviet occupation, affects northern tier as well as southern tier states.