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Home > ETHIOPIA: Natural environment under threat from resettlement programmes

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Thursday, February 6, 2003 - 02:00
Categories: 
Environment [2]
Issue Number: 
98 [3]
Article-Summary: 

The UN Emergencies Unit for Ethiopia (EUE) has warned that resettlement programmes can devastate natural environments and threaten indigenous groups. It said "colossal deforestation" and widespread environmental damage almost always went hand in hand with such programmes.

Category: 
Land & Environment [4]
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http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category.php/environment/13073 [5]
Country: 
Ethiopia [6]

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