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 International
 Water Crisis hits Rich Countries
The water crisis in rich nations is proof that wealth and infrastructure are no insurance against scarcity, pollution, climate change and drought.  [more...]



 Saving the Mexican River Chihuahua
Water is a scarce and valuable commodity in the Chihuahuan desert region of northern Mexico. But in the Delicias district, which lies about 90km south of Chihuahua City — the state capital — there’s an abundance of water rushing into the fields to irrigate extensive alfalfa crops and pecan tree plantations.  [more...]



 African Lakes Running Dry!
The African Lakes Atlas discloses how dramatic and in some cases destructive environmental changes are.  [more...]



 Support for Croatia: The Drava River Basin Project
The lower Drava river basin is known as a largely intact piece of nature, which however is threatened by illegal landfills and effluents. An INTERREG IIIB CADSES Project is to counteract this situation  [more...]



 Asia's Water Security Under Threat
Water for Near Half the World's Population under Threat at the Roof of the World   [more...]



 Big Jump to Clean up Holy River
Palestinian, Jordanian and Israeli mayors to jump together into the Jordan River as they join forces to highlight the river's desperate plight   [more...]



 Austria Protects the Environment in Romania
Five years after the devastating dam failures in two Romanian ore mines, the Austrian Development Cooperation has successfully rehabilitated the tailings dam of the mine Baia Borsa- Novat  [more...]



 International Funds Promote Conservation in Mexico
MEXICO CITY, Mexico, October 28, 2002 (ENS) - Nearly 40 percent of the funds devoted to protect natural areas in Mexico now come from international sources, providing millions for personnel training, enforcement and education. This foreign funding is helping to transform some of Mexico's reserves from "paper parks" into well managed preserves.   [more...]



 Wloclawek Dam Problem on the Vistula River
WWF proposes a sustainable solution to the Wloclawek dam problem, ensuring safety of people, benefits for nature and the state money savings. The multi-criteria study identifies the option of dam decommissioning or modernisation as much better than construction of a new dam to ensure safety of the eroded Wloclawek dam.   [more...]



 Scaling and Scoping Workshop in East African Rift Valley Lakes
The East African Rift Valley Lakes are some of the oldest,deepest,and most diversely speciated natural lakes in the world.The lakes are generally considered as a homogenous system because of their similarity in response to climatic and hydrological changes although each lake has its own unique physical and ecological characteristic,and each has evolved differently.  [more...]



 Green Corridor for the Danube
In the frame of Europe’s largest, cross-border wetlands protection and restoration initiative four East European countries and the WWF will create 600,000 hectares of wetland protection areas. Wetlands, flooded areas, floodplain forests and meadows are invaluable living spaces, particularly for the protection of endangered species (e.g. the white tailed sea eagle or the sturgeon) for the preservation of bio-diversity and natural water regeneration.  [more...]




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