http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4326666.stm
Poverty plus desertification do not mix very well. They say it is a worse impact than wars.
Poverty plus desertification do not mix very well. They say it is a worse impact than wars.
environmental refugees
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| Worse than wars
The projected figure of 50 million is derived from a number of previous reports, including the 1999 World Disasters Report from the International Red Cross. This calculated that natural disasters in the previous year had created more refugees than wars or other armed conflicts. It said that falling soil fertility, drought, flooding and deforestation drove 25 million people from their homes, with many of these environmental refugees joining already fragile urban squatter communities. Environmental refugees need better protection, says the UNU The UNU believes that environmental refugees need better protection than they have now, and in order for that to happen, there needs to be an accepted definition of their situation. The 1951 Convention relating to the State of Refugees defines refugees as people having a "...well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion..." "We need to define what we mean by political, economic and environmental refugees," said the UNU's Rector Hans van Ginkel. "If we define the problem better, we can prepare for the level of need to be catered for," he told the BBC News website. Another issue is that historically, people are considered refugees only when they go to another country, whereas as Hurricane Katrina has graphically shown, those displaced by environmental damage often remain within their native country. |
Things to think about!!!!!!!!
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| Worse than wars
The projected figure of 50 million is derived from a number of previous reports, including the 1999 World Disasters Report from the International Red Cross. This calculated that natural disasters in the previous year had created more refugees than wars or other armed conflicts. It said that falling soil fertility, drought, flooding and deforestation drove 25 million people from their homes, with many of these environmental refugees joining already fragile urban squatter communities. Environmental refugees need better protection, says the UNU The UNU believes that environmental refugees need better protection than they have now, and in order for that to happen, there needs to be an accepted definition of their situation. The 1951 Convention relating to the State of Refugees defines refugees as people having a "...well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion..." "We need to define what we mean by political, economic and environmental refugees," said the UNU's Rector Hans van Ginkel. |
Things to think about!!!!!!!!
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| Worse than wars
The projected figure of 50 million is derived from a number of previous reports, including the 1999 World Disasters Report from the International Red Cross. This calculated that natural disasters in the previous year had created more refugees than wars or other armed conflicts. It said that falling soil fertility, drought, flooding and deforestation drove 25 million people from their homes, with many of these environmental refugees joining already fragile urban squatter communities. Environmental refugees need better protection, says the UNU The UNU believes that environmental refugees need better protection than they have now, and in order for that to happen, there needs to be an accepted definition of their situation. |
Things to think about!!!!!!!!
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