Life after Conflict: Healing the Environmental Wounds of War [Video]
Publisher: Al Jazeera
Date: 2019
Topics: Humanitarian Assistance, Renewable Resources, Weapons, Waste, and Pollution
Countries: Myanmar, Syrian Arab Republic
In conflict, one of the silent and forgotten casualties is often the environment. From the chemical contamination of soils with chemicals and the collapse of water and food supplies to the habitat damage caused by displacement, war has devastating consequences. Not only man-made infrastructures, but also natural ecosystems are destroyed and lives lost. But even amid the most vicious struggles, there are people fighting to protect the world we live in and recover what was lost.