Wim Zwijnenburg
@wammezz.bsky.social
Environmental open-source investigations, tracking drone warfare, research based advocacy for PAX, contributer Bellingcat.
As governments meet in #CostaRica to review the implementation of the 2022 Political Declaration on #EWIPA, this joint briefing coordinated by @paxforpeace.nl highlights how its operationalisation can reduce environmental risks to civilians and the #environment paxforpeace.nl/news/states-...
November 18, 2025 at 12:33 PM
As governments meet in #CostaRica to review the implementation of the 2022 Political Declaration on #EWIPA, this joint briefing coordinated by @paxforpeace.nl highlights how its operationalisation can reduce environmental risks to civilians and the #environment paxforpeace.nl/news/states-...
Today #EnvConflictDAy we are sharing key achievements, lessons learned, and prospects ensure protection of the environment and civilians depending on it remain essential. With thanks to NASA Lifelines for an amazing short documentary on our work
paxforpeace.nl/news/from-sa...
paxforpeace.nl/news/from-sa...
November 6, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Today #EnvConflictDAy we are sharing key achievements, lessons learned, and prospects ensure protection of the environment and civilians depending on it remain essential. With thanks to NASA Lifelines for an amazing short documentary on our work
paxforpeace.nl/news/from-sa...
paxforpeace.nl/news/from-sa...
Seeing a few false “massacre” claims from misidentification of satellite images and Google Maps labels about #Sudan — some showing livestock or red vegetation misrepresented as blood or bodies. This misinformation undermines trust in real atrocity evidence and data sources
November 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Seeing a few false “massacre” claims from misidentification of satellite images and Google Maps labels about #Sudan — some showing livestock or red vegetation misrepresented as blood or bodies. This misinformation undermines trust in real atrocity evidence and data sources
Daar gaan we weer. Hopelijk beter afweergeschut in Rotterdam dit keer al mag de Lijnbaan best geraakt worden.
October 29, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Daar gaan we weer. Hopelijk beter afweergeschut in Rotterdam dit keer al mag de Lijnbaan best geraakt worden.
Famous last words...
October 29, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Famous last words...
Interesting application of #remotesensing and machine-learning to track conflict-linked air pollution in #Gaza from Israel's destruction of buildings and farmlands. An relevant approach to be learned from for other conflict-settings
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
October 22, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Interesting application of #remotesensing and machine-learning to track conflict-linked air pollution in #Gaza from Israel's destruction of buildings and farmlands. An relevant approach to be learned from for other conflict-settings
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Israeli forces torching the Sheikh Ajlin Sewage Treatment Plant in #Gaza before retreating, depriving the civilian population of acess to clean-water and worsen the humanitarian situation for Palestinians trying to return. Over 70% of the water infra is damaged
www.dropsitenews.com/p/israel-idf...
www.dropsitenews.com/p/israel-idf...
October 20, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Israeli forces torching the Sheikh Ajlin Sewage Treatment Plant in #Gaza before retreating, depriving the civilian population of acess to clean-water and worsen the humanitarian situation for Palestinians trying to return. Over 70% of the water infra is damaged
www.dropsitenews.com/p/israel-idf...
www.dropsitenews.com/p/israel-idf...
The recent waves of Israeli airstrikes on targets in #Hudaydah in #Yemen caused more oil spills, affecting the local coastal environment. Multiple strikes this year caused significant air, water and soil pollution from hydrocarbons when oil facilities and ships were targeted
September 30, 2025 at 12:28 PM
The second @UNEP report on the environmental impacts of Israel's war on #Gaza paints a bleak picture as " the damage to people in Gaza and the natural systems on which they depend continues to worsen." Full report and recommendations here:
wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.50...
wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.50...
September 24, 2025 at 12:19 PM
The second @UNEP report on the environmental impacts of Israel's war on #Gaza paints a bleak picture as " the damage to people in Gaza and the natural systems on which they depend continues to worsen." Full report and recommendations here:
wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.50...
wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.50...
