ECOLOGY

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• Fire in Silopi threatens Rojava 

  A wildfire that broke out for reasons that have not yet been explained, not far from the border in Silopi in Northern Kurdistan, threatens to spread to Dêrik in Rojava. Firefighting measures have not yet been initiated.
• Turkish army starts another forest fire in Şırnak 

  A forest fire broke out in Setkarê village as a result of the fire opened from Kalecik military base in Beytüşşebap district of Şırnak.
• Latest evaluation shows Europe's nature in serious decline 

  "Our assessment shows that safeguarding the health and resilience of Europe’s nature, and people’s well-being, requires fundamental changes to the way we produce and consume food, manage and use forests, and build cities."
• Make Rojava Green Again announces release of its Swiss member  

  Make Rojava Green Again announced that its member, Hawar Goran, has been freed. Goran had been detained in Hewler for a week.
• Make Rojava Green Again calls for release of its Swiss member  

  Make Rojava Green Again released a statement condemning the arrest by the Kurdistan Regional Government of one of its member, a Swiss young man who has been detained in Hewler for a week.
• Besta region on fire for three months 

  The region of Besta has been in flames for more than three months. 21 areas have completely burned down.
• Stop Climate Disaster, Keep it in the Ground! 

  Call from Turkish and Kurdish Ecology Organizations on the fossils in the Mediterranean Sea.
• 'Those who defend nature, life and peace can't be judged' 

  The Hasankeyf Coordination issued a statement regarding the the police operation carried out on Friday which saw professor Beyza Üstün being detained alongside a number of other people.
• Turkish army prevents fire extinguishing attempts at Gabar 

  The wildfire at Mount Gabar in the province of Şırnak is spreading more and more. Extinguishing attempts are prevented by the Turkish army
• Make Rojava Green Again joins Global Climate Strike 

  Young ecologists in Rojava joined the call of Friday For Future to participate in the Global Climate Strike of the 25 of September.
• FEDA: Let's organise to protect Munzur Springs 

  FEDA said in a statement that the AKP-MHP government, targeting Munzur Springs, wanted to destroy the values of Kurdish-Alevis and Dersim, and called for an organized struggle.
• Kurdish women join week of action against climate change in Bern 

  Actions to draw attention to the climate crisis have been continuing in Switzerland for about a year.
• Munzur Springs destroyed with excavators 

  The Turkish state uses excavators to destroy the surroundings of the Munzur springs in Dersim, which are a holy place for the Alevi population.
• Fire on Mount Gabar continues to rage for a week 

  The fire that broke out a week ago on Mount Gabar in Şırnak has now spread to a larger area. The authorities have so far made no attempts to extinguish the fire.
• Mining destroys Turkey's nature and people's life 

  In just 7 years, more than 77,000 hectares of forestland have been opened to mining, and 766 new mining tenders will be made. HDP Izmir MP Murat Çepni said the country is being destroyed by mining.
• Mining in Hakkari destroys a cultural heritage of 12,000 years 

  The 12,000-year-old rock drawings of Cilo Sat Mountains, in Hakkari, will be destroyed to allow mining exploitation of the territory.
• State starts fires to turn Kurdistan into a military barrack 

  The Turkish state’s policies of war in Kurdistan target everything from people to nature.
• Civil society supports sit-in against forest fires in Şırnak 

  There is a great rush to the sit-in protest in Şırnak, which was initiated yesterday by HDP member of parliament Hasan Özgüneş against the forest fires at Cudi. Today, women's organizations are taking part, and tomorrow more parliamentarians plan to join
• HDP MP stages sit-in against forest fires in Şırnak 

  In many regions of Northern Kurdistan, forest fires have been blazing since the beginning of summertime, deliberately started by the Turkish military. Mount Cudi in Şırnak is particularly affected by this scorched-earth policy.
• Mayor frees illegally captured birds in Binare Qandil 

  Although there is a ban on bird-catching in the town of Binare Qandil, it is repeatedly disregarded on a large scale. Captured birds confiscated during searches have now been released into the wild by the mayor.
• Jinwar runs project on medicinal herbs with Berlin group 

  Jinwar and Flamingo e.V. - Network for Refugee Women and Children have built up a partner project that focuses on the medicinal herb garden on both sides.
• Urgent call to resolve mounting problems in Hasankeyf 

  With the completion of the Ilısu Dam and the creation of a huge reservoir, conditions in Hasankeyf have deteriorated severely: Local residents face both an immediate crisis of unemployment and very likely significantly diminished income for years to come.
• People protest decision to turn beauty spots into mine sites 

  “These regions are transhumance centers. Thousands of people live here and they won’t stay silent about the destruction of nature," HDP Gever province co-chair Abdulkerim Akdoğan.
• The State is selling the trees it cuts in Kurdistan 

  Tree cutting that started in the previous months in the Şırnak Cudi region continues.
• AKP kills nature and wildlife in Hakkari 

  As in all of Kurdistan, the AKP government continues to kill nature and living beings in Van and Hakkari.