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Benno Hansen @Ecowar_BHansen·

19 Sep

“Smuggling has benefited from the fishing crisis ... [the organisers] have an easy boat; they have the driver of the boat with all the knowledge – the hours, the weather, everything. It is a sector in crisis, so it is easy to take advantage of.”

https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news-feature/2020/09/14/Tunisia-fishing-migration-smuggling

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Benno Hansen @Ecowar_BHansen·

12 Sep

“Ecological threats pose serious challenges to global peace. Over the next 30 years, lack of access to food and water will only increase without global cooperation. In the absence of action, civil unrest, riots and conflict will most likely increase.”

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/sep/09/climate-crisis-could-displace-12bn-people-by-2050-report-warns

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Benno Hansen @Ecowar_BHansen·

8 Sep

What is at stake in the eastern Mediterranean crisis? - https://on.ft.com/3jT0tkU via @FT

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Benno Hansen @Ecowar_BHansen·

17 Aug

"a million date trees have disappeared, and with them, potential food sources, export revenues, and employment opportunities"

https://www.bellingcat.com/news/mena/2020/07/24/yemens-disappearing-date-palms-applied-environmental-osint/

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Bellingcat@bellingcat·

15 Aug

Protests have escalated near the Armenian Amulsar gold mine, between security hired by a Canada-based mining company and local environmentalists. @narin_kh provides background on the years-long standoff and recent clashes outside of the resort town Jermuk.
https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2020/08/15/protests-and-tensions-escalate-around-amulsar-gold-project-in-armenia/

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