Fields full of fiber-optic cables from #drones are visible along the battlelines in #Ukraine, as seen here in this video. The tens-of-thousands of drones live thousands of kilometers of these cables trapping wildlife and will pose a massive undertaking in post-conflict clean-up
t.me/sylasvobody/...
t.me/sylasvobody/...
September 23, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Fields full of fiber-optic cables from #drones are visible along the battlelines in #Ukraine, as seen here in this video. The tens-of-thousands of drones live thousands of kilometers of these cables trapping wildlife and will pose a massive undertaking in post-conflict clean-up
t.me/sylasvobody/...
t.me/sylasvobody/...
Increase of illegal goldmining in #DRC comes with heavy health and environmental price for local communities, a new join @paxvoorvrede.nl / IPIS report finds. Using both #earthobservation analaysis and interviews we documented these impacts
➡️ paxforpeace.nl/news/illegal...
➡️ paxforpeace.nl/news/illegal...
September 17, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Increase of illegal goldmining in #DRC comes with heavy health and environmental price for local communities, a new join @paxvoorvrede.nl / IPIS report finds. Using both #earthobservation analaysis and interviews we documented these impacts
➡️ paxforpeace.nl/news/illegal...
➡️ paxforpeace.nl/news/illegal...
Reports coming in from the frontline near Toretsk that Ukrainian troops suffered from exposure to ammonia gas after a decommissioned pipeline was hit by #Russia. @planet.com imagery shows a likely residual ammonia cloud at the location shared with us.
September 13, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Reports coming in from the frontline near Toretsk that Ukrainian troops suffered from exposure to ammonia gas after a decommissioned pipeline was hit by #Russia. @planet.com imagery shows a likely residual ammonia cloud at the location shared with us.
To reverse these impacts, we suggests the following solutions: strengthen local governance & institutional capacity, secure sustainable financing, boost waste collection & treatment infrastructure, use geospatial data + community engagement for evidence-based planning. 5/x
September 12, 2025 at 11:50 AM
To reverse these impacts, we suggests the following solutions: strengthen local governance & institutional capacity, secure sustainable financing, boost waste collection & treatment infrastructure, use geospatial data + community engagement for evidence-based planning. 5/x
To understand the scale of these reverberating environmental impacts of the war, we used #remotesensing to map sites, with both manual checking very hight resolution imagery and machine-learning methods to identify in total over 470 sites in 2024, an increaes of 250 with 2014 4/x
September 12, 2025 at 11:50 AM
To understand the scale of these reverberating environmental impacts of the war, we used #remotesensing to map sites, with both manual checking very hight resolution imagery and machine-learning methods to identify in total over 470 sites in 2024, an increaes of 250 with 2014 4/x
This leads to exposure of civilians to toxic fumes, spread of (micro)plastics that pose additional healht risks, while increase of wastepicks, many of them children, further increase acute health problems and long-term exposure risks through other pathways 3/x
September 12, 2025 at 11:50 AM
This leads to exposure of civilians to toxic fumes, spread of (micro)plastics that pose additional healht risks, while increase of wastepicks, many of them children, further increase acute health problems and long-term exposure risks through other pathways 3/x
The disruption of public services such as garbage collection and processing due to the conflict leads to accumulation in streets, informal dumps and polluting practices such as a waste burning causing air pollution and methane plumes while leachate affects soil and water sources 2/x
September 12, 2025 at 11:50 AM
The disruption of public services such as garbage collection and processing due to the conflict leads to accumulation in streets, informal dumps and polluting practices such as a waste burning causing air pollution and methane plumes while leachate affects soil and water sources 2/x
Us usual media are eager to be fast instead of accurate. Turns out that "transgender ideology" (whatever that means) and antifascis slogan reference wasnt likely there.
September 11, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Us usual media are eager to be fast instead of accurate. Turns out that "transgender ideology" (whatever that means) and antifascis slogan reference wasnt likely there.
The recovery of #Syria also requires addressing the pollution legacy of its broken oil industry in Deir ez Zor. Ongoing spills, makeshift refineries and flaring continue to affect the environment and public health. We spoke with @aljazeera.com on what's needed next
youtu.be/GAmTWfAmfrE?...
youtu.be/GAmTWfAmfrE?...
