The World - News from Feb. 16, 1986

Environmental and economic troubles pose a greater threat to the security of many nations than the prospect of armed aggression, a Washington-based research group said. In its annual “State of the World” report, the Worldwatch Institute said many nations--especially developing countries--can no longer afford to finance both military development and the restoration of their threatened natural resources. “The new sources of danger arise from oil depletion, shrinking forests, deteriorating grasslands and climate alteration,” the report said.