maa-ala, mis on keskkonnakahjude või majanduslike investeeringute tõttu püsivalt kahjustatud
a geographic area that has been permanently impaired by environmental damage or economic disinvestment
a place where residents suffer devastating physical and mental health consequences and human rights violations as a result of living in pollution hotspots and heavily contaminated areas
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The climate crisis is creating a new category of sacrifice zones as a result of unabated greenhouse gas emissions, as communities have become, and are becoming, uninhabitable because of extreme weather events or slow-onset disasters, including drought and rising sea levels.
Ekstraktivism on ühepoolne suhe maaga, mis põhineb üksnes võtmisel, nii et seda võib sama hästi nimetada röövimiseks. Kõik elavad ökosüsteemid taandatakse „ressurssideks“, mida tuleb maksimaalselt ekspluateerida, ennekõike muidugi ekspordiks. Ekstraktivismi otsene tagajärg on ohveralade teke (sacrifice zones), millel pole röövijate silmis mingit tähendust, mistõttu neid võib vabalt laastada, reostada, mürgitada ja hävitada.
Some communities suffer from environmental injustices whereby the exposure to pollution and toxic substances is so extreme in the areas in which they live that they are described as “sacrifice zones”.
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The phrase originated in the cold war era, when it was used to describe areas rendered uninhabitable by nuclear experiments, conducted by the United States, the Soviet Union, France and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and NorthernIreland, that caused high and lasting levels of radiation.
