copenlu/druid huggingface dataset:
Claim: Climate Change is a tool used for Depopulation!! (Social Media Users, 2023-08-28)
Evidence (2023-01-01): First, the report calls for investments in education and health, particularly in low-income countries, and the promotion of full and productive employment for all, including for women, which can lead to a sustained decline in fertility. It also calls for moving the global economy towards greater sustainability by decoupling the growth in population and in economic activity from a further acceleration of resource extraction, waste generation and environmental damage. Limiting climate change and global warming, for example, will require rapid progress in decoupling economic activity from the current over-reliance on fossil fuels. While the report acknowledges that rising populations can exacerbate global problems such as climate change, experts emphasize it is possible for rising population rates and sustainable development to have a healthy relationship.
Claim: Climate Change is a tool used for Depopulation!! (Social Media Users, 2023-08-28)
Evidence (2021-12-01): Depopulation and rewilding increased regulating ES such as water regulation and soil retention in highlands. [...] Despite the exponential increase in human population at global scale, some rural areas have experienced a progressive abandonment over the last decades. Under particular socioecological and policy contexts, changes in demography may promote land-use changes and, consequently, alter ecosystem services (ES) supply. However, most studies on this topic have targeted urban population increase, whereas depopulation has been rarely addressed. Here, we examined how shifts in demographic variables (human population, population density, and number of villages) affect provisioning (water supply, food and biomass production) and regulating (soil retention, water and nutrient regulation) ES in Mediterranean rural areas with contrasting environmental, socioeconomic and land-use contexts. When depopulation results in underuse of socio-ecological systems, we expected a decrease of provisioning and an increase of regulating ES, whereas we expected the opposite pattern when it results in land-use intensification. To test this hypothesis, we compared demographic data and ES estimated with Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) linked to land-use changes between the 1950s and 2000s in three rural areas of Aragón (NE Spain). Generalized Additive Mixed Models and Linear Mixed-Effect Models were used to analyze demographic trends, ES changes and the relationship between them.
Claim: Climate Change is a tool used for Depopulation!! (Social Media Users, 2023-08-28)
Evidence (2024-05-08): This idea is often referred to as ‘The Great Reset’, which was originally just the name of an entirely non-sinister pandemic recovery initiative by the World Economic Forum (WEF), which meets annually in Davos. While theories about a depopulation conspiracy come in many different stripes, one or all of Gates, the UN and Davos usually feature in them.
Claim: Climate Change is a tool used for Depopulation!! (Social Media Users, 2023-08-28)
Evidence (2024-03-20): Most of the world is transitioning into natural population decline (when the number of deaths exceeds the number of livebirths); just 26 countries are still projected to be growing in population in 2100 as livebirths continue to outnumber deaths, including Angola, Zambia, and Uganda [1].
Claim: Climate Change is a tool used for Depopulation!! (Social Media Users, 2023-08-28)
Evidence (2023-11-30): Depopulation is the result of chronic rural outmigration, mostly by young adults, which contributes to fewer births. As the sizeable older population that did not migrate ages in place, the mortality rate rises. [...] Depopulation in Rural America [...] Box 1. Defining Depopulation
Claim: Climate Change is a tool used for Depopulation!! (Social Media Users, 2023-08-28)
Evidence (2020-01-08): The experience of rural depopulation and subsequent environmental change in Spain offers insights into the futures of other countries. During the last 70 years, the Pyrenees mountain range of Spain has experienced high rates of depopulation, so severe that at times this phenomenon was referred to as "social desertification" [2021–22]. While Spain has an overall density of 79 people/km2, the Pyrenean districts of Aragon have an average density of 6 people/km2 [23]. Similarly, the Pallars Sobirà District experienced a reduction in population from 12,972 inhabitants in 1900 to 5,049 in 1991. There has also been an altitudinal relocation of the population from mountainous areas to valley bottoms [24]. For example, there has been a fundamental change in the percentage of population living in towns and villages in this district under 1000 m from 36% in 1900 to 60% in 1991 [25]; Fig. 4). These demographic changes have lead to environmental change, as it is the disappearance of human pressure that allows forest expansion [21, 26]. Roura-Pascual et al. [27] quantified increases in forest cover in municipalities of the French Catalan Pyrenees from 32% of the area in 1953, to 52% in 2000.
