Workshop from the BDS Conference in Montreal

Program Title: Land and Environment Under Israeli Apartheid
Description: The panel will discuss the effects of the apartheid regime on the natural and built environment and how the Israeli regime manipulates these in order to maintain the apartheid system. Further emphasis will be placed on the issue of land ownership and the legal maneuvering surrounding this crucial issue.

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Featured Speakers/Guests: Razan Zuayter (Palestine) is the founder and President of the Arab Group for Protection of Nature (APN). APN is a nonprofit organization which seeks to strengthen the capacity of Arab people to sustain and control their natural resources, especially those in areas under occupation or exposed to armed conflicts. Razan has won recognition for her initiatives supporting food sovereignty and environmental sustainability, which include the Million Trees Campaign which aimed to replant uprooted trees in Palestine and the Green Caravan Plan in Jordan, focused around planting trees in marginalized areas. Maron, Stop The Wall Campaign (Palestine): Stop The Wall: The Grassroots Palestinian Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign is a coalition of Palestinian non-governmental organizations and popular committees that mobilize and coordinate efforts at the local, national and international level. These efforts are focused on stopping and dismantling the apartheid wall and resisting Israeli occupation and colonization.

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