Outcasts from Eden: environmental diaspora is a looming global crisis
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The degradation of the environment worldwide has reached alarming proportions. Examples include the ecological destruction wrought by Iraq's Hussein on the land of the Marsh Arabs and the large-scale deforestation in the Philippines and Mexico. Consequently, the refugee problem will worsen.
Publication Name: Utne Reader
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 8750-0256
Year: 1997
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Portarait of a grass-roots activist
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Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai has been actively participating in programs to save the country's natural resources. Although her efforts at environmental protection have been criticized by the government, she remains undaunted in her convictions.
Publication Name: Utne Reader
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 8750-0256
Year: 1992
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The roots of the crisis
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The present socio-economic and political problems being faced by most African nations can be traced to Western colonialism. Present day development programs introduced by the West, has failed to improve the situation.
Publication Name: Utne Reader
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 8750-0256
Year: 1992
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