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"Some of Europe’s last free-flowing rivers weave through the craggy mountains
and dense forests of the western Balkan Peninsula, north of Greece and
separated from Italy by the Adriatic Sea. Their sparkling turquoise waters are
hot spots of biodiversity, home to rare and endemic fish, amphibians, aquatic
invertebrates and algae. But these rivers face threats both
long-standing—illegal dumping, industrial pollution—and imminent, from
thousands of proposed dams that would alter their flow and disrupt their
ecology. In recent years, The Nature Conservancy has pushed to establish
official protection for the region’s fresh water, achieving some heartening
successes. But there’s more to be done, and much will be up to the people who
live and work along the rivers’ banks.
“We have many rivers just on the edge of being proclaimed as protected,” says
Irma Popović Dujmović, who leads TNC’s freshwater program in Croatia, “while
some are still under huge threats from hydropower.”"
Via
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Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
