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Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Locals, environmentalists fight cyanide use in Turkish Black Sea forest

Ecologists and residents of the Black Sea district of Fatsa have begun standing guard around the clock to prevent a company from following through on plans to use cyanide in gold extraction on a 10-hectare forested area.

“Our battle is not for our own personal benefit, but an act of resistance against a massacre against nature,” said Yusuf Ertopçu, an environmentalist helping to keep guard at the tent locals have erected in Fatsa’s Yukarı Bahçeler neighborhood.
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/locals-environmentalists-fight-cyanide-use-in-turkish-black-sea-forest.aspx?pageID=238&nID=75094&NewsCatID=340

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