Permalink: https://photo.greenpeace.org/archive/Kolin-Illegally-Destroys-Olive-Grove-for-Coal-Expansion-in-Turkey-27MZIF3ISISI.htmlConceptually similarKolin Illegally Destroys Olive Grove for Coal Expansion in TurkeyGP0STOPDXCompleted★★★★Kolin Illegally Destroys Olive Grove for Coal Expansion in TurkeyGP0STOPDVCompleted★★★★Kolin Illegally Destroys Olive Grove for Coal Expansion in TurkeyGP0STOPE0Completed★★★★Kolin Illegally Destroys Olive Grove for Coal Expansion in TurkeyGP0STOPDQCompleted★★★★Kolin Illegally Destroys Olive Grove for Coal Expansion in TurkeyGP0STOPDRCompleted★★★★Kolin Illegally Destroys Olive Grove for Coal Expansion in TurkeyGP0STOPDUCompleted★★★★★★Kolin Illegally Destroys Olive Grove for Coal Expansion in TurkeyGP0STOPDWCompleted★★★★★★Kolin Illegally Destroys Olive Grove for Coal Expansion in TurkeyGP0STOPDPCompleted★★★★★★Kolin Illegally Destroys Olive Grove for Coal Expansion in TurkeyGP0STOPDSCompleted★★★★View AllGP0STOPDYKolin Illegally Destroys Olive Grove for Coal Expansion in TurkeyLocal people from Yirca village show evidence of almost 6,000 trees illegally bulldozed to make way for a proposed Kolin Group coal power planet.Kolin’s project initially bypassed a law protecting olive groves restricting industrial development within three km of the trees with an “urgent expropriation” decision taken by the government. A Turkish court has since suspended the government decision.Locations:Heybeliada-Manisa-SomaDate:9 Nov, 2014Credit:© Umut Vedat / GreenpeaceMaximum size:2000px X 1333pxKeywords:Agricultural land-Agriculture-Climate (campaign title)-Coal-fired power stations-Day-KWCI (GPI)-Local population-Medium group of people-Men-Olive trees-Outdoors-WomenShoot:Kolin Illegally Destroys Olive Grove for Coal Expansion in TurkeyActivists deliver saplings to replace some 6,000 olive trees illegally bulldozed by the Kolin Group in Yirca village, Soma District. The activists are working in solidarity with the villagers who resisted the state's efforts to expropriate their land so that Kolin could build a coal power plant. More than 5000 trees were illegally cut barely three weeks after brutal attacks on Turkish villagers and Greenpeace Mediterranean activists who tried to protect the olive grove from being unlawfully razed for a proposed Kolin Group coal power plant.Related Collections:Kolin Illegally Destroys Olive Grove for Coal Expansion (Photos & Videos)
