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War on trees: Palestinian olive groves become latest casualty in West Bank

The News International 25 Aug 2025
The majority of the trees were olive trees, some more than 70 years old, according to villagers. Olive farming is a lifeline for many Palestinian families, and groves have often been at the centre of tensions with Israeli settlers.
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Olive groves turned into mining fields overnight: 'This is not just an environmental issue'

Bianet 06 Aug 2025
'Zoning olive groves to housing will do away with our agricultural land' ... video explainers that detail the impacts of each of its 21 articles, the 11th of which directly threatens olive groves.
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How Ancient Athens Protected Its Precious Olive Groves

Greek Reporter 28 Jul 2025
He recognized that the future of Athens was inextricably linked to the health and abundance of its olive groves ... no more than two trees could be cut down per year in any single olive grove.
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Turkey passes bill allowing mining activities in olive groves

Bianet 21 Jul 2025
The new law allows the Energy and Natural Resources Ministry to authorize mining in areas officially registered as olive groves or where olive trees are currently located, if the mining activity is ...
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Turkey prepares to open olive groves for mining to ‘feed power plants’

Bianet 16 Jul 2025
A demonstration outside the parliament on Jul 16 with protesters holding placards reading “We won’t give up our olive groves,” “We won’t give up our pastures,” and “Water is life, mining brings drought.” (MA).
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Paphos wildfire called a ‘crime’ as ancient olive grove destroyed

CyprusMail 08 Jul 2025
Forestry Department director, Savvas Iezekiel, told the Cyprus News Agency that the fire destroyed an ancient olive grove. He said local residents had worked and harvested the grove for hundreds of ...
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Crete wildfire: Swaths of forest, olive groves burn on Greek island

Sott 04 Jul 2025
Hundreds of firefighters battled a blaze on Crete island, Greece, on Thursday, which burned swathes of forest and olive groves ...
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