Thanks for shining a spotlight on a subject that gets far too little attention. As the IUCN Congress convened at the Convention Center, how many of the 10,000+ delegates realized that they were just a few miles from US Pacific Command headquarters which overseas military operations from Pohakuloa and PMRF on Kauai to RTS Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands, and US bases and live fire testing and training in Guam, CNMI, Japan, South Korea, Okinawa and (almost wholly without scrutiny), the Philippines under the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement? One has only to look at the threat to biodiversity in Oura Bay at Henoko and the forests being bulldozed at Takae, Okinawa to see how the military causes grievous harm to the environment while curtailing human rights. Let's hope Hawaii 2016 will mark a turning point for how the IUCN addresses environmental harm stemming from the military.