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Battlefields to wastelands: UN warns conflicts are destroying ecosystems worldwide

November 7, 2025

UN News Service


From Gaza to Ukraine and beyond, conflict has caused widespread death and destruction, but it has also devastated natural resources such as water systems, farmland and forests.        

The impacts affect livelihoods, and fuel displacement as well as ongoing instability.  Moreover, they can linger even after the fighting has ended.

© IOM/Raber Aziz
© IOM/Raber Aziz

Members of a family displaced by drought and conflict rest outside their tent.


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