Claim: Climate Change is a tool used for Depopulation!! (Social Media Users, 2023-08-28)
Evidence (2022-04-14): Depopulation is an ongoing process on the European continent (Eberhardt, 1993; Lukić et al., 2012). It is particularly prominent in less developed and developing countries, and Serbia is no exception in that respect (Rikalović et al., 2016). Ediev (2001) used a mathematical model to precisely determine that population growth leads to a decrease in demographic potential. During the final decades of the 20th and beginning of the 21st century, even the settlements in the South Banat district were affected by depopulation. It has been the root cause of their complete devastation, not only in a demographic but also in a broader economic and social sense. [...] The depopulation process was analyzed based on complex indicators. The demographic indicators used were actually data from the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia (SORS) regarding the number of inhabitants in each area included in the Census of 1991, 2002, and 2011 (SORS, 2011a). They are presented as relative values. The estimated number of citizens in mid-2018 (as of June 30, 2018) was calculated based on data from the population census, data on the population growth, and data on internal migrations. [...] Citation: Gatarić D, Đerčan B, Živković MB, Ostojić M, Manojlović S, Sibinović M, Lukić T, Jeftić M, Lutovac M and Lutovac M (2022) Can Depopulation Stop Deforestation? The Impact of Demographic Movement on Forest Cover Changes in the Settlements of the South Banat District (Serbia). Front. Environ. Sci. 10:897201. doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2022.897201
Claim: Climate Change is a tool used for Depopulation!! (Social Media Users, 2023-08-28)
Evidence (2024-04-01): Erratum to Effects of human depopulation and warming climate on bird populations in Japan [...] Secondary succession and climate change may have additive or synergistic effects on biodiversity (Raven & Wagner, 2021; Daskalova & Kamp, 2023; Rigal et al., 2023). To quantify the large-scale biodiversity changes associated with these environmental changes, previous researchers derived population indicators from composite trends of species abundance in regions characterized by progressive declines in human activity and rising temperatures (Sirami et al., 2008; Herrando et al., 2014; Stephens et al., 2016). Species’ population trends do not solely reveal the causes of population changes (Krebs, 1991). However, when combined with information on species’ characteristics, such as habitat preferences and climatic niche positions, these trends can identify associations that may underlie the observed trends, including land-use changes and climate warming (Gregory et al., 2019; Soykan et al., 2016). Multispecies indicators (MSIs) of the population trends can then be used to aggregate trends for groups of species that are affected differently by specific changes (Gregory et al., 2019; Stephens et al., 2016). Therefore, nationwide biodiversity indicators can provide valuable information for national land-use planning to effectively conserve biodiversity under depopulation and climate warming scenarios (Sugimoto et al., 2022). [...] We present Japan as a pioneer economically developed country with ongoing depopulation and climate challenges and sought to provide insights into land management for other countries around the world subject to similar change (Hori et al., 2021).
Claim: Climate Change is a tool used for Depopulation!! (Social Media Users, 2023-08-28)
Evidence (2020-09-01): Worldwide trends in the scientific production on rural depopulation, a bibliometric analysis using bibliometrix R-tool [...] In the first half of the 20th century, only a few researchers identified rural depopulation as a phenomenon worthy of note. At the time, Rural Depopulation was studied mainly from an economic perspective where the technification of agriculture and its consequent increase of product per worker were seen as being responsible for the acceleration of rural depopulation in North America, Australia and Western Europe (Kristjanson and Schaffner, 1949; Thompson, 1925), regions which had already been linked to rural depopulation by Longstaff (1893). In addition to technological developments, the superiority of amenities and job opportunities in urban areas were seen as a point of attraction for rural people (Bryce, 1915; Carver, 1927). No less important, variations in climate were also mentioned in some studies as an additional variable related to the causes of rural depopulation (Gentilli, 1949) or, even, at that time. [...] A bibliometric analysis, which is a quantitative approach for analysing academic literature using bibliographies to provide the description, evaluation and monitoring of published research (Garfield et al., 1964; White and McCain, 1989), was used to analyse the trends in the field of rural depopulation. The methodological aim was to analyse publications, citations and sources of information.
