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Category Archives: Syria

Apr222021

Report: Deforestation in conflict areas in 2020

Colombia, Country, Publications, Slider, South Sudan, SyriaBy Eoghan DarbyshireApril 22, 2021

Deforestation is a common problem for countries affected by conflict. In 2020, COVID-19 placed further constraints on forest management in these areas. This report reviews the latest satellite data on forest loss in seven countries, analysing the forces driving deforestation.

Mar262018

Country brief: Syria

Country, Publications, SyriaBy ConEnvObsMarch 26, 2018

A brief introductory overview of the environmental dimensions of the conflict in Syria, with facts, figures and further reading.

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Conflict and Environment Observatory (CEOBS) @detoxconflict ·
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Exploring the murky, complex and sanctions busting world of phosphate exports to the EU from #Syria

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‘Blood money‘: Europe‘s secretive trade in Syrian phosphates

Hidden imports provide economic lifeline to Assad and funds for a Russian oligarch under EU sanctions

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Conflict and Environment Observatory (CEOBS) @detoxconflict ·
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Hang on.
The emissions cuts #NATO pledged only applied to it as an institution, not to its members.🧐
And why won't they publish the methodology used to calculate them? 🧐 #ClimateEmergency
#NATOSummit

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NATO won’t say how it will count its carbon emissions - CEOBS

NATO has pledged to reduce its Greenhouse gas emissions but it won't release the methodology that it will use to count them.

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Conflict and Environment Observatory (CEOBS) @detoxconflict ·
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Imagery from @Planet of the #Lysychansk Oil Refinery in #Ukraine on 29/06 show a marked intensification of the fires that have affected the site, with oil storage tanks ablaze and a plume at least 40km long.

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Conflict and Environment Observatory (CEOBS) @detoxconflict ·
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Just revisiting a 2015 report of ours on how post-conflict environmental assistance and accountability could be strengthened; how would the structure we proposed deal with #Ukraine and the SAFER oil tanker? https://ceobs.org/environmental-mechanics-re-imagining-post-conflict-environmental-assistance #PERAC

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Conflict and Environment Observatory (CEOBS) @detoxconflict ·
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Voices like @JohnAkec are opposed, as is #SouthSudan's environment ministry. The project would devastate #biodiversity and livelihoods, have a regional impact on climate and rainfall, and generate huge GHG emissions as the Sudd peatland dries out. #COP27

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Conflict and Environment Observatory (CEOBS) @detoxconflict ·
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With financial backing from #Egypt the government of #SouthSudan is looking to restart a hugely damaging project to drain the #Sudd wetland, with the water diverted to Egypt 1/2 #COP27

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Will a Nile Canal Project Dry Up Africa’s Largest Wetland?

South Sudan is moving ahead with plans for a 240-mile canal to divert water from the White Nile and send it ...

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