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...environmental devastation follows in the world's overcrowded refugee camps.
In 2005, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) issued a report saying, "Many refugee camps are now surrounded by vast stretches of barren land no longer capable of supporting life."
UNEP Executive Director Klaus Toepfer says that relief agencies need to focus on this problem. "While urgent human needs must take precedence over environmental concerns in times of crisis," he says,...
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