ECOLOGY

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• Fires in Mount Cudi and Xurs 

  Residents of villages in the region of Mount Cudi and Xurs said Turkish soldiers set the forest on fire. The people worked for hours to extinguish the fire.
• Turkey-bound mercenaries set fire to lands in Afrin 

  Turkish regime-bound mercenary groups set fire to the lands belonging to the villagers in Mabata, province of Afrin.
• It is not too late to save Hasankeyf 

  New call to save Hasankeyf. It is not too late, said activists.
• Fire in Idil growing 

  The fire near the historic Elo Dîno Palace in the rural countryside of Şırnak is growing and no intervention is made to try and extinguish it.
• Photographs from attack against nature in Kobane 

  Thousands of decares of cultivated lands have been burned down by the Turkish state and their allied gangs in the last two months in the Kobane Canton. The vile attack against nature was documented by ANHA’s aerial photos.
• The precious qualities of mulberry molasses 

  In Binarê Qendil, women rolled up their sleeves to make mulberry molass.
• Make Rojava Green Again held 3rd international gathering in Italy 

  The "Make Rojava Green Again" campaign held its third international meeting in the Val de Susa in Italy, discussing the possibilities for closer cooperation of ecology movements.
• Xakurke: With F-16 jets against animals and plants 

  The Turkish army not only kills civilians in their invasion of southern Kurdistan, but also largely destroys nature in Xakurke in an attempt to depopulate the region.
• Field fire in Kobanê reaches the homes of villagers 

  The field fires in the east of Kobanê have reached the homes and gardens of the local population.
• Turkish regime cuts down 1.000 olive trees in Yazidi village 

  Yazidis forced to leave their homes due to the Turkish occupation in Afrin issued a statement in the Serdem Camp in Shehba.
• Call to join the “big dip” for Hasankeyf on 14 July 

  On the second Sunday of July each year, people in Europe and beyond join the “big dip” into rivers and lakes as part of a campaign for the conservation and renaturation of our freshwater ecosystems.
• Turkish army attacks against nature 

  The Turkish army has been attacking the natural environment in the Bradost region.
• Signature campaign for Hasankeyf 

  Under the slogan “Hasankeyf is our culture, Tigris our nature” people from Hasankeyf, Iraq, Rojava and nine European countries called for the Turkish government not to start filling the Ilisu Dam reservoir, as was announced for 10th June, 2019.
• Fire erupted in a village of Kobanê 

  Northern and Eastern Syrian Federation, with its vast swathes of cultivated lands, has suffered several suspicious fires in recent weeks.
• Over 15 acres of land and 500 trees burned down in Kelar 

  15 acres of land and 500 trees were burned in fire caused in the forest area in Kelar, Germiyan, in South Kurdistan.
• Letter to UK Foreign Secretary about Hasankeyf 

  Peace in Kurdistan Campaign is among the promoters of the initiative. 
• Fire in Tirbespiyê destroys 10,000 hectares of cultivated land 

  Field fires in the Tirbespiyê region of northern Syria have destroyed 10,000 hectares of cultivated land.
• Environmentalists: Turkish bombardments destroy ecosystem 

  Environmental activists from South Kurdistan strongly protest against the bombing of South Kurdistan’s mountain regions by the Turkish military: "If this goes on, the entire population will be displaced and no animal will survive."
• Turkish soldiers start fires in Serekaniye 

  Turkish soldiers started fires in Serekaniye, while a large scale fire broke out in Tirbespiye on an unknown cause.
• Cultivated lands protected by HPC 

  HPC has increased patrols and the number of checkpoints against the suspicious fires that have been breaking out in cultivated lands recently.
• People of Afrin make Shehba greener 

  The people of Afrin are trying to continue with their lives in Shehba and have set up a nursery garden to plant the empty plots, with support from the Agriculture Committee.
• The HDP kitchen: A mix of foods, languages and ecology 

  The HDP people emphasized that they will be putting in practice this research in every field.
• Turkish forces set fire to agricultural lands in Dirbêsiyê 

  The Turkish invasion army continues its crimes in northern Syria.
• Call from Hasankeyf: It's not too late! 

  The people of Hasankeyf call for support. The 12,000-year-old settlement on the Tigris River is to be flooded by the Ilısu Dam project.
• Artists join the call to save Hasankeyf 

  The Initiative to Keep Hasankeyf Alive and the Mesopotamia Ecology Movement issued a call to movements and activists worldwide to join the 3rd Global Day of Action for the defense of the 12,000 year old town Hasankeyf and the Tigris River on June 7 and 8.