Claim: Climate Change is a tool used for Depopulation!! (Social Media Users, 2023-08-28)
Evidence (2024-09-16): Penedo Model-Village, instrument to fight against depopulation against climate change
Claim: Climate Change is a tool used for Depopulation!! (Social Media Users, 2023-08-28)
Evidence (2024-10-07): Depopulation’s impact on infrastructure [...] The findings were published in the journal Nature Cities under the title "Depopulation and associated challenges for US cities by 2100" by Professor Sybil Derrible, Assistant Professor Lauryn Spearing, and PhD candidate Uttara Sutradhar, all from civil, materials and environmental engineering at UIC. [...] "Having an estimation of future population trends can assist authorities in better planning and designing cities and their infrastructure systems for depopulation," Derrible said. "We need to shift away from growth-based planning, which will require a significant cultural shift in the planning and engineering of cities. But we should not fear depopulation. Instead, we should see it as an opportunity to rethink how we do things."
Claim: Climate Change is a tool used for Depopulation!! (Social Media Users, 2023-08-28)
Evidence (2024-09-20): Climate change knows no borders. It presents a common challenge for all European regions, posing severe threats in the form of natural disasters such as wildfires and landslides. These events have not only increased in frequency but also intensified in their devastating impact. Among the most vulnerable are rural areas and communities that have already been affected by depopulation and land abandonment. It is within this context that Down to Earth, a collaborative interregional initiative, aims to make a difference. [...] - Year 1: Environmental risks related with depopulation and ageing population in rural areas - Year 2: Access barriers to young farmers in depopulated areas - Year 3: Policy instruments to foster the role of farmers and land managers in fighting climate change and environmental risks
Claim: Climate Change is a tool used for Depopulation!! (Social Media Users, 2023-08-28)
Evidence (2020-08-01): Climate change and rural depopulation are changing the ecological and hydrological cycles in China. Data on the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), temperature, precipitation, streamflow, sediment and rural population are available for the Gan River basin from 1981 to 2017. We investigated the spatio-temporal variations in climate, human activity and vegetation mainly using the Mann–Kendall test and examined their relationship using the Granger causality test. The results showed that (1) the temperature markedly increased in all seasons; (2) the precipitation increased in summer and winter but decreased in spring and autumn; (3) overall, the NDVI increased markedly during 2005–2017, but showed seasonal differences, with decreases in summer and winter and increases in spring and autumn; (4) the annual sediment transport showed a significant decreasing trend and (5) a large number of the population shifted from rural to urban areas, resulting in a decrease in the rural population between 1998 and 2018. Rural depopulation has brought about farmland abandonment, conversion of farmland to forests, which was the factor driving the recovery of the vegetation and the decrease in sediment. The results of this study can provide support for climate change adaptation and sustainable development.
Claim: Climate Change is a tool used for Depopulation!! (Social Media Users, 2023-08-28)
Evidence (2022-09-01): Depopulation, super aging, and extreme heat events in South Korea
Claim: The CID Arrested The President Of The Kelaniya Student Union At the Airport ! (Daily Mirror, 2024-02-28)
Evidence (2024-02-28): The individual arrested in connection with the 2022 freshman harassment incident on the University of Kelaniya campus was Sanjay Hettimulla, a student activist, not Kalum Mudannayake, the convenor of the University of Kelaniya Student Union. This confirmation was provided by Police Media Spokesperson Mr. Nihal Talduwa.
