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• 22nd Munzur Culture and Nature Festival kicks off today in Dersim 

  The 22nd Munzur Culture and Nature Festival will kick off today in Dersim. Its main focus will be the attacks on the city's nature and culture.
• Şirnak: Engineer killed by drilling rig, two workers injured 

  An engineer was killed by a fallen drilling rig in an oil field in the Gabar massif in Şirnak. Two other workers were injured.
• Environmental organizations to meet in Şirnak on 28 July 

  Environmental organizations will meet in Şirnak on 28 July to condemn nature plunder.
• Make Rojava Green Again: Politics of the scorched earth continue in whole Kurdistan 

  An article by Make Rojava Green Again addressed the issue of global warming and its effects on Kurdistan.
• Village guards cut down trees in Beytüşşebap 

  Village guards are cutting down trees in the area of Komate in Beytüşşebap.
• Ecologists in fire-devastated area: Those who destroy our nature must be held accountable 

  Environmental activists from Kurdistan and Turkey have made serious accusations against the Turkish government and the state electricity company during a visit to the fire area between Mardin and Amed.
• South Kurdistan Women's Initiative protests Turkish state's attacks on the nature of Kurdistan 

  The South Kurdistan Women's Initiative protested the Turkish state's attacks on the nature of Kurdistan and said in a statement that "there are no natural disasters in Kurdistan, there are Turkish state disasters".
• KCK Ecology Committee: DEDAŞ committed three massacres at once 

  "Only our common ecological struggle can stop this fascist, genocidal mentality. Preventing the disasters of the government will only be possible with the struggle we wage wherever we are," said the KCK.
• Ecology Union: The state and DEDAŞ are responsible for the fires 

  Drawing attention to the fire in Kurdistan, the Ecology Union stated that the lack of timely intervention led to a disaster and denounced the failures of the state and DEDAŞ.
• People intervene with their own resources to bring wildfire between Mardin and Amed under control 

  At least five people are reported dead and dozens injured as the huge fire destroyed crops of wheat and corn.
• North Kurdistan: Control through the destruction of memory 

  An article by the Union of Libertarian Communists addresses the issue of ecocide in North Kurdistan.
• Rojava: Drip irrigation against desertification 

  Agriculture is one of the main causes of desertification due to its massive water consumption. In Northern and Eastern Syria, attempts are being made to stop the desertification process through drip irrigation.
• 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.