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 Stories About: environmental justice AND politics AND rivers and watersheds AND Ukraine
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The Blew Danube
Ukrainian attorney Olya Melen stands up for the Danube Delta |
Michelle Nijhuis |
25 Apr 2006 |
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| Olya Melen doesn't think small. In her first-ever court case, the young Ukrainian attorney challenged a massive canal project proposed for the Danube Delta, an internationally recognized wetland on the edge of the Black Sea. Melen, a lawyer for the public-interest group Environment-People-Law, argued that the canal would disrupt the area's rural communities and diverse wildlife, violating ... |
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| Topics: environmental justice, politics, rivers and watersheds, Ukraine (all these topics) |
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