Claim: The CID Arrested The President Of The Kelaniya Student Union At the Airport ! (Daily Mirror, 2024-02-28)
Evidence (2024-02-28): The CID Did NOT arrest the president of the Kelaniya Student Union; but another activist of the same union! [...] On the 26th, the mainstream media, including social media, had reported that Kalum Mudannayake, President of the University of Kelaniya's Students' Union, had been arrested by the Public Complaints Division of the Criminal Investigation Department. [...] Title:The CID Did NOT arrest the president of the Kelaniya Student Union; but another activist of the same union!
Claim: The CID Arrested The President Of The Kelaniya Student Union At the Airport ! (Daily Mirror, 2024-02-28)
Evidence (2023-03-08): On March 8, 2023, police fired tear gas and water cannons to disperse a peaceful march by members of University of Kelaniya Student Union (UoK) to demand the release of two student activists who were arrested on January 2, 2023. Approximately six students were arrested. [...] The students were demonstrating for the release of Kelum Mudannayake, the president of the UoK Student Union, and Harshana Dissanayake, who were arrested on charges of property damage from a protest that was held on June 10, 2022. [...] https://english.newsfirst.lk/2023/3/9/multiple-arrests-during-university-student-protest-in-kelaniya https://www.adaderana.lk/news/88935/police-fire-tear-gas-to-disperse-protesters-near-kelaniya-uni https://www.hirunews.lk/english/329401/police-fire-tear-gas-to-disperse-protesters-near-kelaniya-uni https://colombogazette.com/2023/03/09/hrc-to-summon-public-security-minister/
Claim: The CID Arrested The President Of The Kelaniya Student Union At the Airport ! (Daily Mirror, 2024-02-28)
Evidence (2022-08-23): Responding to reports that Wasantha Mudalige, the convener of Inter University Students’ Federation, Galwewa Siridhamma Thero, the convener of Inter University Bhikku Federation, and Hashantha Jawantha Gunathilake, member of the Kelaniya University Students’ Union, who were arrested on 18 and 19 August, are being detained under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), Yamini Mishra, Amnesty International’s South Asia Director, said:
Claim: The CID Arrested The President Of The Kelaniya Student Union At the Airport ! (Daily Mirror, 2024-02-28)
Evidence (2023-07-03): President of Kelaniya University Students’ Union arrested The President of the Kelaniya University Students’ Union Kelum Mudannayake and a students’ union representative, Dilshan Harshana have been arrested by Thalangama Police. They have been arrested along with another student leader, after they appeared before Thalangama Police today (January 02), over the charges of damaging public property during a protest near the Education Ministry on June 10, 2022.
Claim: The CID Arrested The President Of The Kelaniya Student Union At the Airport ! (Daily Mirror, 2024-02-28)
Evidence (2023-01-02): COLOMBO (News 1st) - The Chairman and an activist of the Student Union of the University of Kelaniya were arrested by Thalangama Police. [...] The Chairman of the Student Union of the University of Kelaniya Kelum Mudannayake, and activist Dilshan Harshana were arrested by Thalangama Police when they visited the Police Station to provide a statement.
Claim: The CID Arrested The President Of The Kelaniya Student Union At the Airport ! (Daily Mirror, 2024-02-28)
Evidence (2024-02-26): Convener of the Kelaniya University Students’ Union – Kelum Mudannayake has been taken into custody by the Public Complaints Division of the Criminal Investigation Department. Police said he was arrested in connection with a recent incident of ragging at the university. They said that Mudannayake had been avoiding the police and was intercepted while attempting to depart from the Katunayake Airport.
