ECOLOGY

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• Forest on fire in South Kurdistan 

  A forest has caught fire in Çoman in South Kurdistan. The cause is unknown.
• Fifty villages to be flooded by a dam project in Amed  

  The Geliyê Godernê region in Amed, which has been inhabited since ancient times, is being depopulated for a dam project and fifty villages are to be flooded. The people are resisting expulsion and military violence.
• Fire on Mount Shengal 

  A fire broke out on Mount Shengal. The fire, which spread due to the strong wind, was difficult to control.
• Aksu: Ecological struggle needed against colonialism 

  Cemil Aksu from the environmental association Pollen said that the anti-colonial struggle in Kurdistan is also necessarily an ecological struggle and called for a stronger commitment to protecting nature and its resources.
• Turkish-linked mercenaries burn forests and olive trees in Afrin 

  The Afrin Human Rights Organization said that the Turkish state and its mercenaries burned forests and thousands of olive trees in many places.
• Final declaration of Rojava Ecology Conference published 

  Last April, a conference called "Ecology in Democratic Modernity - From Resistance to Construction: Perspectives, Possibilities & Challenges" was organized in Qamishlo.
• KCK Ecology Committee: Ecological destruction at the highest level during AKP rule 

  The KCK Ecology Committee spoke of the ecocide carried out in Kurdistan on World Environment Day.
• Village guards destroy forests in Eruh 

  The Turkish government is committing crimes against the environment, destroying the forests in Kurdistan territory.
• Turkey and its mercenaries burn down 1,500 hectares of land and over 18,000 olive trees in Manbij 

  The Turkish state and its mercenaries in Manbij burned down 1,500 hectares of cultivated land and more than 18 thousand olive trees.
• Agriculture flourishes in Rojava despite attacks 

  In Northern and Eastern Syria, which has fertile agricultural lands, 81,673 farmers work on 7 million 521,621 decares. Despite the attacks of the Turkish state, agriculture is flourishing.
• Ecology Union convenes in Amed to determine the new line of struggle against ecocide 

  The Ecology Union convened in Amed to determine the new line of struggle against ecological destruction.
• Turkish army and its mercenaries set fire to agricultural lands in Manbij 

  The Turkish army and its mercenaries set fire to agricultural lands in the villages west of Manbij.
• Ibrahim Esed: Ecological genocide continues 

  Ibrahim Esed is co-chair of the Ecology Committee. In this interview, he talked about the need to further develop ecological awareness in Northern and Eastern Syria and to oppose Turkish attacks on the environment.
• Ecology - The Rebellion of the Environment, new brochure by the Academy of Democratic Modernity 

  The Academy of Democratic Modernity published a new brochure called "Ecology - The Rebellion of the Environment".
• Ecological Platform to be established in North and East Syria 

  The Ecological Council of North and East Syria, which held its first conference in Qamishlo, took the first step towards the establishment of an Ecological Platform.
• Ecology Conference in Qamishlo discusses the ecological destruction in Kurdistan 

  The third session of the Ecology Conference in Qamishlo focused on ecological destruction in Kurdistan caused by the invasion attacks of the Turkish state.
• Vigil against mining activities in Hakkari on its 4th day 

  The vigil against mining activities in the Marunis region of Hakkari entered its 4th day. Support for the action continues from neighbouring districts.
• Ecology conference in Qamişlo: We must return to the nature of humanity 

  Alongside grassroots democracy and women's freedom, social ecology is one of the pillars of the Rojava revolution, which is based on the paradigm of Abdullah Öcalan.
• People on vigil against mining activities in Hakkari 

  People of Hakkari started a public vigil action against mining activities in the Marunis region.
• 'Be a friend of ecology' campaign in the Euphrates canton enters its second phase 

  The 'Be a friend of ecology' campaign launched in the Euphrates canton has entered its second phase.
• Make Rojava Green Again publishes new report 

  A new report by Make Rojava Green Again has been published.
• Committee established to analyse Euphrates water in North-East Syria after Erzincan mine disaster 

  Following the allegations that poisonous water mixed with the Euphrates water after the soil collapse in Erzincan, the Euphrates Canton Executive Council established a committee to analyse the water.
• Kahraman: Iliç mine disaster will have serious consequences for at least a century 

  Tuğba Kahraman from Polen Ekoloji, said that the ecocide in Iliç covers a very large area, and added that “cyanide and heavy chemicals will mix with the Euphrates as the result of a disaster that will have consequences for at least a century."
• Miners buried in cyanide-laced landslide at gold mine in Erzincan 

  Several mine workers were buried in a landslide at a gold mine in the province of Erzincan. The DEM party blames the disaster on the negligence of the AKP/MHP government and the unscrupulousness of the mining companies.
• Forum in Hesekê discusses agriculture and irrigation issues 

  A forum organized by the Northern and Eastern Syria Agriculture and Irrigation Council in Hesekê with the slogan "Let's create ecological communal agriculture together" ended with the reading of the final declaration.