A tale of beauty and corruption (Montenegro): Shapes of an apple

A tale of beauty and corruption (Montenegro): Shapes of an apple
2019. Shapes of an apple, Sinja(je)vina (Montenegro). Photo: Ministry of Defense of Montenegro © Ministry of Defense of Montenegro

A tale of beauty and corruption (Montenegro): Shapes of an apple

Destruction

It has always happened though that someone sees heaven and feels like eating the apple! In 2019, the government of Montenegro decided to build a military training ground in Sinja(je)vina with the support of important NATO allies, apparently unconcerned about the immeasurable damage that this would bring upon its people and ecosystems. The pollution, the noise, the danger and the interdicted access to their pastoral lands, would ruin local communities’ traditional ways of life, and that of their ecosystems, which depend directly on their practices of pastoralism. This is, the impossibility of a peaceful coexistence between protectors and destruction.