Forced Out: The Environmental Effects of Involuntary Human Migration. .
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Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 19Environment. Publisher: Know Your Environment, 2003ISSN: 1522-3205;.Subject(s): Africa -- Environmental conditions | Deforestation | Environmental degradation | Forced migration | Internally displaced persons | Migration -- Internal | Nature -- Effect of human beings on | Refugees | United Nations High Commissioner for RefugeesDDC classification: 050 Summary: "The United Nations estimates 19 million people have been forced by conflict or tyranny to leave their nation of origin. Another 24 million--though still in their native countries--have had to flee their preferred communities in response to dire circumstances, such as civil war or famine. The process is called 'forced migration'--with people uprooted from their homes to escape violence, oppression and genocide--and it is one of the grim realities of the modern world. With it has come a large, semi-permanent population of displaced persons living in barely tolerable conditions under a shadow of poverty, illness and death." (KNOW YOUR ENVIRONMENT) This article discusses the significant toll that involuntary relocation is taking on the environment, noting that "mass flights of people can profoundly disrupt natural resources and regional ecosystems."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Forced Out: The Environmental Effects of Involuntary Human Migration, Aug. 2003; pp. n.p..
"The United Nations estimates 19 million people have been forced by conflict or tyranny to leave their nation of origin. Another 24 million--though still in their native countries--have had to flee their preferred communities in response to dire circumstances, such as civil war or famine. The process is called 'forced migration'--with people uprooted from their homes to escape violence, oppression and genocide--and it is one of the grim realities of the modern world. With it has come a large, semi-permanent population of displaced persons living in barely tolerable conditions under a shadow of poverty, illness and death." (KNOW YOUR ENVIRONMENT) This article discusses the significant toll that involuntary relocation is taking on the environment, noting that "mass flights of people can profoundly disrupt natural resources and regional ecosystems."
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