TY  - BOOK
AU  - Damien Closson
AU  - Charles Beumier
AU  - Vinciane Lacroix
AU  - Yann Yvinec
AU  - Nada Milisavljevic
AB  - Every day, civilians in dozens of countries around the world are injured and killed by landmines and other lethal leftovers of conflict, years after hostilities of war have ended. Once planted, a mine will never be able to tell the difference between a military and civilian footstep, and a bomblet will continue to attract children and metal dealers. In order to put an end to the suffering and casualties caused by antipersonnel mines, the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction (the Ottawa Convention or Mine Ban Treaty), was adopted in 1997. Further, in order to prevent suffering and casualties caused by cluster munitions at the time of their use, the Convention on the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Cluster Munitions (the Oslo Convention), was adopted in 2008. In 1996, the Royal Military Academy (RMA) opted for the implementation of mine action technological projects funded by the Belgian Ministry of Defense and the Belgian State Secretariat for Development Cooperation. It further decided to set up a close collaboration with other Belgian universities, which started organizing their own research activities on mine action. Later, other funding sources were granted to RMA by the Belgian Science Policy, the European Commission, and the European Committee for Standardization. At a more politico-administrative level, RMA participates in the States Parties Meetings of the Mine Ban Treaty, and in this context, Prof. Acheroy created an expert group on mine action technologies with representatives of different organizations and countries, aiming at informing the States Parties of the Mine Ban Treaty about the evolution of the mine action technologies. Further, Prof. Y. Baudoin created working groups dedicated to robotics in mine action within international organization. This book reports research activities achieved by the RMA.
DO  - 10.5772/60107
ID  - OAPEN ID: 36916
KW  - Physical Sciences
KW  - Engineering and Technology
KW  - Military Science
KW  - Technology
KW  - Remote Sensing
L1  - https://www.intechopen.com/books/mine-action-the-research-experience-of-the-royal-military-academy-of-belgium
LA  - English
LK  - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/53536
PB  - IntechOpen
PY  - 2017
SN  - 9789535133049
SN  - 9789535133032
TI  - Mine Action - The Research Experience of the Royal Military Academy of Belgiumnull
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