September 8, 2025 at 8:48 PM
The recovery of #Syria also requires addressing the pollution legacy of its broken oil industry in Deir ez Zor. Ongoing spills, makeshift refineries and flaring continue to affect the environment and public health. We spoke with @aljazeera.com on what's needed next
youtu.be/GAmTWfAmfrE?...
youtu.be/GAmTWfAmfrE?...
For some past publication, check these scene setters from 2013 / 2014 for the joint ICBUW/ @paxforpeace.nl Toxic Remnants of War project by Mohammed Ghaleieny and Aneaka Kellay
paxforpeace.nl/wp-content/u...
web.archive.org/web/20160305...
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web.archive.org/web/20160305...
September 3, 2025 at 11:24 AM
For some past publication, check these scene setters from 2013 / 2014 for the joint ICBUW/ @paxforpeace.nl Toxic Remnants of War project by Mohammed Ghaleieny and Aneaka Kellay
paxforpeace.nl/wp-content/u...
web.archive.org/web/20160305...
paxforpeace.nl/wp-content/u...
web.archive.org/web/20160305...
Glad to see the latest @srtoxics.bsky.social report on military toxics and human rights out now, describing the various sources and pathways of conflict pollution and providing a strong list of recommendations, including a potential 'Green Geneva Convention'.
www.ohchr.org/en/documents...
www.ohchr.org/en/documents...
September 3, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Glad to see the latest @srtoxics.bsky.social report on military toxics and human rights out now, describing the various sources and pathways of conflict pollution and providing a strong list of recommendations, including a potential 'Green Geneva Convention'.
www.ohchr.org/en/documents...
www.ohchr.org/en/documents...
"Climate activism has emerged in #Iraq and #Yemen as a vehicle not just for ecological advocacy but also for political expression in the shadow of conflict and hegemony and as civic space shrinks."
Helpful reflections here via @carnegieendowment.org
carnegieendowment.org/research/202...
Helpful reflections here via @carnegieendowment.org
carnegieendowment.org/research/202...
September 3, 2025 at 8:58 AM
"Climate activism has emerged in #Iraq and #Yemen as a vehicle not just for ecological advocacy but also for political expression in the shadow of conflict and hegemony and as civic space shrinks."
Helpful reflections here via @carnegieendowment.org
carnegieendowment.org/research/202...
Helpful reflections here via @carnegieendowment.org
carnegieendowment.org/research/202...
potentially some belching/ wastewater visible here on the 29th via Planet but nothing in the days after
September 2, 2025 at 12:22 PM
potentially some belching/ wastewater visible here on the 29th via Planet but nothing in the days after
How has the war in #Yemen excerbated the solid waste crisis, what are the environment and health risks and how to ensure this is incorporated into peacebuilding? These questions are addressed in our new collaborative report with @eurpeace.bsky.social out next week.
paxforpeace.nl/news/webinar...
paxforpeace.nl/news/webinar...
September 2, 2025 at 8:19 AM
How has the war in #Yemen excerbated the solid waste crisis, what are the environment and health risks and how to ensure this is incorporated into peacebuilding? These questions are addressed in our new collaborative report with @eurpeace.bsky.social out next week.
paxforpeace.nl/news/webinar...
paxforpeace.nl/news/webinar...
The destruction of #Gaza by Israel continues, with nearly 200.000 structures damaged or destroyed, according to the latest @UNOSAT / @UNHABITAT analysis. With over 60 million tons of rubble, and most of the agricultural land gone, Gaza is made unhabitable
unhabitat.org/sites/defaul...
unhabitat.org/sites/defaul...
August 19, 2025 at 11:57 AM
The destruction of #Gaza by Israel continues, with nearly 200.000 structures damaged or destroyed, according to the latest @UNOSAT / @UNHABITAT analysis. With over 60 million tons of rubble, and most of the agricultural land gone, Gaza is made unhabitable
unhabitat.org/sites/defaul...
unhabitat.org/sites/defaul...