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• Water is not a weapon, water is life! 

  A new campaign named “Water for Rojava” has been launched two weeks ago aiming at rising funds to help women’s co-operatives and democratic local municipalities in Rojava and other parts of North-East Syria.
• Van Lake basin is being destroyed 

  There are dozens of HPPs (Hydroeletric Power Plant)  and dams on the Van Lake basin, which has a very diverse population. More than one HPP and dam has been built on almost every stream and water basin.
• Women demand an end to environmental destruction at Cudi 

  Activists of the women's movement TJA protested on Mount Cudi against the destruction of the tree population by village guards. The women demand: "Don't continue on this wrong path, don't become a tool of the dirty machinations of the government."
• DTK says HPP projects target Kurdish historical memory 

  In the massacre of the Zilan Valley on 13 July 1930, 15,000 people were killed according to official sources and 50,000 according to unofficial sources.
• Water For Rojava campaign launched today 

  A new campaign named Water for Rojava has been launched today aiming at rising funds to help funding women’s co-operatives and democratic local municipalities in Rojava and other parts of North-East Syria.
• Endangered European Roller sighted in Van 

  A European Roller has been sighted at Lake Erçek in Northern Kurdistan. This colourful bird was common in Europe for a long time, in Germany the species is extinct. The total population of the European Roller is currently classified as almost endangered.
• Hasankeyf: History sinks into water and garbage 

  While almost twelve thousand years of history sink into the water of the Ilisu Dam, large amounts of waste from the surrounding landfills are floating in the water, threatening both the environment and people.
• The beauty of spring in Kurdistan 

  The beauty of the spring in Kurdistan with the colourfulness in the mountains and the clear water springs offers a breathtaking picture that surprises every year anew.
• Turkish state wreaks havoc on Zilan Valley 

  The AKP-MHP government continues its steps to destroy and depopulate the Kurdistan territory.
• Hundreds of trees planted in Qamishlo 

  The ecological reconstruction in Rojava continues.
• Four thousand olive trees planted in Tirbespiyê 

  The ecological reconstruction in Rojava continues. In the north of Tirbespiyê 4,000 olive trees were planted as part of a greening project.
• Wild vegetables from the Kurdish mountains 

  In the mountains of Kurdistan different kinds of edible plants grow in spring. For many people they are their livelihood.
• Women make Raqqa green 

  Women are leading the campaign to make Raqqa green.
• The time of the reverse tulip in Hakkari 

  The reverse tulip is blooming once again in the Hakkari mountains. This peculiar flower appears in the spring and has one month life.
• 'Make Rojava Green Again' at the global climate strike 

  Numerous activists of the Make Rojava Green Again campaign have participated in the global online climate strike in Northern Syria and Europe.
• Hilly area turned into forestland in Çilaxa 

  Since the Rojava revolution, reforestation has been one of the core activities in the north-east Syrian autonomous region.
• Ecological crisis and revolutionary solution 

  Greetings from Rojava greetings to all activists worldwide who are fighting for an ecological society.
• Call to join the global #ClimateStrikeOnline tomorrow 

  In this time of Corona pandemic and social distancing, this kind of global action brings us all together, say the two international campaigns.
• The biggest migration of lake fish begins in Lake Van 

  The Pearl Mullet (Van Fish) living only in Lake Van began to migrate after the hunting ban on 15 April.
• HDK calls for the development of solidarity networks  

  HDK Ecology Council underlined the importance of developing solidarity networks to face the coronavirus pandemic and added that this is the basic form of organization for the protection and promotion of social rights.
• Mountain goats on the streets of Dersim 

  The streets in the Northern Kurdistan province of Dersim are quiet because of the Corona pandemic. Mountain goats have been sighted on the streets in the district of Çemişgezek. These shy animals enjoy a special status in the Alevi faith.
• Make Rojava Green Again book published in Kurdish and Turkish 

  The book "Make Rojava Green Again" of the campaign of the same name has been published in Kurdish and Turkish after English and many other languages.
• Thunberg in isolation: Rapid action needed to curb climate change 

  Thunberg wrote in a social media post that she and her father had both shown symptoms of COVID-19 infection.
• Open letter for Hasankeyf 

  "The Turkish government must, at a minimum, halt the filling of the Ilısu Reservoir and continue archaeological excavations in order to document and preserve important aspects of Hasankeyf’s cultural heritage."
• Dismissal of mayors poses health of citizens at risk 

  The Hasankeyf Coordination demanded that "the decision to appoint trustee be reverted and water retention in Ilısu Dam and HEPP is stopped immediately."