Col Pradeep Kumar Gautam (Retd) gave a presentation on ‘Indian Army: Ecological Task Force (ETF) Concept’ at the 2015 Pacific Environmental Security Forum (PESF) hosted by the US Pacific Command and the Thailand Ministry of Defence in Bangkok, Thailand, on June 10, 2015. Col Gautam also presented his book Environmental Security: New Challenges and Role of Military, IDSA/Shipra, 2010.