Occupied Palestinian Territories

A dense population and recurring conflicts have placed the Gaza Strip’s environment under considerable pressure, damaging critical infrastructure and generating debris. Environmental governance in both Gaza and the West Bank has been made more complex by the occupation, which has compounded and often actively worsened issues such as water scarcity, pollution, land degradation and waste management. Read the OPT briefing.

Publications

Blogs

The environmental costs of the escalating Middle East crisis

A year of escalating conflict across the Middle East has had a range of direct and reverberating consequences for the region’s environment. In this post we identify the current and emerging trends that are threatening human health and often fragile and degraded ecosystems.

Twitter: #Gaza / #OPT

On July 31, the IDF demolished storage facilities at the Hebron seed bank. The bank was established in 2003 to preserve hardy strains of local crops, those especially resistant to disease and harsh weather. #Gaza #OPT

Image for twitter card

Israeli Forces Bulldoze Palestinian Seed Bank

e360.yale.edu

Load more

External content