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 Stories About: Colombia AND deforestation AND food and agriculture AND green living AND toxics AND water pollution AND wilderness
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Dry Upheaval
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03 Jun 2002 |
Daily Grist |
| Dry Upheaval As if Colombia needs any more bad news: The war-torn nation's water supply could be reduced by as much as 40 percent over the next 50 years due to deforestation and other degradation of fragile high mountain ecosystems, according to Carlos Castano, director of the country's Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology, and Environmental Studies. The pa ... |
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| Topics: Colombia, deforestation, food and agriculture, green living, toxics, water pollution, wilderness (all these topics) |
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