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Week 46: Killing for irrigation, divide and conquer in the jungle, sitting in the streets

Posted on 18th November 201818th November 2018 by Benno Hansen

The water supplying many of Kyrgyzstan’s farmers flows from Uzbekistan. Rarely there is enough for everyone. The water comes from glaciers that are disappearing.

“During the summer time, there are daily conflicts over irrigation water […] They are usually between villages, sometimes inter-ethnic and people have killed each other over irrigation water.”

Tynar Musabaev, executive director of the Central Asian Alliance for Water

“We fight over pastures and water. That is just what life is like here […] The young men gather together, they block the road with their cars and then they fight. […] If there are any further water shortages then there will be even greater struggles. God knows what might happen,”

Mashrap Toichiev

Read Katie Arnold’s report for Thomson Reuters Foundation.

Ernesto Londoño reported for The New York Times from deep inside Brazil’s Amazon Forest where the Munduruku tribe is protesting illegal gold miners and others exploiting their territory. A dangerous stance in the current political climate.

“Before, we had a lot of food here, but since the water became dirty, the fish vanished […] We became concerned about the future of our children.”

Osvaldo Waru Munduruku, village chief

Meanwhile in the UK, Extinction Rebellion protests are still blocking streets.

The #ExtinctionRebellion blocked the bridges yesterday that they informed the police & emergency services about of in advance while almost 10,000 Londoners a year die prematurely because the government is under the influence of the extractive industries ?https://t.co/aM4XMHaV5u

— Extinction Rebellion (@ExtinctionR) November 18, 2018

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