Thousands of activists gathered in Sainte-Soline against a large irrigation reservoir, commonly called a 'mega-basin'. Opponents argued that the project privileged intensive agriculture and private access to water while shifting ecological costs to the public. The demonstration was banned and ended in severe clashes; accounts of events and injuries differed between authorities, organizers and independent observers. A decolonial ecological analysis centers water as a shared resource and asks how agricultural policy distributes land, water and risk.
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The protest challenged a large irrigation reservoir and disputes over how water is shared.
Sainte-Soline activists opposed a large irrigation reservoir partly over concerns about how water is shared.
Opponents argued the project privileged intensive agriculture and unequal access to water.