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Spain's wetlands wildlife at risk from illegal boreholes for strawberry crop

2013-06-28 18:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Spain must act urgently to stop illegal water extraction from a protected national park or risk the wildlife-rich wetlands being placed on a list of world heritage sites in danger, a UN agency has warned. Doana national park in Andalusia is threatened by huge demand for water, fuelled by a strawberry industry which supplies British supermarkets. Some producers in the area are accused of using illegal boreholes to draw water from underground aquifers, which the fragile ecosystem is dependent...

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