Claim: The CID Arrested The President Of The Kelaniya Student Union At the Airport ! (Daily Mirror, 2024-02-28)
Evidence (2024-04-20): Criticism [edit]Conduct of the student union has drawn much controversy in media and university administrations. The University of Jaffna banned the IUSF from entering university premises in June 2010,[30] and other universities such as the University of Colombo and University of Moratuwa have taken steps to ban the student group from their universities in the past. [...] - ^ "Inter-University Bhikku Balamandalaya Convenor Ven Thampitiya Sugathananda and Inter University Students Federation Convenor Lahiru Weerasekera Arrested". dbsjeyaraj. 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017. [...] - ^ Kuruwita, Rathindra (14 June 2009). "Kelaniya University: Students see sinister plan behind clash". The Nation. Archived from the original on 27 December 2009. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
Claim: The CID Arrested The President Of The Kelaniya Student Union At the Airport ! (Daily Mirror, 2024-02-28)
Evidence (2024-02-26): Calum Mudannayake, the convener of the University of Kelaniya Students’ Union, has been apprehended by the Public Complaints Division of the CID in connection with an incident involving the alleged torture of freshmen on the university premises. Mudannayake had reportedly evaded police cooperation during the investigation into the incident. However, authorities managed to arrest him while he was attempting to depart from Katunayake airport.
Claim: The CID Arrested The President Of The Kelaniya Student Union At the Airport ! (Daily Mirror, 2024-02-28)
Evidence (2024-02-26): The convenor of the Kelaniya University’s Students’ Union, Kelum Mudannayake, was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) today (26). Mudannayake was arrested over a recent incident involving the ragging of a freshman at the University of Kelaniya, as per a complaint received by the public complaints division of the CID. According to police, Mudanannayake had been arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake, while attempting to leave the country.
Claim: The CID Arrested The President Of The Kelaniya Student Union At the Airport ! (Daily Mirror, 2024-02-28)
Evidence (2024-10-08): President of Kelaniya Uni. Students Union arrested [...] The President of the Kelaniya University Students’ Union has been arrested by Thalangama Police along with another student leader, after they appeared before Thalangama Police today (Jan. 02). [...] The arrested students include the Kelaniya University Students’ Union’s President, Kelum Mudannayake and a students’ union representative, Dilshan Harshana, according to police.
Claim: The CID Arrested The President Of The Kelaniya Student Union At the Airport ! (Daily Mirror, 2024-02-28)
Evidence (2023-01-03): The Kelaniya University Students’ Union President has been arrested by the Thalangama Police along with another student leader, after appearing before the Thalangama Police yesterday (2). [...] Attorney-at-Law Nuwan Bopage stated that the two student union leaders have been charged with allegedly damaging a gate during a protest, which was held near the Ministry of Education. The arrested students include Kelaniya University Students’ Union President Kelum Mudannayake and student union representative Dilshan Harshana, according to Police.
Claim: The CID Arrested The President Of The Kelaniya Student Union At the Airport ! (Daily Mirror, 2024-02-28)
Evidence (2023-02-19): On February 19, 2023, student Buddhist monks held a protest in front of the University of Kelaniya demanding the immediate release of the president of the University of Kelaniya Students’ Union. The Students’ Union–University of Kelaniya (UOK) and the Inter University Students’ Federation (IUSF) organized the protest to call for the release of Kelum Mudannayaka, the President of the Student Union, who was arrested for the alleged destruction of property on January 2, 2023. Police deployed riot control units and used tear gas and water cannons to disperse the protesters. Police also said they arrested six protesters, including four Buddihis monks, for holding an "illegal assembly." They were released on bail two days later.
Claim: The CID Arrested The President Of The Kelaniya Student Union At the Airport ! (Daily Mirror, 2024-02-28)
Evidence (2023-01-04): President of Kelaniya Uni. Students’ Union arrested The President of the Kelaniya University Students’ Union has been arrested by Thalangama Police along with another student leader, after they appeared before Thalangama Police Monday (Jan.02).
Claim: The CID Arrested The President Of The Kelaniya Student Union At the Airport ! (Daily Mirror, 2024-02-28)
Evidence (2024-02-26): Kelum Mudannayake, the president of the Kelaniya University Students' Union, has been apprehended by the Public Complaints Division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) following his alleged involvement in a recent incident of ragging at the university. According to police sources, Mudannayake had been evading police prior to his arrest.