The International Conference on Land and Agriculture
New Delhi , India28-29 Jan 2014
Razan Zuayter Arab Group for the Protection of Nature APN
Arab Network for food Sovereignty
Palestine: a case study
Palestine: a case study
Palestine: a case study
By 20128% of the area of
historic Palestine0% of the surface
water and less than 15% of the ground
water in the West BankWas left to indigenous
Palestinians
A story of land theft :Palestine
Current Situation in the West Bank
Area A
Area B
Area C
Natural
Reserves
17.7%
18.4%
60.9% 3%
Abu Ghneim Settlement
Before
After
•Settlements (203)
•Bypass roads (Jews only).
•Apartheid wall (767 Km)
Current Situation in the West Bank
3,000,000 Trees have been
uprooted from the year 2000 up to this date
Systematic Uprooting of Trees and livelihoods
Destruction of Agricultural lands
Destruction of Infrastructure
Targeting Animal Farms
The last harvest
The Million Tree Campaign
Replanting 1,750,000 Trees
Planting despite oppression
•Governments- Lacking sovereignty
•Double standards at the international level
•Aid & Funding • Divided Arab civil society on the national ,regional and international level
•Arab Spring
Challenges
•The regional level :_
Regional Integration
(ANFS) Arab Network for food Sovereignty
Way Forward
•South - South Cooperation
- Action not reaction - Unconditional funding
-Common strategies common slogans
Way Forward
• The International level
•International Working group on Conflicts, wars & Occupation.
Way Forward
Thank you !