Reference : V-P-LB-E-00920
Date : 27/03/2007
Country/Region : LEBANON
Caption : South Lebanon, Sadikine village. A mine clearance specialist from an organization called FSD at work.
Photographer : KOKIC, Marko
Confidentiality level : public
Publication restrictions : publication without restrictions
Copyright : ICRC
Description : FSD= Swiss Foundation for Mine Action (FSD)

He is searching for surface cluster sub-munitions. Amongst the vegetation are tobacco plants which the deminer harvest for local residents in order to prevent them from trying to do so themselves. The UN estimates about a million unexploded cluster sub-munitions in Southern Lebanon following the war with Israel in 2006.
Resolution : 3600x2400
Orientation : landscape
Colour/B&W : colour

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