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[[File:Dorothea Lange, Drought refugees from Oklahoma camping by the roadside, Blythe, California, 1936.jpg|thumb|[[Dust Bowl|Drought refugees]] from Oklahoma camping by the roadside, [[Blythe, California|California]], 1936]] |
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[[File:Dorothea Lange, Drought refugees from Oklahoma camping by the roadside, Blythe, California, 1936.jpg|thumb|[[Dust Bowl|Drought refugees]] from Oklahoma camping by the roadside, [[Blythe, California|California]], 1936]] |
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'''Environmental migrants''' are people who are forced to leave their home region due to sudden or long-term changes to their local environment. These are changes which compromise their well-being or secure livelihood. Such changes are held to include increased [[droughts]], [[desertification]], [[sea level rise]], and disruption of seasonal [[weather]] patterns (i.e. [[monsoon]]s[[Environmental migrant#cite note-Terminski.2C Bogumil 2011-1|<sup>[1]</sup>]]). Climate refugees may choose to flee to or migrate to another country, or they may migrate internally within their own country.[[Environmental migrant#cite note-Myers-2|<sup>[2]</sup>]] |
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'''Environmental migrants''' are people who are forced to leave their home region due to sudden or long-term changes to their local environment. These are changes which compromise their well-being or secure livelihood. Such changes are held to include increased [[droughts]], [[desertification]], [[sea level rise]], and disruption of seasonal [[weather]] patterns (i.e. [[monsoon]]s[[Environmental migrant#cite note-Terminski.2C Bogumil 2011-1|<sup>[1]</sup>]]). Climate refugees may choose to flee to or migrate to another country, or they may migrate internally within their own country.[[Environmental migrant#cite note-Myers-2|<sup>[2]</sup>]]poo |
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The term "environmental migrant" is used somewhat interchangeably with a range of similar terms, such as '''ecological refugee''', '''environmental refugee''', '''climate refugee''', '''forced environmental migrant''', '''environmentally motivated migrant''', '''climate change refugee''', '''environmentally displaced person (EDP)''', '''disaster refugee''', '''environmental displacee''', '''eco-refugee''', '''ecologically displaced person''', or '''environmental-refugee-to-be (ERTB)'''.<ref>Boano, C., Zetter, R., and Morris, T., (2008). [http://202.4.186.52:8080/jspui/bitstream/123456789/9716/1/20071220_Environmentally_Displaced_People.pdf Environmentally Displaced People: Understanding the linkages between environmental change, livelihoods and forced migration], [[Refugee Studies Centre]] Policy Brief No.1 (RSC: Oxford), pg.4</ref> The term '''climate exiles''' has been used to refer to those climate migrants who may be in danger of becoming [[Statelessness|stateless]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> The distinctions between these terms are contested. |
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The term "environmental migrant" is used somewhat interchangeably with a range of similar terms, such as '''ecological refugee''', '''environmental refugee''', '''climate refugee''', '''forced environmental migrant''', '''environmentally motivated migrant''', '''climate change refugee''', '''environmentally displaced person (EDP)''', '''disaster refugee''', '''environmental displacee''', '''eco-refugee''', '''ecologically displaced person''', or '''environmental-refugee-to-be (ERTB)'''.<ref>Boano, C., Zetter, R., and Morris, T., (2008). [http://202.4.186.52:8080/jspui/bitstream/123456789/9716/1/20071220_Environmentally_Displaced_People.pdf Environmentally Displaced People: Understanding the linkages between environmental change, livelihoods and forced migration], [[Refugee Studies Centre]] Policy Brief No.1 (RSC: Oxford), pg.4</ref> The term '''climate exiles''' has been used to refer to those climate migrants who may be in danger of becoming [[Statelessness|stateless]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> The distinctions between these terms are contested. |