ECOLOGY

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• Ecocide in southern Kurdistan 

  The destruction of nature in Kurdistan by the Turkish state is part of a concept of annihilation in its special form of warfare. The war strategy tested in northern Kurdistan is also being systematically implemented in the south.
• Turkey plunders nature in Kurdistan 

  The Turkish state continues its invasion attacks against the Medya Defense Areas, is also plundering the nature of Kurdistan. One of the places where hundreds of trees were burned and uprooted as a result of the bombardments is the Sergelê area.
• ÖHD Amed Ecology Commission condemns ecocide in Cudi and Gabar Mountains 

  The ÖHD Amed Ecology Commission condemned the ecocide in Cudi and Gabar.
• Ecology Board: Turkish attacks have caused great damage to the ecology in North-East Syria 

  Cizîr Canton Ecology Board stated that the attacks by the occupying Turkish state has caused great damage to the ecology in North-East Syria, calling on the international community to take action against this ecological destruction.
• Internal Security Forces' checkpoints get green 

  In the autonomous region of Northern and Eastern Syria, the Asayîş checkpoints are becoming more colorful. The Ecology Committee of the Democratic Autonomous Administration has decided to green the checkpoints.
• Turkish state destroys forests in Şırnak countryside 

  The Turkish state destroys forests in the countryside of Şırnak province.
• Mining company in Dicle is destroying life and nature 

  Residents of Pirajman neighbourhood in Amed’s Dicle district, who documented the pollution caused by mining with the videos they shot, called on people to ‘stop the killers of nature’.
• Bakırhan: We struggle against a government that is hostile to forests, rivers and mountains 

  Speaking at an ecology conference in Balıkesir, DEM Party Co-Chair Tuncer Bakırhan said, “Let's get rid of this government that is dragging us into the abyss and bringing Turkey to the brink of destruction.”
• Protest against mining project in Lice: People are forced to migrate 

  During the protest against the mining project in Lice, it was pointed out that the aim was to change the demography and force the people to migrate.
• AKP government's 22 years of ecological destruction - II 

  Geothermal power plants (GPPs), the first examples of which were seen during the AKP rule, have become increasingly widespread within the framework of rent and plunder policies.
• AKP government's 22 years of ecological destruction - I  

  During the 22 years of AKP rule, the nature of Turkey and Kurdistan has been opened to the rent and plunder of capital. One of the most crucial headings of the ecological disaster identified with the AKP government is the HEPPs.
• Government ‘tender’ for killing endangered wild goats 

  The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry's 14th Regional Directorate Van Provincial Branch Directorate issued a tender to ‘officially’ hunt endangered wild goats.
• Nature resists ecocide in Şirnak 

  Trees that have been burned and cut down for years for "security" reasons in the Besta region of Şirnak are growing again.
• Vineyards in Raqqa and Tabqa, an important source of income  

  In the Raqqa and Tabqa cantons, vineyards are considered important as a source of income, and help meet the needs of families.
• Mining activities in Golan threaten the ecosystem and people's lives 

  The mining projects carried out by Koza Holding in the Golan district of Ardahan pose serious threats to both the ecosystem and the local population.
• No intervention to extinguish fire on Gabar Mountain 

  No intervention to extinguish the fire that broke out on Gabar Mountain in Şirnak.
• Resistance continues in the village of Sürgücü 

  Resistance continues in the village of Sürgücü, after DEDAŞ raided once again with soldiers. The people set up barricades with stones on the Sürgücü-Savur road.
• Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg – Dêrik partnership builds first solar-powered drinking water well 

  The Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg – Dêrik twin town partnership has built the first solar-powered drinking water well for a district of the twin town of Dêrik in Northern Syria.
• Perspectives from Rojava, third video from the Internationalist Commune  

  Perspectives from Rojava: “Democratic Nation means that no people is superior to another” is the third video published by the Internationalist Commune of Rojava.
• 7 detained as soldiers attack villagers protesting against hydroelectric power plant in Muğla 

  Turkish soldiers attacked the villagers on vigil against the construction of a hydroelectric power plant in Fethiye and detained 7 people.
• Protest against mining project in Hasandin: We will not sacrifice this place to economic rent 

  At the rally against the mining project in Hasandin Plateau, people said: "We will keep watch every day if necessary. The entry of a mine here means our extinction."
• Villagers in Kars say solar power plant will modify environment 

  Villagers in Tekneli said that if the solar power plant project is implemented, the pastures will be rented for grazing animals, the endemic plants will be damaged, and animal husbandry will be destroyed.
• 'We do not want mines, hydroelectric power plants and dams on our lands' 

  Reacting to the mining companies taking samples in the villages, Recep Aslanhan, a resident of Amed’s Kulp district, said: "We do not want mines, HEPPs and dams on our lands. We do not want to have to leave our land. We will continue to stand against it."
• 'Ecological City' workshop in Amed 

  Speaking at the "Ecological City" workshop in Amed, Yüksel Genç said that they are facing a major ecocide.
• Afrin-Shehba Canton Ecology Board exposes Turkish environmental attacks in the region 

  The Afrin-Shehba Canton Ecology Board demanded accountability for the environmental attacks by the Turkish state and its mercenaries.