Christophe Maroun 🐌
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Christophe Maroun 🐌
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Political Ecology, Agroecology, Food Sovereignty

From Beirut, Lebanon
Based in Montréal, Canada
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February 11, 2025 at 6:23 PM
December 7, 2024 at 4:20 PM
Farmer autonomy is a 🔑 component of food sovereignty. When farmers have control over their production they can make decisions that prioritize sustainability, social justice and their communities. Creating more diverse and resilient food systems, less vulnerable to shocks and climate change.
November 20, 2024 at 4:56 AM
That’s why #FoodSovereignty and #FarmerAutonomy should be central for Lebanon’s agricultural and food system in general and to any potential recovery plan in particular.
November 20, 2024 at 4:53 AM
Farmers, 25% of the workforce in rural areas and already impoverished by the country’s exonomic crisis, are bearing the biggest share of the economic losses associated to the relentless bombing of agricultural land and infrastructure, and indiscriminate destruction of their livelihoods.
November 20, 2024 at 4:48 AM
“Beyond the immediate destruction caused by fire, the agricultural sector faces unprecedented challenges. Damage to crops and orchards is compounded by the disruption of critical irrigation infrastructure.”

www.aub.edu.lb/fafs/news/Pa...
The 2024 Israeli War on Lebanon: A Devastating Blow to Agriculture and the Environment
www.aub.edu.lb
November 20, 2024 at 4:41 AM
Rethinking our current food systems becomes all the more important when the country’s agricultural production capacity is being systematically targeted by Israel

amp.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Cattle, crops and ancient olive groves: Lebanon’s farmers ‘lose everything’ to Israeli bombs | Global development | The Guardian
Thousands of hectares of fertile land, including olive trees that have survived for millennia, have been destroyed in the country’s agricultural heartland
amp.theguardian.com
November 20, 2024 at 4:36 AM
Hello! Good to see you too!
November 20, 2024 at 4:26 AM
I guess that's me give or take 😬

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November 19, 2024 at 12:11 AM
Before moving to Canada I was the Environmental Justice Program Manager at the Heinrich Böll Foundation - Beirut Office. Where I worked along with diverse local and regional civil society partners on agroecology, food sovereignty, environmental governance, climate justice and eco-feminism.

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November 19, 2024 at 12:11 AM
I have previously worked on several #EnvironmentalJustice research projects such as the EJAtlas.org and Acknowl-EJ analyzing the transformative potential of community responses
to extractivism and alternatives born from resistance.

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Ej Atlas
EJAtlas.org
November 19, 2024 at 12:08 AM
I also write from time to time (which is an overstatement already). You can find some of my work here: christophemaroun.wordpress.com

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Christophe Maroun
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christophemaroun.wordpress.com
November 19, 2024 at 12:05 AM
I have a BSc in Environmental Health from the American University in Beirut and studied political ecology during my Master's at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. I'll start a PhD in Geography at Université de Montréal in January 2025 on agriculture and agroecology initiatives in Lebanon.

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November 19, 2024 at 12:02 AM