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UK Pushes Mountain Destruction on Montenegro as Green Policy
By David Swanson, World BEYOND War, August 18, 2022 For years now, the people of Montenegro have sought to protect the Sinjajevina mountain plateau from the destruction to be brought by creating a military training ground vastly larger than the entire military of Montenegro could ever use. The NATO nations for whom the project actually exists https://worldbeyondwar.org/uk-pushes-mountain-destruction-on-montenegro-as-green-policy/
Continue reading →Pangea’s Grandangolo episode Jean Marazzani Visconti interviews Pablo Dominguez and Milan Sekulović (Save Sinjajevina)
https://youtu.be/ez0zizf8Zr0
Save Sinjajevina: how a movement took on the military, and won a first crucial battle
In late 2020, a coalition of national environmental and rights’ activists, pastoralists, and international NGOs resisted a military training exercise taking place in the unique Sinjajevina highlands. Following the first phase of the campaign, WRI staff met Pablo Dominguez, an eco-anthropologist who collaborated with the Save Sinjajevina Association, and shared with us the significance of this precious place, the movement that led its defence, and their plans for the future. The campaign website is available here: https://sinjajevina.org/ You can sign … Continue reading →
David Swanson Talk Nation Radio: Pablo Domíngues on Defeating a Military Base
Pablo Domínguez spoke also in the WSF webinars ‘Global NATO – All Countries Are Affected’ and in ‘Military Bases: Environment and Geostrategic Impacts’
https://soundcloud.com/davidcnswanson/talk-nation-radio-pablo-domingues-on-defeating-a-military-base
Protesters hold back military takeover of Balkans’ largest mountain pasture
Montenegro’s military — and maybe NATO — want the Sinjajevina Highlands for maneuvers; traditional herding communities want these biodiverse alpine pasturelands conserved.
by John C. Cannon on 18 January 2021
Mongabay Series: Covering the Commons, Land rights and extractives
Save Sinjajevina: Herders and activists protect Montenegrin pastures from military occupation
by Pablo Dominguez, 11 January 2021
After a mobile blockade lasting almost two months, a small group of traditional herders and activists has successfully repelled NATO and the Montenegrin military’s efforts to occupy the territory of Sinjajevina in Montenegro – the largest mountain grassland in the Balkans and the second in Europe.
In an archetypal David and Goliath encounter, Sinjajenivan herders have braved and adapted to COVID-19 lockdowns, driving snow and sub-zero temperatures to keep numerous military incursions at bay.