Sentences with phrase «dam construction around»
European Eel The unsustainable harvest rates of European eel and diminished migration (because of dam construction around Europe) add up to a decline of at least 80 percent of the population since 1968.
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Combining data on precipitation, topography, habitat changes, dam construction, and pollution, the researchers created detailed maps of the threats to rivers around the world.
Zinwa will also use the ZITF platform to give an update to stakeholders and stand visitors regarding the ongoing Command Water Harvesting Programme in which the authority is drilling boreholes and assisting in the construction of weirs and repair of small dams that serve rural communities around Zimbabwe.
Indeed, while some have pointed fingers at pollution and construction of dams — the Yangtze is home to the world's largest — mostly to blame are local fishing practices that sustain millions of people around the Yangtze but which involve harmful gill nets, rolling hooks or electrical stunning.
I describe a recent resurgence in the construction of hydroelectric dams, both large and small, around the world, spurred, in substantial part, by their newfound description as a form of «clean energy» capable of mitigating the greenhouse gas emissions largely responsible for anthropogenic contributions to global climate change.