The world’s greatest rivers are dying. T
he very rivers that withstood innumerable centuries and civilisations. As integral as elements most basic to human existence, these rivers are fundamental to balancing the aquatic ecosystems of the planet lest we choose to relinquish our very own lives. Though the globe that appears mostly blue, leaving aside salty oceans, it is these fresh water ecosystems that clean and store water vital to human and wildlife existence alike. With a huge spurt in human population at the turn of the last millennium, there have been excessive pressures on natural fresh water ecosystems leaving more than a billion without access to clean and safe drinking water. Perhaps a prequel to the water wars of the future. But the ones that suffer most from man’s erratic misadventures are local wildlife species, both above and underwater, that find it difficult to survive either altered river flows or artificial blockages in form of dams and canals.
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he very rivers that withstood innumerable centuries and civilisations. As integral as elements most basic to human existence, these rivers are fundamental to balancing the aquatic ecosystems of the planet lest we choose to relinquish our very own lives. Though the globe that appears mostly blue, leaving aside salty oceans, it is these fresh water ecosystems that clean and store water vital to human and wildlife existence alike. With a huge spurt in human population at the turn of the last millennium, there have been excessive pressures on natural fresh water ecosystems leaving more than a billion without access to clean and safe drinking water. Perhaps a prequel to the water wars of the future. But the ones that suffer most from man’s erratic misadventures are local wildlife species, both above and underwater, that find it difficult to survive either altered river flows or artificial blockages in form of dams and canals.For Complete IIPM Article, Click on IIPM Article
Source : IIPM Editorial, 2007
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