The Effects Of Mines Essay.docx

The effects of mines/ERW Over the years, mines/explosive remnants of war (ERW) is troubling people’s welfare, protection, and development in the ASEAN region. People are unaware of the consequences and troubles that they may face from this mines and ERW and it remains as a threat for them to lead a peaceful life. To familiarize, mine is a device that designed to destroy or disable enemy targets by direct blast effect starting from combatants to vehicles and tanks as they pass over or near it by hiding it beneath or on the bottom of the ground. Whereas ERW refers to mines or explosives that have been used but failed to detonate as planned and explosive ordnance that has not been used during an armed conflict, but that has been left behind or dropped by a party to an armed conflict. The effects of mines are needed to be addressed as it is threatening precious resources and devastating economies plus killing many innocent souls. They remain undetected for decades waiting to wound or kill long after conflicts end. It has been seen that each month many people are being injured or killed by the mines and most of them are civilians. Many are suffered from massive internal injuries and had died instantly after stepping on the mines that are left behind. Plus there are people too who have been survived from the explosion of land mine with amputated legs. Mines and explosive remnants of war injure and kill lives indiscriminately. The mines and explosive remnants of war don't differentiate between soldiers, civilians or farmers at the field. Being in a fear of fatal injuries, the people around minefields area are also facing the dangers of poverty. These devices make agricultural land unusable and the presence of landmines keeps the people from being able to fully utilize their land and resources. Due to this many of the people living in conditions of poverty and food insecurity. As a result, a lot of the farmable land goes unused, keeping profits and production low, particularly in times of drought. Even though they are fully aware of the risks in minefields, with that crippling poverty, people are forced into dangerous mined areas to feed themselves to survive. This is when accidents usually take place. In mine/explosive remnants of war, affected areas often limit the development of infrastructure. Minefields are being a barrier for building roads, schools, hospitals or any necessary infrastructure for the well-being of the people around the mined areas. The mined and remnants of war parts are being left behind from the development whereas the other part of the country keeps marching towards the greatness in development. In short, mines/explosive remnant of wars are being a threat to human lives and socioeconomic development. Everyone should play a vital role in creating mine awareness to make Earth a better place to live on.