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Colorado River, but environmental groups warn that new toxic pollution threats lurk downstream. EnviroLink China ventures into carbon capture http ... is because the public seems to be unaware of the giant mammals' plight. EnviroLink Congo launches review of logging contracts http://www.envirolink.org/external.html?itemid=200808031654290.473017 ...
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Water pollution
Amazon, that drains a vast area of South America and the Congo in sub-Saharan Africa- remain relatively healthy. This ... . The major cause of pollution is run-off from agricultural activities yet the pollution level is estimated to be lower than in other major rivers. Mahanadi This river is considered the lifeline of ...
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Environment News Service News Index February 2005
Space Probe Photographs Pack Ice on Mars Governments Move to Assess and Control Mercury Pollution Congo River Hydropower Plan Gains Momentum Environmentalists Urge U.S. Firms to Stop Importing Indonesian ... Backroom Deals With Pesticide Makers Brazilian Police Charge Man in Murder of American Nun Pollution, Climate Change Top List of Scientists' Woes Third Largest Rainforest Illegally Felled for ...
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GEO-2000: Water, Water, Everywhere
In some cases, solvents from spills travelled 10km from the source of pollution. Water shortage increases social inequity. In regions such as Gujurat in India, where groundwater levels ... up more land. In regions like Africa, uneven water distribution is clearly a problem. The Congo River basin contains 10% of Africa's population but 30% of the continent's run-off ...
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Congo, Democratic Republic of the Geography 2000 - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International Agreements, Population, Social Statistics, Political System
Environment - current issues: poaching threatens wildlife populations; water pollution; deforestation; refugees who arrived in mid-1994 were responsible for significant deforestation, soil ... of land that controls the lower Congo river and is only outlet to South Atlantic Ocean; dense tropical rain forest in central river basin and eastern highlands Please put ...
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WWF - Congo
Freshwater Conservation WWF - Forests of the Congo River Basin Downloads Download the 10 facts about the Congo Basin (doc.) [doc, 30 KB] The Congo is the largest river in Western Central Africa and ... populations, land degradation and desertification, land erosion and land slides, sedimentation of rivers and river pollution There is a proposal to increase the capacity of the Inga Dams through ...
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WWF - Mississippi River
The Mississippi River has the third largest drainage basin in the world, exceeded in size only by the watersheds of the Amazon River and Congo River. It drains 41% of the US mainland. Current threats Conversion for agriculture, pollution in the form of sedimentation and pesticide contamination ...
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Renewable Energy Resources - Library - Index - Global Energy Network Institute - GENI is the highest priority objective of the World Game (R. Buckminster Fuller).
Congo River, between Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the Atlantic Ocean. http://www.iht.com/articles/2007 ... "Using additional hydropower capacity could make a substantial contribution to reducing greenhouse gases and air pollution both in the United States and here at home," said federal minister of Natural ...
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UNEP/GRID-Arendal - Publications - Environment & Poverty Times #5 - Africa's natural resources key to powering prosperity
USD 25 million will be invested in people and nature in the Congo River Basin. This is part of the wider Congo River Basin Partnership Initiative, born at the World Summit on Sustainable Development ... for lax environmental management and ecological degradation. A recent study in Egypt has found that pollution and environmental damage is costing that country alone over five per cent of its GDP ...
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OneWorld.net / In depth / Africa / Central Africa / Congo (Democratic Republic of) - Full Coverage: Congo (Democratic Republic of)
Climate change Conservation Environmental activism Forests Genetics Animals Nuclear Issues Oceans Atmosphere Pollution Renewable energy Rivers Biodiversity SoilsHealth Disease AIDS Infant mortality Malaria Narcotics ... hydropower project on the Congo river which supporters say could double the amount of electricity available on the continent. Story link From: Guardian Unlimited Congo Villagers Use ...
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