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• 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.
• Call to join 3rd Global Day of Action to defend Hasankeyf 

  On June 7 and 8 actions are planned in dozens of cities in Turkey and across Mesopotamia.
• Julie Ward MEP expresses concern to Erdoğan for Ilisu dam 

  Julie Ward MEP has written a letter to President Erdoğan a few days before the Turkish government will start filling the Ilisu Dam reservoir.
• Turkish state allied gangs set fire to cultivated lands in Afrin 

  The invading Turkish state and their allied gang groups have set fire to thousands of trees and hectares of cultivated land in Afrin.
• Call for global action for ancient Hasankeyf on 7 and 8 June 

  The Initiative to Keep Hasankeyf Alive and Mesopotamia Ecology Movement called on social movements, NGO's, activists to join the 3rd Global Day of Action for the defense of the 12,000 year old town Hasankeyf and the Tigris River on 7 and 8 June.
• Turkey deliberately burned 11,000 hectares of lands in Afrin 

  Forests are intentionally set on fire in Turkish state-occupied Afrin. It has been reported that at least 11,000 hectares have been burned to date.
• Open letter on the ecological revolution in Rojava 

  “We also call for support for the ecological revolution in Rojava. We are referring mainly to the internationalist community of Rojava with its campaign Make Rojava Green Again.”
• Call for 3rd Global Hasankeyf Action Day on June 7-8 

  The Initiative to Keep Hasankeyf Alive and Mesopotamia Ecology Movement issued a call for 3rd Global Hasankeyf Action Day on June 7-8, 2019.
• Turkish forces and jihadists burn fields and trees in Sherawa 

  The Turkish army and jihadist allies continue their barbaric acts in the occupied Afrin Canton.
• Guerrilla is one with nature 

  Mountaineering backpacks have fluorescent parts, they want to be found when they are lost. But when it comes to the guerrilla, it’s a different story. The backpacks. weapons, clips and flasks take on the colors appropriate for guerrilla life.
• Trees and beaches killed for Erdogan’s mansion in Bitlis 

  Trees, beaches and the natural environment are being killed for the “Presidential Mansion” being built on orders from Turkish President Erdogan.
• Invading Turkish state destroys 300 years of history 

  The invading Turkish state has destroyed 300 years of history as they built a wall to separate Afrin from the rest of Kurdistan.
• Make Rojava Green Again: A meeting in Manhattan 

  The Internationalist Commune of Rojava has produced both a vision and a manual for what a free, ecological society can look like.
• Spring in Amed through ANF lenses 

  With the arrival of spring, there are more than 250 bird species in the Hewsel Gardens, where colourful and beautiful floral scents conquest the air.
• Final declaration of the 1st Mesopotamia Water Forum in Sulaimani 

  The Mesopotamian Water Forum is an alternative civil society forum for water, an open space to give voice to those who are marginalized and excluded from the discussion about water management in the Mesopotamian region.
• Make Rojava Green Again Meeting in Geneva 

  A networking meeting of the "Make Rojava Green Again" campaign took place this weekend in Geneva. The ecologically focused activists also showed solidarity with the hunger strikes in Turkish prisons.
• 7000 trees for Raqqa 

  As part of the tree planting campaign launched in the northern Syrian city of Raqqa in mid-March, the Civil Council has planted 7,000 trees in the former capital of the self-proclaimed ISIS caliphate.