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    <journal-meta>
      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">cndcgs</journal-id>
      <journal-title-group>
        <journal-title>Challenges to national defence in contemporary geopolitical situation</journal-title>
      </journal-title-group>
      <issn pub-type="epub">2538-8959</issn>
      <issn pub-type="ppub">2669-2023</issn>
      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>LKA</publisher-name>
      </publisher>
    </journal-meta>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">85_BLAHA</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.47459/cndcgs.2026.85</article-id>
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        <subj-group subj-group-type="heading">
          <subject>Article</subject>
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      <title-group>
        <article-title>Assessing the Environmental Impacts of Artillery Activity and Fostering Regional Cooperation for Post-Conflict Soil Ecosystem Recovery</article-title>
      </title-group>
      <contrib-group>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>BLAHA</surname>
            <given-names>Martin</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="j_cndcgs_aff_000"/>
        </contrib>
        <aff id="j_cndcgs_aff_000">Department of Fire Support, Faculty of Military Leadership, University of Defence, Czech Republic</aff>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>IVAN</surname>
            <given-names>Jan</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="j_cndcgs_aff_001"/>
        </contrib>
        <aff id="j_cndcgs_aff_001">Department of Fire Support, Faculty of Military Leadership, University of Defence, Czech Republic</aff>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>ADAMEC</surname>
            <given-names>Vladimír</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="j_cndcgs_aff_002"/>
        </contrib>
        <aff id="j_cndcgs_aff_002">Institute of Forensic Engineering, University of Technology, Czech Republic</aff>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>GOTTVALDOVÁ</surname>
            <given-names>Natálie</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="j_cndcgs_aff_003"/>
        </contrib>
        <aff id="j_cndcgs_aff_003">Department of Fire Support, Faculty of Military Leadership, University of Defence, Czech Republic</aff>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>HERCÍK</surname>
            <given-names>Martin</given-names>
          </name>
          <email xlink:href="mailto:martin.hercik@unob.cz">martin.hercik@unob.cz</email>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="j_cndcgs_aff_004"/>
          <xref ref-type="corresp" rid="cor5">∗∗∗∗∗</xref>
        </contrib>
        <aff id="j_cndcgs_aff_004">Department of Fire Support, Faculty of Military Leadership, University of Defence, Czech Republic</aff>
      </contrib-group>
      <author-notes>
        <corresp id="cor5"><label>∗∗∗∗∗</label>Corresponding author.</corresp>
      </author-notes>
      <volume>2026</volume>
      <issue>1</issue>
      <fpage>730</fpage>
      <lpage>738</lpage>
      <pub-date pub-type="epub">
        <day>10</day>
        <month>07</month>
        <year>2026</year>
      </pub-date>
      <permissions>
        <license license-type="open-access">
          <license-p>Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY)</license-p>
        </license>
      </permissions>
      <abstract>
        <p>This paper develops an integrated analytical framework for assessing the environmental impacts of artillery activity on soil ecosystems. The approach combines military-technical parameters with environmental, spatial, and economic data using GIS and geostatistical methods. A key contribution is the Environmental Burden Index (EBI), which evaluates environmental load across five domains: chemical contamination, physical degradation, spatial distribution of impacts, ecological sensitivity and recovery complexity. The results demonstrate that environmental degradation arises from the interaction of multiple factors, particularly fire intensity, munition type, terrain morphology, and soil characteristics, rather than from isolated contamination indicators. The proposed framework enables objective comparison of affected sites, identification of remediation priorities, and supports decision-making processes in post-conflict recovery and sustainable land management.</p>
      </abstract>
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        <label>Keywords</label>
        <kwd>Artillery</kwd>
        <kwd>Soil Contamination</kwd>
        <kwd>Post-Conflict</kwd>
        <kwd>Recovery</kwd>
        <kwd>Environmental Security</kwd>
        <kwd>Regional Development.</kwd>
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