Environmental activism in a time of war
January 22, 2025 at 11:45 am,
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I have just read an astonishing article in Forbes Magazine online, by David R Vetter, climate journalist. He writes about how, in the middle of battlefields, Ukrainian soldiers are trying to lessen the impacts of war on the places they are fighting in."We plant trees in shell craters and collect honey from mined fields..."
Of course, it's a good deal more complex than that, political, geopolitically and practically. The article explores some of the aspects of the Ukrainian government's approach to looking after nature. Ecocide, the deliberate destruction of wildlife and natural resources, is a crime in Ukraine - not yet recognised as a crime in most of the world except Samoa, Fiji and Vanuatu.
In the UK, an Ecocide Bill has started going through the parliamentary process, at a glacial pace.
This article is well worth reading.
Big Ben, Houses of Parliament, London, 26 September 2024