Hasandin Plateau, one of the lifeblood of Pasûr district, is targeted by companies seeking mines. DEM Party deputy Serhat Eren stated that the region is wanted to be dehumanized with mining activities and said: “We will not allow any company.”
Trees are being cut down for a copper mine that threatens residential areas in Licê. Ahmet İnan from the Amed Bar Association, who applied for a "stay of execution", said: "Villages that were evacuated in the 90s are now being destroyed by mines."
Şirnex Bar Association stated that they will take the necessary initiatives against the nature plunder in Botan and that they are following the process.
A forest fire broke out in Menderes district of Izmir. The fire is being intervened from the air and land.
While mining companies continue to work in the Sefine region of Cudî, the region is being destroyed by detonating dynamite.
In the Gabar Mountain region, where ecological destruction is at an extreme level, new patrols are being built for the "security" of the oil pipeline.
The fire that started in the Omerîyan region last night was taken under control and extinguished as a result of the efforts of the villagers.
Amed Metropolitan Municipality Rural Development Department announced that an area of 66 kilometers was affected by the fire, according to the detection made via satellite.
Members of the İliç Mine Accident Investigation Commission, established in the Parliament, will conduct investigations in Licik district, where the mining disaster took place.
Botan Valley and Gabar Mountain took on the colors of spring with the blooming of flowers.
Ciftci-Sen Board Member Adnan Cobanoglu stated that the drought that developed as a result of industrial agriculture, the allocation of agricultural lands to mining and energy companies and the government's policies has reached serious dimensions, and lost sight of the fact that the solution to this is in traditional and ecological agriculture.
Citizens who were reacted to the "EIA is not required" report for the gold mine to be established in Axreşa District of Tatos, stated that they do not want to experience a second Licik disaster. While 13 miners who remained underground after the disaster that occurred on February 13 in the gold mine in Erzincan's Licik (İliç) district have still not been reached, the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) reports given for the gold mines became a subject of discussion again after the disaster.
Citizens who oppose the barrage to be built in Kapaz Town of Argan district said: “Our nature is being plundered. Be in solidarity with the people of Kapaz."
Residents of Fatih District in Dilovası, where cancer caused by heavy industry facilities is most common, are disturbed by the chemical storage facility established next to them. Citizens stated that they were forced to migrate said, "It's time for change" about the central and local governments they criticized.
Stating that the warnings of experts in Licik district were not taken into account, Hüseyin Alan, Chair of the Chamber of Geological Engineers, said that if the necessary precautions are not taken, an environmental disaster that will last for years will occur with the pollution of water, soil and air.