ECOLOGY

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• More farmers in Rojava switch to solar energy as an alternative to diesel generators 

  Despite war and constant attacks, the ecological development of Rojava continues to make progress. More and more agricultural workers are converting their irrigation systems from diesel to solar energy.
• The lack of snow in Serhat worries environmental associations and farmers 

  The lack of snow in the region of Serhat worries environmental associations and ecology activists as well as farmers.
• Turkish army is destroying environment 

  I am visiting the area from where the Turkish army had to retreat. It’s hard to find words for the destruction they left behind. The Turkish state's crime against the environment should be added to that of genocide.
• German police: Lützerath completely cleared up  

  German police said that Lützerath, which has been the scene of resistance by environmentalists and activists for days against the opening of new mines, has been completely cleared up.
• 207-year-old Khorenyan Armenian Primary School in Istanbul faces disappearance 

  The 207-year-old Khorenyan Armenian Primary School in Ayvansaray in Istanbul's Balat district is disappearing.
• Euphrates at risk of drying up 

  Imad Ubeyd from the administration board of the Euphrates dam near Hesekê underlined that the water level in the reservoir has fallen dramatically. If Turkey continues to block the water supply, irrigation and electricity supply will collapse.
• Zîlan River is being poisoned 

  Due to the dams, marble quarries and mines, the North Kurdish Zîlan River has become an ecological death zone. Mir Bahattin Demir from the Zîlan Ecology Platform reports high concentrations of heavy metals.
• Iraqi President: Turkey and Iran's water cuts pose a threat to Iraq's water security 

  Iraqi President Latif Rashid said that Turkey’s and Iran's water cuts pose a threat to his country’s water security, causing the water level to drop.
• Iraq's mighty river Tigris is drying up 

  It was the river that is said to have watered the biblical Garden of Eden and helped give birth to civilisation itself. But today the Tigris is dying, AFP reports.
• Felled trees to be used for heating military bases in Şırnak 

  The forests in Northern Kurdistan are systematically cut down, through which paramilitaries earn vast sums of money. Some of the wood goes directly to military forts in the region and is burnt there for heating.
• The beauty of Hakkari mountains  

  In the mountains of Hakkari, despite the fact that it is autumn, all four seasons are experienced together.
• Pollution from oil production linked to increase in cancer rates in and around Basra 

  Iraqi Environment Minister Jassem al-Falahi acknowledged that pollution from oil production is the main cause of the increase in cancer rates in and around Basra.
• Surp Sarkis Armenian Church defies destruction 

  Surp Sarkis Armenian Church, which is located in the historical borough of Sur in Amed, defies destruction.
• Yet another dam to be built in Zap Valley 

  The AKP-MHP government is planning to build another security dam on Zap Valley where thousands of people make a living from agriculture and animal husbandry.
• 1200 families left their homes due to drought in southern Iraq 

  1,200 families have left marshlands and agricultural areas in the last six months due to drought and water shortages in the rural and poor province of Zikar in southern Iraq.
• Turkey accelerates ecocide in the Kurdish region 

  The AKP-MHP government is speeding up ecocide in the Kurdish region of the country. Trees have been felled massively in a village in Bingöl province for five months.
• Second conversation with radical grass-roots solidarity economy organisations: Aboriya Jin 

  For the series of Conversations with Gamechangers, a webinar will take place on 8 October. The conversation will be with Aboriya Jin (Women's Economy).
• Water of Iraq and the Kurdistan region reduced by 80 percent due to the blocking of Turkey and Iran 

  The Head of the Department of Civilization at Komar University said that the waters of Iraq and the Kurdistan region have decreased by 80 percent and the underground water resources have decreased significantly due to the obstructions of Turkey and Iran.
• ‘Pressure should be put on Turkey to re-allow water flow of the Euphrates’ 

  The lands of North and East Syria are becoming desert due to the Turkish state which has reduced the water flow of the Euphrates River for two years. Decreased and polluted waters also cause many diseases in the region.
• HDP: The government is destroying and plundering nature in Mount Cudi 

  HDP calls on all democratic institutions, and all political parties concerned with environmental justice, especially environmental and ecological organizations, to take action against ecological destruction in Mount Cudi and all over Turkey.
• Mesopotamian Ecology Movement vows to fight the plunder and exploitation of nature 

  The living spaces of the Kurdish people are in jeopardy, said the Mesopotamian Ecology Movement, insisting that “our struggle will continue until the plunder and exploitation is over.”
• Mount Cudi March kicks off in Batman 

  The crowd gathered in Batman set off to attend the Mount Cudi March.
• Venice Climate Camp discusses Abdullah Öcalan's idea 

  “Let’s change the system, not the climate” was this year’s slogan of the Venice Climate Camp, where Abdullah Öcalan's ideas were also discussed.
• Naci Sönmez: Let's be in Cûdî to protest plunder of nature 

  HDP deputy co-chair Naci Sönmez said that people should fight united against the plunder of nature and called on everyone to attend the march on Cûdî.
• KCK Ecology Committee calls for participation in the protest march to Mount Cudi 

  The KCK Ecology Committee called for broad participation in the protest march to Mount Cudi to be staged on September 17 against the Turkish destruction of nature in Kurdistan.