The Iran-Iraq war and the aftermath of Iraq's invasion of Kuwait (the "1991 Gulf War") provide vivid evidence that conflicts arising at least in part from disputes over natural resources can wreak remarkable abuse on the environment, whether it is attacked directly or suffers collateral damage....

In this article, Professor Baker examines the compatibility of multilateral environmental agreements with the provisions of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). The author discusses the key provisions of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous...